| 2017–2020 | Provost, Kyoto University |
| 2014–2020 | Executive Vice-President for Strategy Coordination, Research, Planning, and Hospital Administration, Kyoto University |
| 2010–2014 | Dean, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University |
| 1992–2016 | Professor, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University |
| 1998–2009 | Professor, Department of Bioregulation, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University (joint appointment) |
| 1989–1992 | Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical School |
| 1980–1989 | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical School |
| 1977–1980 | Research Associate, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA |
| 1975–1977 | Resident, Chest Disease Research Institute Hospital, Kyoto University |
| 1975 | Graduated from the School of Medicine, Kyoto University |
