Professor Ryo Kambayashi was awarded the Japan Academy Prize.

IER published the 3rd issue of “IER SpotlightS", a public relations magazine. 

Associate Professor Kensuke Teshima received "Premio Citibanamex de Economia" for his research titled "The Violent Consequences of Trade-Induced Worker Displacement In Mexico" (joint with Melissa Dell and Benjamin Feigenberg).

Professor Kyoji Fukao won the Economic History Association Larry Neal Prize 2019 by the article "Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874" (co-authored by Jean-Pascal Bassino, Stephen N. Broadberry, Bishnupriya Gupta, and Masanori Takashima).