Currently, Professor, Kyoto University of Art and Design; Director, Earth Literacy Program; Committee Member, Reconstruction Design Council, Japanese Government, for Tohoku earthquake. Inventor and Director, Tangible Earth; has been exhibited at the Toyako G8 Summit (2008), GOP 15 (2009), TED-Tokyo (2009), etc. Media producer known for cutting-edge IT-driven social activities. 1996, produced Sensorium, a virtual pavilion for the online Internet World Expo. Since 2012, Information Design Adviser, Global Assessment Report 2013, UNISDR. Engaged in social-ware, Earth Literacy Program, a non-profit run as a base for activities. Awards: Golden Nica prize in the Internet division, Arts Electronica Festival, Linz, Austria (1997); Golden Award in Good Design for Tangible Earth, Japan (2005).