Graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo, in March 1982, and joined the Bank of Japan in April of the same year.
April 1991: Secretary, Economic Section, Embassy of Japan in China.
September 2004: International Visiting Fellow, RAND Corporation, U.S.
March 2006: Chief Representative, Bank of Japan Beijing Office.
March 2009: Retired from the Bank of Japan; in April, took up his current position and served as Assistant Head of Suginami Shihankan Juku (closed March 2011).
November 2010: Founded Asia Bridge Co., Ltd. (mainly supporting Japanese companies' business in China).
April 2016–June 2017: Senior Adviser, UNOPS China and Asia-Pacific Food Safety Project; October 2019: Director, Japan-Asia Community Cultural Cooperation Organization (concurrent); May 2022: Specially Appointed Professor, Shizenkan University (concurrent).