Expertise
Innovation Policy, Management of Technology, Public-Private Partnership
Education
2005 Ph.D., Department of Management Science & Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
1981 Master of Engineering, Kyoto University
1979 Bachelor of Engineering, Kyoto University
Experience
2010 Senior Analyst for Industry-Academia-Government Cooperation Promotion, Industrial Science & Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI
2008 JICA Expert, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Thailand
2006 Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University
2005 Senior Advisor, Tsukuba Advanced Computing Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2003 Director General, Policy Planning Department, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
2001 Director, Technology Research and Information Office, Industrial S&T Policy and Environment Bureau, METI
1999 Director, Office of International Cooperation, Science and Technology Agency
1997 Director for Research Planning and Coordination, National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, AIST, MITI
1994 Director, Machinery and Technology Division, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Kuala Lumpur
1981 Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (current METI)
