International economics, development economics, industrial organization

1978 Ph.D. (Economics), Stanford University
1976 M.A. (Economics), Stanford University
1973 B.A. (Economics), Keio University

1995- Research Fellow, Japan Center for Economic Research
1994- Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University
1997-1999 Director, People's Finance Corporation Research Institute
1995-1999 Senior Researcher, Economic Research Institute, Economic Planning Agency
1988-1994 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University
1986-1988 Lecturer, Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University
1981-1986 Economist, The World Bank
1978-1981 Research Fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC

"The Support System for Small and Medium Exporters in Japan" in Fulfilling the Export Potential of Small and Medium Firms, Brian Levy, Albert Berry, and Jeffery B. Nugent (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.

"Japanese foreign direct investment in Asia: Its impact on export expansion and technology acquisition of the host countries" in Globalization, Foreign Direct Investment, and Technology Transfers, Nagesh Kumar (eds.), Routledge, N.Y., 1999.

Asia & Europe: Beyond Competing Regionalism, Sussex Academic Press, 1998 (contributing editor).

Foreign Direct Investment: Gearing Towards Stronger Philippines-Japan Economic Relations in the '90s and Beyond, Yuchengco Institute of the Philippines-Japan Relations/De La Salle University 1996 (contributor).

Measuring the Costs of Protection in Japan, Institute for International Economics, 1995 (with Yoko Sazanami and Hiroki Kawai).

Consultant, World Bank
Member, Coal Mining Council, METI
Member, Industrial Structure Council, METI
Member, Small and Medium Enterprise Policy Making Council, METI