He received Ph.D. in Area Studies from Sophia University (Tokyo, Japan) in 2012, and B.A. in Cross Cultural Studies from Kobe University (Hyogo, Japan) in 2006. Previously, he served as an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs in Harvard Kennedy School in 2013-2014, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) / Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 2012-2013, and as a Research Fellow of the Japan Forum on International Relations (JFIR) in 2011.