Professor

Faculty of Economics

Kyoto-Gakuen University
Nanjo
Sogabe-cho, Kameoka 621

TEL: (0771) 22-2001
FAX: (0771) 29-2239
E-MAIL: vyc00062@niftyserve.or.jp

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  business administration and management; entrepreneurship; general economics; industrial and manufacturing competitiveness; industry studies; Japanese competitiveness; small business, family firms
• GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY
  economic geography; mega-cities
• HISTORY
  economic history
• POLITICS, GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE
  economic policy; economic regulation; industrial policy
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  community organizations and development; urban society and urbanization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Chief Secretary to Chairman, Kyocera Corporation, 1987-91; President, Community Research Institute, 1980-87; Secretary General, Kyoto Committee for Economic Development, 1975-80; Chief Researcher, CDI, 1972-75.

IN US: repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

Regional Economy in Japan (Jitsumu Kyoiku Shuppansha, 1994); A Study on Regional Performance (Minerva Publishing, 1986); "En": A Study of Japanese City Life (Toshi Bunkasha, 1985).