Fields of specialization: Tax, Social insurance, Fiscal federalism, Fiscal Decentralization and Soft Budgets, Health Economics
Degree: BA and an MA of Economics from Hitotsubashi University, Japan. Ph.D of Economics from Queen's university at Kingston, Canada.

Fields of specialization: Fairness, Public Policy, Social Policy
Degree: BA and MA from Hitotsubashi University. Ph.D. in economics from the Johns Hopkins University in 1992.

Fields of specialization: Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
Degree: B.A. and an M.A in economics from Hitotsubashi University. Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan.

Fields of specialization: Humanities & Social Sciences / Economic theory (Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics)
Degree: Ph.D. in Economics (University of Michigan)

Fields of specialization: Labor economics, Applied econometrics
Degree: BA in economics from Hitotsubashi University, and MA and Ph.D. in economics from The University of Tokyo

Fields of specialization: Health Economics, Public Economics and Development Economics.
Degree: Ph.D. in Economics from University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1993.

Fields of specialization:Central Banking, Monetary Economics, Macroeconomics
Degree:Doctor of Philosophy (Oxford University Graduate School, Division of Economics)

Fields of specialization:Macroeconomics, Monetary and Fiscal Policy
Degree:Indiana University, Bloomington

Fields of specialization: Macroeconomics, Public Finance, and International Finance
Degree:MSc in Economics from University College London