Education :

• University of Bonn, Germany, Dr. rer. pol. (summa cum laude), 1983
• Keio University, Tokyo, Japan, B.A. 1974, M.A. 1978

Professional Societies :

• International Society for Industrial Ecology
• International Input-Output Association
• Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan
• The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
• Ecomaterials Forum, Japan
• The Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan
• Japan Society of Waste Management Experts

Employment:

• Professor of Industrial Ecology, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, 2011
• Professor of Econometrics, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, 1992 -2010
• Associate Professor of Economics, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, 1987-1991
• Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1985-1987
• Research Associate, Department of Economics (SFB21), University of Bonn, Bonn, SFB 21 and SFB 303 , Germany, 1979-1985

Professional Activity:

• Chairman, Commission about input-output tables for environmental analysis, Ministry of Environment, The Government of Japan, 2010-
• Chairman, Commission about the market size of environmental industry, Ministry of Environment, The Government of Japan, 2009, 2011
• Board member, EEIO (The Environmentally Extended Input Output) Section, ISIE, 2010-
• Co-chair, ISIE2009, June 2009, Lisbon
• Discussion leader, Gordon Research Conference on Industrial Ecology, New London, CT, August 2008
• Board member, Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan, 2004-
• Editorial Committee: Japan Society of Waste Management Experts, 2003-2005
• Board member, Japan Society of Waste Management Experts, 2002-2004
• Annual meeting committee, Japan Society of Waste Management Experts, 2000-.2004
• Associate editor : Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, 2003-2007
• Managing editor (founding member),  Structural Change and Economic Dynamics , Elsevier, 1988 -2002.

Other Appointments:

• Guest Professor, EcoTopia Science Institute, Nagoya University, 2005-
• Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Toronto , 1988-1990
• Visiting Scholar, German Institute for Economic Research , Berlin, Summer 1985 and Summer 1987

Awards and Scholarships

• Contribution Award, Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan, March 2012
• Honda Memorial Award on the Development of Recycling Technology, Clean Japan Center, January 2006
• Article Award, Japan Association of Waste Management Experts, May 2001
• GEFFRUB Prize, University of Bonn, 1983
• Scholarship of DAAD , 1978-1979