Fukunari Kimura received his Bachelor of Laws from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo in 1982 and Ph.D. from the Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1991. He worked for the Department of Economics, State University of New York at Albany as Assistant Professor in 1991-1994, the Faculty of Economics, Keio University as Associate Professor in 1994-2000 and Professor in 2000-2024, and Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) located in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2008-2024. Since April 2024, he has been Professor Emeritus and Senior Professor, Keio University, President, IDE-JETRO, and Senior Research Fellow, ERIA. He majors in international trade and development economics. His research topics include international production networks, economic integration and the World Trade Organization, and the digital economy in East Asia.