

Impacts of disasters triggered by natural hazards on households and firms : Sichuan, Kobe, Chuetsu, & Tohoku earthquakes, Asian Tsunami disaster, Typhoon Milenyo in the Philippines, flood in Thailand, and Avian Influenza in Vietnam. Impact evaluation of large scale infrastructure projects using remote-sensing data China, Greater Mekong Subregion, PhilippinesĮconomic analysis of digital platformers using administrative data China, IndonesiaĮmpirical micro investigations of individual, household, and firm behavior under risk : China, India, Lao PDR, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Korea, and Japan Socio-economic impact assessments of COVID-19 China, Philippines Research fields: Development Economics Field Studies, Empirical Microeconomics, Economics of Disasters, Asian Economy Part-time teaching positions: (English) GRIPS-FASID (PhD program), ICU, YNU for World Bank MA program, and Korea U (Japanese) Osaka U, Kobe U, Hitotsubashi U, and U Tsukuba Part-time research and committee positions in Japan: Cabinet Office, FASID, IDE, JBIC, JICA, METI, MOF, MOFA, MIC, JCER, IPSS Part-time research positions: World Bank, ERIA, CRED for UNISDR, IDE, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE), IFPRI Visiting Professor, SCID, Stanford UniversityĪdjunct Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University Visiting Research Fellow, BRAC-RED (Research and Evaluation Division), Bangladesh.

Member, Joint Research Project on a New Era of Japan-ROK Relations Visiting Scholar, Bangladesh Institute for Development Studies (BIDS) Visiting Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) Visiting Researcher, JICA Research Instituteįaculty of Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry (RIETI)Īssociate Professor, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1999-02 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo, 2002-2012 Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo ,ħ-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0033, JapanĬhief Economist and Director General, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD), Asian Development Bank, March 2017-August 2021Īdjunct Professor, University of South Pacific, FijiĪJRC Research Associate, Australia-Japan Research Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
