1994 M.B.A., Duke University, Fuqua School of Business
1990 B.A., International Relations, University of Tokyo

2007 Current Position　
2005 Fellow, RIETI
2000-2003 Resource Management Officer, The World Bank
1998-1999 Deputy Director, Government Financial Institution Division, Ministry of Finance
1997-1998 Managing Director, Fujieda Local Tax Office, National Tax Agency
1997 Deputy Director, Overall Coordination Division, Ministry of Finance
1994-1996 Section Chief, Research Division, Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Ministry of Finance
1990-1992 Securities Bureau, Ministry of Finance

"On the Role of Technical Cooperation in International Technology Transfers," RIETI Discussion Paper Series 07-E-045, July 2007 (with SAWADA Yasuyuki and MATSUDA Ayako). Full Text [PDF: 391KB] / Abstract

"Aid Proliferation and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis," RIETI Discussion Paper Series 07-E-044, July 2007 (with SAWADA Yasuyuki and MORI Yuko). Full Text [PDF: 422KB] / Abstract

"Is Foreign Aid a Vanguard of FDI? A Gravity-Equation Approach," RIETI Discussion Paper Series 07-E-007, March 2007 (with Yasuyuki Todo). Full Text [PDF: 341KB] / Abstract


Financing Change - The Financial Community, Eco-efficiency, and Sustainable Development (Kinyu Shijo to Chikyu Kankyo - Jizokukanona Hatten notameno Fainansu Kakumei), co-translated with A. Amano and H. Kato, Diamond: Tokyo, 1997 (in Japanese).

Belonged to the working group attached to the Prime Minister's Consultative Council on "The Problems of a Rapid Aging Society".