Curriculum Vitae

Current Position

• Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Japan (Sep 2020-)

Past Positions

• Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan (Dec 2019 - Aug 2020)
• Principal Economist, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan (Apr 2013 - Mar 2015)
• Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan (Oct 2012 - Mar 2013, Apr 2015 - Nov 2019)
• Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University, Japan (Oct 2006 - Sep 2012)
• Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Japan (Apr 2003 - Sep 2006)
• Assistant Professor, Department of Policy Management, Keio University, Japan (Apr 2002 - Mar 2003)

Visiting Positions

• Research Associate, Center of Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University, USA (Sep 2020)
• Visiting Fellow, Center of Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia University, USA (Sep 2018 - Aug 2019)
• Academic Visitor, Department of Economics, Boston College, USA (MApr-Sep, 2006)
• Affiliate Academic Visitor, Department of Economics, University College London, UK (Apr 2005 - Mar 2006)
• Short Term Visitor of Research, Department of Economics, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Oct-Nov, 2004)

Education

• The University of Tokyo, Ph.D, Economics, 2004
• The University of Tokyo, MA, Economics, 1999
• The University of Tokyo, BA, Economics, 1997

Awards

• 2021 NTJ Richard Musgrave Prize.

Field of Interest

• Japanese Economy
• Consumption Behavior
• Household Survey and Economic Statistics