Education and Early Career: Graduate from Political Science Division, Waseda University, with one-year study abroad in France at Sciences-Po. de Paris; in 1989, joined the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (currently split into Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Japan International Cooperation Agency), pursued graduate programs at Yale University (M.A., International Relations/Development Economics), funded by both the World Bank Graduate Scholarship and the Rotary Foundation (New Haven, CT), and Cornell University (M.Sc. Ph.D., Regional Science/Development Economics), funded by the Foundation for Advanced Studies in International Development.
Development Economist Career: In 1994 joined the World Bank (Washington, D.C.) through the Young Professional Programs (selected as one fo the 40 YPs from more than 8,000 international applicants) or a regular (tenured) staff, and started my professional career as an economist (Middle East and Africa Region).
Consultant/Academic Career: In 2000, retired from the World Bank regular position, and became an independent consultant. At the same time, joined academia (at the time as an assistant) professor at International University of Japan, Meijigakuin University (International Studies), and since 2004 associate professor (and full professor since 2010) at Waseda University (School of International Liberal Studies). Consulting with Asian Development Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan) and Ministry of Finance (Japan); board member of Japan Economic Research Institute.
Life Goes On: In order to change focus, in 2016 obtained J.D. from University of Tsukuba. Learning still goes on in law and economics, and especially in spatial analysis of socio-economic phenomena in developing countries and in rural areas, especially, in mountainous and oceanographic areas in Japan, for my spatial analysis interests.
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