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Employment (full time)

April 2012 - currentProfessorFaculty of Commerce, Chuo University.
April 2011 - March 2012Associate professorFaculty of Commerce, Chuo University.
April 2004 - March 2011Associate professorGraduate School of International Accounting, Chuo University.
April 2001 - March 2004LecturerFaculty of Economics, Daito Bunka University.
April 1997 - March 2001ResearcherJapan Securities Research Institute.

Current Visiting Academic Positions

June 2024 - Yu-cho Foundation  Research grant committee member
June 2023 - Hokkoku Financial Holdings  Auditor and Supervisory Board Member 
June 2023 -Keio Corporation Independent Committee for Corporate Valuation
June 2022 - Independent Director, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management.
July 2021 -Board member, Japan Securities Research Institute.
July 2020 -Member, Representative Election Committee Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance.
July 2020 - Board member, Japan Invester Protection Fund.
July 2019 -Board member, Financial Instruments Mediation Assistance Center.
January 2017 - Member, Ministry of Finance Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and Other Transactions.
April 2001 -Researcher, Japan Securities Research Institute.
2000 -Associate Editor, Securities Analysts Journal, The Securities Analysts Association of Japan.

Past Research & Academic Position

January 2023 - June 2024Member, Financial Committee, Japan Economic Research Institute.
December 2021 - December 2024Visiting researcher, SBI Financial Economic Research Institute.
January 2011 - March 2023Member, Fiscal Investment and Loan Subcommittee, Fiscal System Council, Ministry of Finance.
January 2013 -January 2023Member, Financial Services Agency, Financial System Council.
November 2015 -March 2017Member, Advisory Committee, Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.
July 2014 -June 2017Public Board Member, Self-regulation Board, Japan Securities Dealers Association
November 2015 - April 2016Member, Working Group on Disclosure, Financial System Council, Financial Services Agency
June 2013 - December 2013Member, Working Group on the Provision of Risk Money to Emerging and Growing Companies, Financial System Council, Financial Services Agency
July 2011 - March 2015Acting Chairperson, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Credit Foundations
May 2010 - March 2014Member, Board of Administration, Tokyo Center for Economic Research
April 2009 - March 2011Member, Workshop for Emergemcy Markets, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
July 2011 - March 2015Member, Evaluation Committee for Independent Administrative Corporations
December 2015,
December 2014,
December 2013,
December 2012,
December 2011,
December 2010,
December 2009,
Lecturer, Financial Services Agency
November 2016, September 2015,
September 2014, September 2013, July - August 2012,
May - June 2011,
October - November 2004,
October - November 2003
Lecturer, Financial Academic Seminar, Research Institute of Capital Formation, Development Bank of Japan

Academic Background

Ph.D. in Economics2003University of Tokyo.
M.A. in Economics1996University of Tokyo.
B.A. in Economics1993University of Osaka.