Research themes:
Demography (analysis of factors affecting marriage and divorce and the issue of declining birth rate), applied demography (business demography)
Academic degrees:
Doctor of Philosophy (sociology)
Biography:
Born in 1953.
1976 Graduated from Meiji University School of Political Science and Economics
1978 Completed a Master’s course at Meiji University
1985 Completed a Doctoral course at the University of Southern California
1995 to Present: Professor at the School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University
Society memberships:
Served as president and director of Population Association of Japan in succession.
Main Books and Papers:
◆Quantitative Demography for Micro Data (“Micro deta no keiryojinkogaku”) (Written and edited collectively, Hara Shobo, 2012)
◆Social Security in the Era of Depopulation (“Jinkogenshojidai no shakaihosho”) (Written and edited collectively, Hara Shobo, 2008)
◆Consciousness and Behavior of Japanese People (“Nihonjin no ishiki to kodo”) (Written collectively, University of Tokyo Press, 2008)
◆Publicly released Data on Social Surveys (“Shakaichosa no kokai deta”) (Written collectively, University of Tokyo Press, 2008)