|  Academic and Professional Qualifications  Ph.D (Japanese History), April 1996 
                             
                                | Department of East Asian Studies, 
                                    Princeton University. |   
                                | Specialty: | Early Modern and Modern Japanese History |   
                                | Subfields: | Medieval Japanese History and Modern Chinese 
                                    History |   
                                | Dissertation Topic: | "The I Ching in Tokugawa Thought and Culture" |   
                                | Dissertation Supervisors and Referees: |   
                                | 
                                         Marius B. Jansen, Emeritus Professor 
                                            of Japanese HistoryMartin C. Collcutt, Professor of Japanese 
                                            History, Chair Ying-shih Yu 
 ]p, Professor of Chinese
                                           History |  Master of Arts (Japanese History), 
                            April 1992 
                          
                            | Department
                                of East Asian Studies, Princeton University .  |  
                            |  Academic Advisor:  | Marius B. Jansen |  Master of International Affairs (Sino-Japanese 
                            Relations), April 1988  
                             
                                | Department of Area Studies, University 
                                    of Tsukuba, Japan. |   
                                | Master's Thesis: | u åĶą¶É©ēźéś{ŲŻĢ©
 v("Huang Tsun-hsien in Japan: A Study of the 
                                    okochi Documen")
 This research was awarded the Kinomiya Yasuhiko 
                                    Prize for Sino-Japanese Cultural
 Interchange in Japan, October 1987
 |   
                                | Academic Advisor: | Masashi Ando |  Bachelor of Arts (1st Class Honors; 
                            Major: Japanese & Chinese History), September 
                            1985  
                             
                                | Department of History, Chinese 
                                    University of Hong Kong. |   
                                | Senior Thesis: |  u“ājcå{I Æ{¶³ē 
 v("The Role of Waseda University in Educating
                                        the Chinese in the Late
 Ch'ing
 Period")
 |   
                                | Academic Advisor: | Yue-him Tam |   Visiting Researcher and Non-Degree Graduate
                        Studies 
                          
                            | 1. Kansai
                                University , Foreign Researcher, June-July 2003 |  
                            | 2. University
                                of Tokyo , Japan (Japanese History), July 1993
                                - September 1994 |  
                            | @ | Advisor: | Hiroshi Watanabe |  
                            | 3. University
                                of British Columbia , Canada (Japanese History),
                                September 1988 -May 1989 |  
                            |  | Advisor: | Robert Kramer |  
                            | 4. Ewha
                                University, Korea (Korean Studies), Summer 1992. |   Membership of Professional Organizations   
                          
                            | 1.  American
                            Historical Association ( USA )  |  
                            | 2.  Association
                                for Asian Studies ( USA )  |  
                            | 3.  Sino-Japanese
                                Studies Group ( USA )  |  
                            | 4.  Japan
                                Anthropology Workshop ( Japan )  |  
                            | 5.  China-Japanese
                                Sociological Society ( Japan )  |  
                            | 6.  Shibusawa
                                International Research Group ( Japan )  |  |