
Born:
July 6, 1957, Tokyo
Education:
Waseda University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering,
Master of Engineering
Career:
2000 District Administrator, United Nations Transitional
Administration in East Timor
2001 Chief, DDR (Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration)
Coordination Section, United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
2003 Special Representative of Japanese Government for DDR in
Afghanistan
2006 Professor, Graduate School of Global Studies,
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
2023 Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
2025 elected to the Senate
Note: The Sangiin, which had been known as the House of Councillors, is called the Senate in English as of August 2026.
(as of October 26,2026)