Japan Summit 2017 | The Economist | 26 October 2017 | Hotel Okura Tokyo, 2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku - Tokyo
Venue
Hotel Okura Tokyo
Hotel Okura Tokyo, 2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku - Tokyo
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| Event Date |
Thu Oct 26 HKT (about 7 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Thu Oct 26 12:00am - Thu Oct 26 12:00am |
| Location |
Hotel Okura Tokyo
2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku - Tokyo |
| Region | APAC |
Details
Few people anticipated the effect that Donald Trump’s win in the United States presidential election would have on Japan. Since November 2016, stocks have ticked upwards, the yen has weakened and deflation concerns have been mitigated. Though the economy is performing decently, considerable challenges for Japan await.
A fragmented, post-Brexit Europe could fracture global trade and spell doom for Japan’s foreign interests. Shinzo Abe, the prime minister, must get to work. On the heels of a bilateral trade agreement with the European Union, his chief priority must be to push through a revised Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—albeit without American involvement. Troubled relations with China, North Korea and the United States will complicate matters, but Mr Abe has a strong track record in managing geopolitical tensions.
Speakers
2017 Speakers:
Hiroshige Sekō
Minister of economy, trade and industry, Japan
Katsunobu Katō
Minister of health, labour and welfare, Japan
Kunihiko Miyake
Research director, The Canon Institute for Global Studies
Yoshiki Shinke
Chief economist, Dai-ichi Life Research Institute
Mitsumaru Kumagai
Executive managing director and chief economist, Daiwa Institute of Research
Sayuri Shirai
Guest professor, Keio University
Rinako Okamoto
Chief executive officer, Great Place to Work Institute Japan
Kimie Iwata
President, Japan Institute for Women's Empowerment & Diversity Management and external director, Japan Airlines
Teruyuki Ohno
Executive director, Renewable Energy Institute
Michinari Hamaguchi
President, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Sachin Shah
Executive vice-president, MetLife and chairman, president and chief executive officer, MetLife Insurance K.K.
Ray Fujii
Partner and representative director, L.E.K. Consulting
Tomohiro Inoue
Associate professor, Komazawa University
Koichi Hamada
Tuntex professor emeritus of economics, Yale University
Mike Kayamori
Co-founder and chief executive officer, QUOINE
Hisashi Taniguchi
Founder and chief executive officer, ZMP
Robert Guest
Foreign editor, The Economist
Sarah Birke
Tokyo bureau chief, The Economist
Christopher Clague
Managing editor, Asia, The Economist Intelligence Unit
Florian Kohlbacher
Director, North Asia, The Economist Corporate Network
Sponsors & Partners
2017 Sponsors:
PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• MUFG
GOLD SPONSOR:
• MetLife
SILVER SPONSORS:
• Deloitte
• IESE
• LEK
• Smoke Free Tokyo