Primary Job Title Manager of Silicon Valley Office Primary Organization 
The Asahi Shimbun Company
Location Palo Alto, California, United States Regions San Francisco Bay Area, Silicon Valley, West Coast Gender Male
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With over 15 years experience in the digital content business, Hiro is currently serving as a Manager of the representative office in Silicon Valley at The Asahi Shimbun Media Lab, which is the open innovation office, to start new exciting businesses for the newspaper. He is investing in media and relative domain start-ups with strong passion.
Hiro previously worked for a photonics labs of the NTT, a leading telecom company in Japan, as a research scientist of semiconductor laser diode for optical amplifier. He also engaged in research on quantum wires/dots and photonic crystal structures.
Hiro received a B.S. degree from University of Electro Communications, a M.S. from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in 1993 and 1995, respectively.
