• 略歴

April 1975: Entered Forestry Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

April 1983: Official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Technical Cooperation Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau

August 1996: Director, Multilateral Cooperation Division, Technical Cooperation Division, Aid Policy Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau

September 2001: Deputy Assistant Vice-Minister (Parliamentary Affairs)

September 2003: Director General, Policy Coordination Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

August 2007: Consul-General of Japan at Sydney

February 2010: Vice-President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

August 2011: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Sri Lanka

July 2015: Secretary-General for GRIPS ALLIANCE

October 2015: Professor for GRIPS, Secretary-General for GRIPS ALLIANCE

April 2017: Professor for GRIPS, Executive Advisor of GRIPS ALLIANCE

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• Selected publications

“The Role of QUAD and partnership with South Asia: The importance of the Indian Ocean for Indo-Pacific” on Programme Japon of Foudation pour la Strategique (France), May 2022

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• Social contributions

Hokkaido University, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Visiting Professor

Plan International Japan, Deputy Chair of the Board

SGEC/PEFC Japan, Member of the Board

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• Other notable activities and achievements

Recommendation for Sri Lanka: Debt Restructuring and Bridge Financing for Humanitarian Purposes, Study Group for Tripartite Cooperation　(Japan-India-Sri Lanka), February 7, 2022

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