Tateo Arimoto is the Senior Advisor to the President of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Visiting Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and the fellow of International Science Council (ISC).

He served as Director General of Science & Technology Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Education and Science and held the position of Executive Research Fellow at the Economic and Social Research Institute of the Cabinet office. He has played an active role in public policy making and implementation in the area of science, technology and innovation in Japan and is a major promoter of science of STI policy with multidisciplinary approach.

He has been a co-chair person of the OECD study projects on “Scientific advice”, “Research funding system” and “Transdisciplinary research”. He is a member of the board of the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA), the special committee of Science Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and United Nations STI Forum for Sustainable Development Goals.