Join us for the second in our new regular quarterly webinar on business and current affairs, Japan Macro Salon with Jesper and Bill in which our chairman Bill Emmott teams up with Jesper Koll, longtime Tokyo resident and one of the most keenly watched economists and investment strategists in that town, to discuss what's new in the Japanese economy, business, financial markets and more.

Each quarter, Jesper and Bill open with a conversation about the latest trends that have caught their attention, and then welcome a special guest to focus on a topic of the moment. All the while, they will be interacting with questions from the audience. These webinars are run in association with Asia Society Tokyo.

In this session, we are delighted to welcome as our special guest Tatsuya Terazawa, chairman of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ). In his message on taking up the role in July 2021, Mr Terazawa noted ‘Energy and climate change issues are two sides of the same coin. Applying the guiding policy principle of 3Es plus S – energy security, economic efficiency and environmental conservation plus safety, Japan is facing a very urgent need to find a realistic pathway to carbon neutrality’.

This need has only become more urgent as we all grapple with the current  global energy crisis, while not forgetting agreed carbon emissions reduction targets. With Tatsuya Terazawa’s help, Jesper and Bill will unpick Prime Minister Kishida’s announcement of plans to restart existing nuclear reactors and consider a new building programme for next-generation reactors, alongside policies for the expansion of the development of storage batteries and promotion of renewable sources such as offshore wind.

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