Date of Birth: December 3, 1959
Marital Status: Married, with one daughter
Education
LL.B. (Bachelor of Law) Tokyo University
LL.M. (Master of Law) University of Cambridge
Career
1982 Entered into the Foreign Service
1983 Attaché, Embassy of Japan in the UK
1985 UN Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
1988 Treaties Division, MOFA
1991 First Secretary, Permanent Mission to the United Nations
1994 International Convention Division, MOFA
1994 Deputy Director, Treaties Division, MOFA
1995 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Russia
1997 Deputy Director, First North American Division, MOFA
1998 Counsellor, Cabinet Legislation Bureau
2002 Professor, Policy Management Department, Keio University
2004 Director, Consular Policy Division, MOFA
2007 Cabinet Counsellor, Cabinet Secretariat
2009 Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Pakistan
2011 Consul General of Japan in Houston
2013 Director General for International Affairs, Ministry of Defence
2015 Director General, International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, Cabinet Office / Cabinet Councillor (National Security Secretariat)
2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Finland
2019 Representative of the Government of Japan / Ambassador in charge of Kansai
2021 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Oman
Awards
Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland