Chairman

Committee on Policy Matters

Prime Minister's Office
2-2-1 Kasumigaseki
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

TEL: (03) 3581-3861
FAX: (03) 3581-3079

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English (with interpreter), Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  health care
• EDUCATION
  bilateral educational and cultural relations; comparative educational systems; education and society; higher education strategic planning; international educational exchange programs; pre-collegiate education; pre-school education; students
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  education policy; energy policy; health care policy; science policy; technology policy
• SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
  healthcare technology
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  technology and social change

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Foreign Associate Member, Institute of Medicine, US Academy of Sciences, 1990-present; Professor, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Vice-President, President, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo, 1973-present.

IN US: 1956-59 - research.