Profile

Born in 1955 in Fukui Prefecture. Graduated from Nagoya University School of Engineering Electrical Engineering Division. Left Kobe University Graduate School of Economics Doctoral Course without graduating. Assistant professor at Iwate University, professor at Wakayama University, Kobe University Professor, Kobe University Graduate School of Economics, Toyohashi Sozo University, and from 2005 to present, professor at Sophia University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies. Ph.D. (economics). Visiting researcher at Economic Planning Agency of Japan, and special researcher at Ministry of Finance Institute of Fiscal and Monetary Policy. Vice-chairperson of Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (as of April, 2008), and chairperson of Sophia University Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (as of April, 2009).