Professional Career

Current Position

April 2018 – Present             Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences and Design, Japan Women’s University (Tokyo, Japan)

April 2023 – Present             Dean, Faculty of Human Sciences and Design, Japan Women’s University (Tokyo, Japan)


Previous Position 

April 2022 – March 2023      Department Chair, Department of Social and Family Economy, Faculty of Human Sciences and 

                                                 Design, Japan Women’s University (Tokyo, Japan)

April 2020 – March 2022     Department Chair, Department of Social and Family Economy, Graduate School of Human Sciences and 

                                                Design (Master's program), Japan Women’s University (Tokyo, Japan)

April 2020 – March 2022     Department Chair, Department of Living Environment, Graduate School of Human Life Science (Doctoral   

                                                 program), Japan Women’s University (Tokyo, Japan)

April 2019 – March 2020     Visiting Researcher, Complutense University of Madrid (Madrid, Spain) 

April 2012 – March 2018     Associate Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences and Design, Japan Women’s University (Tokyo, Japan)

April 2009 - March 2012      Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences and Design, Japan Women’s University  (Tokyo, Japan)

January 2006 - December 2007   Department Chair,  Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Kumamoto Gakuen University 

                                                  (Kumamoto, Japan)

July 2004 - March 2009        Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kumamoto Gakuen University (Kumamoto, Japan)

April 2002 - June 2004         Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kumamoto Gakuen University  (Kumamoto, Japan)

April 2001 - March 2002      Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan)