I read this a few days ago somewhere, but all they said was that he was working at NOA, which made little to no sense whatsoever. NST makes a lot more sense. Interestingly enough, he was the featured interview in last month's Nintendo Power. It was a good interview, but he wasn't working on any new games releasing on a Nintendo platform anytime soon, so it made me kinda scratch my head and wonder why in the world he was in that month's issue.
Though I wouldn't read too much into that connection, since Nintendo Power hasn't been officially affiliated with NOA or NCL for years. Funny coincidence nonetheless. Guess he'll have to move up to Redmond (or is NST in Seattle?). Apparently from the NP interview, he lives in the SF Bay area, loves living in the US in general, been living here since Sonic 2 or 3?