Koji Hachiyama has been serving as the Chief Operating Officer of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) since July 2019. Mr Hachiyama started his career in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Japan (now known as the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry) in 1992 and served in various positions including the Embassy of Japan in Indonesia (1997-2001) throughout the years.

Before coming to ERIA, Mr Hachiyama served as the Counsellor in the National Strategy Office of ICT, the Cabinet Secretariat of Japan. From 2014 to 2017, He served as the Director of IT Department in JETRO New York and the Head of the New York Representative office of IPA (Japan’s Information Technology Promotion Agency). Mr Hachiyama obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.