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DESCRIPTION:The symposium features two key leaders from Japan&rsquo\;s majo
 r institutions &ndash\; Mr. Masatsugu (Mat) Nagato from the Japan Post Hol
 dings Co.\, Ltd and Mr. Yasushi Kinoshita from the Development Bank of Jap
 an Inc (DBJ). Both speakers will share their views and experiences on the 
 privatization of their respective institutions even though still formally 
 owned by the government. &nbsp\;Mr. Nagato&rsquo\;s talk\, titled &ldquo\;
 Japan Post Privatization: The Political Intention and the Business Effects
 \,&rdquo\; will address The Japan Postal privatization which began in 2005
 \, led by Prime Minister Koizumi and which is currently in its privatizati
 on phase. Japan Post Holdings oversees the group that includes the JAPAN P
 OST BANK\, which is an operator of the former government post office savin
 gs system\; it is the largest financial institution in Japan. Mr. Kinoshit
 a&rsquo\;s talk\, titled &ldquo\;Blending Finance to Grow: The Public-Priv
 ate Partnership in Developed Economies&rdquo\; will consider DBJ&rsquo\;s 
 efforts to achieve privatization after its formation in 2008. The DBJ was 
 established as part of the Government&rsquo\;s effort to promote administr
 ative reform for a more simple and efficient government. It provides loans
 \, and equity investments\, particularly including Crisis Response Operati
 ons and Special Investment Operations\, for regional revitalization and re
 inforcement of enterprise competitiveness.\n<em>Biographies:</em>\nMasatsu
 gu (Mat) Nagato&nbsp\;began his career at the Industrial Bank of Japan in 
 1972\, beginning a distinguished career that saw him join Japan Post Holdi
 ngs in 2016 as President and CEO\, and Representative Executive Officer.\n
 In the intervening years he held a number of positions\, including: Managi
 ng Executive Officer at both Industrial Bank of Japan and The Mizuho Bank\
 , Ltd.\; Corporate Executive Vice President and later Representative Direc
 tor and Deputy President of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.\; Director\, Chairm
 an of Citibank Japan Ltd.\; and President and CEO\, and Representative Exe
 cutive Officer of Japan Post Bank.\nMr. Nagato graduated from Hitotsubashi
  University with a Bachelor of Sociology and holds a Master of Arts of Law
  and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.\nYasushi Kin
 oshita&nbsp\;is the Deputy President at the Development Bank of Japan Inc.
  He was also the former Administrative Vice Minister at the Ministry of Fi
 nance. Since first joining the Ministry in 1979\, Mr. Kinoshita focused on
  fiscal policy\, monetary policy\, banking supervision\, and macroeconomic
  policy. He spent fifteen years in the Budget Bureau\, five years in the B
 anking Bureau\, six years in the Minister&rsquo\;s Secretariat for Policy 
 Coordination\, four years in international finance-related areas\, and thr
 ee years at the Prime Minister&rsquo\;s Office. After he left the Ministry
  of Finance\, Mr. Kinoshita served as an advisor at Tokio Marine Holdings\
 , Inc. He was also a Visiting Fellow at the Center on Japanese Economy and
  Business of Columbia Business School from October 2014 &ndash\; March 201
 5. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Law degree at The University of Tok
 yo.\n&nbsp\;\nThis event is part of CJEB's 30th Anniversary Public Program
  Series\, celebrating CJEB's establishment at CBS in 1986.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\n
 Advance registration is required.\nGeneral Contact:&nbsp\;Emiko Mizumura\,
 &nbsp\;<a href="mailto:em2265@columbia.edu">em2265@columbia.edu\n</a>Media
  Contact: Ryoko Ogino\,&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:ro2213@gsb.columbia.edu">ro2
 213@columbia.edu</a>\nPlease be advised that this event will be photograph
 ed by the organizer\, so your image may appear on our website later. &nbsp
 \;If this is an issue\, please let us know. &nbsp\;Thank you.
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SUMMARY:Private Views on Japanese Government Corporations
URL:/en/events/2016/10/06/private-views-on-japanese-government-corporations
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