Japan Research Centre

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Japan Research Centre Visiting Scholar
Department
Japan Research Centre
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PhD (University of Tsukuba)
Email address
yk58@soas.ac.uk

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Yasuyuki Komaki is currently a professor at Osaka University of Economics. 

He was the first in Japan to create and publish a real-time database of macroeconomic data. He uses this data to study the appropriateness of monetary and fiscal policies. He also conducts EBPM on the policy situation in areas where depopulation is progressing, and conducts policy evaluations.

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Real-time data analysis for EBPM.

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Green transformation in Japan and future policies against climate change in the energy sector

In the 12 and a half years since the Fukushima nuclear accident only 11 of the 54 reactors initially shut down have restarted operations. Japan’s current energy self-sufficiency rate is only around 10%, and reducing CO2 emissions is not an easy proposition. The invasion of Ukraine has further destabilized the security of electric supply and price. How should Japan tackle the energy trilemma (security, affordability, sustainability) amidst such challenging circumstances?
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