He earned his Ph.D. in 1976 at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Engineering (Doctor of Engineering). After serving as head of the Research and Development center as well as Executive Director at Toshiba Corporation (Former Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company), he became Executive Director at Yokohama National University in 2009, auditor at the University of Tokyo in 2010, and then Executive Director of the Institute of RIKEN in 2014. He then became Executive Director and Vice President of the University of Tokyo in April 2018 (until March 2021). He has also served as a member of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Central Council for Education, the working group chairperson for the graduate school working group of that Council, member of the future design working group within the universities subdivision of that Council, advisor for the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE), and more.

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