1976 L.L.M Harvard Law School
1970 L.L.B Kyoto University

2009 Member of the Board, the Canon Institute for Global Studies
2009 Independent Outside Corporate Auditor Itochu Corporation
2005 Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo
2004 Senior Adviser NTT DATA Institute of Management Consulting, Inc.
2004 Independent Outside Statutory Auditor Teijin Ltd
2003 Consulting Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
2002 Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau
2001 Deputy Vice-minister, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2000 Director-General, Consumer Goods and Service Industries Bureau
1998 Director-General for Machinery and Information Industries Policy, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau
1996 Director-General, Petroleum Department, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
1995 (Visiting Professor, Temple University Law School, Japan)
1995 Director, General Coordination Division, Minister's Secretariat
1994 (Visiting Lecturer, Law Department, Kyoto University)
1993 Director, General Affairs Division, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau
1992 Director, Electronics Policy Division, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau
1991 Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, Centre for Business and Government John F.Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
1990 Director, International Energy Policy Division, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy Governing Board Member of IEA
1988 Director, Information Service Division, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau
1984 MITI Representative, New York
1977 Ministry of International Trade and Industry
1977 Arnold and Porter
1975 Harvard Law School
1970 Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Policy Bureau