European Institute of Japanese Studies Academy Seminars
presents:


"Will Abenomics Restore Japan's Growth?"

Speaker: Professor Takeo Hoshi, Stanford University

About the speaker: Professor Takeo Hoshi is Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Senior Fellow at the Walter H.
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University and Professor of Finance (by courtesy) at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Before he joined Stanford University in 2012, he was Pacific Economic Cooperation Professor in International Economic Relations at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at University of California, San Diego (UCSD), where he conducted research and taught on the Japanese economy for 24 years. Professor Hoshi also serves on the Board of Directors at Union Bank. He is also Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and at the Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER). His main research interest includes the study of the financial aspects of the Japanese economy, especially corporate finance, banking, and monetary policy. He received 2011 Reischauer International Education Award of Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana, 2006 Enjoji Jiro Memorial Prize of Nihon Keizai Shimbun-sha, and
2005 Japan Economic Association-Nakahara Prize. Takeo received his B.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Tokyo in 1983, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1988.

About the talk: Recently, the Bank of Japan upgraded its assessment of the economy, declaring that Japan's economy is back on a recovery track and Prime Minister Abe appears to have made up his mind to go ahead with a planned sales tax hike in April 2014.
We would like to focus on whether PM Abe's economic policies can really lift the economy out of deflation and that the economy will continue to recover moderately which will lead to sustainable growth. In the presentation, we have invited Professor Takeo Hoshi, Stanford University to hear his thoughts to better understand the abenomics.


Date: Monday, October 21, 2013
Time: 6.30 p.m. – 7.00 p.m. Drink & Snack (served before lecture)
7.00 p.m. – 9.00 p.m. Lecture and Discussion

Place: Alfred Nobel Auditorium, Embassy of Sweden
10-3-400 Roppongi 1-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0032 Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line Roppongi 1-chome Station Five-minute walk from Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line Kamiya-cho Station
Fee: JPY3,000 per person, payable at the door Free for those who are from sponsoring companies (*) Free for students, please bring your student ID

Language: English

(*) EIJS Academy 2012-2013 Sponsoring companies Gadelius Holding Ltd., Sandvik K.K., Höganäs Japan K.K.
and in cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden

Please sign up by October 17 (Thur.) via e-mail to eijsjap[at]gmail.com for the attention of Ms. Futagawa (EIJS Tokyo office)
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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