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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

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

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
environment

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

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

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

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
Chinese economy

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

Motohiro Sato

SENIOR FELLOW

Areas of Expertise

Local public finance
Optimal taxation theory, tax reform
Social security, health economics

Research Unit

Tax & Social Security Reform

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