I am a professor at the Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Japan. Prior to becoming staff here, I was a quantitative analyst for Nomura in the City (London), an economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and then an associate professor at University of Tsukuba. My research interests cover international money and finance as well as quantitative economics. My research papers appeared in academic journals such as the Economics Letters, Finance Research Letters, IMF Staff Papers, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Review of International Economics, Urban Studies, among many others. I am also an author of a Japanese textbook 'Introduction to International Finance' (Yuhikaku: Tokyo).
Permanent positions:
Director, Global Program in Economics & Management, Tohoku University, Japan 04/2018--03/2020, 04/2024--
Professor, Graduate School of Economics & Management, Tohoku University, Japan 04/2015
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Systems & Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 04/2004
Associate Professor, Institute of Policy & Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 11/2003
Economist, International Monetary Fund (IMF) USA, 10/1997
Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative Analysis Group, Nomura Research Institute/Nomura International plc, UK, 04/1997
Visiting (ad hoc) positions:
Visiting scholar, Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business, Canada 09/2024
Co-editor, Japanese Journal of Monetary and Financial Economics, 11/2022-
Rapporteur, Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches en Sciences Economiques, Aix-Marseille Université, France 06/2021
Director, Japan Society of Monetary Economics, 2016-2020
Visiting scholar, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK, 06-08/2011
Consultant, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, 04/2010-Present
Visiting scholar, Economics Department, University of Glasgow, UK, 07-08/2010 & 08-09/2009
Consultant, Statistics Department, IMF, USA, 04/2007
External evaluator of research, The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI, Tokyo), 2007, 2009-Present
Visiting scholar, Cass Business School, City University, UK, 05-07/2005
Visiting scholar, Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, UK, 12/2004-01/2005, 08/2012-08/2013
Visiting scholar, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, 04-05/2003