Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next GRIPS Forum at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on November 21.

Speaker: Mr. Kazumasa Iwata
President of Japan Center for Economic Research(JCER)
Date: Monday, 28th November, 2011
Time: 16:40-18:10
Venue: GRIPS　Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor
Theme: “Global Landscape of Post-Lehman Economy”
Language: English, (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)
Fee: Attending the GRIPS Forum is free of charge but prior registration is recommended

Comprehensive financial and regulatory initiatives have been adopted since the Lehman collapse. A former vice president of the Bank of Japan shares his financial policy analysis, particularly on global macro-prudence measures, and discusses Japan’s role in the promotion of global economic stability.

Speakers’ Profile:
1970　　 graduated from Department of Regional
Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo and entered the Economic Planning Agency of the Japanese Government,
1972-73　 studied at Department of Economics and Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Kiel University (DAAD
Scholarship)
1976-79　served as Administrator at the Monetary and Fiscal Policy Division, Department of Economics and Statistics, OECD (Paris)
1985　　 Visiting Fellow at the Australia-Japan
Research Center, Australia National University
1986　　 Associate Professor, Department of Social and
International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
1988　　 Visiting Professor at Alberta University and
Visiting Fellow at Yale University
1991　　　Professor, Department of Social and
International Relations, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
1996　　　Professor, Department of Advanced Social and
International Studies,
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
2001-03 　Director General in charge of economic assessment and policy analysis,　Cabinet Office
2003-08　　Deputy Governor、Bank of Japan
2007　　　 Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo
2008　　　 President, Economic and Social Research
Institute, Cabinet Office
2008.10
-2009.9 　Member of the Council of Economic and Fiscal
Policy

“Economist Prize” in 1981 for the book titled "Banks’ Behavior and Monetary Policy,’ jointly with Koichi Hamada

About GRIPS Forum
Since its establishment in 1997, the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), as the only graduate school in Japan specializing in policy research, has promoted education and research on a wide range of policy issues. Utilizing our vast policy network, this Forum invites leaders from various fields including government, academia and business, as well as staff from our own faculty, to deliver lectures on current policy concerns. The Forum welcomes attendance of GRIPS faculty and students as well as participants from outside the university. Simultaneous interpretation will be available (Japanese/English).

For registration and inquiries, please contact:
GRIPS Forum
Email: gripsforum@grips.ac.jp
Tel: 03-6439-6037
Fax: 03-6439-6030

Please register by 25th November (Fri) 2011.

For Access & Map to the GRIPS campus: http://www.grips.
ac.jp/about/access.html
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677 If you are arriving by a private car, for security purposes, please inform us of your car details (type, color, and number) in advance.