Lunch Seminar on the Japanese Economy and Society MAISON FRANCO-JAPONAISE
  • The Lunch Seminar on the Japanese Economy and Society takes place at the Maison-Franco Japonaise (Nichi-Futsu Kaikan) - Room 601 (6F) from 12:30 to 14:00. It is a re-newed form of the previous “LS on Japanese Economy” generously supported since the beginning by the Economic Section of the French Embassy and by the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan.
  • Please note that this is a "brown bag lunch seminar" (please bring your sandwiches or "bento"), and that the discussion will be "on the record". There is no participation fee but the number of seats is limited.
  • If you wish to participate in the lunch seminar please apply by e-mail to: mikasa(a)mfj.gr.jp [(a) pour @] [Ms MIKASA M., Maison franco-japonaise].
  • Please fill-in the following application form and return it via e-mail at your earliest convenience. Applications will be proceeded rapidly and you will receive an electronic invitation.
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  • Each Lunch Seminar is dedicated to a specific issue of the time and aims at bringing a better understanding of Japanese Economy and Society. A speaker and a discussant or two debaters make their statement on the topic and then questions come from the floor for an open discussion. We try as often as possible to get together one Japanese speaker and one non-Japanese speaker to offer a comparative approach to the issue. Presentation and discussion are in English (no translation).
    In order to help preparation and a deeper discussion, presenters will give a few lines about their basic message or main statement on the issue and sometimes they may give by advance a copy of a working paper they wrote, and or a link where to get it, and reference of a recently published piece; available information including a short biography of the presenters is posted on the MFJ website.
  • Since the beginning in January 2004, a short report of each seminar has been written in French by the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan and posted on their website (La Lettre Mensuelle). Go there and then type in the search engine’s box, the name of a speaker, to get the piece.
  • The seminar was launched by Jean Pascal Bassino and then Sébastien Lechevalier became the main organizer until June 2008.
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Last modified: 2010-05-13

Current Seminars on the Japanese Economy and Society

June 23, 2010 (Wednesday) / Mercredi 23 mai 2010 / 12:30 - 14:00

What Future for the Social Security System in Japan?
  • Speaker :
    • KATADA Kaori (Saitama Prefectural University, Department of Social Welfare and Social Policy)
  • Discussant :
    • Thierry RIBAULT (UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAEE Research Institute)
  • 講演：
    • 堅田香緒里（埼玉県立大学）
  • 討論：
    • チエリー・リボー（UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAEE 日仏会館研究員）

May 12, 2010 (Wednesday) / Mercredi 12 mai 2010 / 12:30 - 14:00

Can the DPJ really move "From Concrete To People" and "From Bureaucratic Sectionalism To Political Leadership"?
  • Speaker :
    • Gregory W. NOBLE (Professor, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo)
  • Discussant :
    • Yveline LECLER (UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAEE Research Institute)
  • 講演：
    • Gregory W. NOBLE（東京大学社会科学研究所教授）
  • 討論：
    • レクレル　イブリン（UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAEE 日仏会館研究員）

March 23, 2010 (Tuesday) / Mardi 23 mars 2010 / 12:30 - 14:00

Legal Reform Projects as an Infrastructure for Foreign Investments in Japan
  • Speaker :
    • HAYAKAWA Yoshihisa (Professor of Law, Rikkyo University)
      Attorney-at-Law (admitted only in Japan)
  • Discussant :
    • Isabelle GIRAUDOU (UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAEE Research Institute)
  • 講演：
    • 早川吉尚（立教大学教授）
  • 討論：
    • イザベル・ジロドゥ（UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAEE 日仏会館研究員）

February 26, 2010 (Friday) / Vendredi 26 février 2010 / 12:30 - 14:00

Incorporation of National Universities in Japan
  • Speaker :
    • ŌBA Jun (Associate Professor, Research Institute for Higher Education [RIHE], Hiroshima University)
  • Discussant :
    • Yveline LECLER (UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAEE Research Institute)
  • 講演：
    • 大場　淳（広島大学高等教育研究開発センター准教授）
  • 討論：
    • レクレル　イブリン（UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAEE 日仏会館研究員）

November 26, 2009 (Thursday) / Jeudi 26 novembre 2009 / 12:30 - 14:00

The Possibility of the Rule of Law Networking through Legal Cooperation: a Challenge for Global Governance
  • Speaker :
    • MATSUO Hiroshi (Professor of Law, Law School, Keio University)
  • Discussant :
    • Isabelle GIRAUDOU (UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAEE Research Institute)
  • 講演：
    • 松尾　弘（慶應義塾大学法科大学院教授）
  • 討論：
    • イザベル・ジロドゥー（UMIFRE 19 CNRS-MAEE 日仏会館研究員）

