Agency During Fellowship
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
Home State: Ohio
Professional Specialty Project Manager Environmental Analyst
Host Agency in Japan
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Agency of Industrial
Science and Technology, Environmental Policy Division
Ki No Shiro (KST), Hokkaido
Environment Agency, Water Bureau and Planning and
Coordination Bureau
Diet Member (Mr. Takashi Kosugi)
Placement Description
September 1998 - September 1999
Gained an understanding of Japan's global warming mitigation priorities and
activities. Learned how a Japanese company (KST) is incorporating sustainable
development in residential construction.
Representative Activities:
At MITI's Environmental Policy Division, participated
in a workshop on energy efficiency technology transfer to support
greenhouse gas emission reductions; prepared summary reports.
Participated in a review of Japan's global warming
activities and plans.
Provided briefings on US EPAs' pollution prevention
concepts and programs; studied ISO 14000 certifications at
3 sites.
At KST, developed a pollution prevention training
program for KST employees.
At the Environment Agency, participated as secretariat
for "World Conference on Global Commons."
Served as an intern in the office of Diet member
Takashi Kosugi.
Post-Fellowship
Current U.S. Government Assignments and Activities
At U.S. EPA, works in the Office of International Activities on environmental
health and toxic chemical issues. Provides support on U.S.-Japan environmental
activities. Staffed the U.S. delegation to the G8 Environmental Futures Forum
on Climate Change Best Practices, staffed the bilateral meeting in Japan to
plan for the Japan-U.S. Join Planning and Coordinating Committee Mtg. (JPCC),
and supported the U.S. EPA Japan Desk in preparing for the JPCC U.S.-Japan
meeting. JPCC meeting resulted in identification of several U.S.-Japan joint
activities.
Stuart M. Chemtob
Current Title
Special Counsel for International Trade
U.S. Department of Justice, Foreign Commerce Section
Agency During Fellowship
U.S. Department of Justice, Foreign Commerce Section
Home State: New York
Professional Specialty Special Counsel for International Trade
Host Agency in Japan Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Organization
Division
Ministry of Justice, Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office
Japan Fair Trade Commission, Economic and Trade Practices
Bureau, Coordination Division
Placement Description
September 1998 - September 1999
Learned how Japan implements competition policy and antimonopoly enforcement.
Gained an understanding of how MITI balances competition policy and industrial
policy goals.
Representative Activities:
Provided comparative analyses of U.S. law concerning
antitrust injunctive actions, U.S. rules on shareholder derivative
suits, and U.S. practices concerning sales of company assets
during bankruptcy proceedings.
Served as a member of MITI's delegation at a
meeting for Director General Ezaki of the Industrial Policy
Bureau.
Studied how the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor
handles criminal cases brought against foreign nationals.
Monitored a bid-rigging case and trial preparations.
Post-Fellowship
Current U.S. Government Assignments and Activities Continues to be involved in Japan-related matters. Travelled
to Japan six times in 2000. Also visited Kyoto for annual consultations
between antitrust enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Japan In
November 2000, co-chaired a meeting of the Structural Issues Group
under the U.S.-Japan Enhanced Initiative on Deregulation and Competition
Policy.
Diane T. Hooie
Current Title
Senior Advisor
National Energy Technology Laboratory
U.S. Department of Energy
Agency During Fellowship
U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Technology Center, Morgantown, West
Virginia
Home State: West Virginia
Professional Specialty Project Manager Engineering
Host Agency in Japan
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Diet Member (Mr. Yoshimasa Hayashi)
Placement Description
September 1998 - September 1999 Gained an understanding of Japan's programs for energy and
the development of energy efficient, environmentally friendly energy
generation technologies.
Representative Activities:
At MITI, assisted in the preparation of an agreement
on lithium batteries, prepared a report on microturbine development
in the U.S., reviewed a MITI solid oxide fuel cell report,
and attended hearings on solid oxide fuel cells.
Studied budget needs for fuel cells and manufacturers
and markets for this technology.
At NEDO, visited Japanese fuel cell manufacturers,
and conducted a project cost/benefit analysis and project portfolio
analysis.
At New Energy Division, Coal and Energy Department,
researched H-turbine program, and learned about plans for COP5
and follow-up to COP4.
Served as an intern in the office of Diet member
Yoshimasa Hayashi.
Post-Fellowship
Current U.S. Government Assignments and Activities
As Senior Management and Technical Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy,
National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, West Virginia, develops
collaborative projects with Japan and Russia. Has been involved in numerous
meetings with Japan delegations and co-chaired two joint technical meetings
in Japan.
Brent Maier
Current Title
Congressional Liaison
Office of Communications and Government Relations
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Agency During Fellowship
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, San Diego Border Liaison Office,
Office of Communications and Government Relations
Home State: California
Professional Specialty
Environmental Specialist
Host Agency in Japan
Environment Agency, Planning and Coordination Bureau
Ministry of International Trade and Industry, International
Trade Policy Bureau
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Environment,
WID and Global Issues Planning Department, and Social Development
Cooperation Department
Placement Description
September 1998 - September 1999
Gained an understanding of Japan's decision-making process in the development
of public policies toward the global environment, as well as Japan's position
and participation in multicultural organizations with regard to environmental
considerations.
Representative Activities:
At the Environment Agency, participated in the
interpretation of the Kyoto Protocol and planning activities
to address global warming.
Attended the Acid Deposition Network in East
Asia Conference.
Reviewed documents that Japan presented at COP4.
