Kotaro Tamura is an adjunct professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at National University of Singapore and is an Asia fellow at the Milken Institute. He is a former senator and parliamentary secretary for economic and fiscal policy in Japan during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's first administration. Tamura was M&A banker at Yamaichi Securities and CEO of the Osaka Daily News. A best-selling author, he writes about globalization and Japanese fiscal policy and business practices. He is the very first politician in Japan to become a leading character of Harvard Business School case. He published more than 10 books since 2012 and sold more than 1,200,000 copies. His latest book has been made into a TV drama in Japan. He is an early investor in such tech start-ups as Coinbase, Palantir, Kraken, Yuga Labs, Uphold, Animoca brands, Axie Infinity, Dapper Labs, Sesto Robotics, Pirate.com, Igloocompany, RIMM, Ockypocky, and others. Tamura is a Limited Partner of such VCs as TenOneTen, Animoca Ventures, Delta Blockchain Funds, Persistent VC, Jetstream and Hanaco Ventures. Tamura was a senior fellow at Yale University and Rand Corp. and a research associate at Harvard University. He holds a bachelor's degree from Waseda University, an M.B.A. from Keio University, a Master of Laws degree from Duke University and a master's degree in economics from Yale. He also completed advanced management studies at the University of Oxford and EMP from the University of Tokyo.