| 1946 | Born in Kyoto，Japan |
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| 1965-1969 | Department of Photography，College of Ar t. Nihon University Apprenticed himself to photographer Shigeichi Nagano outside the university |
| 1969-2005 | Mainichi Newspapers |
| 1969 -1975 | Worked as a photography her belonging to the photo department |
| 1975 -1984 | Carnera Mainichi，Editorial Department Edited Camera Mainichi，its separated volume ，New Nude，and others |
| 1983-1984 | Participant in the Japanese Government Overseas Study Program for Artists Received training at the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film in Rochester，New York ，U.S.A |
| 1987 | Worked as a curator for a ten-man show，"Empathy: Contemporary Japanese Photography (Daido Moriyama and others)，" held at three places in the United States |
| 1992 | Exhibition “Looks of the Eye: Faces in the Political Column，"Ginza Nikon Salon Tokyo，Japan |
| 1995 | Serial newspaper photographs: "Sengo 50nenrek; no danso (Discrepancy - the Fittieth Anniversary Year of the End ot World War 11)，" The Ma;n;ch;，which won the Tokyo Press Photographers Association Award for Photo Project |
| 2000 | Exhibitions: "Towns in the Kanmon Area (Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu)，" Ginza Canon Salon，Tokyo，Japan |
| 2001 | Exhibition“The Other Side of the Alley，"Ginza Nikon Salon，Tokyo，Japan |
| 2003 | Publication: When Pass;ng through theAlley: Kanda. Tokyo: Sokyusha |
| 2005 | Exhibition "Time and Place the Scene Leads to，" Shinjuku Nikon Salon，Tokyo，Japan |
| 2005-2013 | Professor，Kyushu Zokei Art College Taught Photography |
| 2010 | Publication: common NAGASAKI: 65 Years after A-bomb. Tokyo: Mado-sha |
| 2011 | Exhibitions: "Common Nagasaki，" Gallery Sokyusha ，Tokyo ，Japan，and Aidem Photo Gallery Sirius，Tokyo，Japan (February) “Common Nagasaki，" Nagasaki Prefectural Art Museum，Nagasaki，Japan (July) “Common Nagasaki，" Fukuoka Asian Art Museum，Fukuoka ，Japan (September) |
| 2013 | Exhibition “Photo Exhibition Commemorating to Professor Akira Matsumura's Retirement，" Museum of Kyushu Sangyo University，Fukuoka，Japan |
| 2014 | Exhibition Akira Matsumura Documentary Photo Exhibition，" Gallery Omichi，Oita ，Japan（February） "Town : Fukuoka"(celebrating the opening of Matsumura Akira Photo School), Photo Massage,Fukuoka,Japan(May) |
| 2015 | Publication:Evidence NAGASAKI TOKYO:Toseisha Exhibition:"Evidence NAGASAKI Common Nagasaki,Within 1km of GROUND ZERO," JCII Tokyo,Japan(June) FCCJ Tokyo,Japan(August) |