About the Author: Takashi Shiraishi is Chancellor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto.
Tetsushi Sonobe is vice president and professor of development economics at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).
Keijiro Otsuka is a professor of economics at Kobe University.
Kaoru Sugihara is a Specially Appointed Professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.
Yusuke Takagi is assistant professor in the Graduate School of Policy Studies at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).
Veerayooth Kanchoochate is associate professor in the Graduate School of Policy Studies at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).
Keiichi Tsunekawa is senior professor in the Graduate School of Policy Studies at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).
Yasuyuki Todo is a professor in the Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University.
