Fukunari Kimura is a Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan since 2000.
He is also a Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia since 2008.
Fukunari Kimura received his Bachelor of Law from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo in 1982, M.S.
and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison respectively in 1990 and 1991.
He was Researcher at the International Development Center of Japan (1982-1986), Assistant Professor at the
Department of Economics, State University of New York at Albany (1991-1994), and Associate Professor at
the Faculty of Economics, Keio University (1994-2000). Professor Kimura was also the President, Japan
Society of International Economics (2010-2012) and the Representative Director, Tokyo Center for Economic
Research (2012-2014).
His recent publications include books and articles on international production networks and economic integration in East Asia.