Biography

Born in Osaka in 1930
1956 Completed Master's Program in Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1958 University of Cambridge, UK

Graduated from St. John's College
1959 Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1986 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Permanent Mission of Japan to NY
1990 Deputy Secretary-General of OECD (first Japanese)
1997 Professor, Waseda University Asia-Pacific Research Center
2004 President of Iwate Prefectural University

the current　

JF Oberlin University Asia-Eurasia Research Institute Northeast Asia Research Exchange Network Representative Secretary-General Shin Watato International School

Award history

2000 Received the Order of the Sacred Treasure (2nd prize)

Major / Books, etc.

International economy, North-South problem, etc.

"North-South problem in the 21st century Challenge in the age of globalization"

(Waseda University Press)

"The Whereabouts of East Asian Community Economic Integration and Japan"

(Iwanami Shinsho)