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Researchers

By Department

The IDE conducts research work for all developing countries and regions, including Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. Researcher profiles may be found on this page.


Directors

FUKAO Kyoji
[Belonging・Position]
IDE-JETRO ・President<br>Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
[Research Field]
Macroeconomics, International Economics, Historical Economics
MURAYAMA Mayumi
[Belonging・Position]
Executive Vice President
[Research Field]
Area studies (South Asia), Gender and Development issues, Labor issues, Social development

Area Studies Center

KAWANAKA Takeshi
[Belonging・Position]
Area Studies Center ・Director-General
[Research Field]
Comparative Politics, New Democracies, Political Institutions, Southeast Asian Politics
KAWAKAMI Momoko
[Belonging・Position]
Area Studies Center ・Deputy Director-General
[Research Field]
Industrial development in Taiwan and East Asian economies.
SATO Akira
[Belonging・Position]
Area Studies Center ・Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
African Studies, African Politics.
MATSUMOTO Haruka
[Belonging・Position]
East Asian Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Deputy Director
[Research Field]
Cold War Diplomatic History, Chinese Diplomacy and Cross-Strait Relations
TAKEUCHI Takayuki
[Belonging・Position]
East Asian Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
International Relation Inter-territories relations in Chinese Area (Cross Taiwan Straits Relation, Mainland-H.K. Relation) East Asian Regionalism and Chinese Area
WATANABE Yuichi
[Belonging・Position]
East Asian Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Area Studies (Korean Economy, Politics)
NAKAMURA Masashi
[Belonging・Position]
Southeast Asian Studies Group I, Area Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Malaysian Politics, Comparative Politics
SUZUKI Sanae
[Belonging・Position]
Southeast Asian Studies Group I, Area Studies Center ・Deputy Director
[Research Field]
International Relations in Southeast Asia
SATO Yuri
[Belonging・Position]
Southeast Asian Studies Group I, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Area Studies, Economy, Industry and Business in Indonesia
HIGASHIKATA Takayuki
[Belonging・Position]
Southeast Asian Studies Group I, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Indonesian Economy, Development Economics
AOKI-OKABE Maki
[Belonging・Position]
Southeast Asian Studies Group I, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
International Relations, Thai Foreign Policy Latest research topic: Influence of international exchange of goods, money and human and its on regional integration in Southeast Asia: the case of Thailand
FUJITA Mai
[Belonging・Position]
Southeast Asian Studies Group II, Area Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Vietnamese economy and industry
TERAMOTO Minoru
[Belonging・Position]
Southeast Asian Studies Group II, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Vietnamese Studies
KOJIN Emi
[Belonging・Position]
Southeast Asian Studies Group II, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Vietnam, Rural economy
HATSUKANO Naomi
[Belonging・Position]
Southeast Asian Studies Group II, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Legal Studies, Policy Studies, International Development and Cambodia
ARAI Etsuyo
[Belonging・Position]
South Asian Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Contemporary Sri Lankan Politics and Society
OTA Hitoshi
[Belonging・Position]
South Asian Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Deputy Director
[Research Field]
Labor Economics, Employment and Industrial Relations, Human Resources Management, Social Security
KONDO Norio
[Belonging・Position]
South Asian Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Contemporary Politics and Rural Development Administration in Indian. Comparative Politics, especially election analysis, etc.
NAKAMURA Mari
[Belonging・Position]
South Asian Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Poverty of South Asia, Development Economics, Microfinance
MINATO Kazuki
[Belonging・Position]
South Asian Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
South Asian Studies Group, Area Studies Center
HAZAMA Yasushi
[Belonging・Position]
Middle Eastern Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Comparative Politics, Turkish Politics.
TSUCHIYA Ichiki
[Belonging・Position]
Middle Eastern Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Economics (Middle East and North Africa), Development Economics
SAITO Jun
[Belonging・Position]
Middle Eastern Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Middle Eastern Economy, Financial Development
DARWISHEH Housam
[Belonging・Position]
Middle Eastern Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Egyptian Politics;Middle East Politics;Comparative Politics
IMAI Kohei
[Belonging・Position]
Middle Eastern Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Turkish Studies, International Relations, International Relations of the Middle East
WATANABE Shoko
[Belonging・Position]
Middle Eastern Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Maghreb studies, Islamic movement, Nationalism
SUZUKI Hitoshi
[Belonging・Position]
Middle Eastern Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Area Studies and Geo-politics, Iran and Afghanistan
FUKUNISHI Takahiro
[Belonging・Position]
African Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Development Economics in sub-Saharan Africa with focus on Manufacturing Industry and Labor Market, Apparel Industry in Low-income Countries
TSUDA Miwa
[Belonging・Position]
African Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Deputy Director,Senior Research Fellow
[Research Field]
Political Science, Politics of Kenya
SATO Chizuko
[Belonging・Position]
African Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Politics and Society of South Africa
TSUBURA Machiko
[Belonging・Position]
African Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Tanzanian politics, comparative politics, development studies
MAKINO Kumiko
[Belonging・Position]
African Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Contemporary Politics of South Africa, Comparative Politics, International Relations
SAKAGUCHI Aki
[Belonging・Position]
Area Studies Center ・Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Venezuelan economy, Venezuelan area studies
SHIMIZU Tatsuya
[Belonging・Position]
Latin American Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Director, Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Economic and Agricultural Development in Peru and Latin America
YAMAOKA Kanako
[Belonging・Position]
Latin American Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Deputy Director
[Research Field]
International Relations, Politics: Area of Study, Latin America and the Caribbean (Cuba)
UETANI Naokatsu
[Belonging・Position]
Latin American Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Comparative Political Economy, Latin American Politics
TOYODA Shin
[Belonging・Position]
Latin American Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Comparative Politics, Political Institutions, Mexican Politics
KONTA Ryohei
[Belonging・Position]
Latin American Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Brazilian Area Studies, Social Development, Urban Sociology
YAMADA Norihiko
[Belonging・Position]
Current Affairs Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Laos Area Studies
OSADA Noriyuki
[Belonging・Position]
Current Affairs Studies Group, Area Studies Center
[Research Field]
Political History of Burma/Myanmar, Urban Social History
NAMBA Seitaro
[Belonging・Position]
Current Affairs Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Research Associate
[Research Field]
Lao Studies (Contemporary History)
TANIGUCHI Yukiko
[Belonging・Position]
Current Affairs Studies Group, Area Studies Center ・Research Associate
[Research Field]
Comparative Politics, Malaysian Politics

