Education:
March 2001 Ph.D. in Economics, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan)
March 1998 M.A. in Economics, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan)
April 1996-March 2001 Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan)
April 1993-March 1996 Faculty of Economics, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan)