Tomohiro Yamaguchi is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2009-10.  Previously at Sumitomo Corporation in Japan, he was in charge of developing new business in the Mobile & Internet Business Department. In this capacity, he engaged in a startup of a DSL company, one of Sumitomo Corporation's venture businesses.  Additionally, he developed and operated new software products such as SaaS for enterprises and Music SNS for consumers.  He graduated from Kobe University with a BA in Intercultural Studies.

Takashi Uchida is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2009-10. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he held positions at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) for about 10 years, where he took charge of policy making.  His latest position at METI was as deputy director in Manufacturing Industries Bureau.  He graduated from Kyoto University in Economics.

Suguru Taguchi is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2009-10. He joined the Japan Patent Office (JPO) in 1996 and has worked as a patent examiner, handling patent applications mainly in the field of logistics. In 2001, he was in charge of international affairs, especially with respect to the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement. In 2007, he was also in charge of policy planning and law amendment with respect to patent attorneys. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.

Masahito Sugita is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2009-10. He started his career as a systems engineer of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, Japan in 1987, and has been involved in development of various IT systems for enterprises, such as automobile manufacturers, dealers and transportation companies. His latest position at his company is as a manager in Strategic IT Business Planning Department and he is in charge of research for new IT businesses. He graduated from the University of Tokyo with a BE in Precision Machinery Engineering.

Daiju Nakahashi is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC 
for 2009-2010. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he has worked at Sumitomo 
Corporation, one of the major trading and investment conglomerates in Japan for 
fifteen years. He has been engaged in sales and marketing of IT-related products 
and services as well as venture investments and new business developments in the 
IT industry. In addition, he has experience to manage one of the affiliated companies 
of Sumitomo Corporation as an executive vice president. He graduated from Keio 
University with a degree in Commerce and Business."

Masatsugu Mitsuyama is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2009-10. 
Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he has worked in the CATV Department in Sumitomo Corporation for 6 years. His main responsibility was supporting the management of one of the  affiliated companies, Jupiter Telecommunications, Inc., which is the largest CATV company in Japan. At Jupiter Telecommunications, Inc., Mitsuyama was the manager of Corporate Planning Department and was in charge of M&A, planning corporate strategy, investing, etc. He graduated from Keio University with a major in Business and Commerce.

Wataru Ishii is a Corporate Affiliates Visiting Fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2009–10 and 2010–11. He is chief staff of the International Relations Division of Shizuoka Prefecture Government (SPG) in Japan where he has worked for the past 20 years. Before joining Shorenstein APARC, he worked in several departments of SPG, including taxation, tourism promotion, and public relations. He graduated from Kanazawa University with a BA in liberal arts.

Buddhaditta Bose is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at Shorenstein APARC for 2009-10. Prior to joining Shorenstein APARC, he has been working for Reliance Life Sciences in Navi Mumbai (India) since 2004 in the corporate development function. His job responsibilities include assisting the top management in strategy development and its execution. He has also worked in the business development function. Buddhaditta earned his bachelor degree in engineering from Nagpur University (India) before doing a post graduation in information technology from IIT Kharagpur (India) and post graduation in business management from XLRI (India).

Ting Ting is currently at Beijing Technology and Business University where she teaches International Trade and Business Communication.  Prior to that, she worked at Siemens Ltd. China and Lenovo Computer Systems with expereince in international business.  She obtained her Master's Degree of Science in Finance from the University of Liverpool (UK, 2003) and her Bachelor of Economics from Southwestern University of Finance & Economics (China, 1988).

Dr. Brian Chen is currently a visiting scholar with the Asia Health Policy Program and Center for East Asian Studies at Stanford University. He was recently Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center's 2009-2010 postdoctoral fellow in Comparative Health Policy. As a visiting scholar, Dr. Chen will conduct collaborative research about health of the elderly and chronic disease in China.

As an applied economist, Chen’s research focuses on the impact of incentives in health care organizations on provider and patient behavior. For his dissertation, Chen empirically examined how vertical integration and prohibition against self-referrals affected physician prescribing behavior. His job market paper was selected for presentation at the American Law and Economics Association’s Annual Meeting, the Academy of Management, the Canadian Law and Economics Association, the Conference on Empirical Legal Studies, and the First Annual Conference on Empirical Health Law and Policy at Georgetown Law Center in 2009.  The paper was also nominated for best paper based on a dissertation at the Academy of Management.

Chen comes to the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center not only with a multidisciplinary law and economics background, but also with an international perspective from having lived and worked in Taiwan, Japan, and France. He has a particularly intimate knowledge of the Taiwanese health care system from his experience as an assistant to the hospital administrator at a medical college in Taiwan.

During his past residence as a postdoctoral fellow with the Asia Health Policy Program, Chen conducted empirical research on cost containment policies in Taiwan and Japan and how those policies impacted provider behavior. His work also contributed to the program’s research activities on comparative health systems and health service delivery in the Asia-Pacific, a theme that encompasses the historical evolution of health policies; the role of the private sector and public-private partnerships; payment incentives and their impact on patients and providers; organizational innovation, contracting, and soft budget constraints; and chronic disease management and service coordination for aging populations.

Dr. Brian Chen recently completed his Ph.D. in Business Administration in the Business and Public Policy Group at the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley. He received a Juris Doctor from Stanford Law School in 1997, and graduated summa cum laude from Harvard College in 1992.