BSc, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, 1980. MSc, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 1982. PhD, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 1985. Specialism in optical quantum physics. Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 1998. Professor, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2010. University of Tokyo Vice President, 2012. Dean, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2014. President, University of Tokyo, April 2015.
Committee memberships include the Science Council of Japan, Council on Investments for the Future, Council for Science and Technology, Industrial Structure Council, and the Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters. Books in Japanese include Driving Innovation in Society: The University of Tokyo’s Vision 2020 (University of Tokyo Press) and Map of the Future University: Creating a Knowledge-Intensive Society (Chikuma Shinsho).