Biography:

Vice President, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)

1976: Graduated from Tokyo University, Faculty of Engineering (Urban Engineering)

1978: National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Researcher

1992 Research Coordinator of Center for Global Environmental Research, NIES

1994 Section Head, Environmental Planning Section of Social and Environmental Systems Division (SESD), NIES

2008 Director of Environment and Energy, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan

2010 Director of the Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES

2013 Vice President, NIES

Research: Global Warming Impacts and Adaptation, Environmental Engineering, IPCC WG2 TAR and AR4 LA.

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