Shirai, Sayuri

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Faculty of Policy Management Faculty of Policy Management ( Shonan Fujisawa )

Position

Professor （ Professor ）

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Paper Count: 13 Citation Count: 75 h-index: 4

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  • Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University. Her research focuses on macroeconomics, monetary policy, and climate and sustainable finance. She previously served as a Policy Board Member of the Bank of Japan. She is currently engaged in policy-oriented research in collaboration with international organizations, including the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), covering monetary policy, fiscal policy, financial markets, and climate-related finance. She actively contributes to policy dialogue with central banks and policymakers, participates in international conferences and panel discussions, and disseminates her insights through global media.For details, please check official homepage (htttp://www,sayurishirai.jp/)

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  • Message to students: Whenever you face questions in the learning process, try to be patient in finding the solutions. Even if you may not find the solutions immediately, it is important to keep learning and deepen your knowledage.

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  • She regularly contributes columns and commentary on economic, financial, and climate-related issues to platforms such as World Economic Review IMPACT, Surfvote, Nikkei Think!, and The Japan Times. Further information is available on her official website.

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  • Please see personal homepage URL http://sss.sayurishirai.jp for details. Prof. Shirai is is currently a professor of Keio University. She also served as a senior advisor to EOS at Federated Hermes located in UK. She is also a non-executive board member of a Japanese listed food company until 2022. She holds Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University. She was also visiting scholar to Asian Development Bank Institute in 2016-2020. She was a Member of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in 2011-2016, who is responsible for making monetary policy decisions. She taught at Sciences Po in Paris in 2007–2008 and was an economist at the IMF in 1993-1998. She is the author of numerous books and papers on a variety of subjects including central bank digital currency (CBDC), monetary policy, and global finance. She frequently comments on Japan’s economy and monetary policy at various international and domestic media sources. She is a contributing writer to Japan Times and London-based centralbanking.com. She also provides professional comments to Nikkei Newspaper Digital various news articles as Think! expert.

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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2016.09
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    Present

    Keio University Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Professor

  • 2011.06
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    2022.06

    Non-Executive Board Director (Food Industry)

  • 2020.01
    -
    2021.12

    Senior Advisor to EOS at Federated Hermes

  • 2016.04
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    2020.03

    ADB Institute Visiting Scholar

  • 2019.06
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    2019.09

    Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Republic of Zambia

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 1989.03

    Keio University, Graduate School, Division of Economics

    Graduate School, Completed, Master's course

  • 1993.05

    Other, Graduate School, Division of Economics

    United States, Graduate School, Completed, Doctoral course

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Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

  • Ph.D., Other, 1993.05

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Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Economic policy (International Finance Monetary Policy　Macroeconomic policy)

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  • Growing Central Bank Challenges in the World and Japan

    Sayuri Shirai, Asian Development Bank Institute, 2020.06

  • Textbook about Money in the Cryptocurrency Era

    Sayuri Shirai, Shogakukan, 2019.04,  Page： 253

  • Central Bank Digital Currency and Fintech in Asia

    Marlene Amstad, Bihong Huang, Peter J. Morgan and Sayuri Shirai, Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019.01

  • Mission Incomplete: Reflating Japan's Economy

    Sayuri Shirai, Asian Development Bank Institute, 2018.05

  • 東京五輪後の日本経済 : 元日銀審議委員だから言える

    SHIRAI Sayuri, 東京 : 小学館,, 2017.09

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  • Bank of Japan's Unconventional Monetary Easing and Challenges

    sayuri Shirai

    [International presentation]  Hong Kong Monetary Authority and Reserve Bank of New York (Hong Kong) , 

    2019.05
    , 

    Oral presentation (keynote)

  • Role of External Board Directors and Corporate Governance

    Sayuri Shirai

    [International presentation]  board Diversity Investor Initiative in Hong Kong Semi-annual Meeting, 

    2019.05
    , 

    Oral presentation (invited, special)

  • Monetary Easing, SME Finance and Fintech Development

    Sayuri Shirai

    [International presentation]  Central Bank of Turkey Seminar on Innovative Finance for Growth – The Role of Credit Guarantee Funds, 

    2019.04
    , 

    Oral presentation (keynote)

  • the Central Bank of Turkey Seminar on Innovative Finance for Growth – The Role of Credit Guarantee Funds “Monetary Easing, SME Finance and Fintech Development”

    Sayuri Shirai

    [International presentation]  Central Bank of Turkey Internmatioanl Confere nce, 

    2019.04
    , 

    Oral presentation (keynote)

  • 日本銀行とFRBの金融政策

    白井さゆり

    [International presentation]  S&Pダウ・ジョーンズ・インデックス主催第11回ETFコンファレンス講演, 

    2019.04
    , 

    Oral presentation (invited, special)

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  • Japan's CPI and Japan-US Summit

    Sayuri Shirai

    Bloomberg Live TV Interview, 

    2019.05
    , 

    Other, Single

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    Review about Japan's CPI Data Release and Prospect on Japan-US Summit

  • インタビュー：英のEU離脱、北アイルランド特別扱いしかない

    白井さゆり

    東洋経済オンライン, 

    2019.05
    , 

    Other, Single

  • 米中貿易摩擦について

    白井さゆり

    BS-TBSテレビ番組Bizスクエア、コメンテーターとして生出演, 

    2019.05
    , 

    Other, Single

  • イギリスのEU離脱離脱の背景と行方

    Sayuri Shirai

    三宅民夫のマイあさ！、マイBIZ～経済展望に生出演、インタビュー, 

    2019.05
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    Other, Single

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    イギリスのEU離脱の背景についての解説および今後の見通しについて解説

  • The Land of Rising Green Bonds

    Sayuri Shirai

    Environmental Finance　Journal Interview, 

    2019.04
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    Other, Single

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • SEMINAR B

    2024

  • MASTER SEMINAR

    2024

  • MACROECONOMICS 1

    2024

  • INTERNATIONAL FINANCE

    2024

  • INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

    2024

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