| Born in 1971 |
| 1994 | Graduates from University of Tsukuba, College of International Relations, Third Cluster of Colleges |
| 1994 | Accepted to Graduate School, Doctoral Program in International Political Economy, University of Tsukuba |
| 1994 to 1995 | Foreign student at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, International Asian Studies Programme (International Exchange Student of the Ministry of Education) |
| 1996 | Receives a Master Degree in International Political Economy from University of Tsukuba |
| 2000 | Receives a Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) in International Political Economy from the University of Tsukuba |
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| Career Summary |
| 1997 to 1999 | Visiting Scholar at Harvard University Fairbank Center |
| 1999 to 2000 | Visiting Scholar at Harvard University School of Law, East Asian Legal Studies |
| 2001 to 2002 | Part-time assistant professor at Kyorin University, Faculty of Social Sciences |
| 2001 | Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) |
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| Field of Research |
| International Communication Theory, Emigration and Minority Studies, Cultural Anthropology |