BIOGRAPHY

Citizenship:

Japanese

Languages:

Japanese (mother tongue), English, French (notions)

EDUCATION

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

OTHER OCCUPATIONS

1984-1985

1980-1981

Kimitsu-Mokko Company

Matsushita Electric Co.ltd. (Panasonic Co. ltd.)

RESEARCH GRANTS

AWARDS

2002

Prize of Promotion in Public Utility Economics organized by Japan Society of Public Utility Economics.

ACADEMIC VISITS

November 1999 to February 2000: Visiting Scholar, Boston University, Department of Economics.

April 1998 to September 1998: Visiting Scholar, Boston University, Department of Economics.

July 1991 to May 1992: Visiting Scholar, University of Florida, Public Utilities Research Center.

September 1988 to July 1989: Visiting Graduate Student (by an Exchange Program between Osaka University and Australian National University), Australian National University, Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC).