After graduating from the University of Tokyo, he started to work at the Ministry of Finance with Yoshio SAKATANI, who finished the school in the same year, on the advice of his former teacher Tajiri, who had joined the Ministry before him.
東大卒業後は、先に入省していた旧師・田尻の勧めにより、同期卒業の阪谷芳郎とともに大蔵省に入省した。