Norinaga Asanuma
Chiba University, Faculty of Law and Economics. Joined Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in 1985. Director of Jetro Budapest, Director for Rescheduling, EID/MITI, Director of Export to Japan Division, Managing Director of Jetro Tel-Aviv . Director of Middle East and Africa Division, International Economic Research Department. Seconded to IIPS in 2007.

Yoshitaka Hanada
University of Tokyo, Faculty of law. Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Worked at Economic Cooperation Bureau, Foreign Minister's Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat, Embassy of Japan in Switzerland, Consulate General of Japan in Frankfurt. Seconded to IIPS 2009.

Katsuyoshi Kokubun
Sofia University, Foreign Language and International Relations Department. Joined Nippon Steel Corporation in 1983. Worked as a Group Manager of Production Control Department, planning and Coordination Department, Chemical and Boiler Tube Sales Department. Seconded to IIPS in 2006.

Katsuhiro Mitsunaga
The University of Tokyo,Faculty of Economics. Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Coporation (NTT-EAST) on 1987. Worked for Branch of Tokyo,Corporate Strategy Planning Department,Branch of Niigata. Seconded to IIPS in 2007.

Atsuko Nishigaki
University of Tokyo, Law Department. Joined the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in 1991. Received LL.M. from Duke University in 1997 and LL.M. from Chicago University in 1998. Worked at Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, and Minister’s Secretariat. Seconded to IIPS 2003.

Kazumasa Oguro
University of Kyoto, Science Department.
Joined the Ministry of Finance(MOF) in 1997. Received B.S. and M.A. in economics from Kyoto University and currently pursuing PhD at the Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University. Worked at the Overall Coordination Division, Minister’s Secretariat, the Custom & Tariff Bureau, the Financial Bureau and the Policy Research Institute, MOF. Seconded to the IIPS in 2008. His major is Public Economics.