Hideichi Okada

Former Vice Minister for International Affairs, Japan

Country: Japan

Residency: March 1 – 14, 2014

Public Talk: "Global Manufacturing and Japan's Energy Challenges" | March 11, 2014

Research Interests

• Economics
• International Trade
• Law

Biography

Mr. Hideichi Okada served as Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) from 2010 to 2012, where he promoted international trade and investment, and expanded industrial cooperation with various countries. He also served as Director General of Trade Policy Bureau (2008-2010) and Director General of Commerce and Information Policy Bureau of METI (2007-2008). He worked for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as his executive assistant, where he dealt with policies on economy, industry, energy, science and technology, and environment, and with public relations (2001-2006).

Mr. Okada was a professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (2006-2007), and a visiting scholar at Harvard Law School and UC San Diego's School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (2007). He received LLM degree from Harvard Law School (1981) and graduated from the University of Tokyo with a LLB (1976). Currently, he is Senior Adviser, NTT Data Institute of Management and Consulting.

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Public Talk "Global Manufacturing and Japan's Energy Challenges"

Interview with Hideichi Okada Conducted by Professor Ellis Krauss

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