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Takatoshi Ito: Scholarship on Japan's Economy Transformed

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  • Kosuke Aoki

    (Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN)

  • Alan Auerbach

    (Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. and National Bureau of Economic Research, U.S.A.)

  • Charles Yuji Horioka

    (Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, Asian Growth Research Institute, JAPAN, and National Bureau of Economic Research, U.S.A.)

  • Anil Kashyap

    (University of Chicago Booth School of Business, U.S.A. and National Bureau of Economic Research, U.S.A.)

  • Tsutomu Watanabe

    (Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN)

  • David Weinstein

    (Department of Economics, Columbia University, U.S.A. and National Bureau of Economic Research, U.S.A.)

Abstract

Takatoshi Ito, who passed away in September 2025, was a leading scholar of macroeconomics and international finance. This column, written by a group of friends and colleagues, outlines his many contributions in a lifetime of research, teaching and policy-making in Japan, the United States and around the world. His work is particularly notable for challenging the widespread perception that standard economic analysis is somehow ill-suited for understanding the Japanese economy. Indeed, using the discipline's rigorous tools, he illuminated challenges that Japan faced earlier and more acutely than other countries – including population decline and ageing, ballooning government debt, the zero lower bound and unconventional monetary policies, real estate bubbles and their collapse, and the banking sector's problem of non-performing loans.

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  • Kosuke Aoki & Alan Auerbach & Charles Yuji Horioka & Anil Kashyap & Tsutomu Watanabe & David Weinstein, 2025. "Takatoshi Ito: Scholarship on Japan's Economy Transformed," Discussion Paper Series DP2025-29, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University.
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    1. Thomas F. Cargill & Michael M. Hutchison & Takatoshi Ito, 1997. "The Political Economy of Japanese Monetary Policy," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262032473, December.
    2. Ito, Takatoshi & Roley, V. Vance, 1987. "News from the U.S. and Japan : Which moves the yen/dollar exchange rate?," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 19(2), pages 255-277, March.
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    • E52 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Monetary Policy
    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
    • F31 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Foreign Exchange
    • G15 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - International Financial Markets
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East

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