Education
1983 Bachelor of Law, the University of Tokyo
Experience
2014 - present Director of Research, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
2011 Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
2010 Director of Planning Department, JETRO
2009 Deputy Director-General, Trade Policy Bureau, METI
2006 Chief Executive Director, San Francisco Center, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
2003 Director of Human Resource Department, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2002 Director of Welfare Planning Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
1999 Consul, Consulate General of Japan in New York
1998 Director of Legislative Affairs Office, Japan Patent Office
1996 Director of General Affairs Division, Shikoku Bureau of MITI
1983 Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
