I am Professor at the Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University. Prior to joining Tohoku University, I worked at Nomura International/ Nomura Research Institute (UK), the International Monetary Fund (USA), and the University of Tsukuba (Japan). My research focuses on international finance and asset pricing, and I teach International Economics. My research has been published in international academic journals, including Economics Letters, Finance Research Letters, IMF Staff Papers, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions & Money, Journal of International Money and Finance, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and Urban Studies. I am also the author of Hajimete Manabu Kokusai Kin’yuron (『はじめて学ぶ国際金融論』, Yuhikaku), a Japanese-language introductory textbook on international finance. In addition, I serve as Co-editor of the Japanese Journal of Monetary and Financial Economics and Associate Editor of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics. Through my editorial activities, as well as my teaching and research, I actively contribute to the advancement of the academic profession.
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:
Co-editor, Japanese Journal of Monetary and Financial Economics, 11/2022-
Associate editor, Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, 07/2026-
Visiting scholar, Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business, Canada 09/2024
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