Media and Public Sphere, Media Literacy Education, Communication Design, Public space in Cyberspace, Public Library, Journalism

1996 M.A. International Media and Communications, Columbia University

2002 Instructor, Waseda University
2001 Instructor, the University of Tokyo
2001 Instructor, Musashino Art University
1997 Journalist (Washington DC)
1994 Staff Editor, Newsweek Japan

2001 Media Literacy (Communication Books)

2000 Media Literacy: Global Perspectives (Iwanami Shoten)

Project Leader, Media Expression, Learning and Literacy (MELL), the University of Tokyo
Committee Member, Japan Computer Access For Empowerment (JCAFE)
Vice President, Japan Business Library Association
Committee Member, Library for the Future
CAMPER, Children's Art Museum Park (CAMP)