• 　Professional Career

Graduated from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University in 1993. Built a career at the Industrial Bank of Japan and Boston Consulting Group, followed by service as a Member of the House of Representatives and a Specially Appointed Professor at the Graduate School of Social Design Studies, Rikkyo University.

Currently serves as a Senior Fellow at the PHP Institute, a Guest Professor at the Graduate School of Social Design Studies, Rikkyo University, and the Chairman of the Asia Education Friendship Association (AEFA).

• Selected publications

?An Introduction to Policy Design. (PHP Institute, 2025)
?"Public Policy as Social Design." (In Social Design Studies, Chapter 4, Shumpusha, 2025)
?A Vision for Japan’s New Era. (Authored Parts I & III; Planned and edited Part II, PHP Institute, 2020)
?White Paper on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) 2014, 2015, and 2016. (Authored special features; Planned and edited, The Tokyo Foundation, 2014–2016)
?"Revisiting 'The Wall and the Egg'." (In Evaluation Quarterly, Administrative Management Research Center, 2023)
?"Overcoming the Conflict Between Legitimacy and Justification." (In Hogaku Seminar, Nippon Hyoron Sha, 2021)
?"Visualizing Governance Through Independent Fiscal Institutions." (In Keizai Kyoshitsu, Nikkei, 2021)
?"Practical Application and Significance of Evidence-Based Policy Making (EBPM)." (In Evaluation Quarterly, Administrative Management Research Center, 2021)

• Social contributions

?Expert Member, Administrative Reform Promotion Council
?Member, Policy Evaluation Council
?EBPM Advisor, Cabinet Secretariat
?Policy Design Advisor, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Administrative Evaluation Bureau); Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; and Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
?Member, Policy Evaluation Advisory Panel, Nuclear Regulation Authority

• e-mail: z-kamei

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