Expertise
International Economic Law, Trade Policy
Education
1994 Master of Policy Science, Saitama University
1988 Master of Laws, University of California School of Law (Boalt Hall), Berkeley
1983 Bachelor of Law, University of Tokyo
Experience
2001 Director of Research, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
1995-1998 Legal Affairs Officer, WTO Secretariat
1998-2001 Director, Office for Trade Policies Review, MITI (METI since January 2001)
1983 Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
Selected Publications and Papers
THE FUTURE OF THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM: EAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVES December 2009
Various articles on international economic law in Japanese.
THE FUTURE OF THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM: EAST ASIAN PERSPECTIVES December 2009
"China and the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade" in Cass, Deborah, et al. eds. China and the World Tradig System, Cambridge University Press (2003).
"National Experiences in State Trading: Comments" in Cottier, Thomas and Petros. C. Mavroidis, eds. State Trading in the Twenty-First Century, University of Michigan Press (1998).
"GATT/WTO and Managing International Trade Relations"(co-authored with Gabrielle Marceau) in Jin-Young Chung, ed. Global Governance - The Role of International Institutions in the Changing World, The Sejong Institute (1997).
Others
Lecturer, Yokohama National University (2001- )
