Expertise
SMEs & Regional Economic Policies, Tourism Policy, Entrepreneurship Education
Education
1985 Bachelor of Law, the University of Tokyo
Experience
2016 Auditor, Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan
2012 Director of International Coordination and Public Relations / Senior Fellow, RIETI
2010 Director-General of Planning and Administration Department, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation
2009 Director, Cabinet Office
2007 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Nagasaki University
2005 Principal Administrator, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs & Local Development, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise & Entrepreneurship Division
2003 Examiner of the Environmental Dispute Coordination Commission, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication
2001 Director, Regional Industry Promotion Office, METI
2001 Director, International Trade Office for Textiles, METI
1985 Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI, current METI)
