Expertise
Labor Economics, Japanese Economy, Modern Economic History of Japan, Comparative Economic Development
Research Projects
- General Overview (April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2012)
- Compilation of the History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (2006-2010)
Education
1967 Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Berkeley
1964 M.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley
1959 B.A., Economics, Keio University
Experience
2006-2011 Author and Editor in Chief, Vol.1 - General Overview
2006-2011 Chair, Committee on the History of Japan's Trade and Industry Policy (HJTIP)
2006 Professor Emeritus, Hosei University
2002 Director, Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University
2001 (Apr.-Sep.) Visiting Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
1999 Professor of Economics, Hosei University
1999 Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University
1997 (Apr.-May) Visiting Professor, Bocconi University
1994-1996 Director, Institute of Economic Research Hitotsubashi University
1993-1994 Visiting Professor, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
1986 (Jan.-Apr.) Visiting Professor, The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
1980-1981 Visiting Professor, School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman
1980-1981 Visiting Professor, School of Economics, University of the Philippines Diliman
1978-1999 Professor of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1973-1974 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Economics, Harvard University
1972-1974 Research Associate, Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University
1970-1978 Associate Professor of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1967-1970 Assistant Professor of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Selected Publications and Papers
Comparative Economic Analyses of Modern Asia, A Quantitative Approach, 2004, Hosei University Press (Edited, in Japanese).
Economic History of Japan 1914-1955, A Dual Structure, 2003, Oxford Univ. Press (Coedited).
The World of Craftsmen, The World of Factory Men: New edition, 2000, NTT Publishing Co., Ltd. (in Japanese).
Two Hundred years of the Japanese Economy, 1996, Nihon Hyoronsha (co-edited, in Japanese).
The Age of On-the-job Training, 1993, Iwanami Shoten Publishers (in Japanese).
The World of Craftsmen, The World of Factory Men, 1993, Libroport (in Japanese).
Dual Structure (Japanese Economic History Series, Vol.6), 1989, Iwanami Shoten Publishers (Coedited, in Japanese).
The Automobile Industry in Japan, A Study of Ancillary Firm Development, Kinokuniya/Oxford University Press, 1988.
Dual Labor Market in Japan, A Quantitative Study, 1983, Iwanami Shoten Publishers (in Japanese).
Wage Fluctuations, a Quantitative Study, 1972, Iwanami Shoten Publishers (co-authored, in Japanese).
