Japan Consultant

5316 Ventnor Road
Bethesda, MD 20816

after July 31, 2001:
6801 Meadow Lane
Chevy Chase MD 20815

TEL: (301) 654-3478
FAX: (301) 654-3714
E-MAIL: jmcn@cpcug.org

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, French, Indonesian, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  capital markets; finance, financial services; government-business relations
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  political change and domestic conflict; public policy
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  US perceptions of Japan

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Economic Officer, US Embassy, Bangkok, Political Officer, US Embassy, Tokyo, Senior Economist, Deputy Director, Office of International Security Policy, US Consul-General, Surabaya, Indonesia, Director, Japanese Language and Area Studies Institute, Deputy Chief, Political Section, US Embassy, Tokyo, US Department of State, 1964-91; Project Manager, US Agency for International Development, Saigon, 1966-68.

IN JAPAN: 1973-78, 1984-89 - employment.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

The Restructuring of Japan's Financial System (US Department of State, 1991); Advanced Japanese (with Takamizawa) (Foreign Service Institute, 1986); "Can Japan Do More on Defense?," (US Department of State, 1981).