Bio:

Researcher on wellbeing and haptics

Awards

- Mainichi Publication Culture Award (2015).
- Ars Electronica Prix Honorary mention (2011, 2004).
- Japan Media Art Festival, Excelence Award (2008), and Jury Selections(2006, 2007, 2017).
- Journal: Transactions of the Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Best Paper Award (2017, 2002).

Academic Activities

- Japanese Psychonomic Society Committee for Developing Teaching Materials
- Special Interest Group on Art & Entertainment, the Virtual Reality Society of Japan
- Visiting Professor
- Visiting Associate Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology (2012-2019)

Publications

- Expression based on cognitive science, Junji Watanabe, Shinyosha, 2020 (in Japanese)
- Sports Guide Without Sight, Asa Ito, Junji Watanabe, Akiko Hayashi, Shobunsha, 2020 (in Japanese)
- Towards Collective Wellbeing, Junji Watanabe, Dominick Chen, Hideyuki Ando, Kyosuke Sakakura, Aiko Murata, BNN Inc., 2020 (in Japanese)
- Information Umwelt, Junji Watanabe, Asa Ito, Dominick Chen, Hisato Ogata, Arina Tsukada, NTT publishing, 2019 (in Japanese)
- Somatic intelligence for generating information, Junji Watanabe, Kagakudojin, 2014 (in Japanese)
- Media for life, Junji Watanabe, Hiroya Tanaka, Jun Fujiki, Kazushi Maruya, Kyosuke Sakakura, Dominick Chen, Shunjusha, 2010 (in Japanese)