Development Studies Center

SATO Hitoshi
[Belonging・Position]
Development Studies Center ・Director-General
[Research Field]
ISHIDA Masami
[Belonging・Position]
Development Studies Center ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Development of Greater Mekong Subregion, Economies and Politics of ASEAN and China, Indonesian Economy
KUROIWA Ikuo
[Belonging・Position]
Development Studies Center ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Economic Integration in East Asia, Regional Economics, Input-output analysis
KASHIWABARA Chie
[Belonging・Position]
Development Studies Center ・Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Finance, International Organization/Administration, Philippine Economy (especially in the financial sector)
HAMADA Miki
[Belonging・Position]
Development Studies Center ・Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Development finance, Corporate finance, Indonesian economy
KUWAMORI Hiroshi
[Belonging・Position]
Development Studies Center ・Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Input-Output Analysis, Economic Statistics, International Trade, Development Economics
UEMURA Jinichi
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Modelling Studies Group, Development Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Macroeconomics, Econometrics
OYAMADA Kazuhiko
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Modelling Studies Group, Development Studies Center ・Deputy Director
[Research Field]
Macroeconomics, Applied General Equilibrium Analysis
MITSUO Hisayuki
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Modelling Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Monetary Policies in Developing Countries
UCHIDA Yoko
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Modelling Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
International Trade, International Input-Output Analysis
SHIBATA Tsubasa
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Modelling Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Interregional and International Input-Output Analysis，Econometric Model
HASHIGUCHI Yoshihiro
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Modelling Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Firm Dynamics, Industrial Agglomeration and Economic Development
ITO Seiro
[Belonging・Position]
Microeconomic Analysis Studies Group, Development Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
development economics, applied microeconomics, applied time series
TSUKADA Kazunari
[Belonging・Position]
Microeconomic Analysis Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Microeconomic Analysis Studies Group, Development Studies Center
KUDO Yuya
[Belonging・Position]
Microeconomic Analysis Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Development economics, Applied microeconometrics
AIDA Takeshi
[Belonging・Position]
Microeconomic Analysis Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Development economics, Behavioral economics, Agricultural economics
UMEZAKI So
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Integration Studies Group, Development Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Southeast Asia, Economic Integration
TANAKA Kiyoyasu
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Integration Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
International Economics, Applied Econometrics, Development Economics
KUMAGAI Satoru
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Geography Studies Group, Development Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
International Trade, Malaysian Economy
ISONO Ikumo
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Geography Studies Group, Development Studies Center ・Deputy Director
[Research Field]
Spatial Economics, Economic Integration in ASEAN and East Asia and Connectivity
GOKAN Toshitaka
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Geography Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Spatial Economics, Multinational Firms
TSUBOTA Kenmei
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Geography Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Spatial Economics, Urban and Regional Economics
HAYAKAWA Kazunobu
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Geography Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
International Trade, Foreign Direct Investment, Spatial Economics
KEOLA Souknilanh
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Geography Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
International Specialization, Foreign direct investment, State-owned enterprise, Econometrics, Lao economy
IWASAKI Yoko
[Belonging・Position]
Business and Industry Studies Group, Development Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Iran, Economics (mainly on Iranian economic institutions and markets)
SUZUKI Yurika
[Belonging・Position]
Business and Industry Studies Group, Development Studies Center ・Deputy Director
[Research Field]
Philippine Economy
DING Ke
[Belonging・Position]
Business and Industry Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Small business, Industrial cluster, Industrial organization, Innovation, Chinese Economy
HISASUE Ryoichi
[Belonging・Position]
Business and Industry Studies Group, Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Asian Economic History (19c~20C), Japanese Overseas Economic Development in Asia (20C), Overseas-Chinese History, Business and Entrepreneur History, Financial and Banking History, Underground Economy and Organized Crime, Comparative Urban History, Hong Kong, Singapore
UEKI Yasushi
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Integration Studies Group ・Development Studies Center
[Research Field]
Industrial Economy, Information Technology, Public Policy
IKEGAMI Hiroshi
[Belonging・Position]
Economic Integration Studies Group, Development Studies Center ・Deputy Director
[Research Field]
East Asia / Taiwan

