KIMURA Fukunari
| KIMURA Fukunari |
| [Belonging・Position] | IDE-JETRO ・President, Professor Emeritus and Senior Professor at Keio University |
| [Research Field] | International Trade, Development Economics |
| [email] |
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Previous research
My research has been developed along the three pillars: (i) the analysis on the evolving mechanism of the international division of labor with deepening globalization, (ii) empirical and policy studies on trade and industrial promotion policies and economic integration/World Trade Organization (WTO) responding to globalization, and (iii) the formation of development strategies for newly developed and developing countries that effectively utilize globalization forces. Particularly, I, with my coauthors, have occasionally written academic articles on international production networks in machinery industries in East Asia. I served as Chief Economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) for 16 years while teaching and conducting research at Keio University.
Current research projects
The main theme of my research remains on international trade and the international division of labor. Currently, I am working on how the structure of international division of labor would evolve in response to the penetration of digital technology, how international production networks are changing with enhancing geopolitical tensions such as the US-China confrontation, how we can retain the rules-based trading regime being weakened, and others.
Membership of Academic Societies
Japanese Economic Association, Japan Society of International Economics, East Asian Economic Association