October 30, 2009 (Friday) / Vendredi 30 octobre 2009 / 12:30 - 14:00

Mass Layoffs of Temporary Workers and the Functions of Employment Portfolio Systems
  • Speaker :
    • NITTA Michio (The University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science)
  • Discussant :
    • Yveline LECLER (Institut de Recherche de la Maison franco-japonaise)
  • 講演：
    • 仁田道夫（東京大学社会科学研究所）
  • 討論：
    • レクレル　イブリン（日仏会館研究センター）

September 25, 2009 (Friday) / Vendredi 25 septembre 2009 / 12:30 - 14:00

Licensing Strategy of Japanese Firms
  • Speaker :
    • TAKAHASHI Nobuo (The University of Tokyo)
  • Discussant :
    • Yveline LECLER (Institut de Recherche de la Maison franco-japonaise)
  • 講演：
    • 高橋伸夫（東京大学）
  • 討論：
    • レクレル　イブリン（日仏会館研究センター）

June 29, 2009 (Monday) / Lundi 29 juin 2009 / 12:30 - 14:00

Japanese New Business Model to Cope With the Open Innovation
  • Speaker :
    • MAEDA Noboru (Aoyama Gakuin University)
  • Discussant :
    • Yveline LECLER (Institut de Recherche de la Maison franco-japonaise)
  • 講演：
    • 前田　昇（青山学院大学）
  • 討論：
    • レクレル　イブリン（日仏会館研究センター）

May 29, 2009 (Friday) / Vendredi 29 mai 2009 / 12:30 - 14:00

Japanese Innovation Policy: Between Theory and Practice
  • Speaker :
    • HARAYAMA Yūko (Tohoku University)
  • Discussant :
    • Yveline LECLER (Institut de Recherche de la Maison franco-japonaise)
  • 講演：
    • 原山優子（東北大学）
  • 討論：
    • レクレル　イブリン（日仏会館研究センター）

April 24, 2009 (Friday) / Vendredi 24 avril 2009 / 12:30 - 14:00

Population Decline and Ageing in Japan: The Social Consequences
  • Speaker :
    • Florian COULMAS (Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien)
  • Discussant :
    • Marc HUMBERT (Institut de Recherche de la Maison franco-japonaise)
日本における人口減少と高齢化：社会的影響
  • 講演：
    • フロリアン・クルマス（ドイツ-日本研究所）
  • 討論：
    • マルク・アンベール（日仏会館研究センター）

March 27, 2009 (Friday) / Vendredi 27 mars 2009 / 12:30 - 14:00

Why Women in Japan Struggle with Economic and Political Activities?
  • Speaker :
    • HASHIMOTO Hiroko (Jumonji University)
  • Discussant :
    • Isabelle GIRAUDOU (Institut de Recherche de la Maison franco-japonaise)
なぜ日本の女性は経済・政治活動と苦闘するのか？
  • 講演：
    • 橋本ヒロ子（十文字学園女子大学）
  • 討論：
    • イザベル・ジロドゥ（日仏会館研究センター）

February 27, 2009 (Friday) / Vendredi 27 février 2009 / 12:30 - 14:00

A Model Change of TPS (Toyota Production System) in the Globalization Era
  • Speaker :
    • SHIMIZU Kōichi (Professor at Okayama University)
  • Discussant :
    • Yveline LECLER (Institut de Recherche de la Maison franco-japonaise)
トヨタ生産システム　グローバル時代のモデルチェンジ？
  • 講演：
    • 清水耕一（岡山大学）
  • 討論：
    • レクレル　イブリン（日仏会館研究センター）

December 4, 2008 (Thursday) / Jeudi 4 décembre 2008 / 12:30 - 14:00

Financial Crisis in Europe and Asia
  • Michel FOUQUIN
    • Deputy Director, CEPII [Centre d'Études Prospectives et d'Informations Internationales]
  • KUNIMUNE Kōzō
    • Director, International Economics Studies Group, IDE-JETRO
ヨーロッパとアジアの金融危機
  • ミシェル・フーケン
    • 国際経済予測研究センター副所長
  • 國宗浩三
    • 日本貿易振興機構　アジア経済研究所　開発研究センター国際経済研究グループ長

Past Seminars on the Japanese Economy from January 2004 to July 2008


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