He received his BA in Economics from Doshisha University (1975) and his Masters and Doctorate degrees in Economics from the University of Washington (1982-1987). He has worked at the Nomura Research Institute in both the Tokyo and London offices (1982-1987). Mr. Murayama was a lecturer at the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies (1988-1989) and an Associate Professor at the Kansai University of Foreign Studies (1989-1993) before working at Osaka University.
His major publications include Strategy of Techno-System Transformation (NHK, 2000), Amerika no Keizai anzen Hosho Senryaku (The Economic Security Strategy of the United States) (Tokyo and Kyoto: PHP Institute, 1996), Beikoky no Haiteku Heiki to Nihon no Ryoyo Gijutsu (U.S. High-Tech Weapons and Japanese Dual-Use Technologies) (Research Institute for Peace and Security, 1992), Amerika ni Ikita Nihonjin Imin (The Economic History of Japanese Immigrants in the Pacific Northwest) (Tokyo: Toyo Keizai Shinpo-sha, 1989), “A New Balance of Economics and National Security: Interpreting the U.S.-Japan Relationship and Asian Economic Block from a Technology Perspective,” Bulletin of Asia-Pacific Studies, vol. 6, March 1996, and “Dual-Use Technology and Export Controls: An Economic Analysis,” in Gary Bertsch, Richard Cupitt and Takehiko Yamamoto eds., U.S. and Japanese Nonproliferation Export Controls (Lanham: University Press of America, 1996).