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| 1982 | | Ph.D. in Engineering from Graduate School of Engineering, Keio University |
| 1983-1988 | | Instructor at Keio University |
| 1988-1992 | | Assistant Professor at Keio University |
| 1989-1990 | | Research Staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories |
| 1992-1997 | | Associate Professor at Keio University |
| 1997-present | | Professor at Keio University |
| 2003-2004 | | Visiting Professor at Tohoku University |
| 2004-2008 | | Director of Keio Leading-edge Laboratory of Science and Technology |
| 2007-present | | Honorary Doctorate of Eindhoven University of Technology |
| 2008-present | | Chair of Committee for Research Exchange and Promotion, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University |
| 2009-present | | Affiliate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Department,University of Washington |
| 2010-present | | Director of Keio Photonics Research Institute |
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| 1994-present | | General Chair of POF Consortium |
| 1995-1998 | | Project Leader of Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology “High-Speed POF Project |
| 1998-present | | General Chair of International Cooperative of Plastic Optical Fiber (ICPOF) |
| 1998-2001 | | Chair of POF Interface Standardization committee in Electronic Industries Association of Japan (EIAJ)
(Budget of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) |
| 1998-2001 | | Project Leader of Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan
(Budget of Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications) “Plastic Optical Fiber Project” |
| 2000-2006 | | Director of ERATO "Koike Photonics Polymer Project"
(in JST, Budget of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) |
| 2001-2006 | | Deputy, the Society of Polymer Science |
| 2002-2007 | | Project Leader of GigaHouse TownTM Project of Keio Engineering Fundation |
| 2004-2006 | | Selection committee of “SCOPE” Information and Communications Policy site, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| 2005 | | Selection committee member for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, The Society for the Promotion of Science |
| 2005-present | | Director of Solution Oriented Research for Science and Technology (ERATO-SORST) Project,
(in JST, Budget of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) |
| 2006-2007 | | Committee member of The Japan Association of Private Colleges and Universities (JAPCU) |
| 2006-2008 | | Board member, the Society of Polymer Science |
| 2006-2008 | | Member of Science Council of Japan |
| 2007-2009 | | Councilor of The Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan |
| 2008-2010 | | Director, the Chemical Society of Japan |
| 2009-present | | Editorial Board member of the Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry |
| 2010-present | | Committee member of NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories |
| 2010-present | | Core Researcher, Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology (FIRST Program)
supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
| 2010-present | | 30th Board member, the Society of Polymer Science, Japan |
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| 1989 | | SPE Electrical & Electronics Division Best Paper Award, ANTEC 1988,
"Gradient-Index Polymer Materials and Their Optical Devices" |
| 1994 | | SPE International Engineering and Technology Award -Fred O. Conley Award-
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| 1995 | | 1995 Nikkei BP Technology Award, Information System Prize |
| 1996 | | Office of Naval Research 50th Anniversary, Distinguished International Lecturer,
"Polymers for Optical Applications"
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| 1996 | | 12th Sakurai Award, Optoelectronic Industry and Technology Development Association |
| 1997 | | Society for International Display (SID)
1996 International Symposium Best Poster Paper Award |
| 1997 | | The Japan Society of Applied Physics Sponsored International Meeting MOC/GRIN Best Paper Award |
| 2000 | | The Award of the Society of Fiber Science and Technology, Japan
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| 2001 | | Keio Gijuku Award |
| 2001 | | 42nd Fujihara Award, The Fujihara Foundation of Science |
| 2003 | | 2002th The Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan |
| 2005 | | 2004th Takayanagi Award for Technological Achievement |
| 2006 | | Medal with Purple Ribbon from Palace |
| 2007 | | The 2007 MOC Award |
| 2009 | | Selected as "Nice Step Scientist" by National Institute of Science and Technology Policy for distinguished contribution
"Fundamental research and realization of high-speed plastic optical fiber" to the science and technology in 2009. |
| 2010 | | Best Paper Award of 2009 by the Japan Society of Polymer Processing
"Design of Zero Zero-birefringence Polymers for Injection Molded Products with Low Birefringence,"
Seikei-Kakou, Vol21(7), pp.426-435, 2009. |
