Date
of Birth: August 26, 1946
Education:
1970 Tokyo
University (B.A. in Law)
1978
King's College, Cambridge University
(M.A. in Economics)
Career:
1970
Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
Japan
1978
First Secretary, Embassy of Japan to
the United States.
1986 Director, Oceania Division (in charge of Australia, NZ &
Pacific Islands), Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
1988
Senior
Researcher, International Institute for Global Peace
(Assistant to former Prime Minister Nakasone)
1990
Director, Policy Planning Division,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1990
Director, First North America Division,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1992
Minister, Embassy of Japan to Thailand
1994 Assistant-Director-General for Management and Administration at
UNESCO in Paris
1997
Deputy
Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, and Deputy Press Secretary,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1999
Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy
Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2000
Consul General of Japan in San
Francisco