Research Projects
- Globalization, Innovation, and Competition Policy (September 16, 2008 - December 31, 2010)
- A Study on the Reform of Governance Structure in the 1990s and Transformation of the Parliamentary System (June 2, 2009 - )
Education
1998 LL.M., the University of Chicago
1997 LL.M., Duke University
1991 B.A., Law, the University of Tokyo
Experience
2025 Professor (special assignment), the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
2024 Deputy Director-General for Economic and Industrial Policies, Minister's Secretariat, METI / Deputy Director-General for DX and EBPM, Commissioner's Secretariat, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI
2022 Deputy Governor of Ishikawa Prefecture
2021 Senior Fellow, RIETI
2019 Director-General, Trademark and Customer Relations Dept., General Coordinator, Support of SME's IP Strategies, Excective Advisor for CDO, Japan Patent Office
2017 Director, Small Enterprise Division, Business Support Dept., The Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
2015 Director, Life Culture Creating Industries Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2014 Director, Monodzukuri (Craftsmanship) Policy Planning Office/ Special Assistant to Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI
2012 Director, Office of International Affairs for Security Export Control, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2011 - 2012 Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS)
2011 - 2012 Research Coordinator (in charge of Policy History), RIETI
2010 Director, the History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (HJTIP), RIETI
2008 - 2012 Senior Fellow, RIETI
2003 Senior Research Fellow, Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS)
1991 Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
