Tomochika UYAMA

Tomochika UYAMA

Friend of FMG

Senior Advisor to the Director-General, World Trade Organization

April, 1986 Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

1989-1998

 

 

Served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo Japan

(Except: From 1991 to 1993, served in the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Tokyo Japan, and participated in the Uruguay Round Textiles Negotiations)

Jan. 1998

 

 

First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva

(Covered WTO. Served as Chairman of the Committee on Specific Commitments under the Council for Trade in Services from 2000 to 2001)

Feb. 2001 Counselor, Economic Affairs, Embassy of Japan in Egypt

Mar. 2004

 

 

Director, Services Trade Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(Served as Chief Negotiator for Services for DDA as well as negotiators on various fields for EPAs with the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia.)

Nov. 2006

Director, International Trade Division (WTO), Economic Affairs Bureau,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Participated in DDA negotiations.)

Aug. 2008

 

 

Minister, Economic Affairs, Embassy of Japan in the Philippines (Since 2009, serving as Co-chair of Regional Technical Group on Aid for Trade for the Asia-Pacific Region, participating in the WTO AfT process including Global Reviews)

Aug. 2010 Minister, Economic Affairs, Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Korea

Sep. 2012

 

 

Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative (WTO), Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva

 

 

July. 2014

 

 

Deputy Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau (G7,G20, WTO, EPAs) /

Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau, served as G7 Foreign Affairs Sous Sherpa, including during Japan’s G7 presidency in 2016

Aug. 2017

 

Deputy Assistant Minister, Economic Affairs Bureau

(WTO, Japan-US and Japan-Canada economic relations)

 

Jan. 2018 Consul-General of Japan in San Francisco

Feb. 2020-

Apr. 2021

Deputy Chief Negotiator (Ambassador), TPP Headquarters, Cabinet Secretariat

(CPTPP, Japan-US trade agreement)

 

June-July, 2020

 

 

Director-General, Office for Coronavirus Disease 2019 Preparedness and Response,

Cabinet Secretariat(additional duty)

Oct. 2020

 

May 2021

Director-General, Secretariat of the Headquarters for the World Expo 2025,

Cabinet Secretariat(additional duty)

 

Senior Advisor to the Director-General, World Trade Organization