For over 20 years, he has been recognized as one of the　top economists and strategists in Japan. He served as the
Managing Director for Equity Research at JP Morgan in　Tokyo, the Chief Economist for Merrill Lynch Japan, and the Chief Economist for JP Morgan.
For his highly regarded analysis and insights, he has been appointed as a member of numerous government committees. He is one of the few non-Japanese member of Keizai Doyukai.
He has written three books in Japanese, “Japan’s Economy – The Envy of the World” (2017), “The End of Heisei Deflation“ (2001), and “Towards a New Japanese Golden Age” (1999).
When he came to Japan in 1986, he worked for three years as an aide to a Member of Parliament.
He earned an M.A. in International Economics at Johns Hopkins University, and worked as a researcher at both Tokyo University and Kyoto University.