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• The collaborative paper, written by an Economics student Mr. MATSUOKA Kohei and Professor HAMORI Shigeyuki, won the “Best Paper Award” at an international conference held in Sydney, Australia. (14 Jan. 2020)
• 7th Bruegel-Kobe University Joint International Symposium was held on 24 October. (16 Dec. 2019)
• "The 5th Annual International Conference on Applied Econometrics in Hawaii" was held on 17-18 September. (15 Oct. 2019)
• "The 5th Annual International Conference on Applied Econometrics in Hawaii" will be held on 17-18 September. (28 Aug. 2019)
• Prof. Kaiji Motegi received the 2019 Best Young Researcher Award from Kobe University. (06 Aug. 2019)
• Professor Kentaro Iwatsubo's paper was listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for: ERN: International Financial Flows (Topic) and Financial Literacy eJournal. (31 Jul. 2019)
• Professor Tomoko Hashino gave lectures at the University of Trier in Germany. (26 Jul. 2019)
• Kobe University, including Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics, will be closed 14-16 August 2019. (01 Jul. 2019)
• Prof. Kaiji Motegi received the 33rd JSS Ogawa Award. (28 Jun. 2019)
• Research Activities by Professor Kentaro Iwatsubo and Project Associate Professor Clinton Watkins were introduced in Nikkei (Web ver.)(available in Japanese only)(25 Jun. 2019)
• The research paper of Professor Nakamura that was published by Metroeconomica was one of its top 20 downloads for 2017-2018(7 Jun. 2019)
• We are looking for Full-Time Professor, Associate Professor, or Lecturer (Application deadline　2019/06/30) (23 May 2019)-Recruitment Closed-
• Prof. Shigeyuki Hamori has assumed the position of Guest Editor for the Journal of Risk and Financial Management, and edited a special issue, "Empirical Finance." (27 Mar. 2019)
• The book by Prof. Tamotsu Nakamura, et., al., has been published by Springer(28 Feb. 2019)
• Prof. Masanori Ishikawa gave his final lecture on Fri. 15 February (18 Feb. 2019)
• Prof. Toshiki Jinushi gave his final lecture on Tue. 29 January (31 Jan. 2019)
• Project Professor Keijiro Otsuka to give a lecture at the Special Lectures by Newly Elected Members of the Japan Academy on Mon. 4 Mar. (lectures to be delivered in Japanese) (30 Jan. 2019)
• We are looking for Tenure or Tenure-Track Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Environmental Economics, Spatial Economics, Economics of Innovations
  (Application period　2019/01/18 - 2019/03/22) (18 Jan. 2019) -Recruitment Closed-
• Project Prof. Keijiro Otsuka has been elected to the membership of the Japan Academy (14 Dec. 2018)
• Textbook written by Prof. Noritsugu Nakanishi has been published by World Scientific (08 Nov. 2018)
• Open Call for Applications for a Full-Time Position (Economics) 【Deadline: 27 July. 2018】(17 May. 2018) -Recruitment Closed-
• The 4th African Business Research Forum (30 Oct. 2017)
• An article written by Prof. OTSUKA Keijiro appeared in The Nikkei (01 August, 2016, p.19）(01 August.2016)
• We have concluded a Cooperative Agreement on Research with Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). (14 Jul. 2016)
• KUMA Seminar: The Utilization of Microdata on Household Statistics
• The 3rd International Symposium with Bruegel Institute: "Secular Stagnation in Europe and Japan" (19 Feb. 2016)
• 2015 Kobe Conference on Trade, Financial Integration and Economic Growth (8 Februaly 2016)
• The 1st Conference in Hawaii on Nobember 4-5 2015. (12 January 2016)
• Faculty Exchange Program with Hawaii University Manoa Concluded (8 June 2015)
• Welcoming Professor Barbara Rossi to Kobe University (8 June 2015)
• The 3rd Hanyang-Kobe-Nanyang Conference in Economics (13 May 2015)
• Professor Cheng Hsiao Memorial Lecture: GMAP Kick–off Lecture (19 March 2015)