Takuma Kato

Director for Healthcare and Long-Term Care Policy, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)

TakumaKato

Education

2018 - August 2019MSc Science Communication
Imperial College London
September 2017 - August 2019MSc International Health Management
Imperial College Business School London
(Scholarship: Japanese Government Long-Term Overseas Fellowship Program - full sponsorship for two years)
April 2001 - March 2009Bachelor of Medicine
School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi, Japan

Professional Experience

July 2021 - PresentDirector for Healthcare and Long-Term Care Policy
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia
August 2019 - July 2021Deputy Director, Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases Control Division
Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) Tokyo, Japan
July 2016 - March 2017Deputy Director, Office of National Examinations and Licenses, Medical Professions Division
Health Service Bureau
April 2014 - June 2016Deputy Director, Environmental Health and Safety Division, Environmental Health Department
Environmental Policy Bureau, Ministry of the Environment (MOE)
April 2011 -March 2014Section Chief, Medical Economics Division, Health Insurance Bureau
Kyushu University Hospital Fukuoka, Japan
April 2009 - March 2011Intern