Videos on Columbia Business School

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crisis a year ago has set off an intense debate as to how Japan should best produce electricity. Columbia Business School’s Center on Japanese Economy and Business brings together a wide-ranging group of outstanding figures to discuss Japan’s energy policy and its economic, political, and broader implications. Kiichiro Sato, president of JETRO New York; Lex Heslin, president and CEO of Beautiful Earth Group; Minoru Takada, Senior Policy Advisor on Energy at the Strategic Planning Unit in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General at the United Nations; and Edward Lincoln, Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University will engage in a wide-ranging panel discussion on the economics, politics, and science of energy in Japan. As the Japanese government faces tough, possibly unpopular decisions on the future of nuclear power, the four experts will shed light on the nuances of this complex and pressing issue and contemplate the future direction of energy in Japan.