: Oct. 16, 1946
| Education |  : Tokyo University, 1964-1969 |
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| Career in Outline |
| April 1969 | Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
| 1977 - 1981 | Served at the Japanese Embassies in U.S.S.R. and France |
| August 1981 | Deputy Director, First Southeast Asia Division, Asian Affairs Bureau, MOFA |
| November 1982 | Deputy Director, Personnel Division, Ministerfs Secretariat,MOFA |
| January 1985 | First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the Philippines |
| January 1986 | Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the Philippines |
| November 1987 | Senior Assistant for Economic Cooperation, Economic Cooperation Bureau, MOFA |
| January 1988 | Director, Technical Cooperation Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau, MOFA |
| January 1990 | Director, Press Division, Press and Public Relations, MOFA |
| August 1992 | Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the U.S.A. |
| January 1993 | Minister, Embassy of Japan in the U.S.A. |
| July 1995 | Minister, Embassy of Japan in France |
| August 1997 | Deputy Director-General, European and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, MOFA |
| August 1999 | Director-General, Economic Cooperation Bureau, MOFA |
| February 2001 | Deputy Vice-Minister, MOFA |
| August 2001 | Assistant Vice-Minister for Administrative Affairs, MOFA |
| July 2002 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Indonesia |
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Family : Married with two daughters
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