Education
2005 Master of Applied Economics, University of Michigan
1995 Bachelor of Economics, Yokohama National University
Experience
2025 - Vice Chairman, RIETI
2023 - 2025 Deputy Director-General, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI
2020 - 2023 Director, Economic and Fiscal Management, Cabinet Office
2019 - 2020 Senior Fellow, RIETI
2015 - 2019 Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, METI
2012 - 2015 Counsellor, Economic and Fiscal Management, Cabinet Office
2010 - 2011 Investor Relations Manager, Central Japan Railway Company
2007 - 2009 Deputy Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI
1995 jointed the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
Selected Publications and Papers
Books
2009 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan, Tokyo: (co-edited)
2008 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan, Tokyo: (co-edited)