Curriculum Vitae

Soichiro SEKI

Director-General for International Affairs,
Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC

Education
LL.B., Department of Law, University of Tokyo (1983)
Master in Public Administration/Mid-Career, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (1991)

Job Career
2012-
Director-General for International Affairs, Global ICT Strategy Bureau, MIC (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
2011-2012
Deputy Director-General for Global Environmental Affairs, METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
2009-2011
Deputy Director-General for International Energy Negotiation, METI
2007-2009
Counselor, Cabinet Office
2006-2007
Director, Service Affairs Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI
2003-2006
Counselor, Mission of Japan to the European Union, Brussels
2001-2003
Director, Global Environmental Affairs Office, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, METI
1999-2000
Director-General, Department of Commerce, Industry and Labor, Akita Prefecture
1998-1999
Deputy Director-General, Department of Commerce, Industry and Labor, Akita Prefecture
1997-1998
Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, Japan Patent Office
1996-1997
Deputy Director, General Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, National Land Agency
1994-1996
Deputy Director, Economic Cooperation Division, Trade Policy Bureau, MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry)
1992-1994
Deputy Director, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, MITI
1991–1992
Guest Scholar, the Brookings Institution, U.S.A.
1983
Joined MITI

Publication
Re-examination of Climate Change Policy (2004)