At the 49th GRIPS Forum on June 20, 2011, Mr. Akio Shibata, Chief Representative of Marubeni Research Institute, gave a lecture entitled “Resource Price Trends and Impact on the Japanese Economy.” In this forum, he talked about the structure of resource prices and plans for future efforts. Easy-to-follow PowerPoint illustrations enabled participants to understand the background of resource price trends and the effects of a variety of world conditions on them.