Specialty：Macroeconomics, Japanese Economy, Economic Policy
Macroeconomics, Japanese Economy, Economic Policy

Biography
1975　Graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Tokyo
1978　Obtained Master of Economics from the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
Joined the Economic Planning Agency (which later became the Cabinet Office)
1984　Studied at the University of Oxford under the Government Scholarship Program (until 1986), and obtained M.Phil. in Economics
1987　Worked as an economist for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) (until 1990)
1996　Worked as a senior economist for the Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER) (until 1998)
2001　Became the Director for Economic and Fiscal Policy Planning of the Cabinet Office
2002　Became the Director for Economic Assessment and Policy Analysis of the Cabinet Office
2004　Became the Director for Economic and Fiscal Management of the Cabinet Office
2005　Appointed to become the Deputy Director-General for Economic and Fiscal Management of the Cabinet Office
Also became the Head of the Office for Econometric Analyses of the Cabinet Office (until 2009)
2007　Appointed to become the Director-General of the Economic Research Bureau of the Cabinet Office (until 2012)
2012　Became the Project Professor of the Keio University, Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Program for Leading Graduate School “Science for Development of Super Mature Society” (until 2017)
2016　Became the Visiting Professor of the Department of Economics and Business, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University (ICU) (until 2021)

(Other teaching and research)
1993　Adjunct Lecturer at the Graduate School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama-Gakuin University (to present)
2001　Adjunct Professor (until 2003) and Adjunct Lecturer (between 2003 and 2007) at the Graduate School of Economics, Chuo University
2009　Adjunct Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Toyo University (until 2010)
2012 　Adjunct Lecturer at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo (until 2019)
2012　Became the Senior Research Fellow of the Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER)
2017　Project Professor (part-time) at the Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University (until 2018)
2017　Adjunct Lecturer at the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University (until 2022)
2018　Guest Professor at the Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University (to present)
2018　Guest Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Keio University (until 2020)
2019　Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Policy Studies, Tsuda University (to present)
2019　Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Education, Waseda University (until 2022)
2021　Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Economics and Business, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University (until 2022)
2021　Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Policy Studies, Tsuda University (to present)

Latest Reports
2013/04/09
Research Report ｜ Discussion Paper

[No.139] European Monetary Integration and Sovereign Debt Crisis