Ms. Naoko Okamura

Deputy Director General, Research and Development Bureau,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan

Education

1996 Master of Professional Studies for International Development, Cornell University
1990 March Master of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
1988 March Bachelor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Career

2018 October Deputy Director-General, Research and Development Bureau
2017 July Director, Policy Division, Minister’s Secretariat
2017 January Director, Materials Science and Nanotechnology Development Division, Research Promotion Bureau
2015 August Director, Atomic Energy Division, Research and Development Bureau
2013 July Director, Office of Healthcare Policy, Cabinet Secretariat
2011 July Director, Advanced Medical and Radiological Science Division, Research Promotion Bureau
2008 June Counsellor, The Mission of Japan to the European Union, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2007 September Director, Office for Earth, Environmental Science and Technology Promotion, Ocean and Earth Division, Research and Development Bureau
2006 September Secretary to the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1990 April Joined Science and Technology Agency