Description
Appointed in 2025, Kenichi Nishitaka currently serves as the Deputy Vice Minister for International Affairs within Japan's Ministry of Finance. With a career at the same body spanning back to 1996, he has spent nearly thirty years specializing in public finance, international taxation, and economic policy.
During his career, Mr. Nishitaka has served in key positions across the Ministry, including in the Tax Bureau, the Financial Bureau, and the International Bureau, where he most recently led the Foreign Transactions Policy and Management Division. He has held three international tax policy roles throughout his career, most recently serving as Director for International Tax Policy from 2022 to 2024.
He has also had extensive international and cross-government experience. He worked at the World Bank Group on two occasions: first as Senior Advisor to the Executive Director for Japan (2006-2009), then as Alternate Executive Director for Japan (2017-2020). From 2015 to 2017, he served as Executive Secretary to the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary at the Prime Minister’s Office.
Mr. Nishitaka holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tokyo (1996), an MSc in Public Policy from University College London (1999), and an MPhil in Land Economy from the University of Cambridge (2000).
