Tatsufumi Yamagata earned a Ph. D. in economics from the University of Rochester, USA. He is the President of the Japan Society for International Development (JASID). He is a professor at the Ritumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Japan. His latest publication is “Japan’s International Cooperation to Cope with COVID-19 to Developing Countries,” International Development and Cooperation Review, Vol.12, No.3, 2020, pp. 17-22.