무기·재료화학, 조정(조합)화학 및 porous coordination polymers / metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) 연구
특히 유기–무기 하이브리드 구조체 및 다공성 결정성 구조체의 합성 및 물성 연구

1979~1983: Kindai University Assistant Professo
1992~1998: Tokyo Metropolitan University Professor of Inorganic Chemistry
1998~현재 Kyoto University Professor of Inorganic Functional Chemistry
2024 Kyoto University Executive Vice-President for Research Promotion
2025 Korea University Distinguished Professor(겸임) 임명

2003 Chemical Society of Japan Prize
2008 Humboldt Research Prize
2010 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates
2011 Medal with Purple Ribbon
2013 De Gennes Prize
2016 Japan Academy Prize
2019 Emanuel Merck Lectureship
2023 Fellow of the Royal Society
2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2025 Person of Cultural Merit & Order of Culture