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Osamu Sakura
Dr Osamu Sakura is a professor and dean of the Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies at the University of Tokyo, Japan. His research centres on the general and theoretical aspects of science communication. His main interests are neuroethics and the social aspects of AI and robotics. He has also been engaged in investigating the relationship between experts and local people in the Fukushima disaster area. He taught in Yokohama National University (1993–2000) and worked as a visiting scholar at the University of Freiburg (1995–96), before moving to his current position. He has published extensively in the academic field, both in peer-reviewed journals and in monographs.