| 1976 |
Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) |
| 1993 |
Director, Industrial Research, JETRO |
| 1997 |
Director, Electronics Policy Division, Machinery and Information Industry Bureau, MITI |
| 2001 |
Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister |
| 2006 |
Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School |
| 2007 |
Director General, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) |
| 2008 |
Director General, Trade Policy Bureau, METI |
| 2010 |
Vice Minister for International Affairs, METI |
| 2013 |
Adviser, NTT Data Institute of Management and Consulting, Inc. |
| 2013 – present |
External Board Member, The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd |
| 2013 |
Sasakawa Peace Fellow, APARC, Stanford University |
| 2014 |
Senior Executive Vice President, NEC Corporation |
| 2016 |
President and CEO, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd |
| 2019 |
Special Adviser, Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd |
| 2024 – present |
Adviser, Japan Economic Foundation |
