【Specialized Fields】

Fiscal and Monetary Policy, International Finance, Asian Economies

【Background】

Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, and received MPhil in economics, Oxford University BA in law. After joining the Ministry of Finance in 1967, served as President of Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Director-General of the International Finance Bureau; Vice-Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Ministry of Finance; Professor of the Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University; President of the Asian Development Bank; Governor of the Bank of Japan; Professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS); Visiting Professor of the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; and so on.

【Publications】

The Changing Philosophy of International Taxation, Tax Reform in the United States and Japan, David F. Bradford and Kent E. Calder ed. 1991, pp91-100.
America’s Coming Fiscal Mercantilism, International Economy Nov/Dec 1992, pp67-68.

【Message】

Based on my policy experience at the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Japan, as well as on my work experience at international financial institutions such as the IMF and the Asian Development Bank, I would like to show how fiscal policy, monetary policy, currency policy, trade and investment policy, and international policy coordination have been implemented, and clarify the need for efforts to harmonize national interests and global benefits. I would also like to encourage students to discuss domestic economic policies from an international perspective.