Worked on a team that developed agenda items
and materials for the Fourth Asia Pacific Network Scientific
Planning Group Meeting; attended the meeting in Indonesia.
Participated in JICA's training on Environental
Impact Assessments for environmental managers from developing
countries.
Participated in a JICA study mission to Indonesia
for the Biodiversity Conservation Project, and gave a presentation
at the Institute for International Cooperation.
Post-Fellowship
Current U.S. Government Assignments and Activities At U.S. EPA Regional Office in San Francisco, serves as Congressional
Liaison in the Office of Public Affairs. Hosts delegations of visiting
Japanese officials seeking information on a variety of environmental
issues. The office routinely hosts delegations from other Pacific
Rim countries as well.
Michael J. Marcus
Current Title
Director
Marcus Spectrum Solutions
(formerly, Associate Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal Communication Commission)
Agency During Fellowship
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
Office of Engineering and Technology
Home State: Massachusetts
Professional Specialty
Associate Chief Electrical Engineering
Host Agency in Japan Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Radio Department
Telecommunications Engineering Center
ARIB (Association of Radio Industries and Businesses)
Diet Member (Mr. Naokazu Takemoto)
Placement Description
September 1998 - September 1999
Developed an understanding of how MPT formulates policy for new radio technologies
and how frequency allocations and technical standards might be harmonized to
benefit U.S.-Japan trade and cooperative programs.
Representative Activities:
At MPT, researched U.S. product liability and
development issues for car radars, attended hearings for the
Radio Regulatory Council, assisted MPT in understanding recent
FCC R&O and mutual recognition agreements, and provided advice
on the software radio type approval issue.
Prepared briefings that compared FCC and MPT
policy mechanisms and possible areas for cooperation.
Spoke at ARIB about 1996 Telecommunications
Act and Convergence and at MPT advisory committee about FCC
policy.
Served as an intern in the office of Diet member
Naokazu Takemoto.
Post-Fellowship
Current U.S. Government Assignments and Activities
In 2000, was assigned for six months to the Japan Desk at the U.S. Department
of State. At FCC as Associate Chief, Electrical Engineering, speaks with delegations
of Japanese, and serves as a point of contact for questions and inquiries from
Japan.
Zenji Nakazawa
Current Title
Acting Chief, Wireless Telecommuniation Bureau
Public Safety and Private Wireless Division
U.S. Federal Communications Commission
Agency During Fellowship
U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, Commercial
Wireless Division, Legal Branch
Home State: Maryland
Professional Specialty Senior Attorney Advisor
Host Agency in Japan Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Telecommunication
Bureau, Advanced Network Division
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Global
Business Headquarters and NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc.
(NTT DoCoMo)
Placement Description
September 1998 - September 1999 Gained an understanding of the regulatory processes and policies
underlying Japan's efforts to liberalize and open its telecommunications
market to competition. Developed a bottom-up knowledge of NTT's
domestic and overseas telecommunications operations with an emphasis
on NTT's Internet protocol system and advanced network systems.
Representative Activities:
Advised MPT on U.S. telecommunications law and
regulatory policy regarding divestiture of NTT, Japan's system
for pricing interconnection, and managing public rights of
way in Japan.
Participated in the agency's interconnection
study group and decision-making councils.
Provided briefings on the FCC's auctions process
and legal issues surrounding PCS-microwave relocation.
Participated in meetings and study groups regarding
long-run incremental cost, interconnection and NTT restructuring
and rights of way.
At MPT's Advanced Network Division., toured Yokosuka
Research Park and Communications Research Laboratory.
At NTT, attended high-level confidential meetings
on NTT's interconnection rates and its proposal to devolve
into three entities.
Post-Fellowship
Current U.S. Government Assignments and Activities As Acting Chief, Policy and Rules Branch, Public Safety and
Private Wireless Division, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at
the FCC, consults frequently on U.S.-Japan telecommunications policy
and recently was guest speaker at the Graduate School of International
Relations, University of California, San Diego, and the Foreign
Service Institute, Department of State.
Carlton A. Roe
Current Title
Supply Chain Security Specialists
U.S. Deparment of Homeland Security
(formerly, Assistant Customs Attache, U.S. Embassy in Japan)
Agency During Fellowship
U.S. Customs Service, Port of San Francisco, Trade Compliance
Home State: California
Professional Specialty Field National Import Specialist
Host Agency in Japan Ministry of Finance, Customs and Tariff Bureau
Tokyo Customs House, Clearance Division Classification
Section
Placement Description
September 1998 - September 1999 Developed a greater understanding of harmonized tariff nomenclature
treatment of commercial imports and automation of import activity
for commercial transactions.
Representative Activities:
Visited several Japanese cargo facilities to
study operations, clearance and cost issues.
Participated in clearance procedures and shipment
examinations.
Studied and compared U.S. and Japanese customs
concerns.
Attended meetings with importers and reviewed
export procedures, valuation problems and scenarios.
At Tokyo Customs, reviewed classification problems
of Japanese Customs in order to understand Japan's classification
process and to compare with and give advice about U.S. processes.
Post-Fellowship
Current U.S. Government Assignments and Activities Recently assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo as Assistant
Customs Attache. Following completion of the Fellowship, served
as a Field National Import Specialist at Customs in San Francisco.
In addition to regular duties administering imports of high tech
merchandise, served as a consultant to Customs Headquarters, the
State Department and the Japanese Ministry of Finance on U.S.-Japanese
bilateral customs-related matters.
