International Economics, Energy, Public Policy

1994 Master in Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University
1988 Bachelor of Law, The University of Tokyo

2009.7 Counselor, Cabinet Secretariat
2008.9 Consultant, International Energy Agency (IEA)
2006.9 Consultant, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
2006 Senior Fellow, RIETI
2005 Director, Policy Planning and Research Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI
Consulting Fellow, RIETI
2003 Special Assistant to Director-General, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, METI
1988 Joined MITI (currently METI)

"Comment on 'International Production and Distribution Networks in East Asia: Eighteen Facts, Mechanics, and Policy Implications,'" Asian Economic Policy Review, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2006.

Overconfidence in Market, Distrust in Government, Chuo-Keizaisha, 2003

"Toward the establishment of new system for government management", Economist, Mainichi-Shinbunsha, 2001, December. Fujita-Mirai-Keiei prize awarded.

"Investment of manufacturers from a viewpoint of the rate of operation", Shiraishi et al., Economic Monthly Report, Economic Planning Agency, 1996, February

"The trend of each demand component in the current business cycle and the impact of financial policy on investment", Shiraishi et al., Economic Monthly Report, Economic Planning Agency, 1996, January

"Characteristics of investment of small and medium-sized enterprises", Shiraishi et al., Economic Monthly Report, Economic Planning Agency, 1994, December