Biography 2011-Present: Professor. Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan. 2002-2011: Section Chief, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan. 1997-1999: Guest Researcher, National Institute of Health, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD USA. 1994-2002: Senior Research Officer, National Institute of Public Health, Tokyo, Japan. 1984-1994: Researcher, Shionogi Research Laboratories, Osaka ,Japan. 1984: Graduated from Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Univ. , Sendai, Japan.