Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Yasushi Adachi i Izumiotsu, Osaka Prefecture, a i tipu ake ia i Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture. Whai muri i tana tohu i te Kura Tuarua o Osaka Ibaraki, ka haere ia ki te Whare Wananga o Kyoto, i reira ia i whiwhi ai i tana tohu Paetahi me te Tohu Paetahi mo te Hangarau. I te tau 1990, i uru atu ia ki te Manatū o te Tauhokohoko Tauhokohoko me te Ahumahi (MITI). I te tau 1998, i whiwhi ia i tana tohu Paetahi i roto i nga Whakawhanaungatanga o te Ao mai i te Whare Wananga o Columbia. I te tau 2013, i reti ia i te Manatū i muri i te
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