カテゴリー: English

In 11 December 2020, I gave a lecture on Indonesian Economies under Covid-19 and Omnibus Law in Mini-seminar of Aichi Prefectural University, in Japanese language.

In the afternoon of November 19, 2020, I gave a lecture at a webinar hosted by SBCS Indonesia (an SMBC-affiliated consulting company), which I have been writing my column every month in its monthly report.

The topic was “Looking Back at Indonesian Politics and Economy in 2020”. The main topics in the lecture were as follows:

1. The start of the second phase of the Jokowi government
2. Covid-19 and the domestic economy
3. Information on The Omnibus Law (Job Creation Law)
4. Future Prospects

After the lecture, the webinar participants gave questions about the content of the Omnibus Law and the future political outlook, and I replied them.

Since October 2020, we have contracted as an external consultant for trade & investment cluster, ASEAN Japan Centre (AJC) in Tokyo, to plan and implement ASEAN Update Webinar Series until March 2021. This webinar series is conducted in Japanese language for Japanese customer to get latest information about ASEAN countries.

As the first turn, in early November 2020, I will be the speaker to explain about Omnibus Law or Job Creation Law in Indonesia, which has been just legislated in 5 October 2020.

For this Webinar Series, I will plan to invite speakers from ASEAN countries, depended on theme and contents. If there is someone who wants to talk and promote trade and investment between ASEAN countries and Japan, please contact me. We may discuss whether the theme and contents are suitable or not. English speaker is welcomed.

Since April 2020, I regularly write my column, titled “Future Indonesia – An Analysis by the Japanese Expert Mr. Kazuhisa Matsui” in SBCS Indonesia Monthly Report.

In the latest publication, I wrote as the 5th report, with the title of “Trade Surplus Increase under Economic Recession. Stable Agriculture is Expected”. You can download the report from following link.

⇒ My Report [PDF] (Japanese & English)

If you want to get the SBCS Indonesia Monthly Report, please contact directly to SBCS Indonesia (sbcs@sbcs.co.id). Thank you for your attention.

Since April 2020, I have written my small articles on Indonesian current economy every month in the SBCS Indonesia Monthly Report, published by PT. SBCS Indonesia, a Japanese-Indonesia consulting company in Jakarta, as the name of “Future Indonesia – An Analysis by the Japanese Expert Mr. Kazuhisa Matsui”.  You can download from here. Please give your comment to me.

• (1) English version / Japanese version (written in April 2020)
• (2) English version / Japanese version (written in June 2020)
• (3) English version / Japanese version (written in July 2020)
• (4) English version / Japanese version (written in August 2020)

My guest lectures were conducted in the name of “Social Development B” in Faculty of Social Studies, Hitotsubashi University, my alma mater, as follws:

– May 27 & June 3, 2020: One Village One Product Movement
– July 8 & July 15, 2020: Catalyst and Facilitation

Here is my report on Indonesia in SBCS Indonesia Monthly Report (May 2020). You can download it from this URL. Please read it.

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From April 2020, I write regular short analysis about Indonesian current affairs in the SBCS Indonesia Monthly Report published by PT. SBCS Indonesia. The series title is “Future Indonesia – An Analysis by the Japanese Expert Kazuhisa Matsui”. The first analysis is: Jokowi 2nd Term Prioritizes Investment and Business, Facing the Spreading of COVID-19. If you want read this, please contact PT. SBCS Indonesia (https://www.sbcs.co.id/contact-us).

As a survey for Team E-Kansai, Osaka, Japan, we conducted business trip to Jakarta and Surabaya in 1-11 March 2020 to get information about the needs of environmental technologies for private sector in Indonesia. We tried to visit some industrial associations, but, of course, it was very difficult to make appointments this time. We were too much careful to do our activities with avoiding use of public transportation and recording all our activity locus in Bahasa Indonesia.