Takatoshi Ito (Columbia University), "Challenges Facing the Japanese Economy: Demography, Debts, Deglobalization, and Decarbonization”

Takatoshi Ito
Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds; Associate Director of Research, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School; Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.

Moderator: Christina L. Davis
Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government; and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.

Co-sponsored by the Harvard Undergraduate Japan Policy Network and the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School..

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Additional Resources

1. Takatoshi Ito and Takeo Hoshi, The Japanese Economy, Second Edition. The MIT Press, January 28, 2020.
2. Masahiro Yamada and Takatoshi Ito, "Price Discovery and Liquidity Recovery: Forex Market Reactions to Macro Announcements." Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 120, February 2022.
3. Takatoshi Ito, "An Assessment of Abenomics: Evolution and Achievements." Asian Economic Policy Review, Vol. 16 Issue 2, July 2021.
4. Takatoshi Ito, "A New Financial Order in Asia: Will a RMB Bloc Emerge?" Journal of International Money and Finance, Vol. 74, June 2017.