Present Position
Senior Advisor for Academic Affairs, Professor of Graduate School, International University of Health and Welfare
Honorary Executive Director, Tokyo National Museum
Senior Adviser, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Board Member, National Committee for UNICEF
Vice President, International Association of University Presidents
Professional Experience
Oct. 2009-Present    　 Senior Adviser for Academic Affairs, Professor of   Graduate School, International University of Health and Welfare
Apr. 2007-Jul. 2009     Executive Director, Tokyo National Museum
Jan. 2003-Oct. 2006    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Permanent Delegate of Japan to UNESCO
Jul. 2000-Dec. 2002    Director-General, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Jul. 1997-Jun. 2000     Vice Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture
Jul. 1994-Jun. 1997      Director-General, Minister’s Secretariat
Jul. 1993-Jul. 1994       Director-General, Science and International Affairs Bureau
Apr. 1964                        Official of the Minister of Education, Science, Sports and Culture
Education
Doctor of Policy Studies, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan, 2009
B.L., Faculty of Law, Kyoto University, Japan, 1964
Awards
Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite (France, 2002)
The Order of Sacred Treaasure, Gold and Silver Star (Japan, 2012)