Economic Reviewer, Management Reviewer
Advisor to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Former Advisor to Financial Supervisory Agency (specialized in “Business Accounting”)
High-level Advisor to Japan Association for Chief Financial Officers
After graduating from Faculty of Agricultural Economics in Department of Agriculture of the University of Tokyo, he joined Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., where he devoted his entire professional life of 38 years to accounting and financial practice.
1992-1999: Senior Managing Director, Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. (in charge of accounting, finance, legal and procurement)
1994-1997: Member of Certified Pubic Accountant Examination Committee (responsible for writing and oral examinations)
1998-2000: Advisor to Financial Supervisory Agency (specialized in “Corporate Accounting”)
1998-2007: Successively held positions as Lecturer, the Graduate School of Hitotsubashi University and the Graduate School of Daito Bunka University; Professor, the Graduate School of Bunkyo Gakuin University; Visiting Professor, the Graduate School of Waseda University, etc.
Present: Economic Reviewer, Management Reviewer
Advisor to Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
Former advisor to Financial Supervisory Agency
High-level Advisor to Japan Association for Chief Financial Officers
He is also well-known as a prolific writer. The list of more than a hundred books he has published so far includes: “Business Seminar - Introduction to Corporate Accounting and Finance” (elementary level), “Everyone’s Accounting and Finance for Improving Company” (intermediate level), “Introduction to a Strong Company’s Accounting and Finance” (advanced level),” (a three-volume series published by Nikkei Publishing Inc.); “Management and Corporate Accounting for Future CEO,” “Accounting Basics that Every Competent CEO Should Know” (both published by Zeimukeiri Kyokai Co., Ltd.); “Understanding the Balance Sheet,” “Accounting Literacy that Only Successful CEOs have mastered,” (both published by PHP Research Institute, Inc.); “Daddy’s Ballroom Dancing,” (Modern Publishing Corporation); and “The World’s Easiest-to-Understand Dictionary for Ballroom Dancing” (Chukei Publishing Company).
