Regional economic integration, Asian economies, International trade system

1990   MBA, Harvard Business School
1984   LLB, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

2010.5 - Present   Director, Global Economic Policy Unit, Minister's Secretariat, Ministy of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2008.8   Director, Policy Planning, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI
2004.12   Director, Textile and Clothing Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI
2004.6   Director, Information Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI
2002.7   Visiting Scholar, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University
2001   Senior Fellow, RIETI and Visiting Scholar, The Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University
Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS),The Brookings Institution
1999   Director for Policy Planning, Economic Policy Unit, Minister's Secretariat, MITI
1998   Senior Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, International Trade Policy Bureau, MITI
1997   Senior Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, Consumer Goods and Service Industries Bureau, MITI
1996   Deputy Director, Guidance Division, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, MITI
1995   Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, International Trade Policy Bureau, MITI
1994   Deputy Director, Policy Planning Office, Minister's Secretariat, MITI
1992   Deputy Director, Southeast Asia Pacific Division, International Trade Policy Bureau, MITI
1990   Deputy Director, Electronic Policy Division, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau, MITI
1987   Economic Cooperation Division, International Trade Policy Bureau, MITI
1985   Nuclear Energy Industry Division, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, MITI
1984   Policy Planning Office, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI, METI's predecessor)

Books:
Transforming East Asia: The Evolution of Regional Economic Integration, Brookings Institution Press and Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan), 2006

"Has Politics Caught Up with Markets? In Search of East Asian Economic Regionalism" (Chapter 6) in Peter J. Katzenstein (Editor) and Takashi Shiraishi (Editor), Beyond Japan: The Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism, Cornell University Press, 2006

"Japan's FTA Strategy" (Chapter 5) in Yoshihide Soeya (Editor) and Masayuki Tadokoro (Editor), Japan's East Asia Initiative, Keio University Press, 2004 (in Japanese)

Turning Point of Japan-China Relationship: A Step Toward East Asian Economic Integration, Economic Policy Review Series No.2, RIETI, 2001 (in Japanese)


Opinion Articles:
"The U.S., China and Japan in an Integrating East Asia," Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary, No. 35 (published on January 14, 2010)

"U.S. Should Bless the Japan-ROK Free Trade Pact," CSIS PacNet Newsletter, June 9, 2003

"How Trade Agreements Can Reform Japan," The Globalist, July 10, 2002

"Seize the Moment for East Asian Economic Integration," CSIS PacNet Newsletter, February 1, 2002


Testimony:
"The Impact of the Rise of China and Regional Economic Integration in Asia-A Japanese Perspective" before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on China's Growth as a Regional Economic Power: Impacts and Implications (Washington, D.C., December 4, 2003)


Lectures:

• Foreign Service Institute, U.S. Department of State (Washington, D.C., May 15, 2003)
• George Washington University (Washington, D.C., November 18, 2002)
• The New America Foundation (Washington, D.C., June 10, 2002)
• CNAPS, The Brookings Institution (Washington, D.C., May 22, 2002)
• Brown Bag Lecture, East Asian Institute, Columbia University (New York, October 16, 2001)
• American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) (Tokyo, June 14, 2001)