Expertise
Public Policy, International Economics, Service Economy, Energy
Study on Business Strategy and Rules for Globalization in the Energy Business Sector
Education
1994 Master in Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University
1988 Bachelor of Law, The University of Tokyo
Experience
2017 Vice President and Director-General, General Affairs Headquarters, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2016 Director of Administration, RIETI
2014 Counselor, Cabinet Secretariat
2012 Director for Service Affairs Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2009 Counselor, Cabinet Secretariat
2008 Consultant, International Energy Agency (IEA)
2006 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)
Selected Publications and Papers
"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
