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In 1982, completed his studies in the Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. He worked in the Public Works Institute of the Ministry of Construction, then as an Associate Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Tokyo (1988–1991) and an Associate Professor in the Institute of Industrial Science (1991–1998), the University of Tokyo. He was appointed to his present position in 1998 (Center Director from 2005–2010).