Born in Hokkaido, Junichi Iijima in 1983 received his PhD in systems theory at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
[1] In 1981 Junichi Iijima had started his academic career as assistant professor of the Department of Systems Science of the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Junichi Iijima's research interests are in the field of mathematical systems theory and information systems, more specific "decision support, group support, and organization-ware.
"[2] In his own words: "I especially have a great interest on Information Systems Development Methodology aligned with Business Architecture, as well as mobile commerce and IT Investments.
My philosophy is 'a rolling stone gathers no moss'..."[3] His current interest is on DEMO (Design & Engineering Methodology for Organizations) and IT-CMF (IT Capability Maturity Framework).