Secretary General of the Organizing Committee

Professor at Rikkyo University, Department of Education, Tokyo, Japan

He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Keio University. His research interests lie in phenomenology, philosophy of mind, and theoretical psychology. He has also been conducting collaborative research on the education for children/persons with disability from the phenomenological perspective. He is also concerned in environmental philosophy, environmental ethics, and environmental aesthetics.

He is a member of the executive board of many academic societies, including the Philosophical Association of Japan, the Philosophy of Science Society of Japan, and the Japanese Society for Philosophical Practice.

Major publications (books, all in Japanese):
Ma'ai as distancing: An Exploration of Ecological Phenomenology (2022),
Thinking by oneself and speaking by oneself: Philosophy lessons for raising children (revised edition)（2021）,
When People Talk, They Are Not Thinking: A Philosophy of Dialogue and Thought (2019),
Phenomenology of the Environment (2016),
Phenomenology of Body and Special Needs Education (2015), etc.