Experts
Senior Fellow
Munakata Naoko
Expertise/Areas of interest
International Trade Regime/Economic Security/Innovation/Intellectual Properties/Risk Management/Data Governance
Academic/Professional Background
| 1984 | LL.B, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan (MITI, METI's predecessor) |
| 1990 | MBA, Harvard Business School |
| 2001-2004 | Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry |
| 2001-2002 | Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy, Studies, the Brookings Institution |
| 2002-2004 | Visiting Scholar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University |
| 2011-2013 | Director-General, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) |
| 2013-2014 | Director-General for Trade Policy, METI |
| 2014-2015 | Director-General, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI |
| 2015-2017 | Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister |
| 2017-2019 | Commissioner, Japan Patent Office |
| 2019-2021 | Adviser, Dai-Ichi Life Research Institute, Inc. |
| 2021 | Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo |
Publications
| Publications | Publishing company | Date of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Japan’s Strategy in Rebuilding the Trade Order: CPTPP and Beyond | Asia Pacific Initiative (API) | 2022 |
| Transforming East Asia: The Evolution of Regional Economic Integration, Brookings Institution Press and Research Institute of Economy | Trade and Industry (Japan) | 2006 |
| "Has Politics Caught Up with Markets? In Search of East Asian Economic Regionalism" (Chapter 6) in Peter J. Katzenstein (Editor) and Takashi Shiraishi (Editor), Beyond Japan: The Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism | Cornell University Press | 2006 |
| "Japan's FTA Strategy" (Chapter 5) in Yoshihide Soeya (Editor) and Masayuki Tadokoro (Editor), Japan's East Asia Initiative (in Japanese) | Keio University Press | 2004 |
| Turning Point of Japan-China Relationship: A Step Toward East Asian Economic Integration, Economic Policy Review Series No.2 (in Japanese) | RIETI | 2001 |
As of October 1, 2024