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～)

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