- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Japanese History and Culture
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- Urban and spatial planning
- Financial Crisis of the 21st Century
- Urbanization and City Planning
- Global Urban Networks and Dynamics
Saitama University
2015
Scholarship mainly analyzes patent systems from a technological innovation perspective. This article sheds light on the social significance of patenting activity in modern Japan. Examining set patents granted initial years system that was new to Japan gives nuance understanding how Japanese society underwent industrialization, including regional differences. Challenging image as passive recipients foreign technology, this analysis Japan's early reveals widespread involvement at every level...
The purpose of this article is to observe the effects land-use regulation on industrial agglomeration, focusing machinery industry in Tokyo, and investigate net outcome merits clustering regulation.In Japan, city planning started 1920s. Zoning one measures planning, which classified areas into those for residence, commerce, industry. For manufacturers, it was restrictive sense that limits factory size were imposed residential commercial areas. In Tokyo City, there six wards where factories...