Inter-disciplinary Studies Center

ABE Makoto
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Director-General
[Research Field]
Study of Korean Industry and Enterprises
THONGCHAI Winichakul
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
The intellectual transition to modernity in Siam in the mid- 19th to early 20th century, from geographical knowledge and map, historiography and historical ideology, the emergence of Buddhism as a national identity, to the social order and hierarchy. Upcoming project: the transition to the modern rule of law in Siam. Nationalism in Southeast Asia. Current political and cultural issues in Thailand, especially the political crisis since 2006. Currently: writing a book on the memories of the 1976 massacre in Bangkok.
FUKUDA Sadashi
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Politics and Economics of the Gulf Countries with focus on Saudi Arabia
ONISHI Yasuo
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Chinese Economy External Economic Policy of China Physical Distribution of China Regional Economic Development in China
TAKEUCHI Shinichi
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Political Economy, Area Studies (Africa)
INOMATA Satoshi
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Input-ouput analysis
TANAKA Osamu
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Chinese Economy
OTSUKA Keijiro
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Development economics
THISSE Jacques-François
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Industrial Organization, Regional Economics, Urban Economics, Location theory, Trade theory, Discrete Choice theory, Game and voting, Public Economics, Labor Economics, Management science, Geography and transportation
KOBAYASHI Masayuki
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Chinese Law, International Law, Disability Law
MORI Soya
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Development　Economics (Industrial Organization, Industrial Policy) Philippine Economy Disability and Development
HAKOZAKI Dai
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Chinese Economy
MENG Bo
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Global Value Chains (GVCs) Analysis, Low-carbon Economics, Interregional (international) Input-Output Analysis, CGE Modeling
KITANO Koichi
[Belonging・Position]
Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Chilean Economy, Managerial Economics
OTSUKA Kenji
[Belonging・Position]
Environment and Natural Resource Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Director,Senior Research Fellow
[Research Field]
Environmental Problems and Social Change in China, Environmental Policy Process, River Basin Governance, NGO and Community
TERAO Tadayoshi
[Belonging・Position]
Environment and Natural Resource Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Senior Research Fellow
[Research Field]
"Development and Environment"
FUNATSU Tsuruyo
[Belonging・Position]
Environment and Natural Resource Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center
[Research Field]
Social Stratification, Education and Social Movements
MICHIDA Etsuyo
[Belonging・Position]
Environment and Natural Resource Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center
[Research Field]
Environmental problems in developing countries, Trade and the environment, Standards and trade, Product-related environmental regulations, Globalization and developing countries, Supply chains
YAMADA Nanae
[Belonging・Position]
Environment and Natural Resource Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center
[Research Field]
Agricultural Economics, Chinese Rural Economy, Resource Economics
OKA Natsuko
[Belonging・Position]
Governance Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Kazakhstan, nationalism, ethnicity, migration, corruption, informality
ISHIZUKA Futaba
[Belonging・Position]
Governance Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Deputy Director
[Research Field]
Area studies on Vietnam, politics, public administration, local government
REN zhe
[Belonging・Position]
Governance Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center
[Research Field]
Chinese Politics, Comparative Politics
KODAMA Yuka
[Belonging・Position]
Gender and Social Development Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Area Studies for the Horn of Africa, mainly Ethiopia Rural Studies and Development Studies
MURAKAMI Kaoru
[Belonging・Position]
Gender and Social Development Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Deputy Director
[Research Field]
Turkish Studies, Family and Gender Studies
YAMAGUCHI Mami
[Belonging・Position]
Gender and Social Development Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center
[Research Field]
Area Studies (China)
YAMADA Miwa
[Belonging・Position]
Law and Institution Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Asian Law, Law and Development, Dispute Resolution Systems
YANAI Akiko
[Belonging・Position]
Law and Institution Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Deputy Director, Senior Research Fellow
[Research Field]
International Economic Law, International Development Law
CHIBANA Izumi
[Belonging・Position]
Law and Institution Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center
[Research Field]
Asian Law(Philippines), Law and Development, Dispute Resolution System
IMAIZUMI Shinya
[Belonging・Position]
Global Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center ・Director
[Research Field]
Asian law (Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries); international law; economic law
HIRANO Katsumi
[Belonging・Position]
Global Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center
[Research Field]
Africa Area Study, Development Economics
KUMAKURA Jun
[Belonging・Position]
Global Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center
[Research Field]
Chinese Policies, Ethnic Policies pf the PRC and the USSR, Sino-Russian Relations
UEDA Akira
[Belonging・Position]
Global Studies Group, Inter-disciplinary Studies Center
[Research Field]
Area Study (Central Asia), Asian Economic History, Geographic Information Science

