Education

Ph.D. Informatics, Department of Electrical Engineering,Kogakuin University, 1999 Enrolled but not finished in Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, 1975

Professional History

Managing Director and Chief Information Officer, ITNY & Partners, October 2005 to present Founder, Executive Adviser, ASCII Corporation, May 2001 to present. Lecturer, University of Tokyo, April 2001 to present. Lecturer, Mie University, April 2001 to present. Principal, Suma Gakuen High School April 2001 to present. Visiting Professor, Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, December 2000 to present. Vice Chairman, ASCII Corporation, June 2000 to May 2001. Visiting Professor, Kogakuin University, April 2000 to present. Professor, Shobi Gakuen University, April 2000 to present. Vice Director, Program Development, the United Nations University/Institute of Advanced Studies, 1999 to 2001. Vice President, ASCII Corporation, June 1998 to June 2000. Visiting Professor, Prefectural Miyagi University, 1998 to present. Professor, Shobi Junior College, April 1998 to March 2000 Visiting Professor, Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, 1996 to present. Lecturer in Multimedia Policy, Waseda University, 1996 to present. Senior Research Fellow, Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan, 1996 to present. President, ASCII Network Technology , 1994 to present. Visiting Researcher, Advanced Research Center for Science Engineering, Waseda University, 1993 to present. Chairman, Graphics Communication Laboratories, 1993 to present. Lecturer, Media Systems Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1990 to present. President, ASCII Corporation, 1987 to June, 1998. Visiting Researcher in Consumer Electronics, Stanford Research Institute International , 1981 to 1982. Director and Vice President in charge of New Technologies, Microsoft Corporation, 1980 to 1986. Vice President in charge of the Far East, Microsoft Corporation, 1979 to 1980. Director and Vice President, ASCII Corporation, 1978 to 1987. Established ASCII Publishing Corporation (the present ASCII Corporation) and was appointed Director and Chief of Planning; launched "ASCII", Japan's first microcomputer magazine, May 1977.

Japanese Government Advisory Positions

The Committee for World Economy in the 21st Century, Economic Planning Agency, 1996 to present. The River Committee, Kinki Regional Construction Bureau, 1995 to present. Committee to Study the Use of Computer Networks to Improve Intellectual Collaboration, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 1994 to 1995. Committee to Study Multimedia Mobile Networking, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 1994 to 1995. Telecommunications Technology Council, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 1991 to present. Back Up Center Committee, Ministry of International Trade and IndustryM, 1987 to 1988. FM Multiplex Broadcasting Research Committee, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 1986 to 1987. The Committee to Study Numbering Plans to Support the Development of Telecommunications, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, 1986 to 1987.

Membership in Professional Organizations

Director, Internet Association of Japan, 1993 to. Director, Association of Copyright for Computer Software, 1991 to. Director, Information Processing Society of Japan, 1991 to 1992. Director, Computer Education Center, 1987 to 2000. Vice Chairman, Japan Personal Computer Software Association, 1987 to present.