Fukunari Kimura has been Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan since 2000 and Chief Economist, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Jakarta, Indonesia since 2008. He worked for the Department of Economics, State University of New York at Albany as Assistant Professor in 1991-1994, and the Faculty of Economics, Keio University as Associate Professor in 1994-2000. He served as President, Japan Society of International Economics (JSIE) in 2010-2012, Representative Director, Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER) in 2012-2014, Dean, Graduate School of Economics, Keio University in 2015-2017, Program Officer, Research Center for Science Systems, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2016-2019, and Director, Center for International Economics, Keio University since 2017. He majors in international trade and development economics. He has recently been active in academic/semi-academic writing on production networks, economic integration, and the digital economy in East Asia. [https://www.eria.org/experts/fukunari-kimura/]