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Resume

Scientific Information †

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Area of Interest †

  • Climate change
  • Nonlinear wave dynamics
  • Atmospheric science
    • Air-sea interface physics
    • Typhoon dynamics
  • Disaster Research
    • Dynamics of wind waves, long waves, and tsunamis
    • Tropical cyclones and related disasters
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Professional Publications †


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Current major affiliation †

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Professional Experience †

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Full time †

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Part-time †

  • 1996
  • 1998-2003
  • 2001
  • 2008
    • Served as a part-time lecturer at the Department of Environmental Urban Engineering, Osaka City University, Japan
  • 2010
    • Served as a part-time lecturer at the Department of Environmental Energy Engineering, Gifu University, Japan
  • 2013-2015
    • Served as a part-time lecturer at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Setsunan University, Japan
  • 2014
    • Served as a part-time lecturer at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kumamoto University, Japan
  • 2020-Present
    • Technical advisor to Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan
  • 2020-2026
    • Honorary Professor, Swansea University, UK
  • 2021-2024
  • 2022
    • Visiting Professor, Hiroshima University, JP
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Award †

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Paper awards †

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Other Awards †

  • 2012 Prizes for Science and Technology in the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan
  • 2020 Director award, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
  • 2020 Director award, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
  • 2022 JSCE Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award, Kansai Airport Reconnaissance Project after Typhoon Jebi 2018.
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Educational Experience †

  • 1987-1991
    • Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
    • Awarded the degree of Bachelor of Civil Engineering
  • 1991-1993
    • Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
    • Awarded the degree of ME in coastal engineering for a thesis entitled "Wave Height Distribution of Nonlinear Random Waves", supervised by Professor Takashi Yasuda
  • 1993-1996
    • Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
    • Received Ph.D. for a thesis entitled "Effects of High-Order Nonlinear Wave-Wave Interactions on Ocean Waves", supervised by Professor Takashi Yasuda
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Academic Activities †

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Membership †

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Committee Member †

  • Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
    • Secretary, Professional Engineer Certification Division (2010/6-2013/3)
    • Editorial committee member, JSCE Journal Editorial Division (2011/6-2013/5)
    • Editorial board member, JSCE Journal Editorial Division (2015/6-2017/5)
    • Committee member, National Resilience Committee, Special WG of JSCE (2017/6-2018/5)
  • Coastal Engineering Division, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
    • Committee member, Coastal Engineering Division (2007/7-)
      • Vice-Chair (2021/6-2023/5)
      • Chair (2023/6-2025/5)
    • Committee member, Editorial Board, Coastal Engineering Division (2003/7-2020/10)
      • Chair (2014/11-2020/10)
    • Committee member, Public Relations, Coastal Engineering Division (2003/7-2014/11)
      • Chair (2011/6-2014/11), Vice-Chair (2007/7-2011/6)
    • Chair, Future concept committee, Coastal Engineering Division (2010/1-2011/5)
    • Vice-chair, Adaptation of climate change on coastal problems (2017-2019)
  • Other Divisions, Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
    • Committee member, Editorial Board, Ocean Engineering Division (2003/1-2009/12)
    • Committee member, Intelligent Infrastructure, Structural Engineering Division (2003/7-2005/6)
    • Secretary, Global Environment Division (2013-2015)
    • Committee member, Adaptation of climate change, Committee on Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering (2015-2017)
    • Committee member, River colloquium, Committee on Hydroscience and Hydraulic Engineering (2021-)
  • The Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics
    • Council member (2014/2-2016/1)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
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Editor †

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Editorial board member †

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Special issue †

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Organized Conferences †

  • Local organizing committee, The 8th International Symposium on Flow Modeling and Turbulence Measurements 2001 (FMTM2001), IAHR.
  • Local organizing committee, Asian and Pacific Coasts 2003 (APAC 2003), Second International Conference on Asian and Pacific Coasts, Coastal Engineering Committee, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Chinese Ocean Engineering Society and Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers.
  • Local organizing committee, Coastal Dynamics 2009, Tokyo.
  • Secretary, The 6th International Symposium on Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces 2010 Kyoto.
  • Local organizing committee, Coastal Structures 2011, Yokohama.
  • Local organizing committee, International Symposium on Earth-Science Challenges (ISEC) 2013, Kyoto.
  • Scientific committee, Coastlab16, 2016, Ottawa.
  • Technical abstract review committee, Coastal Dynamics 2017, Helsingør, Denmark
  • Scientific Committee, ICCE2018, 2018, Baltimore.
  • International Scientific Committee, The 8th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (ICWRER2019), June 14-18, 2019, Nanjing, China.
  • Scientific Committee, Coastlab2020, 2020, Zhejiang, China.
  • Local Organizing Committee, 2020, International Workshop Convection-Permitting Modeling for Climate Research, Japan.
  • Organizing, Committee, 2020, vICCE
  • Scientific Committee and Local Organizing Committee, 2021, International Workshop Convection-Permitting Modeling for Climate Research 2021, Japan.
  • Technical abstract review committee, Coastal Dynamics 2021, Delft, Netherlands
  • Local Organizing Committee, Asia Pacific Coasts 2023, 2023, Kyoto.
  • Scientific Committee, Coastlab24, 2024, Delft.
  • International Scientific Committee, The 5th International Symposium on Water Disaster Mitigation and Water Environment Regulation (WDWE2025)
  • Scientific Committee, 4th Workshop on Waves, Storm Surges and Coastal Hazards Incorporating the 18th International Waves Workshop, September 22-26, 2025, Santander, Spain
  • Local Organizing Committee, CMIP Community Workshop 2026, March 9-13, Kyoto, 2026
  • Scientific Committee, Coastlab26, 2026, Chennai
  • Scientific Committee, The 16th International Conference on Hydrodynamics (ICHD 2026), 2026, Macao
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Reviewer (the last few years) †

