
Position | Director, Healthcare Policy Concentration; Professor |
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Degree | MBA, U.C. Berkeley (1994) Ph.D (Economics), Osaka City University (2019) |
Specialty | Social Security Policy, Health and Long-Term Care Policy |
Current Research Interests | Social Security History, Comparative Analysis of Health and Long-Term Care Policy, International Contribution for the Development of Social Security, Health and Long-Term Care Policy (UHC) |
- Professional Career
1989 Joined Ministry of Health and Welfare
1999 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
2004 Director, Long-Term Care Insurance Division, Hyogo Prefectural Government
2006 Director for the Securement of Nurses, Nursing Division, Health Policy Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
2008 Director for Planning and Research, Health Economics Division, Health Insurance Bureau, MHLW
2010 Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo
2012 Director, Family Welfare Division, Equal Employment and Children and Family Welfare Bureau, MHLW
2014 Director, Planning Division, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
2016 Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
2019 Special Research Officer for Social Security, Office of Director-General for General Policy and Evaluation, MHLW
2020 Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
- Selected Publications
”Articles review on the issue of inequity among different schemes of Thai public health financing system and comparison with the experience of Japan”, GRIPS Discussion Paper Series, DP 20-12, (2021)
"日本的社会保障历史发展及当前问题 (Historical development and current issues for social security in Japan)", 社会保障评论 (Chinese Social Security Review), Vol.3 (11), pp.14-23, (2019)
“Establishment of the concept of social security in Japan and Bunji Kondo – Focusing on the relevance to the “1950 Recommendation””, Social Policy, Vol.11, No.1 (32), pp.85-92(2019)
“The transition in the Structure of the Social Security Revenue (FY 1969 to 2014): An Overview”, Journal of Social Security Research, Vol.3, No.1, pp.22-39、(2018)
“Transformation of the “Okochi-theory” in his Later Life and its Effect to the Advisory Council on Social Security”, Social Policy, Vol.9, No.2 (27), pp.123-134 (2017)
"Social Security Policy at Local Government in an Aging and Depopulation Society", Academia, Vol.122, pp.8-13、(2017)
“Process for the establishment of Lähihoitaja and its implication for Japan”, Journal of Social Security Research, Vol.1, No.1, pp.148-163、(2016)
“Current status of CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Communities) in California and its implication for Japan”, Aging in Place (Foundation for Senior Citizens’ Living), Vol.131-2, pp.44-60・31‐45、(2016)
“Political Process and Philosophy of Social Security” (2014) (Authored)
- Social Contribution
Asian Development Bank, "Policy and Capacity Building of Elderly Care in People’s Republic of China", Consultant (Elderly Care Specialist)(2019.3~) - News by faculty member
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