President

Tama University
Kioicho Hills West 1F
3-32 Kiocho
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102

TEL: (03) 3261-1900
FAX: (03) 3234-2078

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  international economics
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  foreign policy and international relations
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  comparative and cross-cultural studies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Professor, Japanese Studies (Economics and Business), Sophia University, 1976-1995; Consultant, Policy Coordination Unit, Department of Prime Minister, 1974-76; Head, Tokyo Bureau, The Australian, 1969-74; Second Secretary, Australian Commission (Hong Kong), China Desk Officer, First Secretary, Australian Embassy (Moscow), Australian Department of External Affairs, 1956-65

IN JAPAN: 1969-74, 1976-78, 1979 - employment; 1967-68 - research.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Japanese Culture and Society in Doing Business (ed.) (Key Porter Books, 1994); The Ango Kaidoku Technique for Learning Foreign Languages (Dobunshoin, 1993); Gokai Sareru Nihonjin (The Misunderstood Japanese) (Kodansha, 1990); Understanding the Japanese (Kinseido, 1982); In Fear of China (Lansdowne, 1968).