I served as a reviewer for the above journals in the last several years.

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Social Services †

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Central government in Japan †

  • Committee member, Damage analysis and countermeasure for TC Jebi committee, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), 2018.
  • Committee member, Japan support committee for IPCC WG1, 2018-present.
  • Committee member, Adaptation for climate change in Japanese coasts, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), 2019-2020.
  • Committee member, Measure for storm surge in Osaka bay area, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), 2019-2020.
  • Committee member, Climate change and extreme hazard committee, Ministry of the Environment, 2020-present.
  • Committee member, Kumano river development committee, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), 2020-2022.
  • Committee chair, Climate Change Consortium for coastal protection, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), 2021-present.
  • Committee member, Committee for protection and flooding countermeasures of port facilities against storms, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), 2021.
  • Committee member, Committee for Shimo-Niikawa coastal protection, Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), 2021-present.
  • Committee member, Committee for Disaster-weather information, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), 2022-present.
  • Committee member, Committee for Volcanic tsunami warning, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), 2022
  • Committee member, Committee for River Erosion Control Technical Standard Review, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), 2021-present.
  • Committee Member, Technical Review Committee for Implementation of Climate Change Adaptation Measures in Ports and Harbors, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), 2022-present
  • Committee Member, Working Group on Climate Change Impacts (Natural disasters and Coastal region), Ministry of the Environment, 2022-Present
  • Committee member, Technical Development Study Group on Climate Change
  • Expert Member, Council on Social Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), 2023-present
  • Committee member, Advisory Committee on Climate Change, Evaluation and Review Subcommittee, Japan Meteorological Agency,2023-present
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Regional and other public sectors in Japan †

  • Committee member, Future earthquake damage investigation committee, Shiga Prefecture, 2013.
  • Committee member, Climate change risk management committee, The Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 2013-present
  • Committee member, Future earthquake and tsunami damage investigation committee, Shimane Prefecture, 2015-2017.
  • Committee member, Water Hazard Research Committee, General Insurance Rating Organization of Japan, 2015-2017.
  • Committee member, Council of River Structure Osaka Prefecture, 2019-2020.
  • Committee member, Evacuation from storm surge, Hyogo Prefecture, 2019-present.
  • Committee chair, Weather-related natural disasters, General Insurance Rating Organization of Japan, 2019-
  • Committee member, Climate change impact on Hokkaido coasts, Hokkaido Regional Development Bureau, 2020-2022.
  • Committee member, Development of storm surge prediction system, Hyogo Prefecture, 2020.
  • Committee member, Adaptation Measures, Hokkaido Prefecture, 2022-2023.
  • Committee member, Advisory committee for coastal plan considering climate change, Shimane Prefecture, 2022-present
  • Council member, Council of Coastal Plan, Osaka Prefecture, 2022-present
  • Chair, Coastal Conservation Basic Plan Revision Committee, Hyogo Prefecture, 2024-present
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Universities, research organizations, and international agencies †

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Private sectors †

  • Advisor, H3 Inc., Japan, 2014-present
  • Committee member, Wave modeling committee, Coastal Development Institute of Technology, Japan，2015-2017.
  • Committee member, Damaged analysis for TC Jebi committee, Kansai Airport, 2018-2019.
  • Technical Advisor, OneConcern, USA/Japan, 2020-2023
  • Technical Advisor, Sompo Japan Digital Ventures, Japan, 2020-2021
  • Committee member, Coastal Technology Strategy Committee, Japan Institute of Country-ology and Engineering (JICE), Japan, 2021-present
  • Committee member, Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai disaster Committee, JICA, Japan, 2022