Expertise
International relations, joint international research management and planning, Industry-University Cooperation, Innovation, Medical Device and Healthcare Innovation, Regional Industrial Development, Security Export Control, Start-up Support Program, Research Project Management
Education
1992 M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Kyoto University
Experience
2021 - 2024 Director General, Geneva Office of JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)
2019 Managing Director (Industrial-Academic Collaboration), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
2018 Director General, Technology Strategy Center, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
2016 Director in charge of Innovation Management at METI and Director in charge of Science and Technology at Cabinet Office (CSTI)
2015 Director for Industrial Technology Policy Planning Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2013 Director, Iron and Steel Technology Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2011 Present Vice Director/Professor, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center (NICHe), Tohoku University
2010 Director, Medical and Assistive Device Industries Office, METI
2008 Deputy Director General, Economic Bureau, Kumamoto Prefectural Government
1999 - 2002 Attaché (Economic Section), Japanese Embassy in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1998 Visiting Researcher, Department of Communication & Journalism, University of New Mexico in U.S.
1992 Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI, current METI)
Selected Publications and Papers
Papers Published in Refereed Journals
"Lessons learned about technology transfer," Technovation 21 (2001), pp. 253-261
