2021

December 2021 No.163

ERINA REPORT (PLUS) No.163

Special Feature:  Challenges Confronting Regional Development in China

• On the Special Feature [in Japanese and English]
  LI Chunxia, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• Institutional Constraints and Reforms of Agricultural Insurance in Northeast China under the Framework of RCEP [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  ZHANG Jiashu, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Regional Innovation Disparity in China [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  LI Chunxia, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• Status Quo and Prospects of Major Ports on China’s Shandong Peninsula [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  Zhu Yonghao, Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Fukushima University; Collaborative Researcher, ERINA
  Liu Xubin, Master Course Student, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Fukushima University

• Characteristics and Issues of Agricultural Corporations in Hokuriku [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  DONG Qi, Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• Issues in Establishing Credit Ratings in Corporate Bond Financing [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  LAGNAI Tuvshintur, Assistant Professor, Accounting Department, National University of Commerce and Business
  OYUNTSETSEG Dorjpalam, Assistant Professor, Accounting Department, National University of Commerce and Business

• Reports on Our Activities [in Japanese only]
  ◎Report on Participation at “Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region International (Japan) Collaborative Creations in the Field of New Energy and Matching Event for Industry Cooperation”
  CAI Shengxi, Business Support Promotion Officer, Business Support Division, ERINA
  ◎Report on Attendance at the “Ninth Meeting of the Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) Northeast Asian Local Cooperation Committee”
  LI Chunxia, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
  ◎ERINA Internship Program Report
  DAKE Lolodudzi Sena, Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan
  ◎Visiting Russia amid COVID-19 Pandemic (Part 1)
  MIMURA Mitsuhiro, Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• Overseas Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Domestic Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Analysis of Economic Trends in Northeast Asia [in Japanese only]
• ERINA News [in Japanese only]

October 2021 No.162

ERINA REPORT (PLUS) No.162

Special Feature:  The Russian Economy through the Prism of the COVID-19 Pandemic

• On the Special Feature [in Japanese and English]
  SHIDA Yoshisada, Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• State Support for “System-forming Enterprises” during Economic Crises under the Putin Administration
  [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  ADACHI Yuko, Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University; Collaborative Researcher, ERINA
• COVID-19 Pandemic and Migrant Workers in Russia [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  HORIE Norio, Center for Far Eastern Studies, University of Toyama
  Collaborative Researcher, ERINA
• Economic Activities and COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia[in Japanese; Summary in English]
  IWASAKI Ichiro, Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
  Collaborative Researcher, ERINA
• Russian Far East Special Economic Zones in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Resident Companies Moving In and Out [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  SHIDA Yoshisada, Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA

• Interviews  [in Japanese only]
  “SME’s Development Strategy Rooted in the Community—Challenges toward Discontinuity—”
  Interview with Mr. Daisuke FUJII, President, Fujii Corporation Co., Ltd.
• Events [in Japanese only]
  ◎Report on Niigata Prefecture International Students’ Job Fair 2022
  CAI Shengxi, Business Support Promotion Officer, Business Support Division, ERINA
  ◎ERINA Web Seminar “Economic Outlooks with COVID-19 －Global, Japan, and Niigata”
  TANAKA Yasunari, Researcher, Center for Policy and Economy, Mitsubishi Research Institute
  KON Yuka, Researcher, Research Center of Niigata
  LI Chunxia, Associate Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• Reports on Our Activities [in Japanese only]
  ERINA Internship Program Report
  BHARALI Rudraxee, Graduate School of International Relations, International University of Japan
• Overseas Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Domestic Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Analysis of Economic Trends in Northeast Asia [in Japanese only]
• ERINA News [in Japanese only]

