Agency (IPA) Executive Officer for International Data Strategy, Digital Agency Profile In 2021, I served as Head of Data Strategy and Executive Officer of the Digital Agency, responsible for the National Data Strategy and the Government Interoperability Framework. In 2023, I became the Director General of DISC, IPA. In 2024, he became the Deputy Executive Director and Secretary General of the Japan AI Safety Institute. I’m in charge of AI, Data, Software engineering, Digital transformation and innovation. I began my career at NTT Data in 1990 as a systems engineer. In 1998, I served at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). I was in charge of the policy for software R&D and educational technology. In 2002, I served at a consulting firm. In 2008, I returned to the government as Executive Advisor to the Government CIO. In 2012, I became Chief Strategist(IT) in the cabinet secretariat, responsible for digital strategy.