Biography
YAMAMOTO is the Deputy Secretary-General of Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) since September 2017.
He had been posted to Japanese Embassy at Beijing, China multiple times, including his post as Minister in charge of Press & Culture (2014-2017) and as counsellor of Economic Section (2007-2010). He was Director of Regional Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2013-2014) and served as Director in Policy Planning Office of Abduction Issue, Cabinet Secretariat (2010-2013). He was also Counsellor of Political Section in Japanese Embassy at Seoul, Korea (2005-2007).
He studied Chinese Philosophy at Tokyo University and also received a master degree in Regional Studies East Asia from Harvard University.
He had been posted to Japanese Embassy at Beijing, China multiple times, including his post as Minister in charge of Press & Culture (2014-2017) and as counsellor of Economic Section (2007-2010). He was Director of Regional Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2013-2014) and served as Director in Policy Planning Office of Abduction Issue, Cabinet Secretariat (2010-2013). He was also Counsellor of Political Section in Japanese Embassy at Seoul, Korea (2005-2007).
He studied Chinese Philosophy at Tokyo University and also received a master degree in Regional Studies East Asia from Harvard University.
