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Given that this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference was hosted by a petrostate and led by a fossil-fuel CEO, climate campaigners understandably had low expectations. Yet the summit did deliver some new commitments, and there is good reason to think that they are more than just empty words.

CBS Professor Shivaram Rajgopal shares why understanding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is vital for business leaders.

Veteran media executive and entrepreneur Robert Friedman discusses innovation, change and the outlook for the media industry.

Featuring: Kyoko Matsushita, CEO, WPP in Japan. Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University 

Featuring: Hiroshi Sakurai, Chairman, Asahi Shuzo Co., Ltd. Moderator: David E. Weinstein, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School ; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University

Featuring: Haruhiko Kuroda, Former Governor, Bank of Japan. Welcome Remarks: David E. Weinstein, Director, Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEB); Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University

2023 CJEB Annual Tokyo Conference The Need for Innovation: Digitalization, Sustainable Cities, and Reforming Higher Education Monday, May 29, 2023 | 1:15 – 6:30 PM Japan Time Presented by Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School Co-sponsored by the Development Bank of Japan Inc.

Dr. Mireya Solís of the Brookings Institution will lead a talk and Q&A session on her new book Japan’s Quiet Leadership: Reshaping the Indo-Pacific scheduled for release on 1 September 2023.

Bringing Anime to the Global Market: Funimation’s Dragon Ball Z and Entrepreneurship ゲン・フクナガ [ファニメーション・エンターテインメント創業者] 

Key takeaways from CBS Professor Dan Wang's research into VC-startup collaboration.

View and listen to the Columbia Bizcast Season 3 Promo.