Researcher's Profile

March 1973	Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Economics
November 1973	Environment Agency, Government of Japan
August 1979	Institut d'Ubrbanisme, Graduate School at the University of Paris 12 (- June 1981)
July 1985	Director for Industrial Wastes Mangement, Kitakyushu City Government (- June 1987)
August 1993	Visiting fellow, East-West Center, USA (- May 1994)
June 1994	Dision Director for Environmental planning Division, and so on, Environment Agency
July 2004	Director general of Environment Management Bureau at the Ministry of the Environment (MoE), and had successively other Director-General positions
July 2009	Vice-Minister for the MoE
April 2011	Professor, Graduate School of Keio University
2015	Project Professor, Graduate School of Keio University(- June 2018)
April 2017	Scholar-in-Residence, North Central College (IL,USA) by the Fulbright Foundation
April 2019	Senior Program Adviser, RCAST, the University of Tokyo (UTokyo)
April 2020	Adviser, RCAST, UTokyo

　 　 　

I had various experiences in developing new legislations as well as financial means to build up environment-friendly economy as well as sustainable regional society. I also had rich experiences in negotiating very important international treaties such as the Kyoto Protocol.  Reconciliation with Minamata Disease victims and the government was also one of my greatest remembrances. Thanks to these experiences, I keep contributing to reconstruct a good relationship between humankind and our surrounding nature.