JFIR Resarch Fellows
Background and Current Position
| 2008/December -2009/May |
Councilor, The Japan Forum on International Relations |
| 2008/March | Visiting Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) (Research on US -Japan relations and cooperation, Development, and Global Issues) |
| 2001-2007 | Member, House of Councilors (senator） Democratic Party of Japan: Shadow Minister of Economy & Industry, Shadow Vice-Minister of Finance, Deputy Director-General of International Bureau |
| 1997-2001 | Vice-Director of Denkirengo Research Center Executive Committee Member of Japanese Electrical, Electronic & Information Union |
| 1993-1996 | First Secretary (Economic Section - ODA, Japan & US Cooperation), Embassy of Japan in Washington, D. C. |
| 1980-1990 | Yamaha Corporation (Sales and Planning Division of music instruments) |
Education
| 1977-1979 | M.S. in forestry, Michigan State University |
| 1972-1976 | B.A. in commerce, Waseda University (Tokyo) |
Publications
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"15 breakthroughs for Japan Revival" (Nihonhyoronsha, the author and editor, 2006)
"The U.S.-Japan Alliance: A New Framework for Enhanced Global Security" (CSIS,2008)