Position: Professor
Degree: Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo
Specialty: Water and Disaster; International Cooperation
Current Research Interests: International Policy on Water and Disaster
Professional Career
2018‐ Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
2015- 2016 Vice President, College of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (CLITT), Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Tourism, and Transport (MLIT)
2014-2015 Director, Water Resources Panning Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Tourism, and Transport (MLIT) and Councilor, Cabinet Secretariat of Japan (Water Cycle Headquarters)
2011-2014 Principal, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (UNESCO-ICHARM)
2009-2011 Director for Space, Ocean and Exploration, Science and Technology Bureau, Cabinet Office, Japan
2008-2009 Director, Water Resources Management Strategy Unit, Water Resources Department, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
2005-2008 Head of Secretariat, United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (Inter-Regional Advisor), UN-DESA
2003-2004 Director, Water Disaster Research Division, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management
2000-2003 Vice Secretary-General, Secretariat of the Third World Water Forum
1998-2000 Director for Fukushima Public Works Office, Tohoku Regional Bureau, Ministry of Construction
1982-1996 Ministry of Construction (currently MLIT) to be posted in various divisions and departments on water and disaster management. Posted also in Japanese Embassy in Nepal as Second Secretary (1988-1991)to take charge of Official Development Assistance programs for Nepal.
International profiles
2016- Sherpa to the UN-World Bank High Level Panel on Water
2015- Chair of Nomination Committee, Global Water Partnership (GWP)
2013-2015 Member, the United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB)
2012- Member, Steering Group, High Level Risk Forum, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
2011- Coordinator, High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters (HELP)
2011-2014 Vice Chair, Global Water Partnership (GWP)2011-2014 Principal, International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (UNESCO-ICHARM)
2009-2014 Member of Steering Committee, Global Water Partnership (GWP)
2008-2013 Special Advisor, United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (UNSGAB)
2005-2008 Head of Secretariat, United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation (Inter-Regional Advisor), UN-DESA
2003-2005 Chair, Hydrological Group, Typhoon Committee, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP)
2000-2003 Vice Secretary-General, Secretariat of the Third World Water Forum
Selected publications
2015 Best Paper Award, Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources to the following two papers
● Approaches by World Water Forum in Realizing Major Global Actions Related to Water and Sanitation
● Success Factors in Realizing Major Recommendation Items of "United Nations Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation", an International Advocacy and Discussion Process on Water and Sanitati
Media Expertise
Water, Disaster Risk Reduction, International Cooperation
