Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next GRIPS Forum at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on November 5.

*Please register at gripsforum@grips.ac.jp by November 2nd (Fri) without changing the title.
*If you are arriving by a private car, please let us know the car information (type, color, and number) in advance so that we can register it for campus entry permission.

Date: Monday, 5th November, 2012
Time: 16:40-18:10
Venue: GRIPS　Sokairo Hall, 1st Floor
Speaker: Mr. Hiroshi Watanabe, CEO, Executive Managing Director of Japan Bank for International Cooperation
(JBIC)
Theme: "Recent Development in Global Market"
Language: Japanese, (Japanese simultaneous interpretation provided)

The international financial situation has been undergoing a continuing chain of crises triggered by the Lehman Shock-from the Greek crisis to the financial crisis in Europe as a whole. Under these circumstances, what can be regarded as being the economic or financial risks currently being faced by the world? Concerns about inflation due to the easing of monetary conditions in developed countries are an issue for emerging countries in Asia especially, and countermeasures are required in some form. In addition to reviewing the risks currently faced by the world economy and finance as well as the nature of monetary and exchange policies in emerging Asian countries, this forum will also consider the role that Japan should play in Asia.

Speakers’ Profile:
Education:
Bachelor of Law, the University of Tokyo Master of Arts (Economics), Brown University National Bar Examination passed (Japan) Professional Experiences:
2012-Present CEO, Executive Managing Director, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
2008 President & CEO, JBIC
2008 Professor, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
2007 Special Advisor to the President of Japan Center For International Finance
2007 Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance
2004 Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, MOF
2003 Director-General, International Bureau, MOF
2001 Deputy Director-General, International Bureau, MOF (in charge of Asian monetary co-operation, bilateral assistance etc.)
1998 Personal Secretary to the Minister of Finance
1995 Director, Secretarial Division, Minister’s Secretariat, MOF
1994 Director, Second Tax Division, Tax Bureau, MOF (in charge of VAT and other indirect taxes)
1992 Director, Third Tax Division, Tax Bureau, MOF (in charge of property taxes and local taxes)
1989 Chief Economist & Director-General of Administration Department, Japan Center for International Finance
1987 Special Officer for Research and Planning, Tax Bureau, MOF
1972 Joined the Ministry of Finance
(Secretarial Division, Minister’s Secretariat)

*** 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 Access & Map to the GRIPS campus: http://www.grips.ac.jp/abou/access.html
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677