EUIJ Waseda Symposium
" Reconstruction and Fiscal Consolidation in Japan after March 11th: Lessons from European Experience "
The content of Japan's third supplementary budget for 2011 is now the subject of much debate. The Japanese government intends to allocate 13 trillion yen for the reconstruction of areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11th. It is possible that there will be increases in income tax and corporate tax, and that some state-owned property will also be sold. On the other hand, structural reforms of both the taxation and social security systems have been addressed. This symposium will be held in order to learn from the EU and its member states about their experiences of fiscal consolidation, and to promote wider and deeper discussion regarding the future of the Japanese financial system.
Date: Mon. 17 Oct., 2011
Time: 15:00 ~ 17:15
Doors open from 14:00
Venue: Ono Auditorium, Waseda Campus, Waseda Univ.
Language: Japanese and English (Simultaneous translation)
* Number of receivers are limited and may not be provided to all audience.
Please refrain from taking a receiver, if you understand Japanese and English.
Registration: Not required <Admission Fee: Free>
・MC:
Prof. Masazumi WAKATABE, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda Univ.
Lecturers:
・Mr Motoyuki ODACHI, MP, Former Parliamentary Secretary for Finance
・Mr Yoshimasa HAYASHI, MP, Former State Minister for Economic and Finance Policy
・Mr Paul Hunter, Economic Counsellor, British Embassy
・Dr Rene Duignan, Senior Researcher for the Political and Economic Section,
EU Delegation to Japan
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Programme
Opening Remarks:
Prof. Hidetoshi NAKAMURA, Deputy Director, EUIJ Waseda
Introduction:
Moderator: Prof. Masazumi WAKATABE, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
Financing Reconstruction and Fiscal Consolidation in Japan
・Mr Motoyuki ODACHI, MP, Former Parliamentary Secretary for Finance
・Mr Yoshimasa HAYASHI, MP, Former State Minister for Economic and Finance Policy
Fiscal Consolidation in the EU and its Member States
・Mr Paul Hunter, Economic Counsellor, British Embassy
・Dr Rene Duignan, Senior Researcher for the Political and Economic Section, EU Delegation to Japan
Responses from MPs
Q&A
Wrap-up by Moderator
Closing Remarks: Prof. Koji FUKUDA, Director, EUIJ Wased
