Masakazu Toyoda
Masakazu Toyoda
The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan
Mr Toyoda has a long career history at Japan's International Trade Policy Bureau, with positions including Director-General for both the International Economic Affairs Department and Multilateral Trade System Department.
Mr Toyoda joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) in 1973, followed by the Petroleum Department, Energy and Resources Agency, two years later. He then followed up on his Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Tokyo with a Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. In 1981, he was recruited by the Division of Alternative Energy, Energy and Resources Agency, before he came onboard the International Energy Agency (IEA), OECD, in 1983.
In 1987, Mr Toyoda became Director for International Trade Policy Planning, General Affairs Division, International Trade Policy Bureau. This was followed by a stint as Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Industry in 1990. A year later, he was made Director of the Tariff Division, International Economic Affairs Department, International Trade Policy Bureau, and then as Director of Aircraft and Ordnance Division, Machinery and Information Industries Bureau, in 1992. Since then, Mr Toyoda has assumed a number of directorial positions, ranging from General Affairs Division, Environmental Protection and Industrial Location Bureau to Special Adviser (METI), to Secretary-General, Secretariat of Strategic Headquarters for Space Policy, Cabinet Secretariat. He joined KAPSARC as an International Advisory Board Member in 2011.
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