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taken on July 17, 2003

My name is Katsushi Okada (click for pronunciation). I'm from Toyota, Japan. I studied economics at Ph.D program of Department of Economics at Michigan State University. (Major field: econometrics; minor fields: international economics and monetary economics)

I graduated from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies with B.A. My majors were English and international law. I worked as a bond trader for Industrial Bank of Japan and IBJ Securities for 4 and a half years. I'm a Chartered Member of the Security Analysts Association of Japan (Japanese equivalent of the Certified Financial Analyst).

I used to practice Okinawa Shorin-ryu karate at Beikoku Shidokan Hombu Dojo in Lansing, MI.

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