Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
April 2023 – present
Associate Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Communication (SIPEC), Aoyama Gakuin University
April 2019 – March 2023
Assistant Professor, SIPEC, Aoyama Gakuin University
April 2017 – March 2019
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Toyo University
April 2016 – March 2017
Research Associate, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
April 2008 – March 2011
Other Professional Appointments
Visiting Researcher, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan
June 2025 – present
4th-phase Joint Research Project Utilizing Export and Import Declaration Data: Improving Japan’s Balance of Payments Structure through Strengthening the International Competitiveness of Japanese Firms (Principal Investigator: Banri Ito; Co-investigators: Ayako Obashi, Bin Ni, Kazunobu Hayakawa)
Adjunct Researcher, Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University
April 2021 – present
Adjunct Researcher, Research Institute of Automobile and Parts Industries, Waseda University
October 2017 – present
Visiting Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
April 2020 – March 2023
Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
April 2016 – March 2020
Associate Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Economics, Keio University
June 2015 – March 2016
Adjunct Lecturer, Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC)
April 2009 – March 2011
Teaching: Introductory Statistics and Data Analysis (undergraduate); Spring 2009, Spring 2010
Consultant, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Project: Updating NTMs in ASEAN+6 Countries, April 2024 – March 2025
Project: Implementation of ASEAN MoU on NTM of Essential Goods under the Hanoi Plan of Action on Strengthening ASEAN Economic Cooperation and Supply Chain Connectivity in Response to the COVID 19 Pandemic, June 2022 – December 2024
Project: East Asian Production Networks amid the COVID-19 Shock, November 2020 – April 2021
Project: Impact of Non-tariff Measures on Trade and Competitiveness in East Asia, October 2019 – April 2020
Project: Technology and Job in East Asia, June 2019 – March 2020
Project: ERIA-UNCTAD NTMs Data Collection, February 2016 – December 2016
Consultant, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Project: Updating NTMs in Japan, November 2022 – February 2023
Short Term Consultant, The World Bank
Project: World Bank-UNCTAD NTMs Data Collection, August 2015 – January 2016
Appointed Member (Temporary), Fiscal System Council (Fiscal Investment and Loan Program Subcommittee), Ministry of Finance, Government of Japan
April 2025 – present
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
December 2018
Dissertation: Essays on Trade Policy with Supply Chains
Committee: Professors Robert W. Staiger (primary advisor, Dartmouth College), L. Kamran Bilir (co-primary advisor), Charles Engel, Thomas Rutherford
Ph.D. in Economics, Keio University, Japan
May 2011
Dissertation: Essays on Production Networks in East Asia: Conditions, Properties, and Implications
Committee: Professors Fukunari Kimura (advisor), Colin McKenzie, Toshihiro Okubo, Yoshimasa Shirai (chair), Shumpei Takemori
B.A. in Policy Management, Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus (SFC), Japan
March 2006
The Kojima Kiyoshi Prize for Excellent Paper of 2021, The Japan Society of International Economics (JSIE)
October 2021
Awarded for the paper "Technical Regulations and Margins of Trade: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Firms", KOKUSAI KEIZAI, vol. 71, 2020, pp. 191–222
YKK Study Abroad Funding, Yoshida Scholarship Foundation (YKK Corporation)
2011 – 2014
Taro Yamane Scholarship, University of Wisconsin [About Professor Taro Yamane (in Japanese)]
2011
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant No. 25K00642
Assessing the impacts of NTMs on Sectoral Trades
Principal Investigator: Kaoru Nabeshima
Co-Investigators: Etsuyo Michida, Lei Lei, Ayako Obashi, Tsunehiro Otsuki, Kunhuyi Kim
April 2025 – March 2030
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S), Grant No. 24H00014
Transformation of the Global Value Chain and the Construction of a New International Economic Order
Principal Investigator: Jota Ishikawa
Co-Investigators: Kenzo Abe, Toshihiro Okubo, Ayako Obashi, Hayato Kato, Fukunari Kimura, Laixun Zhao, Taiji Furusawa, Hiroshi Mukunoki
April 2024 – March 2029
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant No. 22K01486
Assessing the Impacts of NTMs on International Trade and Regional Economy
Principal Investigator: Kaoru Nabeshima
Co-Investigators: Ayako Obashi, Etsuyo Michida, Lei Lei
April 2022 – March 2025
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Grant No. 19K13692
Purpose of Trade Agreements and Reciprocal Trade Liberalization under the Progress of Cross-border Unbundling of Production
Principal Investigator: Ayako Obashi
April 2019 – March 2025
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Grant No. 19H01486
The Impact of IT and Globalization on Firm Dynamics: A Comparative Analysis of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean Firms
Principal Investigator: Tomohiko Inui
Co-Investigators: Naomi Kodama, Ayako Obashi, YoungGak Kim, Hyeog Ug Kwon
April 2019 – March 2023
Aoyama Gakuin University Research Unit Grant
International Trade and Domestic Policies: Interaction among Trade Policy, Government Procurement, and Industrial Policy
Principal Investigator: Yoshitaka Tsuruta
Co-Investigators: Seung-Gyu Sim, Ayako Obashi
July 2018 – March 2021
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant No. 18K01591
Empirical Research on Assessing the Impact of NTMs on International Trade
Principal Investigator: Kaoru Nabeshima
Co-Investigators: Ayako Obashi, Etsuyo Michida, Lei Lei
April 2018 – March 2024
JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Grant No. 16H07241
Revisiting the Role of Trade Policy under the Progress of Cross-border Unbundling of Production
Principal Investigator: Ayako Obashi
August 2016 – March 2018