Research Interests:

Recent Publication

• "Has Incineration Replaced Recycling? Evidence from OECD Countries," with Tom Kinnaman, Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15, no. 4, 3234, 2023 (DOI).
• "Environmental Policy and Leakage: The case of plastic bags", Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (『 環境経済・政策研究』), vol. 15, no. 2, pp.24-33, 2022 (in JAPANESE).

Link to Research

Education

• 2003-2008 Graduate School of Economics, Keio University (Ph. D. in Economics)
• 1996-1998 Graduate School of International Environmental Policy Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies (MA in International Environmental Policy), sponsored by Hitachi-ko Rotary Club
• 1992-1996 College of Japanese Language and Cultures, University of Tsukuba (BA)

Former Positions

• April 2021 to March 2024: Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University
• October 2021 to March 2023: Visiting Professor at School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University
• April 2018 to March 2021: Professor, Center for Far Eastern Studies and Faculty of Social Science, University of Toyama
• April 2012 to August 2012: visiting scholar at School of Economics, University of Leicester, UK
• September 2011 to March 2012: visiting scholar at School of Economics, University of Nottingham, UK
• October 2008 to March 2018: Associate Professor, Center for Far Eastern Studies, University of Toyama
• January 2005 to September 2008: Research Associate, Global Security Research Institute, Keio University