Position: 
Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Toyo University. 5-28-20, Hakusan, Bunkyou-ku, Tokyo 112-8606, JAPAN

Research Field: 
International Currency, International Finance
Degree: 
B.A. Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, March 1997
M.A. Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, March 1999
Ph.D. Economics, Hitotsubashi University, April 2007

Education: 
Undergraduate, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, April 1993-March 1997
Master course, Graduate School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, April 1997- March 1999
Doctor course, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, April 1999- March 2003

Professional Career:
Research Assistant,
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, April 2002-March 2003
Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Business Administration, Toyo University, April 2003-March 2006
Associate Professor,
Faculty of Business Administration, Toyo University, April 2006-
Research Fellow, Office of Regional Economic Integration, Asian Development Bank, 2007-2008 


Birth Place: 
Kobe, Hyogo, October 1973


Paper issued at
Asian Economic Journal
“What Should the weights on the three major currencies be in a Common Currency Basket in East Asia?” (forthcoming)

JBIC (Japan Bank for International Cooperation)Institute
“Possibility to Create a Common Currency Basket for East Asia,”

Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 
“Toward an Asian Currency Union”

Faculty of Business Administration, Toyo University
“Giving a New life to the PPP theory; Modified G-PPP model”, (in Japanese)


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Hitotsubashi University
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