Hisashi Kanazashi
Biography
Director, IT Industry Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, METI(Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
1998 Joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
2007 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
2008 MBA from EDHEC Business School, France
2009 Industrial Revitalization Division
2011 Policy Planning and Coordination Division, Minister’s Secretariat
2014 Japan Economic Revitalization Bureau, Cabinet Secretariat
2016 Deputy Director, JETRO Los Angeles Office,
Director, Industry Creation Policy Division, Principal Director, IT Industry and Digital Economic Security, etc
2021 Counselor for Information Industry and Digital Economy and Security, Minister’s Secretariat
July 1, 2022 Current Position
Company Profile
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
METI has been transforming itself to respond to the needs of the times.
METI has a history of responding to the changing needs of society. Therefore, its history is the history of Japan’s progress.
In 1949, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry was reorganized and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry was established. Its internal subdivisions consisted of eight bureaus: Minister’s Secretariat, Trade Bureau, Trade Promotion Bureau, Enterprise Trade Bureau, Textile Trade Bureau, General Merchandise Trade Bureau, Machinery Trade Bureau, Chemical Trade Bureau, and Iron and Steel Trade Bureau.
In addition, four agencies, the Resources Agency, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, Industrial Technology Agency, and Patent Office; eight regional trade and industry bureaus; and four regional coal bureaus were established as external subdivisions.