Expertise
Globalization, International Political Economy, Trade, US-China Relations, Regional Integration, Poverty Reduction
Education
2009 M.Sc., Global Politics, London School of Economics and Political Science
2007 M.A., Legal and Political Theory, University College London
2000 M.A., International History, Hitotsubashi University
1997 B.A., Law, Waseda University
Experience
2022 - present Vice President, JETRO Shanghai
2020 - 2022 Director, Office for WTO Compliance and Dispute Settlement, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2018 - 2020 Director, Office of Economic Partnership, Ministry of Finance
2016 - 2017 Director, APEC Office, METI
(2017 - 2018 Convenor, Market Access Group, APEC)
2013 - 2016 First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva
(2015 - 2016 Chairman, Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, WTO)
(2014 - 2015 Vice Chairman, Committee on Safeguards, WTO)
2011 - 2013 Principal Deputy Director, Europe Division, METI
2010 - 2011 Deputy Director, Asia and Pacific Division, METI
2008 - 2010 Deputy Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, METI
(2006 - 2008 Long-term Overseas Fellow, National Personnel Authority)
2004 - 2006 Economic Outlook Division, Cabinet Office
2001 - 2004 METI
2000 - 2001 Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
Selected Publications and Papers
Publications
- Drafted and co-edited 2022 and 2021 edition of Report on Compliance by Major Trading Partners with Trade Agreements (METI)
- Drafted and co-edited 2002 and 2001 edition of White Paper on International Trade and Economy (METI)
Paper
- "Macro-econometric Models and the Outline of the MEAD-RIETI Model," RIETI Discussion Paper Series (10-J-045), July, 2010
Others
- "Le Lac Magique: The WTO one year after Bali and beyond," RIETI Policy Update, March 20, 2015
- "Europe Facing a Crossroads: New horizon of economic integration," RIETI Policy Update, May 14, 2013
- "Toward a New Japan-ASEAN Relationship in 2011," RIETI Report No.127, February 2011
- "Initial Steps Toward Regional Economic Integration in East Asia (Japan's Proposal)," RIETI Policy Update, February 23, 2011