Overseas Research Fellow

ISHIGURO Hirotake
[Belonging・Position]
Overseas Research Fellow (Kuwait)
[Research Field]
Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern Politics
AMINAKA Akiyo
[Belonging・Position]
Overseas Research Fellow (Maputo)
[Research Field]
Society and Economy of Mozambique, International Relations
HAMANAKA Shintaro
[Belonging・Position]
Overseas Research Fellow (Washington D.C.)
[Research Field]
International Political Economy, International Relations, Regional Integration, Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), International Financial Institutions, Trade in Services
NAKAGAWA Masahiko
[Belonging・Position]
Senior Overseas Research Fellow (Seoul)
[Research Field]
Current Affairs in Korea
KUBO Koji
[Belonging・Position]
Senior Overseas Research Fellow (Bangkok)
[Research Field]
Southeast Asian economies, Myanmar economy
KIKUCHI Hirokazu
[Belonging・Position]
Overseas Research Fellow (Buenos Aires)
[Research Field]
Latin American Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Institutions
MAKINO Momoe
[Belonging・Position]
Overseas Research Fellow (New York)
[Research Field]
South Asian Economy, Labor Economics, Family Economics, Population Economics
CHENG Fang-Ting
[Belonging・Position]
Overseas Research Fellow (Taipei)
[Research Field]
International Relations (IR), International Political Economy (IPE), Global Environment Issues (e.g. climate change)
ETO Naoko
[Belonging・Position]
Overseas Research Fellow (Singapore)
[Research Field]
Chinese Policy, Japan-China Relations, International Relations in East Asia
LEI Lei
[Belonging・Position]
Overseas Research Fellow (Vienna)
[Research Field]
Agricultural Economics, Development Economics, Public Policy, International Trade and Chinese Economy

Research Planning Department

KOJIMA Michikazu
[Belonging・Position]
Research Planning Department
[Research Field]
Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Issues in Indonesia, Recycling and Waste Management in Asian Countries

Research Operations Department

SATO Yukihito
[Belonging・Position]
Research Operations Department ・Director-General
[Research Field]
The political economy of Taiwan's industrial development.
SATO Hiroshi
[Belonging・Position]
Research Operations Department ・Chief Senior Researcher
[Research Field]
Development Sociology, Area Study (Yemen, Eritrea), Japanese Development Experience

Academic Information Center

KAWAMURA Koichi
[Belonging・Position]
Academic Information Center
[Research Field]
Indonesian Politics, Comparative Politics

Bangkok Research Center

SAKATA Shozo
[Belonging・Position]
Bangkok Research Center
[Research Field]
Area Study (Vietnam)
TSUJITA Yuko
[Belonging・Position]
Bangkok Research Center
[Research Field]
Social Sector and Social Policy, and Labour in India
KIMURA Koichiro
[Belonging・Position]
Bangkok Research Center
[Research Field]
Industrial Organization, International economics, Chinese economy