He is currently a professor at Kobe Gakuin University (and Doshisha University) and a visiting professor at Oxford University, UK, after working as a joint researcher at Kyoto Prefectural University, a contract lecturer at Ritsumeikan University, a full-time lecturer at Meiji Gakuin University, a visiting exchange professor at Hope College in the USA and an associate professor at Kobe Gakuin University. He gained MA in Applied Translation, University of Exeter, UK, MPhil in Corpus Linguistics and Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from the University of Birmingham, UK. His publications include Parallel Corpus Linguistics (Kaitakusha), Frontiers of Linguistic Analysis (Kinseido), Frontiers of Applied Linguistics (Kinseido), Introduction to Global Communication Studies (Sanseido), Dictionary of Latest English Studies and Linguistics Terms (Kaitakusha), Comprehensive English Textbook with the Movie “Love Actually” (Shohakusha) and Hospitality Communication: Learning Omotenashi English in Practical Form (Sanshusha), Wisdom English-Japanese Dictionary, 3rd edition (Sanseido), Wisdom English-Japanese Dictionary, 4th edition (Sanseido), Daily Concise English-Japanese Dictionary, 9th edition (Sanseido), Evaluative Meanings and Disciplinary Values: A Corpus-Study of Adjective Patterns in Research Articles in Applied Linguistics and Business Studies (LAP), and many others.