August 2021 No. 161

ERINA REPORT (PLUS) No.161

Special Feature: FTA in Northeast Asia

• On the Special Feature [in Japanese and English]
  NAKAJIMA Tomoyoshi, Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• Growing Japan’s Role in Regional Economic Integration in the Asia-Pacific Region without US Engagement [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  URATA Shujiro, Professor Emeritus, Waseda University
• Trade Liberalization among China, Japan, and the ROK through the RCEP: Achievements and Challenges [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  KUNO Arata, Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Asia University; Collaborative Researcher, ERINA
• Korea’s Recent Policies for FTAs and FTA Utilization by Companies [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  CHEONG In-Kyo, Professor, Department of Economics, Inha University
  KIM Bong-Gil, Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Toyama; Collaborative Researcher, ERINA

• Trends of Trade Conducted via Niigata Port and Naoetsu Port for 2018-2020  [in Japanese only]
  ADACHI Yuji, Director, Business Support Division, ERINA
• Reports on Our Activities [in Japanese only]
  ◎Report on ERINA Special Lecture for Schools: Niigata Prefecture’s Japan-China Friendship Exchange, and Trade with China via Naoetsu Port and Kashiwazaki Port
  CAI Shengxi, Business Support Promotion Officer, ERINA
• Overseas Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Domestic Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Analysis of Economic Trends in Northeast Asia [in Japanese only]
• ERINA News [in Japanese only]

June 2021 No. 160

ERINA Report (Plus) No.160

Special Feature : 2021 Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development (NICE) in Niigata The Twelfth Japan-Russia Energy and Environment Dialogue in Niigata

• Program
• 1st Stage　China’s Economic Rise and Northeast Asian Economic Cooperation: In the Context of US-China Conflict and COVID-19
  Summary
  ARAI Hirofumi, Director and Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
  Keynote Address “Northeast Asia in a New Context: the Key is Cooperation”
  ZHANG Yunling, Professor and Academy Member, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; President, Institute of International Studies, Shandong University
• 2nd Stage　Transforming the Global Supply Chain
  Summary
  ADACHI Yuji, Director, Business Support Division, ERINA
  Keynote Address “Transforming the Global Supply Chain”
  MAIE Yoichi, Professor, Nagoya University of Foreign Studies
• 3rd Stage　Japan-Russia Energy and Environment Dialogue: the Paris Agreement and Energy Security in Northeast Asia
  Summary
  ENKHBAYAR Shagdar, Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
  Keynote Address “Paris Agreement and Energy Security in Northeast Asia”
  TAMURA Kentaro, Director of Climate and Energy Area, Institute for Global Environment Strategies
• Closing Remarks
  KAWAI Masahiro, Chairperson, NICE Executive Committee; Representative Director, ERINA
• Interviews [in Japanese only]
  ◎“Perspective from Akita beyond the Sea”
  Interview with Mr. Hiroki MIURA, Chairman, Port of Akita Sea-and-Rail Concept Promotion Committee
• Events [in Japanese only]
  ◎Report on Staging of the Seminar on Niigata’s Industries for International Students
  ◎ERINA Local Status Seminar “Life and Economy in Russia: Listening to the Residents
  SAITO Daisuke, Head of Moscow Representative Office, Japan Association for Trade with Russia and NIS;
  KHUZIYATOV Tagir, Professor, Department of Japanese Studies, Far Eastern Federal University
• Reports on Our Activities [in Japanese only]
  ◎Report on Business Trip to Vladivostok and Moscow―from Travel Preparation to Self-isolation―
  MIMURA Mitsuhiro, Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• Overseas Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Domestic Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Analysis of Economic Trends in Northeast Asia [in Japanese only]
• ERINA News [in Japanese only]

April 2021 No. 159

ERINA Report (Plus) No.159

Special Feature : North Korea Pursuing Rejuvenation and shí shì qiú shì (practical search for the truth) in Hardship

• On the Special Feature [in Japanese and English]
  MIMURA Mitsuhiro, Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• The 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea, Related Conferences, and the New Five-Year Plan for National Economic Development [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  MIMURA Mitsuhiro, Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• DPRK’s Fundamental Economic Structure and Survival Strategy – Analysis on Its Self-Rehabilitation Policies from the Viewpoint of Industrial Placement– [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  LYU Hak Su, Associate Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, University of Kitakyushu
• The Belt and Road Initiative and China’s New Northeast Asia Strategy [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  LI Chengri, Assistant Research Fellow, National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
  ZHONG Feiteng, Research Fellow, National Institute of International Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

