教授 / Professor宗像 直子MUNAKATA, Naoko
Graduate School of Public Policy
Courses in AY 2026
Education & Employment
1984
LL.B, University of Tokyo
1984
Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan
1990
MBA, Harvard Business School
2001-2004
Senior Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
2001-2002
Visiting Fellow, Center for Northeast Asian Policy, Studies, the Brookings Institution
2002-2004
Visiting Scholar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, The George Washington University
2011-2013
Director-General, Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2013-2014
Director-General for Trade Policy, METI
2014-2015
Director-General, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI
2015-2017
Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister
2017-2019
Commissioner, Japan Patent Office
2019
Retired from the Government
2021
Current Position
Research Fields
International Trade Regime; Innovation and Industrial Policy
Major Publications
Books
Transforming East Asia: The Evolution of Regional Economic Integration, Brookings Institution Press and Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2006
Book Chapters
"Has Politics Caught Up with Markets? In Search of East Asian Economic Regionalism" (Chapter 6) in Peter J. Katzenstein (Editor) and Takashi Shiraishi (Editor), Beyond Japan: The Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism, Cornell University Press, 2006
Articles and Statements
"The U.S., China and Japan in an Integrating East Asia," Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary, No. 35 (published on January 14, 2010)
"The Impact of the Rise of China and Regional Economic Integration in Asia-A Japanese Perspective" before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on China's Growth as a Regional Economic Power: Impacts and Implications (Washington, D.C., December 4, 2003)
"U.S. Should Bless the Japan-ROK Free Trade Pact," CSIS PacNet Newsletter, June 9, 2003
"How Trade Agreements Can Reform Japan," The Globalist, July 10, 2002
"Seize the Moment for East Asian Economic Integration," CSIS PacNet Newsletter, February 1, 2002
Media Interviews
"INTERVIEW: Recent trade deals show greater flexibility of Japan's trade policy," by Keiko Yoshioka, Senior Staff Writer, the Asahi Shimbun, January 16, 2021
"INTERVIEW: Democracies should unite to deal with the rise of digital authoritarianism," by Keiko Yoshioka, Senior Staff Writer, the Asahi Shimbun, January 14, 2021
"INTERVIEW: Munakata says China needs fundamental changes before joining TPP," by Keiko Yoshioka, Senior Staff Writer, the Asahi Shimbun, January 12, 2021
Transforming East Asia: The Evolution of Regional Economic Integration, Brookings Institution Press and Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2006
Book Chapters
"Has Politics Caught Up with Markets? In Search of East Asian Economic Regionalism" (Chapter 6) in Peter J. Katzenstein (Editor) and Takashi Shiraishi (Editor), Beyond Japan: The Dynamics of East Asian Regionalism, Cornell University Press, 2006
Articles and Statements
"The U.S., China and Japan in an Integrating East Asia," Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary, No. 35 (published on January 14, 2010)
"The Impact of the Rise of China and Regional Economic Integration in Asia-A Japanese Perspective" before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Hearing on China's Growth as a Regional Economic Power: Impacts and Implications (Washington, D.C., December 4, 2003)
"U.S. Should Bless the Japan-ROK Free Trade Pact," CSIS PacNet Newsletter, June 9, 2003
"How Trade Agreements Can Reform Japan," The Globalist, July 10, 2002
"Seize the Moment for East Asian Economic Integration," CSIS PacNet Newsletter, February 1, 2002
Media Interviews
"INTERVIEW: Recent trade deals show greater flexibility of Japan's trade policy," by Keiko Yoshioka, Senior Staff Writer, the Asahi Shimbun, January 16, 2021
"INTERVIEW: Democracies should unite to deal with the rise of digital authoritarianism," by Keiko Yoshioka, Senior Staff Writer, the Asahi Shimbun, January 14, 2021
"INTERVIEW: Munakata says China needs fundamental changes before joining TPP," by Keiko Yoshioka, Senior Staff Writer, the Asahi Shimbun, January 12, 2021