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Education
1975BA in the History and Philosophy of Science, College of Arts and Sciences, the Univeristy of Tokyo
1977MA in Philosophy, the University of Tokyo
1980Completed graduate study in Philosophy at the University of Tokyo
Professional carreers
1980granted a Postdocotral Fellowship from the JSPS
1982employed as Associate Professor of Philosophy, Chiba University
1986visited the Center for the Study of Language and Information as visiting scholar and later as research associate(till Jan, 1989)
1994promoted to Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences, Chiba University
1996served as Director, Information Processing Center(till March, 1998)
1998served as University Librarian, Chiba University(till March, 2002)
2004served as Director, Center for International Education(till March, 2005)
2005served as University Librarian, Chiba University(till March, 2007)
Currently
Professor of Cognitive and Information Sciences, Chiba University
Visiting Professor, National Institute of Informatics
Also serving
on the Committee for the Assessment of Independent Adminstrative Agencies, Ministry of Education
on the Committee for the Science, Technology and Scholarly Affairs, Ministry of Education
on the Committee for the Collection of Science and Technology Materials, the National Diet Library
as an advisor to the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) Library
on the Advisory Committee for the National Institute for Material Science Digital Library
on the Council for the Protection of Personal Data, Chiba Prefecture
on the Council for Chiba Prefectural Libraries
on Wiley-Blackwell Global Library Advisory Board
on NPG Libary Advisory Board
on Springer Asian Library Advisory Committee
Life:
Born on October 30, 1952