Stockholm Seminar on Japan
The 9th Stockholm Seminar on Japan
“Japanese Business Development: Past and Future”
Professor Seiichiro Yonekura, Hitotsubashi University
This is a lecture on Japan’s postwar business history which brings us all the way to the present and the numerous problems Japan is facing today. The lecture will start by explaining how Japan after the defeat in WWII recreated business and gained an international competitiveness. It will end by explaining why the Japanese economy since the 1990s has been losing power and what needs to be done to deal with this.
Professor Seiichiro Yonekura is the Director of the Institute of Innovation Research at Hitotsubashi Univeristy in Tokyo. He received BA and MA from Hitotsubashi Univeristy and has a PhD from Harvard University. His major is Business History and Innovation Studies. He is a very popular lecturer at many universities as well as many global corporations.
Date and Time: February 18, 15:00-16:30
Venue: Ohlinrummet, 5th Floor,
Stockholm School of Economics, Sveavagen 65
Please RSVP to Nanhee.Lee@hhs.se no later than February 16 if you will attend.
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The seminar series is a newly created collaborative initiative started by the three major academic institutions of Japanese Studies in Stockholm, Sweden ? European Institute of Japanese Studies, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, and Stockholm University.
We will cover a variety of topics on contemporary Japan: Our interests broadly include politics, economy, and society. We will present insightful perspectives on the dynamic transitions Japan is facing from multiple dimensions.
The major goal of this initiative is to elevate Stockholm as a research hub for Japanese Studies in Europe. The seminar will create an active discussion space, encouraging the free flow of ideas and thoughts to stimulate intellectual curiosity on the current Japanese Studies scholarship. It will also provide a great opportunity for both senior and junior researchers, as well as policy makers and business practitioners, to contribute to innovative knowledge production on Japan in a timely manner.
The seminar series will have a total of nine talks per year, and each institution will host three speakers respectively. Drawing from each of the organizers’ networks, the European Institute of Japanese Studies will host talks on the economy and business (with flexibility of topics), the Swedish Institute of International Affairs will host talks on politics and international relations, and Stockholm University Department of Japanese Studies will host talks on society and culture (in a broad sense, including history, literature, and arts). The seminar will be global in nature, with speakers from around the world.
As for the audience, we target local scholars, policy makers, bureaucrats, business people, as well as students, broadly interested in Japan.
Co-Organizers
Marie Soderberg
European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics
Linus Hagstrom
Swedish Institute of International Affairs
Akihiro Ogawa
Department of Japanese Studies, Stockholm University