Date of Birth: 1960

Education:
BA in Economics Keio University 1982,
MBA Keio University 1984,
PhD in Economics Kyoto University 2011.

Career:
April 1984
Joined the Bank of Japan
June 1992
Joined the Japan Research Institute, Ltd.
Senior Economist in the Economics Department
September 2001~March 2002
Invited Professor at Graduate School of Keio University
April 2006~June 2014
Research Director, Senior Economist of the Institute
April 2010~March 2015
Guest Professor at Waseda University
May 2011
Pacific Leadership Fellow, School of International Relationships and Pacific Studies University of California, San Diego.
September 2014~March2020
Invited Professor at Keio University
April 2018~
Chairperson of the Institute

Main Works:
“Bank Management and Prudential Policy”,
Toyo Keizai Inc., 1993
“Information Disclosure and Japan’s Financial System”,
Toyo Keizai Inc., 1998
“Financial Crisis and Prudential Policy”
Nihonkeizaishinbun shuppansha, 2010.

Main Articles:
“Securitization of Housing Finance” in “Economics of Housing”, Nihonkeizaishinbun shuppansha,1997
“Improving Japan’s Financial System, with Emphasis on Reforming the Postal Savings Business” Asian Economic Papers 2:1 MIT press 2003.
“Activity of IRCJ and Banking Crisis in Japan” Public Policy Review vol.5, No.2. Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan, Nov.2009.
“Digitalization of payment Instruments: Cashless Payments and Loyalty Points Systems” (2022), German Institute for Studies (eds.)"The Future 0f Financial System in Digital Age: Perspectives from Europe and Japan " ,117-131. Springer

Public Positions:
◆Current Positions
Member of Council of New Form of Capitalism Realization, Cabinet Secretariat,
Member of Financial System Council, Financial Services Agency,
Member of the Council for Fiscal Systems, etc., Ministry of Finance,
Member of the Social Security Council, Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, etc.
◆Successive Positions
Member of the Industrial Revitalization Commission of Japan (Director (part-time) of the IRCJ),
Member of the Regulatory Reform Committee, Cabinet Office, Head of the Structural Reform Promoting Meeting 〈Health, Medical, Old-age Care〉 (Council on Investments for the future), Cabinet Secretariat,
Member of Planning Meeting on a Social Security System Oriented to All Generations, Cabinet Secretariat, Chairperson of the council of Choosing the Future2.0, Cabinet Office,
Member of Industrial Policy Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, Member of Science Council of Japan, etc.