■ Career

1957	Graduated from Tohoku University, Faculty of Law
1958	Joined the Japan Fair Trade Commission Secretariat
1982	Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Waseda University
1984	Assumed position as Director-General of the Economic Affairs Department, Japan Fair Trade Commission
1987	Assumed position as Secretary-General, Japan Fair Trade Commission
1990	Resigned from Japan Fair Trade Commission
1990	Appointed as Professor, Faculty of Law, Hokkaido University
1992	Appointed as Dean, Faculty of Law and Director, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University
1998	Retired from Hokkaido University(upon reaching mandatory retirement age)
1998	Appointed as Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
1998	Registered with Dai-ni Tokyo Bar Association(Article 5 Membership)
1998	Joined Hibiya Sogo Law Offices
2003	Visiting Professor, The Open University of Japan(until 2008)
2010	Visiting Professor, Kochi University of Technology(until 2014)

■ Awards and Honors

2004	Recipient of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays

■ Publications

(Sole Author)

Introduction to Antitrust Law (Nikkei Bunko) / 7th Edition 2012

Economic Law (Broadcasting University Textbook) / The Association for the Promotion of Education at the Open University of Japan 2004

Antitrust Law Collection (Hokkaido University Faculty of Law Series [15]) / Yuhikaku 1999

(Co-edited)

Reform of the Public Bidding System / Earth Science Research Association 2001

"New Introduction to Modern Economic Law (Modern Law Series)" / Hōritsu Bunka Sha, 1997

"Commentary on the Antimonopoly Act" / Kōbundō, 1997

"Commentary on Economic Law" / Seirin Shobō, 1986

"Introduction to Modern Economic Law" / Hōritsu Bunka Sha, 1981

"Fundamentals of Antimonopoly Law (Practical Edition)" / Seirin Shobō Shinsha, 1977