Takeshi Okamoto is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2017-18.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he served as deputy director for policy making and implementation at the Governement of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI), where he was in charge of manufacturing industry policy, economic policy, and SME policy.  Okamoto received his bachlor's degree of law from Tokyo Univeristy in 2004.