YAMASHITA Kazuhito

YAMASHITA Kazuhito

YAMASHITA Kazuhito

Senior Fellow (Specially Appointed)

Research Director, Canon Institute for Global Studies

Activities at RIETI

Expertise

Food and Agricultural Policy, Issues for Intermediate and Mountainous areas, WTO Agricultural Negotiations, Trade and Environment, Trade and Food Safety

Research Projects

Education

2005 Ph.D. in Agriculture, The University of Tokyo
1982 Master of Public Administration and Master of Applied Economics, the University of Michigan
1977 Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law

Experience

2010 - present Research Director, Canon Institute for Global Studies
2008 Senior Fellow (Adjunct), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
2003 Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
2002 Deputy Director-General, International Affairs Department, MAFF
2001 Director, Administrative Division, Food Agency
1998 Director, Rural Development Division, MAFF
1995 Counselor, the Japanese Mission to the E.U.
1994 Director, GATT Affairs Division, MAFF
1977 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)