Professor of Jumonji University

Director of Asian Nutrition and Food Culture Research Center,

Professor Emeritus of Tokushima University,

Professor Emeritus of Ochanomizu University,

Honorable Professor of Hanoi Medical University

Education  BS in Nutrition from Tokushima U

MS in Nutrition from Columbia U (Fulbright scholar)  

PhD in Nutrition from Tokushima U

Research has focused on public nutrition and published more than 500 articles in international and domestic journals and books.

Other Supervision of more than 300 Japanese and international graduate students.  Academic Prize of Japanese Society of Food and Nutrition 1998 and JDA1999, Chairperson of Board for Japanese School Lunch DRIs 2007 and 2010, Secretary General of ICD 2009 Yokohama, President’s Award at the 50^th Anniversary of the Japan Dietetic Association,  Japanese Minister of Education Award 2009,  International Advisor at ICN 2009 Thailand and ACD 2010 Thailand and 2014 Taiwan and the Vietnam Minister of Health Award 2011.