- 2018/04 - 現在 RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research Chief Scientist
- 2015/04 - 2018/03 RIKEN Chief Scientist
- 2013/04 - 2015/03 RIKEN Chief Scientist
- 2008/04 - 2013/03 RIKEN Advanced Science Institute Chief Scientist
- 2007/04 - 2008/03 RIKEN Discovery Research Institute Chief Scientist
- 2006/04 - 2007/03 RIKEN Discovery Research Institute Visiting Chief Scientist
- 2003/03 - 2007/03 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA Professor
- 1999/07 - 2003/02 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA Associate Professor
- 1998/03 - 1999/06 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA Associate Investigator
- 1996 - 1998/02 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA Assistant Investigator
- 1995/09 - 1996 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA Senior Staff Investigator
- 1993 - 1995/08 University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Postgraduate Research Pharmacologist
- 1989/07 - 1993 University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA Postdoctoral Fellow
- 1989/04 - 1989/06 Kyoto University Graduate School of Science JSPS Fellow
- 1989/03 - Kyoto University Graduate School of Science Ph. D.
- 1984/03 - Kyoto University Faculty of Science B.S.