Visiting Researcher, Institute for Grief Care Studies, Sophia University / Lecturer, Human Resource Development Course
Anthropology of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Comparative Culture
Studied abroad at the Department of Sociology, University of Essex, from 1997-98; subsequently earned PhD credits from Soka University in 1999. PhD (Sociology). After working at the National Museum of Japanese History and the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, is now currently a Visting Researcher at the Institute for Grief Care Studies at Sophia University.