Mr. Ito received his LL.B. from the University of Tokyo, and M.A. in criminal justice from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Albany. At the National Police Agency, he has served as Director for Cybercrime Investigation and Director of the Community Police Division in the Community Safety Bureau. Most recently, he was Director of the Instructors Training Division at the National Police Academy. During the 2017-18 academic year at Harvard, Mr. Ito will conduct research on cyberattack investigation and public-private collaboration in cybersecurity.