Researcher's Profile

Biography

March 1977	Graduated from Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)
April 1977	Entered the Ministry of Finance
September 1979	The Graduate School of Economics, Brown University
July 1981	After returning to Japan , she worked at the Financial Bureau of the Ministry of Finance, the Budget Bureau, and the Minister's Secretariat.
July 1997	Director, International Research Division, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance
April 1999	Associate Professor, RCAST, UTokyo
March 2001	Professor, Center for Advanced Economic Engineering, UTokyo
April 2004	Professor, RCAST, UTokyo
October 2015	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Latvia (Retired January 2019)
June 2016	Professor Emeritus, UTokyo
April 2022	Fellow, RCAST, UTokyo

Empirical analysis of capital markets based on finance theory and its applications
Research related to the financial crisis such as simulation analysis on impacts caused by securitization and financial structure that causes financial system vulnerability.
Fundamental research on future financial system, international comparison of policy responses to crises, and analyses of the effectiveness of post-crisis regulations.
Benefits and risks brought about by the evolution of technology in financial industry.
Various issues related to corporate finance in dynamic context, especially project evaluation