[1][2] She became an assistant professor in the faculty of science at Gakushuin University, and remained there until 1991, when she moved to Yokohama National University as an associate professor in the faculty of education.
From 1996 to 2014 she was a professor in the graduate school of national science at Chiba University.
She was inspector general for the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science from 2014 to 2018, and took her present position as fellow at the Toyota Research Institute in 2018.
[1][2] She won the award of the Chemical Society of Japan in 2012, and in the same year was given a commendation by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
In 2014 she won the award of the Japan Society for Molecular Science.