Yasushi supports partners such as Universities, NGOs, Space agencies, and governments in the Asia-Pacific region. He also has experience at JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, researching the moon through remote sensing and lunar soil brought back to Earth by the Apollo 16 mission. Before Google, he was PM for various mobile services, and is an inventor of multiple patents. He received a bachelors from Keio University, masters in Planetary Science from The University of Tokyo, and MBA from Carnegie Mellon University.