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Education: |
Sep.1979 |
Exchange student,
Department of Economics,
University
of Chicago (one year) |
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Mar.1981 |
BA in economics, Hitotsubashi
University |
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Mar.1983 |
MA in economics, Hitotsubashi
University |
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Jun.1987 |
Ph.D. in economics, Stanford
University |
Professional
employment: |
Jun.1982 |
Summer intern, International
Monetary Fund (three months) |
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Sep.1984 |
Research assistant, Department
of Economics, Stanford University
(three years) |
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Sep.1987 |
Economist, Research Department and Middle
Eastern Department, International Monetary Fund |
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Aug.1991 |
Associate Professor, Institute
of Socio-Economic Planning,
University of Tsukuba |
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Apr.1996 |
Professor, Graduate School of
Policy Science, Saitama University |
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Oct.1997- |
Professor, National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies (to
present) |
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Apr.1999 |
Visiting scholar, Asian
Development Bank Institute (one year) |
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Policy advice and policy formulation works: |
1995-2001 |
Co-leader of the Study Team of the “Economic
Development Policy in the Transition toward a
Market-oriented Economy in the Social Republic of Viet Nam”
(Ishikawa Project), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
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1998-2001 |
Member of the Committee to Review the Policy
of the International Monetary Fund, Japan Center for
International Finance (JCIF) |
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2000-2003 |
Co-leader of National Economics University (NEU)
– Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Joint
Research Project, Hanoi |
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2001-2002 |
Leader of the Committee on the Asia Dynamism,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) |
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2002 |
Member of the Committee on the Development
Effectiveness of Yen Loan, Japan Bank for International
Cooperation (JBIC) |
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2002-2005 |
Co-leader of the reviewing team of Japan's
ODA Strategy for Vietnam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) |
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2002-2006 |
Member of the Board of ODA
Comprehensive Strategies, MOFA |
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2003-2008 |
Guest researcher of the Civil Society, the State and Culture
in Comparative Perspective Special Research Project,
University of Tsukuba |
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2004-2012 |
Director
of the
Vietnam Development Forum (VDF),
Hanoi |
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2005-2008 |
Research leader of the 21st Century Center of
Excellence (COE) Program, GRIPS |
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2008-present |
Leader, Ethiopia-Japan Industrial Policy
Dialogue with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Prime Minister
Hailemariam Desalegn, by GRIPS and JICA |
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2008-2010 |
Advisor to Ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba on
Supporting Industry Development Action Plan in Vietnam |
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2008-2012 |
Researcher
of
the
Global COE
Program, GRIPS |
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2008 |
Member of the
investigative commission
on
embodiment of contribution
to African Growth,
African Growth Initiative |
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2008, 2011-2012 |
Policy research and dialogue in Mozambique,
in cooperation with JBIC, JICA & NEXCO West |
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2010 |
Member of the Group for Renovating Japanese
ODA |
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2010- |
Third country policy research for
Ethiopia-Japan Industrial Policy Dialogue: Singapore, Korea,
Tanzania (2010); Taiwan (2011); India, Mauritius, Ghana
(2012); Thailand, Malaysia (2013); Indonesia, Rwanda (2014);
Thailand, Cambodia (2015); Sri Lanka (2017); Kenya (2018);
Djibouti, Myanmar (2019) |
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2010-2013 |
Advisor to Ambassador Yasuaki Tanizaki on
Vietnam Industrialization Strategy initiative |
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2015-2017 |
Advisor and policy dialogue leader to JICA
Vietnam on Province Based Economic Growth (PBEG) initiative
in Ha Nam Province and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province |
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2016-2020 |
Director, Vietnam Japan Productivity
Promotion (VJPP), Initiative under Vietnam Economic Policy
Research (VEPR), Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi |
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2016 |
Research visit and policy discussion with
South African automotive policy officials at the request of
the Japanese embassy and JICA in South Africa in Pretoria,
Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. |
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2016 |
Lecture series at Uzbekistan ministries and
universities invited by the Uzbekistan Academy of Public
Administration on the occasion of publication of the Russian
edition of my Economic Development of Japan, Tashkent and
Samarkand. |
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2017-present |
Editorial Board member of the Vietnam Social
Sciences Review published by the Vietnam Academy of Social
Sciences (VASS). |
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2017 |
Academic leader, Japan-Vietnam Productivity
Cooperation Project of the Prime Minister’s Economic
Advisory Council, Vietnam National University, Japanese
Embassy and the METI |
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2018 |
Inviting officials of Ethiopia’s Metal
Industries Development Institute for policy formulation
research, Tokyo, Saitama, Tochigi, Osaka and Hyogo |
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2020-present |
Advisor, Viet Nam Center for Economic and
Strategic Studies (VESS), Hanoi
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Awards: |
1992 |
Mainichi Shimbun Economist
Award |
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1997 |
Mainichi Shimbun Asia Study
Association Asia-Pacific Special Award |
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2001 |
Suntory Prize for Social
Sciences and Humanities |
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2001 |
Osaragi Jiro Award for
Critical Works |
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2011 |
Medal for Educational Merit by the Minister
of Education and Training, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
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2012 |
Letter of Appreciation for Global
Contribution and Publicizing Japan, Cabinet Secretariat, the
Government of Japan |
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2016 |
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
President Award for Ethiopia-Japan Industrial Policy
Dialogue (with Izumi Ohno) |
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2017 |
Friendship Medal conferred by President Tran
Dai Quang of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
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2018 |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Award for
Contribution to Japan-Vietnam Economic Cooperation |
