Profile
Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
Naoko Munakata
International Trade Regime/Economic Security/Innovation/Intellectual Property/Risk Management/Data Governance
| 1984 | LL.B, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo, Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan (MITI, METI's predecessor) |
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| 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. |
| 2021-2026 | Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo |
| 2024- | Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation |
| 2026- | Project Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo |