There, his research and teaching relates to the prevention and analysis of natural disasters, and how climate change might have an effect on them. He received his Ph.D. in coastal engineering from Yokohama National University in Japan in 2007, and then he continued his work with Post-Doctoral Fellowships and the UNU Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) and at Kyoto University. He is currently also a Visiting Research Fellow at the UNU-IAS.