Kyoko Ii is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2004-05 and 2005-06. Since 1999, she has worked for the industrial recruitment and location division of the Kumamoto Prefectural Government in Japan, with a mission to promote foreign direct investment into the country. In this capacity, she has worked with foreign companies who succeeded in establishing operations in Kumamoto. Prior to this position, she worked at the Kumamoto Prefectural Government in international affairs, planning, welfare, and distribution. She received BA and MA degrees in foreign studies from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.