Financial Crisis: Japan in the Global Economy January 15, 2009

How will Japan's financial systems fare in the aftermath of 2008's global economic meltdown? Despite significant efforts from the world's major economic players, the U.S. financial crisis and accompanying credit crunch have impacted countries across the globe. Collapsing export markets, currency instability and expanding trade deficits in Japan and the U.S. are sure to influence both countries' economic growth in 2009. The Japan Society of Northern California's leading financial experts on Japan will discuss the major economic developments of 2008 and share their predictions on the Japanese economy in the year ahead.

Dr. Hugh Patrick is Director of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School, Co-Director of Columbia's APEC Study Center, and R.D. Calkins Professor of International Business Emeritus. A top expert on the Japanese economy and Pacific Basin economic relations, Patrick has published 16 books and some 60 articles and essays on finance, business and Japan-U.S. economic relations. Patrick received his B.A. from Yale University, M.A. degrees in Japanese Studies and Economics and his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Takeo Hoshi is a Professor and Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations at the University of California, San Diego, as well as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Tokyo Center for Economic Research. His many publications include Crisis and Change in the Japanese Financial System with Dr. Hugh Patrick. Hoshi earned a Bachelor of Liberal Arts (Kyoyo Gakushi) in Social Sciences from the University of Tokyo and a Ph.D. in Economics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

$5.00 for Japan Society members; $15.00 for non-members.

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