Date of Birth:
January 4, 1937

Education:
Waseda University ,B.S. Electrical Engineering,1959
De Pauw University, Columbia University (U. S. A.) 1959 - 1961

Admitted as Patent Attorney:
1963

The Japan Patent Attorneys Association:

Member	: 1963 -
Councillor	: 1967 - 1969, 2002 - 2004
Vice-President	: 1979 - 1980, 1992 - 1993
President	: 1993 - 1994

Official Commendation:
Award by the Minister of International Trade and Industry:
April 18, 1985
Award of Blue Ribbon Medal for Services to Japan as Patent Attorney:
April 29, 1995
Special Award by the Japan Patent Attorneys Association:
July 1, 1999

Other Organizations:
The Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)

Member	: 1969 -
Vice-President	: 1982 - 1991
President	: 1994 - 2000
Past President	: 2000 -

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriete Industrielle (AIPPI)

Member	: 1964 -
Director (Japan Group)	: 1974 - 1998
Executive Director (Japan Group)	: 1999 - 2004
Vice-President (Japan Group)	: 2005 -

China Patent Cooperation Group (CPCG),
the Association for the Promotion of International Trade, Japan
Member: 1986 -
Leader, CPCG Team Visits to China for Seminars: 1994, 1995, 2001

Member of
International Federation of Intellectual property Attorneys(FICPI)
The International Trademark Association(INTA)
The Licensing Executives Society International(LESI)
The Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys(CIPA)
The Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys(ITMA)
The European Communities Trade Mark Association(ECTA)
Japan Association of Industrial Property Law
Intellectual Property Association of Japan
Institute of Intellectual Property
Japan Intellectual Property Association
Japan Trademark Association
Japan Design Protection Association
Copyright Research and Information Center
Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation
The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Japanese American Society for Legal Studies
The Japan Association of International Economic Law