Kenji Yanada

Kenji Yanada is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2013-14.  Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he started his career in 1984 as a banker for Fuji Bank (currently Mizuho Bank).  After 20 years of experience as a banker, Yanada served as deputy director at the Government of Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA), where he was in charge of supervising banks and analyzing for financial institutions.  Yanada graduated from Keio University with a bachelor's degree in economics.