Expertise
Political economy of food and agricultural policy; Fisheries resource governance; International political economy; Global migration; Infrastructure policy in a declining population; Public policy and institutional design
Education
1993 B.A. in Economics, The University of Tokyo
Experience
2025–Present Project Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) (on leave from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, MAFF)
2024 Deputy Director-General, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2022 Director-General for Food Policy, Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA),Cabinet Office
2020 Director, General Affairs Division, Fisheries Agency, MAFF
2018 Director, Business Policy Division, MAFF
2016 Director, International Economic Affairs Division, MAFF; Counsellor for Cabinet Secretariat; TPP Negotiator, TPP Headquarters
2013 Senior International Negotiator, International Economic Affairs Division, MAFF
2010 Counsellor, Mission of Japan to the European Union, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
2007–2006 Deputy Director, Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance (MOF) (including overseas research and analysis, Budget Examiner for Official Development Aid)
2005 Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
2002 Deputy Director, Meat and Egg division, MAFF
2001 Deputy Director, Basic Budget Formation, Cabinet Office
1993– Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
Selected Publications and Papers
Books
- Information Management and Communication System Using Individual Identification Numbers for Domestic Cattle. Tokyo: Garyusha, 2004.
Articles and Papers
- Yoda, Gaku. “The Dilemma of Agricultural Reform in Japan.” Harvard U.S.-Japan Program Occasional Paper, 2006.
Policy Reports (Selected)
- Overseas Research Report, Fiscal System Council (co-editor), 2007.
- Policy Recommendations: Constructing a New International Trade Order for Maintaining and Advancing the Free Trade System (co-editor), 2026.
