Former Director of the Regional Information Research Center, and a research member of the Research Center for Disaster Mitigation of Urban Cultural Heritage, Ritsumeikan University

Academic background

Completed the Ph.D. program in engineering at the Department of Social Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Ph.D. in engineering)

Business career

United Nations Centre for Regional Development
Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University
Department of Social Engineering, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Graduate School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology

Academic society affiliations

Councillor, Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
President of the Pacific Regional Science Conference Organization, RSAI
Former President and current Executive Board member, International Simulation and Gaming Association
Former President and current Director, Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming
Vice Chair and Executive Board member, Japan Association for Human and Environmental Symbiosis
Director and Vice President, Japan Section of RSAI
Director, Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences
Director, Japan Association for Property Assessment Policy
Former Director and current Councilor, Japan Association for Planning and Public Management
Former associate member, Science Council of Japan (served three terms)
Council member, Union of National Economic Associations in Japan

Awards

1999: Prize for Excellence, Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming
2005: FY2005 Outstanding Paper Award, Japan Association for Planning and Public Administration
2009: Excellent Book Award, Japan Section of RSAI
2016: Best Paper Award, International Simulation and Gaming Association
2016: The 9th FOST Award, Foundation for the Fusion of Science and Technology
2018: Best Paper Award and Prime Minister Award of the Kingdom of Thailand, International Simulation and Gaming Association
2020: Best Article Award for AJI Journal, Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan University
2022: Outstanding Paper Award, Japan Section of RSAI
2023: Japan Association of Simulation and Gaming Award 2023

• 2022 “Chapter 9: Disaster, Safety and Sustainability, Part III: Construction of Sustainable Society,” Sustainability Studies in the Era of SDGs (co-authored)
• 2021 Regional competitiveness of a post‐mining city in tourism: Ombilin coal mining heritage of Sawahlunto, Indonesia, Regional Science Policy & Practice 13 (6), 1888-1910 (co-authored)
• 2021 Simulation Gaming Through Times and Disciplines: 50th International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference, ISAGA 2019, Warsaw, Poland, August 26–30, 2019, Springer Nature (co-authored)
• 2021 Evacuation Simulation Considering Tourists’ Attempts to Return Home: A Case of the Kiyomizu-dera Temple Area, Japan, Historic Cities in the Face of Disasters: Reconstruction, Recovery (co-authored)
• 2020 Modeling the factors influencing the adoption of a map-based disaster application in Indonesia: a case of SIKK Magelang, International Journal of Disaster Management 3 (2), 16-33 (co-authored)
• 2019 Mitigating Simultaneous Returning Home after Large-Scale Earthquakes: Changing Tourists’ Intentions to Stay through Public Support, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 361 (co-authored)
• 2019 The attractiveness of a post-mining city as a Tourist Destination from the perspective of visitors, Asia Pacific Journal of Regional Science, Springer (co-authored)
• 2019 Integration Process of Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction in Mentawai Island, International Journal of Disaster Management, 2 (1) (co-authored)
• 2019 A Study on Gaming of Participatory Evacuation Planning in Tourist Areas Using Agent Simulation, Neo-Simulation and Gaming Toward Active Learning, 247-256 (co-authored)
• 2019 A Study on the Effect of ‘Information Mismatch’ Simulation on Victims’ Quality of Life and Sense of Place in the Post-disaster Period, Neo-Simulation and Gaming Toward Active Learning, 257-266 (co-authored)
• 2019 Gaming Simulation as a Tool of Problem-Based Learning for University Disaster Education, Neo-Simulation and Gaming Toward Active Learning, 237-245 (co-authored)

The practice of processing important information to increase the degree of freedom of social actors at a certain time in the future is called “planning,” which continues to be made available as new information whether it be for the private sector or public sector. Planning is one of the major pillars that constitute policy science. My educational and research interests cover a range of topics, including: regional policy designed to conserve the concept of historic cities focusing on cultural heritage; the process of planning future cities in a manner that reduces potential risks that may impact the environment, disaster mitigation, safety and security; and the design of future society and its development focused on Cyber-Physical Smart-city systems with Urban-DX and Urban-GX planning in the Society 5.0. If you are interested in studying planning science and technology, or developing planning skills, please join my laboratory.

Planning theory (planning science & technology), regional science, disaster mitigation for urban cultural heritage, urban digital transformation and digital planning, simulation & gaming, carbon capture & storage in farming land sequestration, Cyber-Physical Systems and Fusion for Urban-DX

Planning Science & Technology, Planning Theory, Regional Science, Disaster Mitigation for Urban Cultural Heritage, Urban Digital Transformation and Digital Planning, Simulation & Gaming, Gamified Society, Regional Development by Biochar: Carbon capture & storage in farming land quest ration