Profile

He specializes in embodied communication technologies and methodologies for cultivating well-being. He received a Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology from the University of Tokyo in 2005. His research focuses on human haptic perception, communication, and information transmission from the perspective of how empathy and trust between individuals can be fostered. His work aims to develop practical approaches to realizing well-being through embodied and relational experiences. He serve as a board member of the Japanese Society of Well-being (2025-) and as Executive Chair of the Well-being Technology Exhibition (2024-). In addition, He is actively engaged in well-being education, with a focus on the development of well-being competencies. He is the author and editor of several books on haptics and well-being, including "Tactility: the intelligence of touch that generates information" (2014), "How to creating well-being" (2023), "Cards for collectivewell-being" (2024), and "Well-being competencies" (2025).

Professional Experience

2005-2011	Invited Researcher in NTT Communication Laboratories.
2005-2009	PRESTO Japan Science & Technology Agency in Foundation of technology supporting the creation of digital media contents.
2009-2011	Research Fellow in Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2011- 2013	Research Specialist in NTT Communication Science Laboratories.
2012- 2019	Visiting Associate Professor in Department of Information Processing, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo (former: Tokyo Institute of Technology)
2013- 2023	Adjunct lecturer in Art Media Center(AMC), Tokyo University of the Arts
2013- 2018	Reasearcher in NTT Communication Science Laboratories.
2019-	Senior Distinguished Reasearcher in NTT Communication Science Laboratories.