Takatoshi Ito
Associate Director of Research; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds
Center on Japanese Economy and Business
Professor (by courtesy)
Finance
Joined CBS in 2009
Office:
927
IAB
Phone:
212-854-6401
E-mail:
[email protected]
Biography
Takatoshi Ito is one of Japan premier economists. A professor at the prestigious University of Tokyo, he is the author or co-author of several books on the Japanese and global economy. He served in the Japanese government as Deputy Vice Minister for International Finance in the Ministry of Finance and was a member of Japan’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy. He has been a senior advisor in the research department of the International Monetary Fund and has taught at Harvard University and the University of Minnesota.