Education

• 2000

  Bachelor of Economics, University of Tokyo

• 2006

  Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University

• 2021

  Ph.D. (International Relations), National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Employment

• 2000

  1st Personnel Division, Bureau of Personnel and Education, Japan Defense Agency

• 2001

  Administrative Division, Minister’s Secretariat

• 2002

  Defense Policy Division, Bureau of Defense Policy

• 2006

  International Cooperation Division, Bureau of Operational Planning
  (September 2006-March 2007 IRAQ Reconstruction Support Airlift Wing)

• 2008

  Research Division, The International Bureau, Ministry of Finance

• 2010

  Personnel Planning Division, Bureau of Personnel and Education, Ministry of Defense

• 2012

  Human Resource Development Division, Bureau of Personnel and Education

• 2015

  Legal Affairs Office, Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency

• 2017

  Public Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Defense

• 2020

  Planning Division, National Institute for Defense Studies

• 2023

  Military Archives, Center for Military History

Selected Publications

English

• "Rikugun Koku no Keisei: Gunjisoshiki to Shingijutu no Juyo (The Formation of Imperial Japanese Army Air Force: How military organizations accept new technology?)"

  Tokyo: Kinseisha, 2023

• "Teikokurikugun ni yoru Minkankoku no Ikusei to sono Genkai(“Imperial Japanese Army’s efforts of fostering civil aviation and its limits”) "

  Gunji Shigaku(The Journal of Military History), Vol.58, No.1, June 2022

• "Shiberia Shuppei to Teikokurikugun no kindaika: Kokuheiryoku no Kensetsu wo Chushin to shite (”Japanese Siberian Intervention and its effect on Imperial Japanese Army’s Modernization: Full-Fledged Air Arm”) "

  Anzenhosho Senryaku Kenkyu (Security & Strategy) Vol.3, No.1, February 2023