Mr. Wataru Tanaka is Principal Urban Planner and Designer at NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD. Since joining NIKKEN in 1988, he
has been playing significant roles in large-scale urban developments in Japan, including Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo Inner Harbour District and Nagoya Station District. Since 2008, his main focus has expanded to international urban and landscape design projects covering China, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Middle East regions, where he has been applying his vast experience to a variety of master planning and design projects. Since 2013, he has been giving lectures related to TOD / Smart City / Public Space Design at various international workshops hosted by the World Bank, OECD, UITP, and by other overseas governments and academic institutions.