Expertise
Urban Economics, Infrastructure Planning, Disaster Risk Management
Education
2022 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2017 M.S. in Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2008 M.S. in Civil Engineering, Kobe University
2006 B.S. in Civil Engineering, Kobe University
Experience
2024 Director General, Hamamatsu Office, Chubu Regional Development Bureau, MLIT
2022 Deputy Director, River Planning Division, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, MLIT
2018 Senior Researcher, ICHARM
2017 Director, River Planning Division, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, MLIT
2016 Intern, UNESCO
2014 Director, River and Road Planning Division, Himeji Office, MLIT
2012 Chief, River Improvement and Management Division, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, MLIT
2010 Chief, Policy Evaluation Division, Director-General for Policy Planning, MLIT
2008 Joined Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
2023 Project Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, Center for Real Estate Innovation, The University of Tokyo
Selected Publications and Papers
- Essays in Infrastructure Economics, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022.
Others
Presentation
- 2023.8 ADB Infrastructure and Urban Development in the Developing World
- 2023.5 12th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
- 2022.6 AERE Summer Conference
- 2022.4 11th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
- 2021.4 10th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association
