Expertise
Energy and Environmental Policy, Regional Industrial Policy, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Policy, Export Promotion, Administrative Reform, Evidence-Based Policymaking (EBPM)
Education
1990 B.A. in Law, The University of Tokyo
Experience
2023 Vice Chairman, RIETI
2021 Director-General, Hokkaido Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI
2019 Deputy Director-General for Export Promotion, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
2016 Counsellor, Secretariat of the Administrative Reform Promotion Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat
2015 Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI
2012 Senior Energy Analyst, International Energy Agency (IEA)
2010 Director for International Cooperation, Japan Financial Intelligence Center, National Police Agency
2008 Director, International Energy Strategy Office, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, METI
2006 Director, Planning Division, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
2005 Director, Alcohol Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI
2005 Director for International Trade Policy and Export Promotion of Manufacturing Industries, Minister’s Secretariat, METI
1990 Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), current METI
Selected Publications and Papers
- IEA World Energy Outlook 2015
- IEA World Energy Outlook Special Report: Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2015
- IEA World Energy Outlook 2014
- IEA World Energy Outlook 2013
- IEA World Energy Outlook Special Report: Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2013
