Sankei Shimbun
is a Japanese engineer, professor, and writer. Since 1994 he has been a professor at Doshisha University, where he oversees the Intelligent System Design Laboratory (ISDL). He received his graduate degree from Osaka University in 1978. In addition to his academic research on parallel computing and intelligent systems, he has written opinion columns for "Sankei Shimbun" on education, technology, and employment.