Members

ABE Naohito
Affiliation: Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

ABE Naohito
Affiliation: Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Research Field
Macroeconomics, Empirical Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Micro Econometrics
Selected Publications

SHIMIZU Chihiro
Affiliation: Professor, Graduate School of Social Data Science, Hitotsubashi University

SHIMIZU Chihiro
Affiliation: Professor, Graduate School of Social Data Science, Hitotsubashi University
Research Field
Economic Measurement, Big Data Analysis, Spatial Science
Selected Publications

UESUGI Iichiro
Affiliation: Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

UESUGI Iichiro
Affiliation: Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Research Field
Corporate Finance, Small and Medium Enterprises, Japanese Economy
Selected Publications

KIKUCHI Junichi
Affiliation: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University

KIKUCHI Junichi
Affiliation: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University
Research Field
Macroeconomics
Selected Publications

FUKAO Kyoji
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

FUKAO Kyoji
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Research Field
Quantitative Economic History, Productivity, International Economics
Selected Publications

KIM Hongjik
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University

KIM Hongjik
Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University
Research Field
Health Promotion, Aging in Place, Social Participation of Older Adults
Selected Publications
Adjunct Members

UEDA Sei
Affiliation: Vice President, National Statistics Center(NSTAC)

UEDA Sei
Affiliation: Vice President, National Statistics Center(NSTAC)
Research Field
Official Statistics / Time Series Analysis / Statistical System / Economic Statistics / Quality Management
Selected Publications
“Option Selection for Improving the Stability and Appropriateness of the Seasonal Adjustment Program X-12-ARIMA,” Research Bulletin, No. 56, 1998
“An Analysis of the Discrepancy Between the CPI and the University of Tokyo Index” (co-authored with Ayumu Maruyama, Shunichi Shimakita, and Makiko Ochiai), Research Bulletin, No. 72, 2015
“From ‘Statistics for Administration’ to Statistics as a Social Information Infrastructure,” Jurist, July 2009
“Efforts Toward Total Quality Management in Official Statistics” (co-authored with Shigeru Kawasaki), Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Vol. 72, No. 2, 2025
“Special Feature: Total Quality Management (TQM) in Official Statistics / Current Status of the Statistical Commission’s Recommendations and Concrete Efforts,” Statistics, January 2023

KAWASAKI Shigeru
Affiliation: Chairman, The Japan Statistical Association

KAWASAKI Shigeru
Affiliation: Chairman, The Japan Statistical Association
Research Field
Official Statistics, Economic Statistics, Quality Management, Social Surveys, EBPM
Selected Publications
Kawasaki, S., Ueda, S. (2024). Total Quality Management in Official Statistics, Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Vol.72, No.2 (To be published in Dec. 2024)
Kawasaki, S. (2021~2024).What is the international statistical system? Tokei, Vol.72., No.1~Vol.75, No.11. (Series article)
Kawasaki, S (2020), Roles of Official Statistics in the Historical Development of Statistics in Japan, Vol.49, No.2, pp161-186
Kawasaki, S (2015). The challenges of transportation/traffic statistics in Japan and directions for the future, IATSS Research, Vol.39, Issue 1, pp1-8

KITAMURA Yukinobu
Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Data Science, Rissho University

KITAMURA Yukinobu
Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Data Science, Rissho University
Research Field
Applier Econometrics, Micro-econometrics, Public Economics, Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics
Selected Publications
Yukinobu Kitamura(2022)Quest for Good Money, Springer
Yukinobu Kitamura and Noriyuki Takayama (1999) “Lessons from Generational Accounting in Japan”, American Economic Review, (9(2), 171-175.
Mitsuru Iwamura, Yukinobu Kitamura, Tsutomu Matsumoto and Kenji Saito (2019) “Can We Stabilize the Price of a Cryptocurrency?”, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 60(1), 41-60.
Takeshi Muyazaki, Yukinobu Kitamura, and Taro Ohno(2019) “Income Tax Reforms and Redistribution by Age Group: Evidence from Japan”, The Japanese Economic Review, 70(1), 105-122.

HAGINO Satoru
Affiliation:Professor, Faculty of Economics, Reitaku University

HAGINO Satoru
Affiliation:Professor, Faculty of Economics, Reitaku University
Research Field
Economic Statistics and International Economics
Selected Publications
- Satoru Hagino, “Knowledge Capital and Asset Boundary”, June 2023, IERCU Discussion Paper No.387
- Satoru Hagino, “Statistical Measurement of Globalization”, April 2022, Sankeisha
- Satoru Hagino, Jiyoung Kim,“The Usefulness of Extended Input-output Tables Incorporating Firm Heterogeneity”,December 2021,Journal of Economic Structures No.25 published on 4 December 2021
- Satoru Hagino, Jiyoung Kim, “Compilation and Analysis of International From-Whom-to-Whom Financial Stock Table for Japan, Korea, the United States, and China”,November 2021, Journal of Economic Structures, No.23 published on 18 November 2021
- Satoru Hagino, Jiyoung Kim, Satoshi Inomata, “Development of U.S.-East Asia Financial Input-Output Table”,March 2019, Institute of Developing Economies Discussion Paper, No.750
Advisory Board

