ABE Kenzo
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University
After graduating from Keio University, Dr. Abe served as Associate Professor at Osaka University's Graduate School of Economics (1998-99); Visiting Scholar at the University of Florida (1993-94); Associate Professor of Economics at Osaka City University (1992-95); Visiting Scholar at the International Monetary Fund (1991); and Associate Professor of Economics at Ritsumeikan University (1986-1991). He was also Visiting Scholar and HSBC Visiting Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia (2002-03). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Kobe University of Commerce.
Major works: International Trade-Finance (Small Dictionary) (with Takekazu Iwamoto), Iwanami Shoten, 2003 (in Japanese); International Public Economics, Yuhikaku, 1990 (in Japanese); Basic International Economics (with Masao Oda, Katsuhiko Suzuki, and Kazuhiro Igawa), Yuhikaku, 1989 (in Japanese).
AKANEYA Tatsuo
Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Dr. Akaneya is an international relations specialist. After graduating from The University of Tokyo in 1980, he was Research Associate (1989-92) at The University of Tokyo. He then went on to join the College of International Relations at Tsukuba in 1992. He was a Visiting Fellow with the Asia-Pacific Program at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, from July 1995 to June 1996. He received a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Australian National University.
ARAKI Ichiro
Professor of Law, International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University
Professor Araki was Associate Professor, International Graduate School of Social Sciences, Yokohama National University (2003-05); and Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (2001-03). From 1995 to 1998, he also served as Legal Affairs Officer at the Legal Affairs Division of the World Trade Organization. He specializes in international law and his research focuses on international trade law and trade policy. He holds a Master of Law from University of California (Boalt Hall) School of Law and a Master of Policy Science from Saitama University.
Major works: China and the World Trading System, Cambridge University Press, 2003.
I. M. DESTLER
Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland, USA
Dr. Destler is Professor at the School of Public Policy, University of Maryland. There he directs the Ph.D. program and the program on International Security and Economic Policy. He was Acting Dean of the School from 1994 to 1995, and Director of the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) from 1992 to 1999. Professor Destler is also Visiting Fellow at the Institute for International Economics (IIE), where his American Trade Politics, (third edition, 1995), won the American Political Science Association's Gladys M. Kammerer Award for best book on U.S. national policy. He also received the University of Maryland's Distinguished International Service Award in 1998. He continues his work on U.S. trade policymaking at IIE, and on the National Security Council (at CISSM) and homeland security (both with Ivo H. Daalder). He received his Ph.D. from the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University.
Major works: Protecting the American Homeland: One Year On, Brookings Institution, 2003; The New Politics of American Trade, IIE, 1999; Misreading the Public: The Myth of a New Isolationism (co-authored with Steven Kull), Brookings for CISSM, 1999.
FURUSAWA Taiji
Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Dr. Furusawa has served as Associate Professor with the Faculty of Economics at Fukushima University, Yokohama National University and Hitotsubashi University. His fields of specialization are International Trade Theory and Applied Game Theory. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Major works: "Bargaining with Stochastic Disagreement Payoffs" (Joint paper with Quan Wen), International Journal of Game Theory, 31, 571-591, 2002; "What Information is Needed for Welfare-Enhancing Policies under International Oligoply?" (Joint paper with Keisaku Higashida and Jota Ishikawa), Japan and the World Economy Vol. 15, 2003; "Preferential Trade Arrangements vs. Open Regionalism: A Theoretical Analysis of APEC" (Robert Stern ed.), Issues and Options for U.S.-Japan Trade Policies, University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 2002.
Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Dr. Ishikawa served as Post Doctoral Fellow at Department of Economics, University of Western Ontario (1990-91); Assistant Professor (1991-94) and Associate Professor (1994-2001) at Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University. He was also Visiting Scholar at Department of Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder; and Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration, University of British Columbia; and Visiting Professor at Bocconi University. His research interests are in international trade theory. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from University of Western Ontario in 1990.
Major works: "Greenhouse-gas Emission Controls in an Open Economy"(with K. Kiyono), International Economic Review (forthcoming); "Trade Liberalization and Strategic Outsourcing" (with Y. Chen and Z. Yu), Journal of International Economics 63, 2004; "Rent-shifting Export Subsidies with an Intermediate Good" (with B. J. Spencer), Journal of International Economics 48, 1999.
Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor of Law, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University
After graduating from Keio University, Professor Kawase served as Fellow at RIETI; Deputy Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; Visiting Scholar, Georgetown University Law Center; and Fellow, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center. He also was Associate Professor at Kobe University of Commerce. His areas of expertise are international economic law and trade policy. He received an LL.M. from both Keio University and Georgetown University Law Center.
Major works: Safeguards under the WTO Agreement: Issues and Proposals for a More Effective Mechanism (co-authored with Ichiro Araki), Toyo Keizai, 2004.
KIKUCHI Tsutomu
Professor of International Political Economy, Department of International Politics, School of International Politics, Economics and Business, Aoyama-Gakuin University
Dr. Kikuchi has been an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) since 1987. He served as a Visiting Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, and a Visiting Fellow at the Australian National University (ANU) and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). He obtained his doctoral degree (LL.D) from Hitotsubashi University.
He has published many books and articles on international political economy of the Asia-Pacific, including: APEC: In Search of New Order in the Asia-Pacific, JIIA, 1995.
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Before becoming Professor at Keio University, he served as Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics at Keio University (1994-2000); and Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the State University of New York at Albany (1991-1994). His fields of research interest are international trade and development economics. Professor Kimura obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Major works: Asia & Europe: Beyond Competing Regionalism, Brighton (edited with Kiichiro Fukasaku and Shujiro Urata), Sussex Academic Press, 1998; "Two-dimensional Fragmentation in East Asia: Conceptual Framework and Empirics" (with Mitsuyo Ando), International Review of Economics and Finance, 14, Issue 3, 2005; "The Economic Analysis of International Production / Distribution Networks in East Asia and Latin America: The Implication of Regional Trade Arrangements" (with Mitsuyo Ando), Business and Politics, 7, Issue 1, Article 2, April 2005.
KOMETANI Kazumochi
Of Counsel, Nishimura & Partners / Professor, Hosei University Law School
Professor Kometani served as Director (Dispute Settlement), Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (2002-03); Legal Affairs Officer, Legal Affairs Division, World Trade Organization (1998-2002); and Assistant Director, Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan (1996-98). He also worked at Steptoe & Johnson in Washington, D.C. from 1995 to 1996. His practice areas are dispute settlement procedures for international economic disputes, including WTO dispute settlement. He holds an LL.M. from the University of Michigan Law School.
Major works: "What Role Should the WTO Dispute Settlement Procedures Play?: Risk Assessment of 'Judicialization' and Proposal", Nippon Kokusai Keizaihougakkai Nenpo (International Economic Law), No. 8, 1999; "Where Does GATT Go?: Analysis for Reduction of Costs for Trade Dispute Settlement", Boeki to Kanzei (Trade and Tariffs), Vol. 45, No . 11 and 12, and Vol. 46, No. 1, 1997-1998; "Disciplines on PPM Measures: Discussion Over What Is National Treatment Requirement", Boeki to Kanzei, Vol. 45, Nos. 4 and 5, 1997.
Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo
After Graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, Mr. Kotera has served as Associate Professor and Professor of International Law at Tokyo Metropolitan University and the University of Tokyo since 1980. His fields of research interest are international law, international economic law, and the WTO system from the legal viewpoint. Mr. Kotera was a member of the Permanent Expert Group (PEG) of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures at the World Trade Organization (1996 to 1999).
Major works: Legal Structure of WTO System, University of Tokyo Press, 2000 (in Japanese); Keywords of International Law (co-edition), Yuhikaku, 1997 (in Japanese); Economic Globalization and Law (co-authored), Sanseido, 1994 (in Japanese); "Deregulation of the International Telecommunication Business in Japan", Japanese Annual of International Law, No. 34, 1991.
MATSUMOTO Ken
Executive Advisor, The Fair Trade Center / President, KM International Associates, Inc.
Mr. Matsumoto is former Director and Trustee of the Fair Trade Center. He is also Provisional Member, Industrial Structural Council, METI; Board Member, Grew Foundation; Trustee, Nishimachi International School; Trustee, Institute for International Studies and Training. He holds M.A. in International Relations from the University of Tokyo.
