Shiro Armstrong is Professor of Economics and Director of International Partnerships at the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. He is Director of the Australia-Japan Research Centre, Editor of the East Asia Forum, and Director of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research. He is also a Visiting Professor at Keio University, Research Associate at the Center on Japanese Economy and Business at the Columbia Business School, Non-resident Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan and Research Associate at the New Zealand APEC Study Centre. He is the recipient of the 2024 Nakasone Yasuhiro Award. Professor Armstrong is a member of the Board of the Australia Japan Foundation and is on the Academic Advisory Council of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).