■ Present Status (May 1, 2006)

Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism at Musashi University.

Director of the Japan Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication.

A Commissioner of the Motion Picture Code of Ethics (Eirin) of Japan.

Deputy director of  the Broadcasting Program Council of BS-Fuji Telecasting Company.

　

■ Brief Profile

       Born and raised in Tokyo, Japan.

         After finishing her study at Ochanomizu Women's University in 1965, she started her career as an anchor of Fuji-TV Company, which was one of the major commercial network stations in Japan.

The company had a prejudice against women.  Female anchors were supposed to resign after four years  from their college graduation.  Appealing the company to let female workers continue to work, they partially succeeded in working for two additional years.  She worked for six years for the company altogether.

Then she was given a full scholarship for studying abroad for the first time from the College Women’s Association of Japan. In 1972, she came to the U.S. to broaden her horizons while completing  a graduate study for Master's degree at Francisco State University.

She participated in the First World Women’s Conference held at Mexico City right after she finished her graduate study in 1975.  In 1980 she finished her course study for the Doctoral course at Ochanomizu  Women'sUniversity.  She worked as a freelance writer, TV anchor, and instructor of a few Universities.

In 1985 she became a professor at Fukushima Women’s College.  In 1990 she became a professor at Edogawa University.  In 1995 she became a professor at Musashi University teaching for both graduate and undergraduate students.

       She was a visiting scholar at E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University between April 2000 and March 2001.

      She assumed deanship between April  2001 and March 2003.  She was appointed for the director of Musashi Research Institute from April 2004 to March 2006.

　

■ Academic Career

1965	Graduated from Ochanomizu Women's University
1972	Received scholarship from the College Women’s Association of Japan
1972-1975	Studied in the Master’s Course at San Francisco State University, Master of Arts.
1973	Received the scholarship from ALTRUSA
1976-1980	Studied in the Doctoral Course at Ochanomizu Women's University
1980-1985	Lecturer of the National Institute for Media Education
1985-1990	Professor of Fukushima Women's College
1990-1995	Professor of Edogawa University
1995	Part time Lecturer at University of Tokyo
1995-Present	Professor, Musashi University
2001-2003	Dean, College of Sociology, Musashi University
2004-2006	Director, Musashi Research Institute
2005-2006	Part time Lecturer at Keio University

 

■ Major Activities in the Society

1965-1971	TV Anchor for Fuji Telecasting Company (Network station)
1975-1985	Free-lance TV Anchor, writer, and part time lecture at several universities.
1991-2000	Committee member for NHK Teletext Council
1994-1999	Columnist for "Iitai hodan" (Essay on Broadcasting and Communications) on the Tokyo Shimbun Newspaper.
1996-1998	Committee Member of the Juvenile Problem Council of Tokyo Metropolitan Government
1996-2000	Commissioner of the Council for Betterment of Broadcasting Programs
1997- Present	Commissioner of the Administration Commission of Motion Picture Ethics Code
1999-Present	Member of the board of directors at the Japan Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication
2000-Present	Committee member of the Council of the broadcasting Program of  BS Fuji. Deputy chairperson since 2005.

    

■　Publications (Reports)

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