2021 Spring Conferment of Decoration - Adam S. Posen, PhD

2021/4/29

Embassy of Japan
Press Release
April 29, 2021

2021 Spring Conferment of Decoration
Adam S. Posen, PhD

On April 29, 2021(Japan Time), the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2021 Spring Imperial Decorations. President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics Adam S. Posen is among this year’s foreign recipients. In recognition of Dr. Posen’s contributions to Japanese macroeconomic policy and global economic cooperation, and the promotion of mutual understanding between the United States and Japan in the fields of financial, trade and fiscal policy, he will receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.

DECORATION: Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
SERVICE: Contributed to cooperation on Japanese economic and fiscal policy and the promotion of mutual understanding between the U.S. and Japan in the field of economic and fiscal policy
NAME: Adam S. Posen
MAJOR TITLES: President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics
ADDRESS (NATIONALITY): Arlington, Virginia (United States of America)

SUMMARY OF CONTRIBUTIONS

Adam S. Posen has been president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics since 2013 and has made numerous contributions as a leading voice in the field of economic and fiscal policy. Since Dr. Posen wrote Restoring Japan’s Economic Growth in 1998, he has maintained a focused commitment to analysis of the Japanese economy, and he has contributed to Japanese economic and fiscal policymaking repeatedly from this astute viewpoint. He has also contributed to the promotion of mutual understanding and the enhancement of the economic relationship between the U.S. and Japan through ongoing discourse with experts from academia, industry and government in both countries, and through his analyses cited frequently across the media on the pressing issues of the Japanese economy and society.

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