| Education | |
| 1971 - 1975 | National University of Tokyo, Faculty of Literature |
| 1975 - 1977 | National University of Tokyo, The Graduate Course, MA |
| Employment | |
| 1977 - 1981 | Secretary to M.P. Rou Watanabe (then Director of International Department of the Japan Democratic Socialist Party) |
| 1981 | ZENSEN, Labour Policy Bureau |
| 1985 | Chief, Research Section, Labour Policy Bureau |
| 1986 | Deputy Director, International Affairs Bureau, as an additional post |
| 1989 | Central Executive Standing Committee Member, Director, International Affairs Bureau |
| 1994 | Secretary, The Asian and Pacific Regional Organization of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federations, as an additional post |
| November 1998 | Resigned the Secretary of the Asian and Pacific Regional Organization of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers’ Federations |
| December 1998 | Resigned the Central Executive Standing Committee Member and Director of the International Affairs Bureau, ZENSEN |
| April 1999 | Joined the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Asian and Pacific Regional Organization as Director, General Affairs (ICFTU-APRO) |
| October 1999 | Appointed as General Secretary of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions Asian and Pacific Regional Organization (ICFTU-APRO) |