Towards Regional Prosperity in Asia—How can Japan and other Asian countries Contribute to Enhancing Financial Markets?

(in cooperation with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Institute for International Monetary Affairs)

6 May 2007 (4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.)

It is ten years after the Asian currency crisis. Despite the hardships brought by the crisis, Asian countries have since achieved stable economic growth, with strengthened mutual cooperation.

More recently, however, some clouds have begun to emerge; growing economies are now faced with stronger currencies, excess liquidities, and stock market bubbles. In order to sustain stable economic growth in the region, it is critical that Asian countries make efforts not only to further develop and deepen their financial cooperation through such initiatives as the Asian Bond Markets Initiative and the Chiang Mai Initiative, but also to foster the regional financial markets in Asia, while promoting overall integration in economic and trade areas.

MUFG and IIMA are co-hosting this seminar, in which panelists will discuss the future direction of the regional financial markets, and Japan’s contribution to their orderly development and economic prosperity, based on the experience of the past regional financial cooperation developed after the Asian crisis.

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