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However, the Japanese economy is still facing daunting challenges. While economic activities in the Tohoku region, which was the hardest hit by the quake and tsunami, have yet to be restored, Japanese companies must rebuild their supply chains across and outside the country in view of ensuring business continuity into the future, and power supply constraints must be overcome. In addition to these pressing needs caused by the disaster, Japan is confronted with long-standing chronic problems such as the continuing appreciation of the yen with no sign of subsiding and massive fiscal deficits, the largest among the advanced economies. Immediately after the earthquake, the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) has been dedicating research efforts to explore immediate policy measures needed to overcome the unprecedented challenges as well as a medium- to long-term policy direction. This policy symposium will examine the post-quake state of economic infrastructure and financial functions in the Tohoku region as well as the fragility of Japan's economic foundation that has been revealed in the aftermath of the disaster, for instance, in terms of energy security and fiscal conditions. Participants will discuss ways to overcome the fragility, achieve the early restoration and reconstruction of the affected area, pave the way for medium- to long-term economic growth, and what the government can and should do to help achieve this end. Information Time and Date: 13:30-17:30, Tuesday, November 15, 2011 Venue: Iino Hall and Conference Center (2-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) Language: Japanese Hosts: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Support: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Nikkei Inc. Agenda 13:30 - 13:35 Opening Remarks NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI) 13:35 - 14:15 Keynote Speech 1 "Short- and Long-term Measures to Reform Japan's Power and Gas Markets" HATTA Tatsuo (Advisor, RIETI) 14:15 - 14:55 Keynote Speech 2 "Restoring Fiscal Health without Undermining Economic Growth" FUKAO Mitsuhiro (Faculty Fellow / Program Director, RIETI; Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University) 14:55 - 15:20 Coffee Break 15:20 - 17:20 Panel Discussion "Toward Sustainable Economic Growth in Post-quake Japan" Session Chair: NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI) Panelists (Alphabetical order) HATTA Tatsuo (Advisor, RIETI) KIMURA Keiji (Chairman of the Board and Representative Director of Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd; Chairman, Project Team for the Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake, Japan Association of Corporate Executives) TOKUI Joji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI; Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shinshu University) UESUGI Iichiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI; Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University) 17:00 - 17:20 Q&A Session 17:20 - 17:30 Closing Remarks FUJITA Masahisa (President / Chief Research Officer, RIETI; Professor, Konan University; Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University) Related EventRIETI Policy Symposium:"Toward Strengthening Industrial Competitiveness Following the Great East Japan Earthquake: Efforts by the industrial sector and policy response"Time and Date: 13:30-17:40, Monday, November 7, 2011Venue: Iino Hall and Conference Center (2-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) Events Symposiums Workshops BBL Seminars Archived Seminar Series Communications Newsletter RSS Feed Facebook X YouTube Research Areas Research Programs (FY2024-2028) Research Programs (FY2020-2023) Research Programs (FY2016-2019) Research Programs (FY2011-2015) Policy Research Domains (FY2006-2010) Projects Survey Fellows Research/Policy Papers Discussion Papers (English) Discussion Papers (Japanese) Policy Discussion Papers (English) Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese) Technical Papers (English) Technical Papers (Japanese) Non Technical Summaries List of Articles in Journals Research Digest Discussion Papers Search Publications RIETI Books (English) RIETI Books (Japanese) History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy Authors' Words Other Publications (English) Other Publications (Japanese) Events Symposiums Workshops BBL Seminars Archived Seminar Series Data JIP Database R-JIP Database CIP Database Industry-Specific Nominal and Real Effective Exchange Rates AMU and AMU Deviation Indicators JSTAR RIETI-TID RIETI FDI Database ICPA Project Links Articles Column Special Series Newspapers & Magazines Fellows' Works VoxEU Column From IZA Perspectives from Around the World Other Contents RIETI Report Policy Update Keizai Sangyo Journal (METI Journal) About RIETI Privacy Policy Site Policy Site Map Help Contact METI Web Site Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, IAA (JCN 6010005005426)JCN: Japan Corporate Number Opinions expressed or implied on this website are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).Titles, numbers, specific names, etc. on this website are as of the date of publication. 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