Osamu Kishiyama is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2006-07. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he has been with Sumitomo Corporation for nine years. He currently serves as senior staff in the net business department, which is responsible for incubating, developing, and investing in the business-to-consumer (B2C) and business-to-business (B2B) sectors of the e-marketing and media contents business areas. Kishiyama completed his undergraduate study at Hokkaido University in Hokkaido where he majored in economics, with a focus on accounting.