Mr. Mitsuru Miyata
Director, Bio Center, Nikkei BP (formerly Nikkei McGraw-Hill)

Phone: 03-5210-8135
Fax: 03-5210-8118
E-mail address: [email protected]

Education: 1977, BA in Botany, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University 1979, MA in Botany, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University

Business experiences; 1979, joined in Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Japanese equivalent of Wall Street Journal)

1981, Initiated the publication of Nikkei Biotech

1985, Editor-In-Chief, Nikkei Biotech

1996, Launched on the internet new publications of Biotechnology Japan and Doctor's Net

1997, Launched BTJ/HEADLINENEWS (E-mail news)

1998, Launched Med Japan, news site for medical industry

2000, Director, Bio Center, Nikkei BP Public services; Mr. Miyata served and currently serves on the following boards and committees (selected partial list); Rice Genome Project, Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries Biotechnology Council, New Energy Development Organization, MITI Biotechnology Committee, Kanagawa Prefecture Life Science Committee, Science and Technology Forum, Science and Technology Agency Drug Discovery/Development Vision Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare

Publications (selected partial list); Nikkei Bio Almanac Nikkei Dictionary of Biotechnology Terminology; World's 2000 Biotechnology Firms; Bio Revolution Dream and Reality of Biotechnology