Expertise
Firms' international activity (trade, FDI, etc.), economic sanctions
Research Projects
- Research on firms' innovative activity and growth (2017-2018)
- Research on economic globalization and firms' growth (2016-2017)
- Research on Japanese manufacturing firms' overseas activity and trade structure（2015-2016）
- Research on the Change in Japan's Trade Structure and Overseas Activity of Japanese Firms (2014-2015)
Education
2022 Ph.D. in Economics, Kyoto University
2021 Ph.D. in Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1999 M.A. in Economics, Boston University
1992 B.A. in Economics, The University of Tokyo
Experience
2023 - Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Asia University
2021 Senior Economist for Industrial Policy, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
2019 Director, Policy research, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research
2018 Director, Research Office, Business Environment Department, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
2014 - Consulting Fellow RIETI
2014 Associate Professor, Research Center for Advanced Policy Studies (CAPS), Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University
2014 Senior Fellow, RIETI
2013 Director, APEC Office, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2010 Principal Administrator, SME and Entrepreneurship Division, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
1993 Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
Selected Publications and Papers
Books
- White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2009 (Co-author)
- White Paper on International Economy and Trade 2008 (Co-author)
- Ito, Koji. (2013), "Fostering SMEs' Participation in Global Markets," OECD, CFE/SME (2012)6/FINAL.
- Ito, Koji and Ryuhei Wakasugi (2015). "Chapter 11 Growth and structural change in trade: Evidence from Japan," Bernard Hoekman ed. The Global Trade Slowdown: A New Normal? Centre for Economic Policy Research, pp207-220.
- White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan 2019 (Co-author)
- White Paper on Small Enterprises in Japan 2019 (Co-author)
- Fukao, Kyoji., Koji Ito, and Cristiano Perugini, (2019) "Chapter 10 A Microeconomic Analysis of the Declining Labor Share in Japan," : Gary Fields and Saumik Paul ed, Labor Income Share in Asia, pp 247-267, Springer.
