Professor and Director
International Bioethics Research Center
The Institute of Religion and Culture
Kyoto Women's University
35 Kita-hiyoshi-cho, Imakumano
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605
TEL:(075) 531-7221
FAX:(075) 531-7215
also
6-3 Yamanohana-cho, Shugakuin
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606
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SPECIALIZATIONS:
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Professor and Director, Department of Anatomy, Director of Congenital Anomaly Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 1977-90; Professor, Faculties of Medicine & Dentistry, Director of Cell Biology Research Laboratory, University of Manitoba, 1971-77; Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Faculties of Medicine & Dentistry, Researcher, Cancer Research Laboratory, The University of Western Ontario, 1962-71; Instructor, Yale University School of Medicine, 1959-
IN US: 1957-77 - employment; repeated brief trips.
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
Autonomous Decision Making and Japanese Tradition (Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics-CQHE, 1995); Gene Therapy in Japan: Current Trends (CQHE, 1995); HIV+/AIDS Related Bioethical Issues in Japan (Bioethics, 1995); Bioethics in Japan (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992, 1994).