Director

University City Science Center

US-Japan Institute
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

TEL: (215) 386-5611
FAX: (215) 386-5644

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  business administration and management; comparative business management; consumer behavior; corporate culture; distribution; domestic investment; foreign corporations in Japan; foreign direct investment in Japan; government bureaucracy; human resource management; international business relations; international direct investment; international trade; international trade and finance; Japanese corporations in the US; trade, investment and promotion; trade relations
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  economic policy; industrial policy; trade policy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

President and Founder, Chairman, Association of Japanese Business Studies, 1986-present; Program Director, Wharton International Advanced Management Program, Program Director, Japan Study Program for Wharton Executive MBA Program, Director, US-Japan Management Studies Center, Associate Director, Business Risk Education Center, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1982-89; Market Research Manager, Japan External Trade Relations Organization (JETRO), 1965-69.

IN US: 29 years - study, employment.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Shopping Center Development in the US (with Harada) (Distribution Economics Institute of Japan, 1991); A Study of Business Transactional Practices in Japan (with Uehara); "Marketing Strategy of Japanese Firms Operating in the United States" (Association of Japanese Business Studies, 1992); "Financial Management Practices in Japanese Corporations," (with Gultelein) (1987).