Director, Asia

Office of International Trade and Investment

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
100 Cambridge St., Suite 1302
Boston, MA 02202

TEL: (617) 367-1830
FAX: (617) 227-3488

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  general economics; international trade; market conditions
• HISTORY
  women's history
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  foreign policy and international relations; monetary and fiscal policy; trade policy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Advanced Research Fellow, Harvard University, 1993-94; Principal and Director, Japan Economic Service, DRI/ McGraw-Hill, 1980-93; Instructor, Lecturer, Princeton University, 1977-78.

IN JAPAN: 1975-76 - Fulbright; 1972-73 - study; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

"Japan and Germany as Business Partners: Should America Care?," (Harvard University, 1994); Japan commentary in International Financial Bulletin and International Weekly Review (current DRI publications); "Japanese Industrial Competitiveness: Winners and Losers," World Markets Bulletin (DRI, 1990); "Japan's Identity Crisis: Redefining Its Role in a Changing World," DRI Canadian Review (DRI, 1985).