Expertise
Business History
Research Projects
- A Study on the History of Policies Related to the Machine Tool Industry in Japan (May 2, 2025 - October 31, 2027)
Education
1993 Ph.D., Economics, The University of Tokyo
1985 M.A., Economics, The University of Tokyo
1982 B.A., Business Administration, Yokohama National University
Experience
2010-25 Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University
2002 -2010 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1996-2002 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Musashi University
1994-1995 Visiting Fellow, Business History Unit, London School of Economics and Political Science
1991-1996 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Musashi University
1990-1991 Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Masashi University
1989-1990 Research Associate, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Selected Publications and Papers
Books
- The Decline of the British Cotton Industry, University of Tokyo Press, 1995.
Articles and Chapters
- “Progress of High Economic Growth and Development of Policy-Based Finance”, “Challenges of Growing Economy and Diversification of Financing Activities,” in Hirofumi Uzawa and Haruhito Takeda eds., Policy-Based Finance in Japan I: The High-growth Economy and the Japan Development Bank, University of Tokyo Press, 2009.
- “A Re-examination of Japan’s Post-War Financing System”, in Etsuo Abe and Terry Gourvish eds., Japanese Success? British Failure? Comparisons in Business Performance Since 1945, Oxford University Press, 1997.
