Expertise
Food and Agricultural Policy, Issues for Intermediate and Mountainous areas, WTO Agricultural Negotiations, Trade and Environment, Trade and Food Safety
Research Projects
- Japan's History of Thought on Agricultural Policy and Structural Reform of Agriculture (February 13, 2018 - January 31, 2020)
- Agricultural Policy Reform Aimed at Competitive Agriculture in the Age of Globalization and Decreasing Population (August 11, 2015 - March 31, 2017)
- Agricultural Policy Reform Aimed at Competitive Agriculture in the Age of Globalization and Decreasing Population (November 5, 2013 - March 31, 2015)
- Agricultural Policy Reform Aimed at Competitive Agriculture in the Age of Globalization and Decreasing Population (April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2013)
- The Environment and Trade (October 1, 2008 -)
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)
