Digital Architect, venture capitalist, entrepreneur, author, and scholar. He works to respond to complex challenges such as education, our democracy and governance, and redesigning systems of scholarship and science. He has served as Director of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. and as a director of Sony and The New York Times. He is a member of the board of directors of Digital Garage, Inc. He is a member of the Digital Agency's Digital Society Planning Council. He became president of the Chiba Institute of Technology from July 2023. He is the Co-founder of Neurodiversity School in Tokyo. He is the author of many books, including "AI-Driven AI de Shinka suru Jinrui no Hatarakikata” (SB Shinsho), “(Revised Edition) Kon-niche toshiteno Technology: AI, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain” (Kodansha Bunko).