<Education>

1982     B.A. (Sociology) Hokkaido University, Sapporo

1985     M.A. (Sociology) Hokkaido University, Sapporo

1999     Ph.D. (Demography) University of California at Berkeley

 

<Career>

1988     Researcher, Department of Population Policy Studies, Institute of Population Problems, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tokyo

1996     Senior researcher, Department of International Research and Cooperation, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo

2011     Director, Department of Population Structure Research, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo

2018     Deputy Director-General, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo