Date and Place of Birth

September 1, 1950, Tokyo

Education

1974, B.A. in Agriculture (Specialty: Agricultural Economics), The University of Tokyo
1979, M.A. in Economics, University of Hawaii
2012, Ph.D. in Economics, Gakushuin University

Present Term of Office

from March 26, 2015 to March 25, 2020

Record

• Apr. 1974Joined Economic Planning Agency, the Government of Japan
• June 1995Director, Social Research Division, Social Policy Bureau, Economic Planning Agency
• July 1997Director, Overseas Research Division, Research Bureau, Economic Planning Agency
• June 1998Director, Price Policy Division, Price Bureau, Economic Planning Agency
• July 1999Vice President, Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy, Ministry of Finance
• July 2002Executive Research Fellow, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office
• Apr. 2004Chief Economist, Daiwa Institute of Research, Ltd.
• Apr. 2012Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
• Mar. 2015Present position