MUKUNOKI Hiroshi
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University
After graduating from Yokohama National University, Professor Mukunoki served as Lecturer (Full-Time) with the Faculty of Economics of Gakushuin University and JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo. He received an M.E. and credit toward a doctoral degree at Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo.
Major works: "On the Optimal External Tariffs of a Free Trade Area with Internal Market Integration," Japan and the World Economy, Vol.16(4), pp. 431-448, 2004; "Multilateralism and Hub-and-Spoke Bilateralism"(co-authored with Kentaro Tachi), Review of International Economics, forthcoming.
Chairman, RIETI
After Graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, Mr. Okamatsu joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. He has served in many senior positions, including Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). He was the chief negotiator in auto talks with the U.S. government from 1992 to 1994. Mr. Okamatsu also served as Visiting Professor, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California, San Diego (1995/9-1996/1, 1997/1-1997/2, 2000/10-2000/11) and Executive Vice President of Arabian Oil Company (1997-2000). Since 2001, he has been Chairman of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). He was also Vice Chair of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board (2001-2004) and an advisor to METI (2001-2005/6).
UCHIYAMA Yu
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo
Dr. Uchiyama served as Visiting Scholar, Center for International Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2000-01); Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Tokyo Metropolitan University (1995-2000); Research Associate, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo (1992-95); and Officer, Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1990-92). His research interests are comparative politics: policy-making in Japan, the U.K. and the U.S.; and political economy of Japan: state-market relations in Japan. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from The University of Tokyo.
Major works: "Netsubyo no Jidai: Seiji-Kaikaku / Gyosei-Kaikaku no Ronri to Kiketsu (The Time of Fever: The Logics and Results of the Political Reform and the Administrative Reform in Japan)", Advanced Social and International Studies, vol. 54, Kokusai Shakai Kagaku, 2005; Gendai Nihon no Kokka to Shijo (Changing State-Market Relations in Japan), the University of Tokyo Press, 1998.
UEDA Hideshi
Director, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, METI
After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Mr. Ueda joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1982. After serving with various divisions within MITI (now METI), he entered Cornell University in 1987. Before becoming Director of the Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau at METI in 2004, he served as Deputy Director of the Gas Market Division at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy; and Counselor at the Embassy of Japan in Singapore. He was also Director of the Office for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation at the Trade and Policy Bureau; Special Assistant to Director General at Trade Policy Bureau; and Director of the Gas Market Division at the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy.
YAMAMOTO Yoshinobu
Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Business, Aoyama Gakuin University
After graduating from the Department of Advanced Social and International Studies at the University of Tokyo in 1966, Professor Yamamoto received a master's degree in international relations from the University of Tokyo (1968) and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan (1974). He served as Assistant, Associate and Full Professor at the Faculty of Liberal Arts, Saitama University (1975-1989); and as Professor of International Relations at the University of Tokyo (1989-2004). Since 2004, he has served as Professor of International Politics at Aoyama Gakuin University. His appointments at foreign institutions include Visiting Scholar at the Center for International Science and Technology Policy, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University; and Visiting Professor at the Graduate Institute of International Relations in Geneva. He specializes in international political theory, international security affairs and international political economy.
Major works: International Interdependence, 1989; Globalism, Regionalism and Nationalism, Blackwell, 1999; Asia-Pacific Security and the United States, 2005.
President and CRO, RIETI
Dr. Yoshitomi was previously Dean of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Institute, Tokyo (1999-2003). He was also Visiting Executive Professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1993-98). Dr. Yoshitomi served as Director-General, Coordination Bureau at the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) (1991-92); Director-General, Economic Research Institute, EPA (1987-91); and Director, Economics and Statistics Department, OECD (Paris) (1984-87). He also served as an economist at the IMF (Washington, D.C.) (1970-74). He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Tokyo.
Major works: Reality of the Asian Economies-Miracle, Crisis, and Evolution of Institutions-, 2003 (in Japanese); Post-Crisis Development Paradigms in Asia (co-authored with the staff of the ADB Institute), 2003; Reality of the Japanese Economy -Beyond Conventional Views-, 1998 (in Japanese).
