Biography

His research interests lie in Climate/Energy Politics and Political Economy.

Before joining the PhD program, he had worked at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan, as Deputy Director of the Environmental Policy Division from 2021 to 2024. He drafted “GX Promotion Act” to introduce the 20-trillion-JPY scale of carbon pricing schemes, issue Japan’s first green bonds which will be redeemed solely by the carbon pricing revenue, etc. Prior to his work in climate policies, he worked at the Industry Creation Division in the Ministry on drafting a revision bill of “Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act,” planning multiple corporate tax deduction programs for social/green investments, and working on revising the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process in Japan.

He has also been working as Consulting Fellow and Certified Public Accountant at the RIETI, a governmental thinktank in Japan, in the field of Environmental Economics and Corporate Finance since 2023.