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Noriko Hama (浜矩子 Hama Noriko, born 3rd August 1952) is a popular TV commentator and economist. She currently teaches classes such as Making Sense of the Global Economy at the Graduate School of Business, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. She is frequently a commentator for the BBC World Service radio and television broadcasts. She also appears on Japan's NHK television network and CNN.

She graduated from the Department of Economics at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo in 1975. From 1990 to 1998 she worked at the Mitsubishi Research Institute and was the first resident economist and chief representative in London.

She writes regularly for The Mainichi Shimbun, The Japan Times, Les Echos and The Financial Times.

Selected Works
Disintegrating Europe - The Twilight of the European Union (Adamantine Press Ltd. 1996)

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Japanese (Oval Books, 1999, with Sahoko Kaji and Jonathan Rice)

China-Japan Trade: The Growing Pains Linking the Two (2002, Evian Group)