Kantei Economic Policy Conference

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Kantei Economic Policy Conference
Renaissance of the Japanese Economy
- Economic Revival and Challenges

1. Date :	10:00-16:00, January, 14th (Wed), 2004 (one day)

2. Place :	Kantei(Prime Minister's Official Residence)

3. Participants :	Economists,businessmen,etc(about30)

	List of participants is here(PDF).

4. Agenda :
(1)Morning Session: Signs of Strong Growth(10:00-12:30)
(a) Opening (10 min)

(b) Keynote Speech (15 min)

Speaker: Heizo Takenaka (Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy)
       Point 1 : Effect of Japanese economic reform
       Point 2 : Signs of strong growth
       Document (93KB)

Presentation 1: Lawrence Lindsey (The Lindsey Group, USA)
Point: US experience of structural reform: its lessons and the suggestion to Japan
Document (80KB)
Presentation 2: Lee,Hun-Jai (Former-minister of Finance and Economy, South Korea)
Point: Korean experience of structural reform: its lessons and the implication to Japan
Abstract (94KB) Paper(29KB)
Presentation 3: Kakutaro Kitashiro (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)
Point: Outcome and tasks of structural reform from viewpoints of the industrial world
Abstract (161KB) Document(59KB)
Presentation 4: Motoshige Ito (Tokyo University)
Point: Outcome and tasks of structural reform from macroeconomic viewpoints
Abstract (70KB) Document(15KB)
Presentation 5: Naohiro Yashiro (Japan Center for Economic Research)
       Point: Outcome and tasks of structural reform from microeconomic viewpoints
         (d) Round Discussion 1 (70 min)
         (e) Closing Remarks for the morning session (5 min)
         Document(88KB)
Speaker: Haruo Shimada (Keio University)

(2)Afternoon Session: Required further economic reform(13:30-16:00)
(a) Keynote Speech (15 min)

Speaker: Glenn Hubbard (Columbia University, USA)
Point: US experience of structural reform: its lessons and the suggestion to Japan
Abstract (155KB) Paper(43KB)

(b) Initial presentations (40 min)

Presentation 1: Noordin Sopiee (Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia)
Point: Asian Expectations of Japan
Document(153KB)
Presentation 2: Taro Aso (Minister for Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications)
Document(16KB)
Presentation 3: Sadakazu Tanigaki (Minister of Finance)
Abstract (15KB) Document1(738KB), Document2(102KB)
Presentation 4: Kazuyoshi kaneko(Minster of State for Regulatory Reform)
Document(160KB)
Presentation 5: Toshihiko Fukui (Governor of Bank of Japan)
Document(8KB)

(e) Closing

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