Biography
<Higher education>
- Waseda University Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan / BA in Law, March 1989
<Employment history>
- Seoul Bureau Chief, September 2015 ~ Present
- Visiting scholar of SAIS/USKI, September 2014 ~ August 2015
* Mainly covering the Korean peninsula issues.
- The Asahi Shimbun Company, Tokyo, JAPAN / Senior International Correspondent, Tokyo Head Office, February 2012 ~ August 2014
・Mainly covering East Asian security. I attached some articles.
- Seoul Correspondent, January 2007 ~ January 2012
・Covering the Korean peninsula and writing daily news reports and feature stories. My Current focus centers on the DPRK nuclear crisis, the DPRK successor, and the relationship between Japan and the Korean Peninsula.
- Staff Writer, Political News Section, Tokyo Head Office / September 2000 ~ December 2007
・Covering the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party, the Prime Minister's Office, the Self Defense Force, and writing daily news reports and feature stories on Japan`s political & defense activities. My Current focus centers on the increasing tension over territorial issues with China and the DPRK nuclear crisis.
- Stay in Seoul to study the Korean language / September 1999 ~ August 2000
・I stayed in the Yonsei University Faculty of Foreign language
- Staff Writer, Political News Section, Tokyo Heard Office / May 1995~ August 1999
・Covering the Prime Minister's House and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and writing daily news reports about Japanese political decisions and foreign policy. My Current focus centers on the relationship between Japan and China, the Korean peninsula.
- Staff Writer, Seto Bureau / April 1994 ~ April 1995
・I mostly covered an administrative organ in Seto City. I also covered general city news.
- Staff Writer, Gifu Bureau / April 1992 ~ March 1994
・I mainly covered the Gifu prefectural office, including the Kakamigahara city hall.
- Staff Writer, Social News Section, Nagoya Branch Office / November 1991 ~ March 1992
・I mainly covered the local police station in Nagoya.
- Mitsui O.S.K Lines, Co, Ltd, Tokyo, JAPAN Staff, Accounting Department, Tokyo Head Office / April 1989
・Covering the Branch & Agency in Middle East Asia and did accounts processing of fiscal statements.
< Previous Foreign Travel>
As an Asahi Shimbun reporter (1996~2013)
・USA, Switzerland, Germany, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Peru, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, DPRK, ROK, Russia, Thailand, Djibouti, India, Pakistan, Mongolia
- Waseda University Faculty of Law, Tokyo, Japan / BA in Law, March 1989
<Employment history>
- Seoul Bureau Chief, September 2015 ~ Present
- Visiting scholar of SAIS/USKI, September 2014 ~ August 2015
* Mainly covering the Korean peninsula issues.
- The Asahi Shimbun Company, Tokyo, JAPAN / Senior International Correspondent, Tokyo Head Office, February 2012 ~ August 2014
・Mainly covering East Asian security. I attached some articles.
- Seoul Correspondent, January 2007 ~ January 2012
・Covering the Korean peninsula and writing daily news reports and feature stories. My Current focus centers on the DPRK nuclear crisis, the DPRK successor, and the relationship between Japan and the Korean Peninsula.
- Staff Writer, Political News Section, Tokyo Head Office / September 2000 ~ December 2007
・Covering the Liberal Democratic Party, Democratic Party, the Prime Minister's Office, the Self Defense Force, and writing daily news reports and feature stories on Japan`s political & defense activities. My Current focus centers on the increasing tension over territorial issues with China and the DPRK nuclear crisis.
- Stay in Seoul to study the Korean language / September 1999 ~ August 2000
・I stayed in the Yonsei University Faculty of Foreign language
- Staff Writer, Political News Section, Tokyo Heard Office / May 1995~ August 1999
・Covering the Prime Minister's House and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and writing daily news reports about Japanese political decisions and foreign policy. My Current focus centers on the relationship between Japan and China, the Korean peninsula.
- Staff Writer, Seto Bureau / April 1994 ~ April 1995
・I mostly covered an administrative organ in Seto City. I also covered general city news.
- Staff Writer, Gifu Bureau / April 1992 ~ March 1994
・I mainly covered the Gifu prefectural office, including the Kakamigahara city hall.
- Staff Writer, Social News Section, Nagoya Branch Office / November 1991 ~ March 1992
・I mainly covered the local police station in Nagoya.
- Mitsui O.S.K Lines, Co, Ltd, Tokyo, JAPAN Staff, Accounting Department, Tokyo Head Office / April 1989
・Covering the Branch & Agency in Middle East Asia and did accounts processing of fiscal statements.
< Previous Foreign Travel>
As an Asahi Shimbun reporter (1996~2013)
・USA, Switzerland, Germany, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Israel, Peru, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, DPRK, ROK, Russia, Thailand, Djibouti, India, Pakistan, Mongolia