ABE Naohito
Affiliation: Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

ABE Naohito
Affiliation: Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Research Field
Macroeconomics, Empirical Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Micro Econometrics
Selected Publications

KAWASAKI Shigeru
Affiliation: Chairman, The Japan Statistical Association

KAWASAKI Shigeru
Affiliation: Chairman, The Japan Statistical Association
Research Field
Official Statistics, Economic Statistics, Quality Management, Social Surveys, EBPM
Selected Publications
Kawasaki, S., Ueda, S. (2024). Total Quality Management in Official Statistics, Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Vol.72, No.2 (To be published in Dec. 2024)
Kawasaki, S. (2021~2024).What is the international statistical system? Tokei, Vol.72., No.1~Vol.75, No.11. (Series article)
Kawasaki, S (2020), Roles of Official Statistics in the Historical Development of Statistics in Japan, Vol.49, No.2, pp161-186
Kawasaki, S (2015). The challenges of transportation/traffic statistics in Japan and directions for the future, IATSS Research, Vol.39, Issue 1, pp1-8

SHIMIZU Chihiro
Affiliation: Professor, Graduate School of Social Data Science, Hitotsubashi University

SHIMIZU Chihiro
Affiliation: Professor, Graduate School of Social Data Science, Hitotsubashi University
Research Field
Economic Measurement, Big Data Analysis, Spatial Science
Selected Publications

TAKIZAWA Miho
Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University

TAKIZAWA Miho
Affiliation: Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin University
Research Field
Macroeconomics, Productivity Analysis
Selected Publications
Kaoru Hosono and Miho Takizawa (2021)“Japan’s productivity stagnation: Using dynamic Hsieh–Klenow decomposition” Contemporary Economic Policy 40(1) 218-232
Kaoru Hosono, Daisuke Miyakawa, Miho Takizawa and Kenta Yamanouchi (2020) “Complementarity Between Tangible And Intangible Capital: Evidence From Japanese Firm-Level Data” The Singapore Economic Review 65(05) 1293-1321
Hiroko Okudaira, Miho Takizawa and Kenta Yamanouchi (2019) “Minimum wage effects across heterogeneous markets”Labour Economics 59 110-122 2019年8月
Hiroko Okudaira, Miho Takizawa and Kotaro Tsuru(2013)“Employment protection and productivity: Evidence from firm-level panel data in Japan”Applied Economics 45(15) 2091-2105
Tsutomu Miyagawa, Miho Takizawa and Konomi Tonogi (2017)“Can Intangible Investments Ease Declining Rates of Return on Capital? ”International Productivity Monitor, 33, Fall 114-127

HAGINO Satoru
Affiliation:Professor, Faculty of Economics, Reitaku University

HAGINO Satoru
Affiliation:Professor, Faculty of Economics, Reitaku University
Research Field
Economic Statistics and International Economics
Selected Publications
- Satoru Hagino, “Knowledge Capital and Asset Boundary”, June 2023, IERCU Discussion Paper No.387
- Satoru Hagino, “Statistical Measurement of Globalization”, April 2022, Sankeisha
- Satoru Hagino, Jiyoung Kim,“The Usefulness of Extended Input-output Tables Incorporating Firm Heterogeneity”,December 2021,Journal of Economic Structures No.25 published on 4 December 2021
- Satoru Hagino, Jiyoung Kim, “Compilation and Analysis of International From-Whom-to-Whom Financial Stock Table for Japan, Korea, the United States, and China”,November 2021, Journal of Economic Structures, No.23 published on 18 November 2021
- Satoru Hagino, Jiyoung Kim, Satoshi Inomata, “Development of U.S.-East Asia Financial Input-Output Table”,March 2019, Institute of Developing Economies Discussion Paper, No.750

HIGO Masahiro
Affiliation: Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo

HIGO Masahiro
Affiliation: Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
Research Field
Economic Statistics
Selected Publications
- “What caused the downward trend in Japan’s labor share?”, Japan and the World Economy,Vol. 67, 101206, July, 2023
- “Constructing Building Price Index Using Administrative Data,” (with Yumi Saita,, Chihiro Shimizu, and Yuta Tachi ), Journal of Official Statistics, Vol. 39, No.2, pp.229-251, June, 2023
- “Consumer price measurement under the first wave of the COVID-19 spread in Japan: Scanner data evidence for retailers in Tokyo,” (with Shigenori Shiratsuka), Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 65, 101176, 2023
- “Reforms and Crises in Government Statistics: The case of Japan,” (with Kiyohiko G. Nishimura and Yukie Sakuragawa)、Asian Economic Papers, 19(2), 2020 Summer

FUKAO Kyoji
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

FUKAO Kyoji
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
Research Field
Quantitative Economic History, Productivity, International Economics