Curriculum Vitae

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Correspondence Address:

Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University
Box 1819 Station B
Nashville, TN 37235

Citizenship: Japan
Visa Status: O-1

Fields of Concentration:

Econometrics
Empirical Macroeconomics
Empirical International Finance

Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, May 2007- present.

Ph.D. in Economics, Yale University, May 2000 (adviser, Peter C. B. Phillips)
M.Phil. in Economics, Yale University, May 1998
M. A. in Economics, Osaka University, March 1993
B. A. in Economics, Osaka University, March 1991

Instructor, Economic Statistics, Forecasting (Undergraduate), Vanderbilt University.
Instructor, Statisitical Analysis, Econometric Theory, Time Series Econometrics (Graduate), Vanderbilt University.
Teaching Assistant, Econometrics (Graduate), Econometrics (Undergraduate), Yale University.

Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University, August 2000- April 2007.
Economist, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan, 2007- 2008.
Short-Term Visitor, Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE), University of Tokyo, 2006.
Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Rice University, 2004.
Visiting Research Fellow, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, 2001-2002.
Lecturer, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, 2001-2002.
Research Associate, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, 1993-1994.

American Economic Association
Econometric Society
Japanese Economic Association

National Science Foundation Grant SES-0524868 "Understanding Real Exchange Rates" (Co-PI with Mario. J. Crucini and Chris I. Telmer), 2005-2008
Carl A. Anderson Fellowship, Cowles Foundation, 1999
Yale University Dissertation Fellowship, 1998
Fulbright Fellowship, 1994-1996
Ikueikai Scholarship, 1991-1993