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Budrul Ahsan

SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST

Areas of Expertise

Deep learning
data mining
recommendation system
genome analysis

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Md. Khayrul Bashar

DATA SCIENTIST

Areas of Expertise

Data processing, mining, and analysis; machine learning, including deep learning; biomedical (bioimage and biosignal) information processing

Asako Chiba

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Macro-finance
financial crisis
network model

Research Unit

Economic Policy Studies

Charles Crabtree

SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST

Areas of Expertise

Discrimination
repression
human rights
immigration

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Gerald L. Curtis

DISTINGUISHED FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Japanese politics, comparative research on party politics, systems analysis

Takero Doi

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Tax system
local finance
fiscal sustainability
social security
public choice theory

Research Unit

Economic Policy Studies

Akiko Fukushima

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

International relations theory, international security

Research Unit

External Relations

Keishiro Hara

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Future design
sustainability science
technology innovation
urban environmental engineering

Research Unit

Economic Policy Studies

Tatsuo Hatta

DISTINGUISHED FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Public economics, urban economics, international economics

Hideo Hayakawa

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Japanese economy
economic policy
monetary policy

Research Unit

Economic Policy Studies

Hikaru Hiranuma

RESEARCH FELLOW
PROGRAM OFFICER, POLICY RESEARCH

Areas of Expertise

Natural resources and energy issues, international relations (eurasian countries), enviroment

Research Unit

Resources & Energy

Yusaku Horiuchi

SENIOR FELLOW & SENIOR DATA ANALYST

Areas of Expertise

Comparative political behavior
public opinion
Japanese politics
electoral institutions
political economy
political methodology

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Yuichi Hosoya

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Political science, theory and history of international relations, contemporary European history

Shun Ibaragi

DATA ANALYST

Areas of Expertise

Public choice
political economy

Akio Ino

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomics, fiscal policy, banking, quantitative macroeconomics (heterogeneous agent model)

Research Unit

Economic Policy Studies

Katsuhito Iwai

DISTINGUISHED FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Theory of capitalism, monetary theory, corporate theory, history of social thought

Ken Jimbo

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

International and Asia-Pacific security, East Asian regionalism, Japan’s foreign and security policy

Research Unit

External Relations

Ryo Kambayashi

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Labor economics, law and economics, Japanese economic history, institutional economics

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Sota Kato

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
RESEARCH DIRECTOR

Areas of Expertise

Comparative political economy, political methodology, public opinion

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Yoriko Kawaguchi

DISTINGUISHED FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Foreign policy and nonproliferation, environment, Japanese politics and government, corporate social responsibility

Long Ke

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Development finance, Chinese economy

Research Unit

China as a Superpower

Shinichi Kitaoka

DISTINGUISHED FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Political and diplomatic history of Japan, United Nations, Japan-US relations, political parties and leadership

Masanori Kobayashi

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Sustainability policy
natural resource management
blue economy
ocean governance

Research Unit

Resources & Energy

Keiichiro Kobayashi

RESEARCH DIRECTOR

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomics
financial crises
economic philosophy

Research Unit

Economic Policy Studies

Fumiaki Kubo

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

US political and diplomatic history, modern American parties, policy making, US foreign policy

Research Unit

External Relations

Takafumi Matsui

DISTINGUISHED FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Comparative planetology, astrobiology, earth system science, theory of civilization

Kiminori Matsuyama

CHIEF SCIENTIFIC ADVISER

Areas of Expertise

Macroeconomic growth and development
international trade

Kenneth Mori McElwain

SENIOR FELLOW & SENIOR DATA ANALYST

Areas of Expertise

Constitutional design
electoral systems
public opinion
political economy

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Bo Meng

RESEARCH FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Global value chain (GVC)-related analysis
environmental economics
spatial computable general equilibrium (CGE) model

Research Unit

China as a Superpower

Shigeki Morinobu

RESEARCH DIRECTOR

Areas of Expertise

Tax and financial policies, local finance

Research Unit

Tax & Social Security Reform

Kanji Muramatsu

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Law and economics

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Takafumi Nakanishi

SENIOR DATA SCIENTIST

Areas of Expertise

Data mining
data analysis system
integrated database
sensitivity information processing
media content analysis

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Naoki Oka

Areas of Expertise

International taxation, tax policy

Research Unit

Tax & Social Security Reform

Yoshikuni Ono

SENIOR FELLOW & SENIOR DATA ANALYST

Areas of Expertise

Political behavior
gender stereotypes
immigration
legislative politics
Japanese politics

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Tatsuyoshi Saijo

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Future design

Research Unit

Economic Policy Studies

Yukiko Sakai

RESEARCH FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Scholarly information services, health informatics

Takashi Shimizu

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Corporate systems, corporate behavior, law and business

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Kota Sugimoto

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Resource and Energy Economics
renewable energy policy
econometrics

Research Unit

Resources & Energy

Akio Takahara

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Contemporary Chinese politics

Research Unit

External Relations

Ryosuke Tsuchiya

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Medical care, community building, human resources development

Michito Tsuruoka

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

European politics, international security

Research Unit

External Relations

Kiyotada Tsutsui

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Contemporary Japanese politics and culture, political-military relations, human resources development, cultural policy

Kiyoteru Tsutsui

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Global and transnational sociology, political sociology, comparative historical sociology, social movements, human rights, Japanese society, organizations and economic sociology, quantitative methods

Research Unit

Politics & Economy

Atsushi Watanabe

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of coastal environment
blue economy

Research Unit

Resources & Energy

Shoko Yoshihara

RESEARCH FELLOW
PROGRAM OFFICER, POLICY RESEARCH

Areas of Expertise

National land resources, land ownership system, local culture

Research Unit

Resources & Energy