Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto is director of the Center for Arts and Culture at NLI Research Institute and lecturer at the Tokyo University of the Arts. He has been a member of the National Cultural Policy Committee and chair of the Yokohama Creative City Promotion Committee. Earlier this year, he has been appointed as chair of the Cultural Program Committee for Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as a member of Tokyo Council for the Arts and Culture by the Governor of Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Mr. Yoshimoto is the editorial supervisor of Creative City of EU and Japan. His recent research papers includes Reconsidering the Expanding Role and New Paradigm for Japan's Cultural Policy --- From Supporting Arts and Culture, to Promoting Inspired Innovation. Throughout his career, he has been engaged in international studies on cultural policy; research on creative city initiatives; master planning for cultural institutions and consultation for public art projects. These latter include the developments of National Arts Center, Tokyo, Tokyo Opera City and Setagaya Public Theater as well as artwork projects for the Tokyo International Forum and the new headquarter building of Dentsu. These projects rank among the top cultural developments over the past two decades in Japan. These ten years, he has been involved in regional regeneration projects through arts and culture in various cities. An architect by training, Mr. Yoshimoto became a consultant and researcher in cultural field. Mr. Yoshimoto holds an M. A. in Urban Planning from the Graduate School of Waseda University, Tokyo.