2025/01/23
On Thursday, January 16, the 2024 Shinzo Koizumi Memorial Lecture, titled "Geopolitical Tensions and Asia," was held at the North Hall on Mita Campus, featuring a presentation by Fukunari Kimura, Professor Emeritus of Keio University.
In the lecture, he explained that while the current US-China conflict is affecting global supply chains (GSCs), direct regulations are limited, and the global economy remains active. He also noted that the US-China tariff war and high-tech export controls have had a positive impact on some third countries, with ASEAN nations in particular attracting investment while maintaining good economic relations with both the US and China. He concluded by stating that the ability of third countries to maintain their GSCs in the face of future policy changes will be crucial, and that it is necessary for free-trade-oriented nations to cooperate to support trade rules. All attendees listened intently to Professor Emeritus Kimura's lecture, which was followed by a lively Q&A session.
■About the Speaker
Born in 1958. He graduated from the Political Science course at the Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo. He holds a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin. After serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the State University of New York at Albany, and as an Assistant Professor and Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Keio University, he became a Professor Emeritus and Senior Professor at the same university in 2024. He concurrently serves as the Director of the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO), and a Senior Research Fellow at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
■Major Publications
Maden, Keiichi, Shujiro Urata, and Fukunari Kimura, eds. (2023). ""The Changing Nature of Globalization and the Future of the World Economic Order: A New Framework Shaped by the US-China Conflict and the Ukraine Crisis."" Bunshindo. Kimura, Fukunari, Nguyen Anh Duong, Shozo Sakata, Keita Oikawa, Sounori Iwasaki, and Yasuhiro Yamada, eds. (2024). ""Vietnam's Challenge: Aiming to Become a High-Income Country by 2045."" Keiso Shobo.
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Photo by: Aki Takematsu