Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology

(Professorial) Research Associate, University of Sydney

Fellow of the DFG-Research group “Russian-Language Poetry in transition” (FOR 2603)

2017–2018: President of the Oriental Society of Australia

2007–2008: Head of English, National University Corporation, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2006–2013: Joint Professor, Graduate Department of Value and Decision Science, National University Corporation, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2004–2013: Vice-President of the International Association of Japanese Studies

2003–2013: Professor, Foregin Language Research and Teaching Centre, National University Corporation, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2001–2009: Editor of the Journal of Oriental Society of Australia

1998–2001: Head, Department of Modern Languages, University of Newcastle

1992–2003: Foundation Professor of Japanese, Department of Modern Languages, University of Newcastle

1992–1995: President of the Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA)

1988–1999: Vice-President of the Sydney Society of Literature and Aesthetics

1987–1992: Senior Lecturer in Japanese, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Sydney

1982: doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Japanese, University of Sydney

1981–1987: Tenured Lecturer in Japanese, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Sydney

1979–1981: Probationary Lecturer in Japanese, Department of Oriental Studies, University of Sydney

1975: Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours) in Japanese, University of Sydney

1969: Awarded HSC after graduating Fort Street High School, Sydney