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Mr. Yoshiaki Tojo

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Mr. Yoshiaki Tojo (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, METI, Japan), Director, Information Services Industry division


Yoshiaki Tojo is Director of the Information Services Industry Division, in the Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Japan. He is responsible for fostering ICT-driven innovation and productivity growth, promoting competitive software and information services industry and facilitating knowledge management to optimize the use of ICTs and intangible capital.

From 2005 to 2009 he was Head of the Economic Analysis and Statistics Division at the OECD. In 2003 he was Special Assistant to the Vice Minister and Director of the International Economic Affairs Division at METI, where he coordinated METI initiatives for the East Asian community.