OTA Yuto

Climate policy, Energy policy, Corporate finance (Certified Public Accountant), Startup Finance

2021-present Deputy Director, Environmental Policy Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
2019-2021 Assistant Director, Industry Creation Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan

Papers Published in Refereed Journals

• “Tax system for Open Innovation Investment,” Zeimu Tsushin, No. 3631, 2020, Zeimukenkyukai (co-authored with Yuya Suzuki and Yusuke Ando)
• “Destinies of Reformasi: A Formal Model of Elites Strategies in Regime Transitions.” Seijigaku Kenkyu. No. 56, 2017, Keio University Press

Invited Presentations

• “Climate Adaptation Promotes Pro-Climate Voting? The Effect of Public Safety Power Shutoffs on Voter Support for Pro-Climate Ballot Propositions.” Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2026 (Co-authored with Nate Clark, Emma Franzblau, and Samuel Adrian Mamaril, Paper Presentation).
• “Trading Vulnerabilities: Import Price Shocks and Public Support for Climate Mitigation.” Japanese Society for Quantitative Political Science Winter Meeting, 2026 (Paper Presentation).
• “The Principal's Voice: A Two-Stage Agency Theory of Corporate Political Strategy” UCLA Climate Politics Working Group, 2025.
• “Defying the Fate of Importers: Role of Import Vulnerability for Climate Coalitions in Fossil-Dependent Constituencies.” International Political Economy Society (IPES) Annual Meeting, 2025 (Paper Presentation).
• “Public Opinion Toward Green Industrial Policies: Role of Consumer Attributes.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2025 (Paper Presentation).
• “Consumers Have a Say: How Psychological Effects Change Public Attitudes toward Climate Policies.” International Political Science Association World Congress, 2025 (Paper Presentation).
• “Public attitude toward green industrial policies: How framing and priming influence policy preferences,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2024
• “Japan’s Green Transformation (GX) Strategy,” Country Strategies on Carbon Pricing, Asian Development Bank, 2024
• “In Depth Outlook for the Carbon Credit Market in Japan,” IETA Asia Climate Summit, International Emissions Trading Association, 2023
• “Backward or Forward? How Former Dominant Party Comes Back to Power: A Case in Mexico,” UCLA Undergraduate Research Week, University of California, Los Angeles, 2017

• “Green Transformation (GX) Startup Guidance,” Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2024
• “GX Promotion Strategies,” Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2023
• “Interim Summary of Clean Energy Strategy,” Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2022
• “Guidance on Startup Finance,” Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2022
• “Convertible Investment Scheme Guideline,” Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2020