Yoshihiro Kaga is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he served as deputy director for policy making at the Government of Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI), where he was in charge of developing geothermal power plants, nuclear and industry safety policy, and robotic policy.  Kaga received his master's degree of Science from the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences at The University of Tokyo in 2005.