Ph. D. Anthropology, University of Washington (Fulbright Scholar)
1987
M. I. A. (Master of International Affairs), University of Tsukuba, Japan
1985
M. A. Anthropology, University of Washington (Fulbright Scholar)
1981
B. A. Comparative Culture, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Thesis title
“‘Breaking the Silence’: Ethnicity and the Quest for Redress among Japanese Americans” (PhD thesis)
Employment History
(spring 2022)
(Visiting Professor to be, M.A. in Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg University)
2019-present
Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at Columbia University
2000-present
Affiliate Professor of Dept. of Sociology, Kyoto University
2005-present
Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
1999-2005
Associate Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, Kyoto University
1996-1999
Associate Professor, College of International Relations/ Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
1990-1996
Assistant Professor (tenured), College of International Relations/ Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
1990-2018
Affiliate Professor (promoted from Affiliate Associate Professor in 2006), Dept. of Anthropology, University of Washington
2005-2006
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, MIT
2005-2006
Visiting Scholar (on a grant from the Ministry of Education and Science), Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University
1993-1994
Visiting Scholar (on Keidanren CBCC fellowship), Dept. of Anthropology/ Asian American Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles
Part-time teaching (recent positions only)
2008-present
Part-time lecturer, Open University of Japan
1995-1997
Part-time lecturer, Open University of Japan
Academic Activities
American Anthropological Association
American Ethnological Society
Chair, Committee on Area Studies, Multicultural Coexistence Section, Science Council of Japan (2006-present)
Chief Secretary, Anthropology Section, Science Council of Japan (2006-present)
Member, Committee on Physical Anthropology, Science Council of Japan (2006-present)
Member, Committee on Cultural Anthropology, Science Council of Japan (2006-present)
Executive committee to reexamine the concepts of race and ethnicity, Science Council of Japan (1996-2000)
Member of the committee of international relations, Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology (2008-present)
Member of board of trustees (2004-2010), Board Member (2000-Present), Editorial board member (2000-2004), Japanese Association for American Studies
Member of Executive Board (2000-Present), Editor in Chief of the 20th anniversary anthology (2009-present), Editorial Board Member (1996-1998), Japanese Association for Migration Studies
Professional Activities
Vice President of the Japanese Association for American Studies (2020-present)
Director of the Japanese Association for Migration Studies (2020-present)
Adjunct Senior Research Scientist at Columbia University (2019-present)
Editorial Board member of Ethnic and Racial Studies (2018-present)
Board member of the Japanese Association for Migration Studies (2020-present & 1991-2018)
Chair of the Council of Foreign Residents of Hyogo Prefecture (2012-present)
Member of the Committee on Multiculturalism in Japan, Science Council of Japan Member of the Committee on Cultural Anthropology, Science Council of Japan Member of the Committee on Biological Anthropology, Science Council of Japan (2008-prensent)
Committee of the NGO Scholarship for Children of Minority Groups in Japan (2007-present)
Chair of the Council of Policy Planning for Multiculturalism in Hyogo Prefecture (2020-2021)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), member of committee on research fund, Member of committee on the improvement of the grant-in-aid for scientific research (Kakenhi) (2017-2021)
Hyogo International Association, Editor-in-chief, Editorial Committee for the publication of the 150th anniversary of Hyogo Prefecture (re. Multiculturalism) (2017-2020)
Advisor to the President of Kyoto University (2013-2014 & 2008-2010)
Member of the Committee on Area Studies (2008-2020)
Supervisor for a new exhibition at Kobe Center for Overseas Migration and Cultural Interaction (2009-2010)
Vice chair, Board of Trustees, Hyogo International Association (2004-present)
Director, “Research Group for Multicultural Co-existence Society”, Academic Exchange Department, Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21
st Century Research Institute (2006-2008)
Member of the Board of Directors, Multi Language Center FACIL, NPO Takatori (2006-2010)
Director, “Research Group for Multicultural Coexistence”, Committee for Research on 21st Century Civilization (2004-2007)
Promotion Committee, “Support System for Foreign Residents in Hyogo Prefecture and Internationalization of the Region”, Department of Disaster Management, Hyogo Prefectural Government Review and Proposal Project: 10 Years after the Great Earthquake (2004-2005)
Vice-chair, “Discussion and Promotion Committee of Multiculturalism for Children”, Department of Human Rights Education, Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education (2003-2004)
Committee, Curriculum Development for Hyogo Prefectural Ashiya International Secondary School, Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education (2003)
Member of the executive committee to reexamine the concepts of race and ethnicity Science Council of Japan (1996-2000)
Membership in Academic Societies
American Sociological Association (Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section)
American Anthropological Association
American Ethnological Society
Association for Asian American Studies
Ethnic and Racial Studies (Editorial board member)
Japanese Association for American Studies (Vice President)
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology
Japanese Association for Migration Studies (Board member)
Other Affiliations
Affiliate Professor (promoted from Affiliate Associate Professor in 2006) Dept. of Anthropology, University of Washington (1990-2017)
Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara (2016 winter)
Visiting Scholar, Reishauer Institute, Harvard University (2015 fall)
Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University (on a grant from the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science) (2005-2006)
Visiting Scholar (on Keidanren CBCC fellowship), Dept. of Anthropology/ Asian American Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles (1993-94)
Awards and Recent Grants
Book Awards
Shibusawa Award by the Japanese Association for Ethnology (currently the Japanese Association for Cultural Anthropology) for Transformation of Japanese American Ethnicity(in Japanese). (1995)
Final Nominee for the Victor Turner Award by American Ethnological Society (U.S.) for Breaking the Silence: Redress and Japanese American Ethnicity. (1995)
Publication Award for distinguished book manuscripts on American Studies by the Japanese Association for American Studies, for Transformation of Japanese American Ethnicity. (1993)
Grants
P.I. (Principal Investigator/ Representative, same for all the following grants) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S), “An Integrated Study of Process and Mechanism of Racialization,” by JSPS, the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science 150.9 million yen (about 1.4 million dollars). (2016-2021)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S), “A Japan-based Global Study of Racial Representations,” by JSPS, the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science, 214.5 million yen (about 2 million dollars). (2010-2016)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), “An Interdisciplinary Study of Representation and Expression of Race,” by JSPS, the Japanese Ministry of Education and Science, Principal Investigator. (2006-2010)
Grant to Promote Internationalization of Research and Education, by the Ministry of Education and Science (Visiting scholar at Harvard University). (2005-2006)
