Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next GRIPS Forum at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on April 23.

Date: Monday, 23rd April, 2012
Time: 16:40-18:10
Venue: GRIPS　Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor
Speaker:
Associate Professor Sébastien Lechevalier Associate Professor of Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) Mr. Atsushi Nakajima Chairman of Research Institute of Economy, Trade & Industry (RIETI)
Theme: “Future of the Euro Crisis”
Language: English, (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)
Fee: Attending the GRIPS Forum is free of charge but prior registration is recommended

The profoundly negative impact of the troubling European debt crisis is beginning to make itself felt in the Japanese economy, especially in the financial and import/export sectors. Will any of the proposed solutions be effective? Will the crisis result in the dissolution of the European Union? Sébastien Lechevalier, a rising Parisian economics researcher, and Atsushi Nakajima, a renowned Japanese economist, share their views on the current Euro crisis and explore its future possibilities.

Speakers’ Profile:
Assoc. Prof. Sebastien Lechevalie
CURRENT POSITION
Associate Professor at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS, Post graduate School for Social Sciences, Paris), chair of the Japanese economy (tenure position). Since September 2005. Founding director of Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS (EHESS
Paris日仏財団 ; http://ffj.ehess.fr/). Since October 2009.
Recent position held
2007-2008 Hitotsubashi University, Institute for Economic Research (IER), Visiting Researcher Researcher on firms’ productivity dispersion
2006 Tokyo University, Faculty of Economics, Visiting Researcher Research on the reform of the
research and innovation policy in Japan
2005-2008 Maison Franco-Japonaise, Tokyo, Researcher
2004-2005 Sciences Po (School of Political Science), ENSAE (National School of Statistics) and INALCO (University of Asian Languages), Paris, Lecturer Lectures on the Japanese Economy
2004-2005 Tokyo University, Faculty of Economics, Visiting Researcher Research on the macro and sectoral
aspects of the Japanese crisis
2001-2004 IRES (Research Institute, Think Tank of French Labour Unions), Consultant Realization of an annual report on the current evolutions of the labor market and the human resource management in Japan

Mr. Atsushi Nakajima
Prior to his current position, Mr. Nakajima served as Senior Managing Executive Officer & Chief Economist, Mizuho Research Institute, Ltd. (2004-2011); Executive Officer, Chief Economist & General Manager of Research Division, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. & Executive Officer, Chief Economist of Mizuho Research Institute, Ltd. (2003-2004); Chief Economist of Mizuho Research Institute, Ltd. & Chief Economist & General Manager of Research Division, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
(2002-2003); Chief Economist & General Manager, Research Department, Head Office, the Industrial Bank of Japan Ltd.(IBJ); President, Banque IBJ (France) S.A.; Senior Deputy General Manager, Industrial Research Department, Head Office, IBJ; Senior Manager, International Finance Department, Head Office, IBJ.
Mr. Nakajima graduated from The University of Tokyo with a B.A. in Faculty of Law.

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[at]grips.ac.jp
Tel: 03-6439-6037
Fax: 03-6439-6030

Please register by 20th April (Fri) 2012.

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.