IKEDA Yoko

Policy and Institutions for Innovation, Rulemaking, Global Governance

2016 Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, Maastricht University/United Nations University-Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT), Netherlands
2014 Master of Laws (LL.M.), New York University School of Law, United States
2007 Bachelor of Laws, University of Tokyo, Japan

2024 Director, Competition Enhancement Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI
2022 Secretariat of New Form of Capitalism Realization Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat
2020 Secretariat of the Headquarters for Digital Market Competition, Cabinet Secretariat
2019 International Policy Division, Japan Patent Office
2017 Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Manufacturing Bureau
2015 International Standardization Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environmental Bureau
2013 Long-term Overseas Fellow, National Personnel Authority
2011 Research and Development Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environmental Bureau
2011 Temporary Staff Member of Okuma City, Fukushima Prefecture (home to Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant)
2009 Media and Content Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau
2007 Joined METI. Trade Finance and Economic Cooperation Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau

Working papers

• “Regulation and innovation under the 4th industrial revolution: The case of a healthcare robot, HAL by Cyberdyne.” Iizuka, Michiko, and Yoko Ikeda. Technovation, 108, 102335. December 2021.
• “Global Rulemaking Strategy for Implementing Emerging Innovation: Case of Medical/Healthcare Robot, HAL by Cyberdyne.” Iizuka, Michiko, and Yoko Ikeda, Y. RIETI Policy Discussion Paper, 19-P-016. October 2019.

Books

• Innovation Implemented by Public-private Co-creation: Challenges of the regulatory sandbox and beyond. Nakahara, Hirohiko, and Yoko Ikeda. Bestbook. 2024.
• Megaregulation Contested: Global Economic Ordering After TPP. Kingsbury, Benedict, et al., eds (Coauthor, Japan chapter). Oxford University Press. 2019.

Article

• “What Sapiens Suggests on Rulemaking and Innovation,” RIETI Column, 2019.

Conference contribution

• “Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit,” RIETI seminar, 2023.
• “The New Role of Standards under Technological Transformation: A case of Cyberdyne's Institutional Arbitration,” International Schumpeter Society, South Korea, 2018.

Other (Media appearance etc.)

• “Japan hovers between global and local approaches on digital advertising issues-Analysis,” PaRR, 16th November 2020.
• “The Ministry of Industry prepares human resources to fulfil the needs of Japanese industry,” Antara (Indonesian national news agency), 15th March 2019.