I am a Japanese national who grew up in Tokyo, Japan, but was born in Mexico City, in the year of the Dog. After studying and teaching philosophy in the United States, Europe, and China, I ended up specialising in East Asian and Japanese philosophy. I am currently serving as the editor of the "European Journal of Japanese Philosophy," and am the associate editor of the "Journal of East Asian Philosophy" (Springer). Currently I am also working as  the regional editor of the “Bloomsbury Introduction to World Philosophies” series.

My AOS is Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, and Existentialism. 

My philosophical education included programs in both North American and European institutions which cherished the “History of Philosophy,” while remaining critically inclusive of continental philosophy. As a result, my first entry into the area of East Asian and Japanese philosophy was a comparative/continental approach. I now examine the histories of East Asian and Japanese philosophies within the context of “world philosophies.” 

Most of my recent publications are dedicated to contemporary Japanese philosophy (especially the Kyoto School). However, with a view to teaching an introduction to world philosophies at the PPLS and in the UK academia, I am currently working on a comparative examination of Buddhist and Africana philosophy.