VIDEO SESSIONS
The Eighteenth Edition of Roundtable Japan
Tokyo, 17 - 18, November 2022
Japan’s window of opportunity?
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Welcoming Remarks
Speakers:
- Yu Serizawa
- Claude Smadja
Why “Japan” now? Seizing the moment for Tokyo as Asia’s financial hub: banking on this opportunity
Moderator:
- Thierry Porté, Managing Director & vice chairman, J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC
Speakers:
- Takita Yoichi, Senior Staff Writer, Nikkei Inc.
- Ito Koichi, Co-Head of Japan Private Equity, PAG Japan Limited.
- Laurent Jacquemin, Head of AsiaPacific, Real Assets, Axa Investment Managers
- Aritomo Keiichi, Executive Director, FinCity Tokyo
The « MUST » for Tokyo as a financial hub: What is required on tax reform, skills development, digitalization etc. What responses to these “Must”?
Moderator:
- Thierry Porté, Managing Director & vice chairman, J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC
Speakers:
- Philippe Avril, Director of the Board, FinCity Tokyo
- Suzuki Keisuke, Member, House of Representatives
- Aritomo Keiichi, Executive Director, FinCity Tokyo
DX Japan: Going for an across-the board approach
Moderator:
- Claude Smadja
Speakers:
- Kono Taro, Minister of Digital Affairs
- Misawa Toshimitsu, President and CEO, Oracle Japan
- Nishiyama Keita, Visiting Professor Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo
Taking the pulse from the world:
The MT-LT impact of the mid-term elections on the markets, a view from New York
Speakers:
- Richard Koss, PhD, Chief Research Officer, Recursion Co., Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Taking the pulse from the world:
Newly emerging global risks for business and investment environments
Speakers:
- Alexis Crow, PhD, Global Head of Geopolitical Investing Practice, PwC Senior Fellow, Richard P Richman Center for Business, Law and Public Policy, Columbia Business School
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2022
Japan’s growth outlook in a global environment beset by enduring shocks
Speakers:
- Alicia Garcia Herrero, Chief Economist, Asia-Pacific, Natixis
- Sato Akihiko, Head of Economic Research Office, MUFG Bank
A new National Security Strategy to face new geopolitical risks and challenges:
What responses to the new regional realities Japan is facing? Risk Assessment: China, North Korea, Russia etc
Speakers:
- Brad Glosserman, Deputy Director and visiting professor, Tama University Center for Rule Making Strategies, Senior Advisor, Pacific Forum
- Woosuk Kenneth Choi, International Editor, Chosun Daily Newspaper
- Victor Zhikai Gao, Vice President Center for China & Globalization
- Taniguchi Tomohiko, Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University
A new National Security Strategy to face new geopolitical risks and challenges:
Managing the risks and rewards of a higher profile for Japan as a global strategic player
Speakers:
- Brad Glosserman, Deputy Director and visiting professor, Tama University Center for Rule Making Strategies, Senior Advisor, Pacific Forum
- Woosuk Kenneth Choi, International Editor, Chosun Daily Newspaper
- Victor Zhikai Gao, Vice President Center for China & Globalization
- Taniguchi Tomohiko, Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University
The Japan that can deliver — Taking stock on future-crucial issues: deregulation, gender diversity, immigration, corporate governance etc.
Moderator:
- Jesper Koll, Expert Director, Monex Group, Inc.
Speakers:
- Kawamoto Akira, Professor, Keio University
Japan’s “new capitalism”: Can it bring fresh growth?
Moderator:
- Chris Vilburn, Managing Director, Global Stewardship Team, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Speakers:
- Ochi Takao, Member, House of Representatives
- Itoh Motoshige, Professor Emeritus,The University of Tokyo
What an efficient pro-startup policy could bring to Japan’s revitalization prospects
Moderator:
- Abe Hiroshi, Managing Operating Partner, KPMG
Speakers:
- Nobutani Kazushige, President, JETRO
- Komura Ryusuke, Venture Café Tokyo Program Director
- Ogino Yasuhiro, CFO, ANDPAD
Japan pivots towards GX: The overall impact of a new energy policy
Moderator:
- Robert A. Feldman, Senior Specially Appointed Professor, Tokyo University of Science, Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities
Speakers:
- Nishimura Yasutoshi, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
- Sekiguchi Mina, Managing Partner, RESONANCIA LLC
Making Tokyo a leading Global Financial City
Speaker:
- Koike Yuriko, Governor of Tokyo
How can PM Kishida use his three years’ window of opportunity?
Moderator:
- Fujii Akio, Chair of Editorial Board, Nikkei Inc.
Speakers:
- Kumagai Mitsumaru Deputy Chairman, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. Special Advisor to the Cabinet
- Shimada Haruo, Professor emeritus, Keio University