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Eisuke Sakakibara Former Japanese Vice Minister of Finance Director, Global Security Research Center, Keio University From Asiaweek, January 6, 2000: "Since stepping down as Japan's vice minister of finance for international affairs in July 1999, Sakakibara Eisuke arguably never left the limelight. Dubbed "Mr. Yen" for his unique influence over the currency's movements, he now heads Keio University's Global Security Research Center and is an adviser to Salomon Smith Barney, a subsidiary of financial-services giant Citigroup. The former bureaucrat seems to relish private life. Recently, he made waves by criticizing Bank of Japan governor Hayami Masaru for what Sakakibara said were ambiguous statements on monetary policy. Tokyo has touted the 58-year-old economist as a candidate to be the next International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief." Born in 1941, Sakakibara gaduated from the University of Tokyo, where he majored in economics. He joined the Ministry of Finance and subsequently received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. Has taught at Harvard University. He served as Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs at Japan's Ministry of Finance until July 1999. He is now a professor at Keio University and director of the university's Global Security Research Center. Author of Shijô Genrishugi no Shûen (The End of Market Fundamentalism) and other works. More Information: http://www.keio.or.jp/