Tetsuji Ito is a global affiliate visiting scholar at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2018-19.  Ito joined the Development Bank of Japan in 1995, and has been in charge of financing various fields, such as railway companies, urban development projects, and airline industries, etc.  Prior to joining APARC, he was Deputy General Manager and was responsible for planning corporate strategy and financing energy sectors, including the nuclear power related industry after the Great East Japan Earthquake.  Ito received his bachelor's degree of law from Tokyo University in 1995.