Education and Professional Experience

• 1980

  B.A. in Law, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

• 1997

  Senior Coordinator, Japan-U.S. Security Treaty Division, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)

• 1998

  Director, International Energy Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, MOFA

• 2000

  Counsellor, Office of National Security Affairs and Crisis Management, Cabinet Secretariat

• 2002

  Director, Research and Planning Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau, MOFA

• 2004

  Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations (New York)

• 2007

  Minister, Embassy of Japan in United Arab Emirates

• 2009

  Deputy Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau, and Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department, MOFA

• 2010

  Secretary-General of the Government of Japan for the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10)

• 2011

  Director-General for International Affairs, Defense Policy bureau, Ministry of Defense (MOD)

• 2013

  Consul General, Consulate-General of Japan in Atlanta

• 2016

  Ambassador, Mission of Japan to the ASEAN (Jakarta)

• 2019

  Ambassador, Embassy of Japan to Qatar

• 2022

  Specially appointed Senior Fellow, National Institute for Defense Studies, MOD

Publications

• "The Reshaping of Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) Charter" Discussion Paper No.36, APEC study Center, Columbia University (February 2005)

• "Qatar：Wisdom to Live through Turbulences in the Middle East", Journal of Middle Eastern Studies No.543 (2021 Vol.Ⅲ)