Education
1990 M.B.A., Columbia Business School
1983 B.A. in Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Experience
2017 Director-General, Employment Security Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
2016 Director-General, Secretariat of Central Labour Relations Commission Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
2015 Director-General, Statistics and Information Department, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
2013 Deputy Director-General, Labor and Human Resources Policy, METI
2012 Director-General, Employment Measures for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Department, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
2011 Director, Personnel Division, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW
2010 Counsellor, Personnel Division, Minister's Secretariat, MHLW
2007 Director, Employment Policy Division, Employment Security Bureau, MHLW
2006 Director, Tourism Resources Division, Policy Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
2005 Counsellor, Inbound Tourism, Policy Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
2004 Director, Foreign Workers' Affairs Division, Employment Security Bureau, MHLW
2002 Counsellor, Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, Cabinet Secretariat
2001 Special Assistant to Director General, Office of Deputy Director for Social Security, MHLW
1998 World Bank (Social Protection Bureau)
1997 Deputy Director, International Labour Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Labour (MOL)
1995 Deputy Director, Labor Union Division, Labor Policy Bureau, MOL
1993 Director, Employment Security Division, Department of Commerce, Labor, and Tourism, Oita Prefectural Government
1991 Deputy Director, Industrial Structure Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
1983 Joined MOL
