Takashi Miyahara is Director of International Organizations Division, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan, in charge of the International Monetary Fund, the G20 and other multilateral economic and financial affairs. Prior to this, he served as Director of Development Institutions Division, International Bureau, in charge of the World Bank Group, the Asian Development Bank and other Multilateral Development Banks’ affairs. Mr. Miyahara also worked as Director of the ODA Loan Aid Division, International Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank.