Profile

Citizenship:		Japan (U.S. Permanent Resident)
Date of Birth:		January 8, 1936 (Age: 90)
Degrees:		Ph.D. (Economics) 1965, Yale University M.A. (Economics) 1964, Yale University M.A. (Economics) 1962, University of Tokyo B.A. (Economics) 1960, University of Tokyo L.L.B. 1958, University of Tokyo Passed the National Law Bar Examination (Shihoshiken) of Japan, 1957
Ph.D.Thesis:		Economic Growth and Long-Term Capital Movement

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Employment and Teaching Experience:

• Research Associate 1965-1969, University of Tokyo.
• Associate Professor of Economics 1969-1980, University of Tokyo.
  Taught: Monetary Theory and Policy, Introductory Economic International Trade, International Finance.
• Professor of Economics 1981-1986, University of Tokyo.
  Taught: Monetary Theory and Policy, Introductory Economic International Trade, International Finance.
• Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, MIT, 1971-1973.
• Visiting Lecturer, London School of Economics, 1977-1978.
  Taught: Introductory Economics (Session), Advanced Mathematical Economics (International Trade).
• The Luce Visiting Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, Winter Quarter 1984.
  Taught: The Japanese Economy.
• Visiting Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1985-1986.
  Taught: Economic Development of Japan, Macroeconomic Theory, Advanced Topics in Macroeconomics.
• Visiting Professor of Economics, The Osaka Gas Chair on International Coordination, Osaka University, 1991-1992.
  Taught: Macroeconomics and Open Macroeconomics.
• One of the four evaluators of the Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (ESAF) program commissioned by the IMF Board of Directors, 1997.
• Senior Advisor, Economic Research Institute, Economic Planning Agency of the Japanese Government, 1998-2001.
• Member: Advisory Group for Mike Moore, Director General, World Trade Organization, 2001-2002.
• Member: Advisory Group for Supachai Panitchpakdi, Director General, World Trade Organization, 2003.
• President, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, 2001-2003.
• Professor of Economics, Yale University, since July 1986, and currently Tuntex Professor of Economics since December 2005
  Taught: The Japanese Economy, International Economics, Open Macroeconomics.

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Participation in the Activities of the Japanese Government and International Organizations:

• Visiting Research Associate, Institute for Economic Research Economic Planning Agency: April 1974- March 1976.
• Committee Member, Council for Improvement of National Living Standard, Economic Planning Agency, April 1982-July 1985.
• Committee Member (temporary), Economic Council, Economic Planning Agency, July 1982-April 1983.
• Committee Member (Specialist) Council for the Use of Funds in Fiscal Investment Loan Program (FILP), Ministry of Finance, October 1983-September 1985.