Satoru has held various positions in the Japanese Government, UN, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Asian Disaster Reduction Center. At the wake of the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004, he coordinated the Japanese Government technical assistance to the affected countries. In the process of formulating SFDRR, he was the advisory member to UN SRSG for disaster risk reduction. In 2018 he was appointed as professor at DMRC of Nagoya University. He is the lead author of International Science Council’s Policy Brief “Closing the Gap between Science and Practice at Local Levels to Accelerate Disaster Risk Reduction” published in May 2022. Starting 2023, he is the Senior Advisor to JICA for disaster reduction strategy and also a specially appointed professor at IRIDeS Tohoku University.