Completed the doctoral program in Applied Sociology at the Graduate School of Sociology, Ritsumeikan University in March 1991. Holds a Ph.D. in Sociology. Joined the faculty of the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology at Toyo University in April 1992 and continues to teach to this day. Visiting Researcher at the Collège de France for one year starting April 2001, and Visiting Professor at the University of São Paulo for one year starting April 2024. Specializes in sociological theory (Bourdieu's sociology, social interaction theory) and the sociocultural study of Japanese immigrants in Brazil.
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Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Sociology
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