• Big Businesses and State Industrial Control in the Russian Economy under Crisis [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  ADACHI Yuko, Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University
  IWASAKI Ichiro, Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
• Agricultural Land Expansion in the Northeastern Region of Inner Mongolia and Associated Issues: A Case Study of Agricultural Land Conversion in Hulusutai Village [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  SIRIGULENG, Visiting Researcher, Niigata Regional Revitalization Research Institute, Graduate Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies; Part-time Lecturer, Niigata University
  TOMIYAMA Eiko, Professor, Graduate Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies

• Events [in Japanese only]
  ◎ERINA Seminar “The Latest International Logistics Situation and Trans-Eurasian Rail Logistics”
  SAKURAI Masao, General Manager, International Sales Department No.1, Nisshin Corporation
  ◎Japan Association for Trade with Russia & NIS and ERINA Joint Web Seminar “Russia’s Far East Economy and Northern Sea Route in the COVID-19 Pandemic”
  MINAKIR Pavel, Professor, Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  ZAOSTROVSKIKH Elena, Researcher, Economic Research Institute of Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy
• Reports on Our Activities [in Japanese only]
  ◎The First “Track-II Dialogue on India-Japan-Russia Trilateral Cooperation in the Russian Far East”
  ARAI Hirofumi, Director and Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• Overseas Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Domestic Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Analysis of Economic Trends in Northeast Asia [in Japanese only]
• ERINA News [in Japanese only]

February 2021 No. 158

ERINA Report (Plus) No.158

Special Feature : COVID-19 Economic Impacts in Mongolia

• On the Special Feature [in Japanese and English]
  ENKHBAYAR Shagdar, Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA
• Coronavirus and Mongolian Economy [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  ULZIIKHAND Nyamsuren, Senior Statistician of Research and Sampling Division, National Accounts and Research Department, National Statistics Office of Mongolia
• Impact of Prevention and Quarantine Measures of COVID-19 on Activities of Enterprises [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  OYUNJARGAL Mangalsuren, Senior Statistician of Economic Statistics Department, National Statistics Office of Mongolia
  BAASAN Dorjdamba, Statistician of Economic Statistics Department, National Statistics Office of Mongolia
• COVID-19 Pandemic Impact to Tourism Sector [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  ULZIIKHAND Nyamsuren, Senior Statistician of Research and Sampling Division, National Accounts and Research Department, National Statistics Office of Mongolia
  GEREL Bat, Statistician of Research and Sampling Division National Accounts and Research Department, National Statistics Office of Mongolia

• Prospects of Hydrogen Energetics in Russia [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  MASTEPANOV Alexey, Head, Analytical Center of the Energy Policy and Security of Oil and Gas Research Institute, RAS; Professor, National University of Oil and Gas “Gubkin University”
• Japan’s Export Control to ROK [in Japanese; Summary in English]
  NAKAJIMA Tomoyoshi, Senior Research Fellow, Research Division, ERINA

• Interviews [in Japanese only]
  ◎“Niigata Sake on a National and Global Scale”
  Interview with Mr. Shuichi MIZUMA, Representative Director, Niigata Sake Brewers Association
• Events [in Japanese only]
  ◎ERINA Special Seminar, “Life with Coronavirus and the Economy of Niigata Prefecture”
  <Speech> The Trends and Future of the Economy of Niigata Prefecture
  SAKUTA Kenji, General Manager, Bank of Japan Niigata Branch
  <Discussion> An Outlook of the Economy of Niigata Prefecture
• Overseas Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Domestic Business Information  [in Japanese only]
• Analysis of Economic Trends in Northeast Asia [in Japanese only]
• ERINA News [in Japanese only]