・1996: Completed Master’s Program at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University; Joined the Ministry of Construction (currently the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
・2002: Director, Urban and Housing Development Division, Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau
・2007: Chief Engineer and Director of the Urban Planning Department, Kawaguchi City Government
・2011: Deputy Director, Urban Redevelopment Division, City Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
・2013: Deputy Director to the Counselor for Survey and Planning, Cabinet Office (Disaster Management)
・2019: Senior Coordinator for Housing Utilization, Housing Policy Division, Housing Bureau, MLIT
・2021: Director in charge, Building and Housing Department, Kanagawa Prefectural Government
・2024: Senior Research Officer for Standards, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, MLIT
・2025- : Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

• Selected publications

"Overview of Issues Concerning Liquefaction Countermeasures in Disaster-Affected Urban Areas" Kukaku Seiri (Land Readjustment), October 2011
"Damage Estimation and Countermeasures for an Earthquake Directly Beneath the Tokyo Metropolitan Area" Shin Toshi (New Urban Cities), January 2015
"Countermeasures for Major Earthquakes: Focusing on the Projected Impact and Key Measures for Earthquakes Directly Beneath Tokyo and Along the Nankai Trough" Doro (Road), March 2015

• Selected Lectures and Panel Participation

2014: Speaker and panelist, Symposium hosted by the Research Center for Disaster Recovery and Crisis Management, Meiji University
2014: Speaker, Earthquake Disaster Management Seminar, Japan Society of Civil Engineers
Speaker, Symposium organized by the Recovery and Reconstruction Design Research Group, University of Tokyo