Expertise
Public policy and management, public expenditure management and accounting, social policy and administration
Education
1983 B.S., Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1985 M.S., Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1991 Msc., Social Policy and Administration, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Experience
2006-present Visiting Lecturer, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
2005-present Director of Economic Partnership, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance
2003 Visiting Fellow, Australia-Japan Research Centre, The Australian National University (ANU)
2001 Senior Economist, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance
2000 Chief leader, Task force for preparing the Special Law of E-Government Cabinet Secretariat
1998 Deputy Director, Special Administrative Reform Task Team, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
1996 Deputy Director, Fiscal Investment and Loan Program Division, Financial Bureau, Ministry of Finance
1993 Financial Attache, Embassy of Japan in Malaysia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1991 Head of Takaoka District Tax Office, Japanese Inland Revenue
1988 Section Chief, Bureau of Health and Services for the Elderly, Ministry of Health and Welfare
1985 Joined the Ministry of Finance
Selected Publications and Papers
Working Papers
"Fiscal Rules and Targets and Public Expenditure Management: Enthusiasm in 1990s and Its Aftermath," 2005, ANU Pacific Economic Papers, No. 346
"Fiscal Rules and Public Expenditure Management - Case Study (1): Australia," 2004, RIETI Discussion Paper Series 04-J-033
"Fiscal Rules and Public Expenditure Management - Case Study (2): New Zealand," 2004, RIETI Discussion Paper Series 04-J-034
Papers Published in Refereed Journals
"Fiscal Consolidation and Medium-Term Fiscal Planning," 2003, OECD Journal on
Budgeting, Vol. 3, No. 2