Commentator, Writer and International Economist

Toshio Masuda was born on April 18, 1938 to one of the descendants of the historic 47 Samurai of Japan. In 1963 he graduated from Keio University in Tokyo and began his professional career working for Tokyu Agency Ltd., one of the largest marketing firms in Japan.

In 1974 Mr. Masuda moved to California in advance of the boom in low cost, fuel-efficient Japanese car purchases in the United States where he established a number of successful Japanese auto repair shops. From 1975 to 1987 Mr. Masuda established Shogun Industries, Inc. which was the exclusive manufacturer of Japanese decors, including Futon, Tatami and Shoji screens. In 1989, Mr. Masuda became a licensed real estate broker in Hawaii and set real property sales records in the state in 1999 and 2000.

In 1995, Mr. Masuda returned to Japan where he became a writer and commentator on radio and TV on economic, business, and political affairs. His views have been in such demand that he became the record holder for the most business lectures in Japan each year from 1999-2004.

Mr. Masuda is editor-in-chief of “The Will of Power”, one of the most influential monthly magazines on business, politics and economics in Japan. Mr. Masuda is a regular writer for the Evening News Fuji (Sankei Newspaper), the Economic Review (a semi-monthly magazine in Korea), and Korea’s morning newspaper “Focus”.

Mr. Masuda is a highly respected best selling author of many economic and political affairs books including:
　・“Mr. Bush, You Say to Remember the WTC, Like We Remember Pearl Harbor”? (2001)
　・“Economic Forecast” 2003 (Diamond Business)
　・“Economic Forecast” 2004 (Diamond Business)
　・“Economic Forecast” 2005 (Diamond Business)
　・“Secret Reasons Why The Japanese Economy Will Win Versus the US” (Need to include year of publication) (PHP)
　・“High Yen With High Japan Economy” 2004
　・“High US Dollar with High Japan Economy” 2005
　・“The Rise of Japanese Stock Markets Will Not Stop for Another Five Years” 2005

Each of these books became “Best Sellers” in Japan as determined variously by the Nikkei Newspapers (the largest circulation newspaper in Japan), the Nikkei Shinbun Newspaper, Asahi Newspaper and the Kinokuniya Bookstore (Japan’s largest bookstore chain).