Professor

Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies

1-39-22 Hikarichi
Kokubunji, Tokyo 185

TEL: (045) 223-2002
FAX: (045) 223-2060
HOME: (0425) 73-0217

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English (with interpreter), Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• ART, ART HISTORY, LITERATURE AND PERFORMING ARTS
  bunraku; kabuki; tea ceremony
• EDUCATION
  bilateral educational and cultural relations; foreign language instruction in Japan; Japanese language instruction in US; teaching methods
• HISTORY
  history of Japanese language
• LANGUAGE
  language testing and evaluation; pedagogy
• RELIGION
  Buddhism; religion and politics; state Shinto
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  Japanese Emperor system

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Professor, Associate Director, Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, 1992-present

IN US: 1982-83 - employment; repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Formal Expressions for Japanese Interaction (The Japan Times, 1991); An Integrated Method for the Teaching of Japanese (The Japan Times, 1990); The Handbook for Japanese Language Teaching (Taishukan, 1990); Writing Letters in Japanese (co-author) (The Japan Times, 1978).