I am a scholar, translator, and Zen Buddhist priest based in the mountains of Niigata, Japan. I serve as the 17th-generation abbot of Keigakuji (慶覺寺), a small Soto Zen temple, while working as a Japanese–English translator specializing in medical, scientific, and technical communications.
My academic work explores how societies can govern complex technologies through democratic processes rather than expert-driven control. I hold a PhD in Science & Technology Studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was a visiting researcher at Stanford University’s Human-Centered AI Institute and Center for International Security and Cooperation.
I am currently writing a book on AI governance and translating Fumio Masutani’s The 100 Stories of Buddhism — two projects that, in different ways, address how we might live wisely amid complexity and uncertainty.
