| Mar 1973 |
Kyoto University (LL.B.) |
| Apr 1973 |
Entered the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (currently, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) |
| Apr 1973 - Apr 1982 |
In charge of industrial pollution prevention, macroeconomic forecast, trade and commerce, energy conservation and export control |
| Apr 1982 |
Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Malaysia |
| May 1985 |
Director, Industrial Property Legislation Office, Patent Office |
| Jul 1988 |
Director, Commercial and Consumer Credit Office, Industrial Policy Bureau, MITI |
| Jun 1989 |
Counsellor, the Fourth Department, the Cabinet Legislation Bureau |
| Jul 1994 |
Director, Textile Products Division, Consumer Goods and Service Industries Bureau, MITI |
| May 1996 |
Director-General, Planning Department, Japan External Trade Organization Headquarters |
| Jul 1998 |
Director-General, Central Government Reform Legislation Office, the First Department, the Cabinet Legislation Bureau |
| Aug 1999 - Jan 2010 |
Successively served as Director of the Fourth, the Second, the Third and the First Department for Cabinet Legislation Bureau |
| Apr 2006 |
Concurrently worked as a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo |
| Apr 2008 |
Concurrently worked as a visiting professor at Waseda Law School |
| Jan 2010 |
Deputy Director-General, Cabinet Legislation Bureau |
| Dec 2011 |
Chief Director-General, Cabinet Legislation Bureau |
| Aug 2013 |
Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Sep 2019 |
Retired from the Justice of the Supreme Court |
