Tadashi Izawa

President, Japan-China Economic Association (JCEA) International Organizations and Other Institutions

Education:

Graduated from University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (1976)

MPA, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1982)

PROFESSIONAL CAREER:  

1976: Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) ; 1989: Deputy Director of Personnel Division, MIT; 1991:Executive Director of Brussels Office of the Japan Machinery Exporters’ Association; 1994: Director of Public 

Relations Division, MITI; 1995: Director of Nuclear Industry Division, MITI; 1997: Director of Regional Cooperation Division, Trade Policy Bureau, MITI; 1999: Director of Oil Policy Planning Division, MITI; 2000: Minister for Trade, Industry and Energy Affairs, Embassy of Japan in  Washington D.C., USA; 2002: Deputy Director-General for International Trade Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); 2003: Vice-President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); 2007: President, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO); 2008: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine (Moldova); 2012: Senior Vice President, Chiyoda Corporation ; 2014: Executive Vice President, Chiyoda Corporation; 2017: President, Japan-China Economic Association