Japanese Version

1. Date and Place of Birth:

Date of Birth: Jan. 22, 1966
Place of Birth: Imari City, Saga

2. Nationality:

Japanese

3. Present Affiliation:

Associate Professor, Inst. of Policy & Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba

4. Area of Specialization:

• Infrastructure Planning
• Transportation Planning
• Harbor Planning

5. Theme of Study:

• ITS (Intelligent Transport System)
• Recreation/Leisure Transport Planning
• Evaluation of Harbor Improvement

6. Education:

• 1984-1988: Dept. of Civil Eng., Tokyo Institute of Technology
  
• 1988-1990: Master's course, Graduate School of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  
• 1990-1992: Doctoral student, Graduate School of Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

• 1996: Degree of Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

7. Record of Professional Experience:

• Apr. 1992-: Research Associate, Dept. of Civil Eng., Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Apr. 1996-: Researcher, Institute for Transport Policy Studies
• Apr. 1999-: Assistant Professor, Inst. of Policy & Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba
• Mar. 2003-: Associate Professor, Inst. of Policy & Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba

8. Society:

• World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTR)
• Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS)
• Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
• The Japan Society Of Transportation Economics
• The City Planning Institute of Japan

9. Publications:

• The Role of Harbor, and Social Economic Evaluation; Toyo Keizai Shinpo-sha, 2001 (co-author; in Japanese)
• Attractive Tourist Resort and Traffic; Giho-do Shuppan, 1998 (co-author; in Japanese)
• Transport, Land-use and the Environment; Kluwer Academic Publication, 1996 (co-author)
• The City and Environment - Present Condition and Measure; Gyosei, 1992 (co-author; in Japanese)
• Traffic Maintenance System, Structure and subject; JSCE, 1990 (co-author; in Japanese)