Work Experience

September 2021- Ambassador, Assistant Minister,
Director-General, Latin America and Caribbean Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

August 2017-September 2021 Executive Director Communications & Engagement
Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

June 2015- August 2017 Director, European Policy Division
European Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

August 2013-May 2015 Director, Mexico, Central America and Caribbean Division
Latin America and Caribbean Affairs Bureau Ministry of Foreign Affairs

August 2011-July 2013 Director, Economic Treaties Division,
International Legal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

August 2010-August 2011 Director, Diplomatic Record and Information Disclosure Division,
Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

January 2008-July 2010 Economic Counsellor, Chief of Economic Section
Embassy of Japan, Malaysia

September 2004-January 2008 Counsellor,
Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD France
September 2006-December 2007 Chair, Working Party of the Trade Committee, OECD

August 2002-August 2004 Principal Deputy Director, Policy Division,
Public Diplomacy Bureau,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

July 1999-November 2001 Principal Deputy Director,
Second Latin American Division,
Latin America and Caribbean Affairs Bureau,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

February 1998-July 1999 Deputy Director, United Nations Policy Division
Foreign Policy Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

June 1995-January 1998 Deputy Director
Second East Asia Division (ASEAN issues)
Asian Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

May 1993-May 1995 Embassy of Japan, France
(Political Section followed by Commercial Section)

June 1991-May 1993 Attaché, Embassy of Japan, France
(sent to Ecole Nationale d’Administration)

April 1990-May 1991 Desk Officer for Trade and Environment Issues
Second International Organization Division (OECD)
Economic Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan

Education

1986-1990 Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Bachelor of Laws
1991-1992 Ecole Nationale d’Administration, Paris, France
(Promotion Leon Gambetta)