Education
Master of Science, Osaka University, Suita, Japan, 1985.
Master of Science, Osaka University, Suita, Japan, 1985.
Assistant professor Osaka University, 1988—2000. Research unit reader National Research Institute Metals, Tsukuba, Japan, 2000—2001. Professor Kobe University, Japan, since 2001.
Married Nobuko Yasuda. Children: Sae, Ken.