International Cooperation and Development Assistance

1985 M.A., Economics, George Washington University
1980 Bachelor of Commerce, Hitotsubashi University

2009 Director, AMC, ADBI
2006 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kyushu University
2005 Director General, Research Department, Policy Research Institute, MOF
2004 Director, Development Institute Division, International Bureau, MOF
2001 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagasaki University
1999 Director for Development Issues, International Bureau, MOF
1998 Director, Second Cultural Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1996 Deputy Director-General, Tokyo Customs
1993 First Secretary, Mission of Japan in Geneva
1992 Senior Researcher in International Institute for Global Peace
1991 Investment Management Office, Securities Bureau, MOF
1989 Prices Coordination Division, Prices Bureau, Economic Planning Agency (EPA)
1987 The Second International Division, Customs and Tariff Bureau, MOF
1986 Regional Director of Hitoyoshi Taxation Office
1982 Resources Mobilization officer, Finance Bureau, Inter-American Development Bank
1980 Joined the Ministry of Finance (MOF). Assigned to International Finance Bureau

Books
Introductory Monetary Economics, Tokyo: Toyo-Keizai-Shinposya, July 2002 (co-authored with Toshiya Hanawa, Eiji Ogawa, and Takashi Misumi)

Working Papers
"Policy Responses and Regional Cooperation in Aging East Asia; an Introduction," International Conference on Aging East Asia, 2006

"The New Waves of Development Financing; Significance of Policy and Institutional Environment and Tailor-made Aid," PRI Discussion Paper 05A24, 2005.

"Development Economics of Civil Wars and Cambodia," PRI Discussion Paper 04A-10, 2004.

Papers Published
"Rethinking Aid for International Public Goods," Financial Review, No.75, 2005

"Theories and Practices on International Aid Coordination: Application of 'Aid Coordination Model' and Vietnam," Journal of JBIC Institute, No.17, 2003