Mr. Takada has been working as a government official for the Ministry of Finance (MOF) since 1995. He has had a wide range of experience in policy-making at the heart of the government including public finance, tax, trade policies and financial services. During over 20 years of his career he spent 5 years in the UK: study at Cambridge and LSE (1997-99), and secondment to HM Treasury (the UK finance ministry, 2003-06) where he worked on financial regulation, investment market policies and public spending.

Most recently in 2024-26, Mr. Takada served as the Director at the GX (Green Transformation) Acceleration Agency which was launched by the Japanese Government in July 2024 to accelerate decarbonisation and green transformation in Japan and beyond.

In August 2026, Mr. Takada returned to the MOF as the Deputy Director-General of the Customs and Tariff Bureau to lead policies related to tariffs, custom controls, international trade and national economic security.

Alongside his official jobs, in his private capacity, Mr. Takada launched the Green Finance Network Japan (GFNJ) in 2018 as its Secretary General. The GFNJ is an informal network that brings together key players on green finance in Japan from both public and private sectors and provides a platform for collaborating with international stakeholders.

Mr. Takada received a Bachelor degree in Law (University of Tokyo), a Master degree in Law (Cambridge University) and an MBA (Imperial College London).