Fifth Annual Conference of the Japan Economy Network held at Columbia University, New York City, 23-24 March 2023

The SOAS-hosted Japan Economy Network (JEN) held its Fifth Annual Conference at the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School in New York City. 

Held over two days, the programme comprised 20 paper presentations addressing a broad range of topics relating to the Japanese economy, including Japan’s economic growth perspectives, financial market developments, central bank policy, reform of the pension system, and sustainable finance. Professor Takatoshi Ito from Columbia University delivered a keynote speech addressing the demographic and fiscal challenges facing the Japanese economy. The conference closed with a special panel discussion on monetary policy challenges.

The JEN was established in 2015 to promote research on the Japanese economy and facilitate exchange between researchers with an active research interest in the Japanese economy. The JEN is an informal network open to researchers from academia, think tanks, international organisations, central banks, governments, NGOs and the private sector. Previous JEN conferences were hosted by the Japanese-German Center Berlin, the Asian Development Bank Institute, the University of Zurich, and the Bank of Japan. The JEN is hosted by the SOAS Department of Economics.

The next JEN conference will be held at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo in March 2024.

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