Dear EIJS friends,

We would like to invite you to a symposium on "Lessons from Sweden on the Global Financial Crisis - Financial Consolidation and Reforms"
to be held on October 15 at GRIPS.
It is our great honor to invite the Swedish Finance Minister Mr. Anders Borg joined by Professor Hiroko Ota, GRIPS, Professor Kazuo Ueda, University of Tokyo and Professor Sahoko Kaji, Keio University.

The symposium is organized by Embassy of Sweden, EIJS and GRIPS.
Please find below the details of the symposium and please note the venue is at GRIPS and the lecture will be held from 13:30 which are different from our regular seminar series.

Your registration is welcome at eijsjap[at]gmail.com

We look forward to receiving your active sign up.

With best regards,
Miki Futagawa
EIJS Tokyo Office



The Embassy of Sweden, The European Institute of Japanese Studies and The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies Present

a symposium on
Lessons from Sweden on the Global Financial Crisis
- Financial Consolidation and Reforms


In times of global financial turmoil Sweden has outperformed many of its European partners by posting positive GDP growth figures, low government debt and relatively low unemployment over the past years.
Sweden's Minister for Finance, Mr Anders Borg - named "European Finance Minister of the Year" in 2011 by the Financial Times - argues that Sweden's economic performance is due to fiscal prudence and constant reforms. Fiscal consolidation during the crisis of the early 1990's, continuous sustainability in the public finances and on-going structural reforms have made it possible for Sweden to weather the current crisis well.

Meanwhile, Japan is currently confronting challenges of increasing national debt, growing trade deficits, and trying to adapt to new realities in the wake of recovery from one of the country's largest natural disasters. Is Japan, the world's third largest economy, ready to reform itself? Does it have to? And are there any lessons to be drawn from the case of Sweden?
It is our great honor and privilege to invite you to a very special panel session in which the Swedish Minister for Finance Mr Anders Borg will offer his views and insights on this important and timely topic.
Mr Borg will be joined by Professor Hiroko Ota, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Professor Kazuo Ueda, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo and Professor Sahoko Kaji, Faculty of Economics, Keio University.
We sincerely hope that you can join us to hear more from these outstanding representatives from the realms of politics and academia.

Key Note Speaker: H.E. Mr. Anders Borg
Minister for Finance, Sweden

Panelists: Professor Hiroko Ota
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Professor Kazuo Ueda
Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo

Moderator: Professor Sahoko Kaji
Faculty of Economics, Keio University

Date: Monday, October 15, 2012
Time: 13:30 - 15:30 p.m. Speech, Panel Discussion and
Q&A
Registration starts at 13:00 p.m.
Place: Soukairo Hall, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Language: English and Japanese with simultaneous interpretation
Fee: Free
Registration: Please sign up at eijsjap[at]gmail.com or send a fax with the attached reply sheet not later than Friday, October 5

Organized by the Embassy of Sweden,
the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

EIJS would like to replace EIJS Academy October seminar with this symposium.
EIJS Academy seminar 2011-2012 series is supported by Gadelius Holding Ltd., Ericsson Japan K.K., Nihon Tetra Pak K.K., Sandvik K.K., Hoganas Japan K.K. and in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden
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Miki Futagawa
European Institute of Japanese Studies
Tokyo Office
c/o Embassy of Sweden
1-10-3-400, Roppongi
Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032
Tel: +81(0)3 5562 5032
Fax: +81(0)3 5562 9090
Email: eijsjap[at]gmail.com