Academic Record

• 1983

  LL.B., Kanazawa University

• 1987

  LL.M., Keio University

• 1996

  Ph.D. Candidate, Leiden University (The Netherlands)

• 2013-
  2014

  Member, Committee on National Space Policy

• 2013-

  Director, International Institute of Space Law

Selected Publications

English

• "The Role of Social Media in Emergency Response: The Case of the Great East Japan Earthquake"

  NIDS Journal of Defense and Security, No15(2014)

• East Asia Strategic Review 2011

  (Tokyo. The Japan Times, 2011), Chapter on the Order of the Arctic Ocean

• East Asia Strategic Review 2008

  (Tokyo. The Japan Times, 2008), Chapter on the Chinese Space Development

• "Terrorism and International Law"

  NIDS Security Reports, no.6(2005)

Japanese

• "The Present Situation of Cyber Security and Japan's Response"

  The Journal of International Security, Vol.41 no.1 (2013)

• "Rules of Engagement: Roles and Implications"

  NIDS Security Studies, Vol.7 no.2&3 (2005).