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Born in Chiba City and graduated from Waseda University. In 1979, he moved the U.S. He worked at California Daily Newspaper and joined the Japanese editorial team at The Rafu Shimpo in 1984. In 1991, he became Editor of the Japanese department. He left the company in August, 2007. In September of the same year, he received an award by the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles. He has published a series of articles titled “Profile of Nikkei Contemporary History” in TV Fan introducing the Japanese and nikkei in America. Currently he works as an editor of “J-Town Guide Little Tokyo,” a community magazine in English which introduces Little Tokyo.
Updated August 2014