Position:

• President, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
• Project Director for SIP (Strategic Innovation and Promotion Program) “AI Hospital Systems” assigned by the Japanese Prime Minister

Nationality:Japanese
Education: 

• Graduated from Osaka University Medical School in March 1977
• 1977 May Medical Doctor's License in Japan
• 1984 August Ph. D. of molecular genetics from Osaka University for a thesis entitled: "Sequences of cDNAs for human salivary and pancreatic alpha-amylases"

Occupation: 

• 1977 May - 1981 March Second Department of Surgery, Osaka University School of Medicine
• 1981 April - 1984 October Research fellow, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University
• 1984 October - 1988 December Research Associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Utah
• 1987 September - 1989 August Research Assistant Professor, Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah
• 1989 April - 1995 March Head of Biochemistry Department, Cancer Institute, Tokyo
• 1994 October – 2012 March Professor, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Medical Science The University of Tokyo
• 1995 April – 2011 January Director, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
• 1996 April - 1999 March, Professor, Department of Clinical Genetics, Osaka University School of Medicine
• 2000 April-2005 March Group leader for Genotyping, RIKEN SNP Research Center
• 2005 April-2010 March Director, RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine
• 2011 January-December
• Special Advisor to the Japanese Cabinet
• Secretary General, Office of Medical Innovation, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan
• 2012 April-2018 June Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Deputy Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago
• 2018 April-present Project Director for SIP (Strategic Innovation and Promotion Program) “AI Hospital Systems” assigned by the Japanese Prime Minister
• 2018 July-   Director of Cancer Precision Medicine Research Center, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research (Tokyo)
• 2022 April President, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition

Member in the Editorial (or Advisory) Board for

• Annals of Human Genetics
• Cancer Science (Editor 2002-2009, Editor-in-Chief 2009-2018)
• Cancer Research (Senior Editor 2004-2007, Deputy Editor 2008-2009)
• Cell Cycle
• Clinical Genetics
• Genes Chromosomes & Cancer
• Molecular Cancer Research
• International Journal of Oncology
• Journal of Human Genetics (Editor-in-Chief 1997-2007)
• Neoplasia
• Oncotarget
• Cancer Report

Members in

• Japan Society of Human Genetics (President, 2007-2010)
• Japanese Cancer Association (board member 2002-2013, President for the 2013 annual meeting)
• American Association of Cancer Research
• American Society of Human Genetics
• Science Council of Japan (2005-2012)
• Japanese Society of Cancer Molecular-targeted Therapy （President 2018-2021）

Awards

• 1991 Honorary Citizenship, The State of Maryland, USA
• 1992 Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Award
• 1993 The Research Award of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
• 1995 The Award of the Japanese Society of Human Genetics
• 1996 Takeda Medical Prize
• 2000 Keio Medical Science Prize
• 2002 The Tomizo Yoshida Award of the Japanese Cancer Association
• 2004 The Medal with a Purple Ribbon (for contributions to education and culture)
• 2006 Bulgarian Academy of Medical Science, Foreign Member
• 2010 Chen Award for Distinguished Academic Achievement in Human Genetic and Genomic Research (HUGO)
• 2011 Member, Association of American Physicians (AAP)
• 2011 Honorary Professor, Harbin Medical University
• 2011 IPIT Award
• 2013 Honorary Professor, Taipei Medical University
• 2014 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher
• 2016 Honorary Professor, China Medical University
• 2016 Miguel Aleman Foundation XXX Health Conference Award
• 2018 Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
• 2018 Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
• 2020 Clarivate Citation Laureate 2020
• 2021 Person of Cultural Merit (an official Japanese recognition and honor which is awarded annually to select people who have made outstanding cultural contributions.

Meeting organizer/president

• 2004 Co-chairman, Program Committee, AACR annual meeting
• 2010 JCA-AACR Cancer Conference Co-chairman with Prof. Peter Jones (at Waikoloa, Hawaii in February 5-9, 2010)
• 2013 Co-chairman, Program Committee, AACR annual meeting
• 2013 President, 72th JCA (Japan Cancer Association) meeting (at Yokohama in October 3-5, 2013)