Dr. IMAGAWA Takuo joined the Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications in 1990, and has been engaged in various information and communications technology policies at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Prior to his current position, he served as Director General of the Telecommunications Bureau. His career also includes the positions of Director General of the Secretariat and Director General of the Postal Services Policy Planning Department in the Information and Communications Bureau.
He received his B.A.S. and M.A. in systems studies from the University of Tokyo and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. His experience in academia highly contributes to his theoretical background in policy making. He taught economics at Osaka University as an associate professor from 2000 to 2003, and he served as a visiting scholar at several universities such as the University of Tokyo and Waseda University. His research interests include information economics, industrial organization and urban economics.
He is the author of numer ous books and articles in the field of information and economics.
His publications include Economic Analysis of Telecommunications, Technology, and Cities in Japan (2002), Empirical Analyses of Recession under Deflation (co-author, 2002), and The Governance of the Advanced Information Society (co-author, 2003).