Senior Counsel
YOSHIHISA UEDA
Personal history
| 1951 | Born |
|---|---|
| 1969 | Graduated from Nada Senior High School |
| 1973 | Passed the National Bar Examination |
| 1974 | Graduated from Tokyo University, Faculty of Law |
| 1974 | Joined the Ministry of Finance |
| 1980 | District Director, Nobeoka Tax Office |
| 1984 | First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the USA |
| 1994 | Director of International Finance Division, Ministry of Finance |
| 1999 | Director-General, Kobe Customs |
| 2000 | Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Finance |
| 2001 | Executive Director, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) |
| 2005 | Vice-president, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) |
| 2014 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Paraguay |
| 2017 | Joined Irokawa Law Office |
Since he joined the Ministry of Finance in 1974, he has been in charge of the supervision of financial and securities market, customs administration and trade negotiations, among others.
In addition, he accumulated various experiences in international institutions, Japanese embassies and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) , particularly in the area of international finance issues and economic cooperation policy.