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1962	Born in Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture
March 1985	Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, Senshu University
March 1988	Awarded Masters Degree in Economics from the Graduate School of Economics, Senshu University
September 1990	Awarded M.A. in Economics from Boston University
February 1991	Joined Tokai Research & Consulting
September 1997	Joined ERINA Associate Research Fellow, Research Division
April 2011	Senior Research Fellow, Research Division
Other
FY1999-2002, FY2004-2005, FY2007-2012
	Part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, Niigata Sangyo University
FY2009	Niigata University Graduate School of Modern Society and Culture doctoral degree program thesis committee member
FY2003	Part-time lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, Senshu University

Research on economic integration in East Asia

• The economic integration of the Asia-Pacific region and Northeast Asia
• ROK economic system research
• Analysis of economic trends in Northeast Asia

FY2011	East Asian economic integration and Northeast Asia
	ROK economic system research
	Analysis of economic trends in Northeast Asia
FY2010	East Asian economic integration and Northeast Asia
	ROK economic system research
	Analysis of economic trends in Northeast Asia
FY2009	Research on economic integration in East Asia
	ROK economic system research
	Analysis of economic trends in Northeast Asia
FY2008	Research on economic integration in East Asia
	ROK economic system research
	Analysis of economic trends in Northeast Asia
FY2007	East Asian economic integration and Northeast Asia
	ROK economic system research
	Analysis of economic trends in Northeast Asia

(As Co-Author) Title	Publishing Company	Year of Publication
"Asian Responses to the Global Financial Crisis: The Impact of Regionalism and the Role of the G20" edited by Jehoon Park, T.J. Pemel and Geng Xiao	Edward Elgar	2012
"Japan's TPP Strategy: The challenges and future prospects" edited by Keiichi Umada, Shujiro Urata and Fukunari Kimura (co-authored) [in Japanese]	Bunshindo Corp.	2012
"The Global Financial Crisis and the New World Economic Order", edited by Takeshi Aoki and Keiichi Umada (co-authored) [in Japanese]	Nippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd.	2010
"Contemporary ROK Economic Issues", compiled by ERINA (co-authored) [in Japanese]	Nippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd.	2010
"The ROK-USA FTA and the ROK Economic Crisis" edited by Suh Sung and Lee Kang-kook [in Japanese]	Koyo Shobo	2009
"The Corroboration of East Asian Regionalism and Japan" edited by Keiichi Umada and Fukunari Kimura (in Japanese)	Bunshindo Corp.	2008
"The Contemporary ROK Economy: An evolving paradigm", compiled by ERINA (in Japanese)	Nippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd.	2005

Title	Journal	Publisher	Year of Publication
APEC: The Future Prospects for a Bridge Spanning the Pacific	Journal of Northeast Asia Development, Vol. 12	Northeast Asia Development Institute, University of Incheon, Incheon, ROK	December 2010
Japan's FTA Policy: From the Perspective of its Relations with the ROK [in Japanese; Abstracts in English and Korean]	East Asia: Comparative Perspective, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 93-108	The Institute for East Asian Studies, Dong-A University, Busan, ROK	April 2008
Japan's Agricultural Reform in the Era of an East Asian FTA	Bulletin of Institute of Business and Economic Research, Vol. 20, No. 1	The Institute of Business and Economic Research, Inha University, Incheon, ROK	July 2006
An Analysis of the Economic Effects of a Japan–ROK FTA: Sectoral Aspects	The Journal of Econometric Study of Northeast Asia (JESNA), Vol. 4, No. 1	ERINA	November 2002
The Analysis of Airport Slots Allocation: Public Choice Approach to Deregulation (co-authored) [in Japanese]	Mita Journal of Economics, Vol. 93, No. 1	Keio Economic Society	April 2000
The Asian Currency Crisis and Role of Japan (co-authored)	The Developing Economies, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1	Institute of Developing Economies, Tokyo, Japan	March 1999