He earned his doctoral degree in Law (LL.D.) from Nagoya University in March 2010. He received a Fulbright scholarship to conduct dissertation research concerning the U.S.’s stance on nuclear nonproliferation at George Washington University 2008-09. His recent publications in Japanese include “Japan’s Attitude toward Antarctica from 1910 to 1963: At the Intersection of Idealism and Realism,” and “The initiative and setback of the “Asian Nuclear Center”: an aspect of the Eisenhower Administration’s East Asian diplomacy.” Before joining Hiroshima University, he worked as an Assistant Professor of International Relations at Nagoya College, 2011-13, and an Associate Fellow at the Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 2009-11.