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Kantei Conference "Privatization of the Postal Services:
Fundamental Reform from Public to Private"


1. Date : 10:00-16:00, January 17th(Mon), 2005
2. Venue : Kantei (Prime Minister's Residence)
3. Participants : Ministers, economists, businessmen, government officials, etc. in and out of Japan (about 40)
List of participants is here (PDF-Format 24KB).
4. Agenda :

(1) Morning Session: Necessity of the Privatization of the Postal Services(10:00-12:15)
       Document1 (PDF-Format 16KB), Document2 (PDF-Format 413KB)
       Document3 (PDF-Format 532KB), Document4 (PDF-Format 102KB)

Moderator: Heizo Takenaka (Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services)

  (a) Opening (10 min)
  • Opening Speech: Junichiro Koizumi (Prime Minister)
  (b) Keynote Speech (20 min, 10 minutes each)
  • Speaker 1: Hiroshi Okuda (Member of CEFP, Nippon Keidanren)
           Necessity of the Privatization of the Postal Services
     
  • Speaker 2: Klaus Zumwinkel (Deutche Post World Net)
           Experience of Privatization of the Postal Services in Germany
  (c) Kick off presentation (25 min, 5 minutes each)
  • Presentation 1: Taro Aso (Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications)
           Point: The Basic Viewpoint of the Privatization of the Postal Services
     
  • Presentation 2: Masaharu Ikuta (Japan Post)
           Point: Program of the reform of Japan Post
     
  • Presentation 3: Kakutaro Kitashiro (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)
           Point: Expectation to the Privatization of the Postal Services
     
  • Presentation 4: Naoki Tanaka (Economic Commentator)
           Point: Importance of the Privatization of the Postal Services
     
  • Presentation 5: Hugh Patrick (Columbia University)
           Point: The Role of Postal Services Privatization in Structural Reform
  (d) Round Discussion 1 (75 min)

  (e) Closing Remarks for the morning session (5 min)
  • Speaker: Heizo Takenaka (Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services)

(2) Afternoon Session: Flow of Money: From Public to Private Channel(13:30-16:00)  Document (PDF-Format 409KB)

Moderator: Heizo Takenaka (Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services)

  (a) Keynote Speech (20 min, 10 minutes each)
  • Speaker 1: Koichi Hamada (Yale University)
           Change of the flow of money from public to private channel (macro side)
     
  • Speaker 2: Junichi Ujiie (University of Tokyo CIRJE)
           Change of the flow of money from public to private channel (micro side)
  (b) Kick off Presentations (30 min, 5 minutes each)
  • Presentation 1: Kent Calder (Johns Hopkins University)
           Point: Rationalization of the flow of money of Japan
     
  • Presentation 2: Lee Kun Kyong (Korea, Market Economy Research Institute)
           Point: Necessity and method of keeping fiscal balance
     
  • Presentation 3: Leon Brittan (UBS Investment Bank)
           Point: Experience and importance of UK's privatization
     
  • Presentation 4: Toshihiko Fukui (Governor of Bank of Japan)
           Point: Change of the flow of money from public to private channel
     
  • Presentation 5: Sadakazu Tanigaki (Minister of Finance)
           Point: Change of the flow of money from public to private channel
  (c) Round Discussion 2 (95min)

  (d) Concluding Remarks (10 min)
  • Speaker: Heizo Takenaka (Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services)
  (e) Closing


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