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Mr. Tomohiro Kaneko
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Vice Commissioner, Japan Tourism Agency
Description
CURRENT POSITION:
Vice Commissioner, Japan Tourism Agency,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
BORN
January 7, 1969
EDUCATION
LL.M., University of Pennsylvania Law School, May 1997
(Admitted to New York State Bar in 1998)
Bachelor of Law, University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, March 1991
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2019 to 2020 July : Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
2017 to 2019: Director General, Planning Department, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
2015 to 2017: Director, Economic Partnership Division, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan
2013 to 2015: Principal Counsellor, Multilateral Trade System Department, METI, Japan
2011 to 2013: Director, International Economic Affairs Division, METI, Japan
2008 to 2011: Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations
and Other International Organisations in Geneva
2007 to 2008: Principal Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, Japanese Patent Office, METI
2005 to 2007: Deputy Director, Americas Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI
2004 to 2005: Deputy Director, Trade Control Policy Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI
2003 to 2004: Special Advisor to Senior Vice Minister, METI
2001 to 2003: Deputy Director, Trade Policy Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI
1998 to 2001: Deputy Director, Intellectual Property Policy Office, Industrial Policy Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
1996 to 1998: Studying in the US, under Long-term Fellowship from Government of Japan
1991: Entered MITI
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