Senior Advisor
Professional Background:
1981: Joined Canon Inc.
2001–2006: Senior General Manager, Canon Europe Limited (Head of Canon EMEA Intellectual Property)
2006–2008: Senior General Manager, Intellectual Property Technology Center, Intellectual Property & Legal Headquarters, Canon Inc.
2008–2010: Senior Director, Canon USA Inc. (Head of Americas Intellectual Property)
2010–2023: Head of Intellectual Property & Legal Headquarters, Canon Inc. (Appointed Executive Officer in 2010, Director in 2012, Managing Executive Officer in 2016, Senior Managing Executive Officer in 2021)
2020–: Visiting Professor, Innovation Management Research Department, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
2022–2023: Head of Economic Security Office, Canon Inc. (concurrently)
2023–2025: Advisor, Canon Inc.
2024–: Advisor, Takaoka IP
2024–: Visiting Professor, Osaka Institute of Technology
Key Leadership Positions and Committee Memberships:
2015–2019: President, Japan Intellectual Property Protection Association (AIPPI)
2019–: Vice Chairperson, Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)
2020–2023: Chairperson, Intellectual Property Planning Subcommittee, Intellectual Property Committee, Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)
2022–2024-: President, Licensing Executives Society Japan (LES Japan)
2022–: Member, Economic Security Expert Meeting, Cabinet Office
2023–: Member, Intellectual Property Committee, Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Awards:
2015: Awarded the Intellectual Property Achievement Award by the Japan Patent Office in the Fiscal Year 2015 (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award)
2024:Awarded the Invention Encouragement Service Award by Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation in the Fiscal Year 2024
