• Professional Career

1977 MS., Civil Engineering, (Coastal Zone Management), University of Washington, Seattle

1977 Assistant Director, Port Planning Division, Ports & Harbors Bureau, Ministry of Transport

1980 Project Engineer, Infrastructure Department, Asian Development Bank

1990 Managing Director, Port Authority of Kitakyushu, Japan

1992 Ph. D., (Engineering) University of Tokyo

1995 Director, Port Development Policy Division, Ports & Harbors Bureau, Ministry of Transport

1997 Director General, 4th Port Development Bureau, Ministry of Transport

1999 Secretary General, International Association of Ports and Harbors

2010 Visiting Professor of GRIPS

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• Selected publications

“Basic Framework on Port Spatial Planning”, in Japanese, Report of the Port and Harbor Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, Vol.25, Nov.4, 1986, 57-101. (with T. Ishiwata) Selected for the 1987 Paper Award of Japan Port and Harbor Association.

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Aquatecture, translated from Anthony Wilson’s Aquatecture into Japanese, Kajima-Shuppankai,1990. (with H. Kuroda, and T. Ochiai)

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“Toward a New Framework of Port Industry for the 21st Century”, Global Shipping Digest, 2000, 52-54、

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“World Ports at the Dawn of the New Century”, Shipping Financial Annual, 2001, 46-50.

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Port Promotion, in Japanese, Japan Association of Port Promotion, 1993. (with Editorial Team)

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Global Logistics and Ports, in Japanese, Pearl Publication, 2004. (with T. Kobayashi and T. Yamagami)

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“Port Security and Trade Facilitation”, Shipping Finance Annual, 2004, 44-49.

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“New Challenges of Port Management in the Globalization Era”, in Japanese, the Annual of Japan Port Economics Association, Vol.43, 2004, 15-29.

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“Global Logistics and New Challenges for Ports”, Commonwealth Ministers Reference Book, 2007, 127-129.

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“Climate Initiatives of the World’s Ports”, Climate Action, 2008, 45-47.

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• Social contributions

Vice Chairman, Port and Harbor Council, City of Kitakyushu

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• Other notable activities

Emeritus Secretary General, International Association of Ports and Harbors