LLM, School of Law, University of California; Visiting Scholar, Harvard University. Formerly: Senior Official, Ministry of Finance of Japan; key architect of the current government bonds market and fiscal investment loan programme, a unique and indispensable public finance system in Japan; heavily involved in the privatization of Japan Post, initiated by the then Prime Minister Koizumi. Currently, Chief Financial Officer, Development Bank of Japan. Co-Coordinator, US-Japan Financial Symposium. Vice-Chairman, Fulbright Association of Japan.