Counselor

Nissho Iwai Corporation

2-4-5 Akasaka
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107

TEL: (03) 3588-2023
FAX: (03) 3588-4819

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English (with interpreter), Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  banking; development; distribution; exchange rates, currency markets; finance, financial services; general economics; government bureaucracy; international business relations; international economics; international trade and finance; macroeconomics; monetary theory; savings rate; sogo shosha (general trading firms); trade, investment and promotion

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Chairman, Keizai Dayukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) 1991-present; President, Chairman, Nisssho Iwai Corp., 1981-present; Executive Director, Bank of Japan, 1978-81.

IN US: 1964-66 - business; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Seeking Yen's Integrity (Toyo Keizai Shinpo, 1995); Voyage Through Uncharted Waters: Ten Years of the Floating Exchange Rate System (Toyo Keizai Shinpo, 1982); International Trade Balance of Payment (Kinyu-Zaisei Jijyo Kenkyukai, 1977).