General Manager

General Manager

Keisuke Fujimoto

Profile

Joined TMC in 1986
Project General Manager of Product Management Division
Project General Manager of China Division
Vice President of Toyota Motor China Investment 
General Manager of Research Division

Joined IIES in 2022
2022 President & General Manager of Research & Planning Div. 

Senior Economist/Analyst

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  Shingo Ito

  Specialized field

  China and Taiwan (Mainly economic and industrial research and analysis)
  Security in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific

  Career

  Joined Fuji Research Institute Corporation (one of the predecessors of Mizuho Research Institute Ltd.(MHRI, currently called Mizuho Research & Technologies)) in 1993.
  Visiting Associate Research Fellow of the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (2001-2003).
  Senior Economist of MHRI (2002-2017). Engaged in research on China, Taiwan and Hong Kong for more than 30 years.
  Joined IIES in January 2018.

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  Hiroshi Kurihara

  Specialized field

  US (Political, Economic Analysis)
  Well-being

  Career

  Joined Sanwa Bank (Currently called MUFG Bank, Ltd.) in 1999.
  Career in the Bank: Research Division(Tokyo, New York), primarily conducting US economic research for about 10 years.
  Joined IIES in July 2022.

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  Shingo Takeshima

  Specialized field

  ASEAN-India (Economic, Industrial, and Consumption Analysis)
  China's Overseas Expansion, Comparative Analysis of the Global South

  Career

  Joined Sanwa Bank (Currently called　MUFG Bank, Ltd.) in 1990.
  Career in the Bank：Market Division (Sales and Trading) for about 8 years,
  Research Division (Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore) for about 18 years.
  Joined IIES in February 2017.

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  Takuma Hashimoto

  Specialized field

  Europe (EU regulations, EU politics)

  Career

  Joined the Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company (Currently called the Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company) in 2000.
  Seconded to the Dai-ichi-life Research Institute, Policy Research Institute of Ministry of Finance in Japan and Japan Center for International Finance (Brussels branch).
  Joined Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute in January 2013.
  Seconded to Mitsui & Co. Benelux S.A./N.V. (2015-2019, Brussels).
  Joined Mitsubishi Research Institute in February 2020.
  Joined IIES in September 2021.

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  Naoki Watabe

  Specialized field

  Automobile and road transport policy (including trends in insurance and other related industries)

  Career

  Joined TMC in 1990.
  Career in TMC: Human Resource Division, Production Control Dept., External Affairs Division(MLIT).
  Joined IIES in September 2025.

Economist/Analyst & Senior Specialist

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  Kazuaki Ohishi

  Specialized field

  Exchange with External Experts
  (Mainly US policies, digital, climate change related issues)

  Career

  Joined TMC in 1985. 
  Worked in Sales Planning Divs./affiliates for/in The Americas.
  Overseas assignments include Wharton MBA ('94), TMA (NY),
  TMS (LA), TMEX (Mexico City). 
  Joined IIES in July 2014.

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  Hiroshi Kobayashi

  Specialized field

  Future Mobility (Autonomous Driving, Sharing, MaaS, etc.)
  Automotive Sales and Marketing (DX, etc.)

  Career

  Joined TMC in 1985.
  Career in TMC: Europe Division, Toyota Motor Europe Marketing & Engineering (Belgium),
  Overseas Marketing Division, Motorsport Business Management Department,
  Toyota Motor Asia Pacific (Singapore, Vice President in charge of Marketing)
  Joined IIES in January 2017.

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  Motoaki Tanabe

  Specialized field

  Exchange with External Experts (Mainly geopolitical experts)
  Middle East situation

  Career

  Joined TMC　in 1981.
  Career in TMC: Overseas Planning Div., Middle East Div., Africa Div.
  Joined IIES in January 1995.

Nonresident Fellow

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  Haruyuki Miyadai

  Specialized field

  Mobility and MaaS
  Social Systems and Urban Design
  Middle East and Africa

  Career

  Joined TMC in 1983. 
  Stationed in Belgium & Turkey.
  MBA from Columbia Business School.
  Joined IIES in July 2008.
  Focused on MENA (Middle East & North Africa) & Turkey.
  Initiated Mobility research in 2010 and started "Mobility & Social System Workshop" from 2014.
  In charge of Overall Research Planning from 2013 & became General Manager in July 2014.
  2016　Senior Fellow.
  Served as Nonresident Fellow of IIES in March 2020.

Distinguished Nonresident Senior Fellow

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  Takashi Shiraishi

  Specialized field

  Asian politics/political history, International relations

  Career

  Shiraishi Takashi, born in 1950 in Ehime, Japan; majored in international relations at the University of Tokyo (1972) and obtained Ph.D. in History from Cornell University in 1986.
  He has taught at the University of Tokyo (1979-1987), Cornell University (1987-98), Kyoto University (1996-2005), and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo (2005-2009).
  He served as Executive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), Cabinet Office (2009-2012), and President, GRIPS (2011-2017).
  He served as President, Institute of Developing Economies-JETRO (2007-2018).
  He served as Chancellor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto(2018-2024) and Honorable Emeritus Professor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto since 2024.

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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  Yasuyuki Kuratsu

  Specialized field

  Financial Risk Analysis

  Career

  Graduated from Tokyo University Faculty of Economics and joined The Bank of Tokyo in 1979.
  1996 Bankers Trust, 1997 Chase Manhattan Bank.
  2001 Representative of Research and Pricing Technologies Inc.
  
  

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  Ken Koyama

  Specialized field

  Economic and Political Analysis of the World Oil Market Energy
  Security and Geopolitics of Energy

  Career

  1986　Economist in the Oil Group, IEEJ
  2001　Awarded the degree of PhD from the University of Dundee (PhD thesis: Japan's Energy Strategies Towards The Middle East)
  2011　Managing Director, Chief Economist, Strategy Research Unit
  2013　Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo (Current Job title) Appointed as a member of the Committee for Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Government of Japan，International Advisor (Chair in Energy Economics), Energy Commission of University of Tenaga National (UNITEN), Malaysia，a member of Advisory Council, Energy Grant, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), United Nations (UN).,
  2020　Senior Managing Director, Chief Economist, Strategy Research Unit (Current Job title)