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Center for Far Eastern Studies
Univ. of Toyama

3190, Gofuku, Toyama-shi, Toyama-ken
930-8555

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CENTER for FAR EASTERN STUDIES(CFES)
University of Toyama

Tateyama

 

STAFFS

IMAMURA Hiroko (Web)

Position Professor, Director of the Center(2008.10.1~) 

Research Interests ・Economic relations between China and North Korea
・Umemployment problem in China

Selected Publications

IMAMURA, Hiroko, North Korea Economy and Its Impact on Neighboring Countries, Far Eastern Studies, Vol. 4, 2005, pp.35-49.

IMAMURA, Hiroko,`North Korean Economic Reform -Comparison with China and Vietnam,' Far Eastern Studies, Vol.3, 2004, pp.37-65.

IMAMURA, Hiroko, `Unemployment Problem and Unemployment Insurance in China,' Far Eastern Studies, Vol.2, 2003, pp.45-67.

IMAMURA, Hiroko, `China and North Korean Relationship in a New Era, Far Eastern Studies, Vol.1, 2002, pp.61-71.

Contact Tel : 076-445-6430 Fax : 076-445-6419,6520
e-mail :imamura (at mark) eco.u-toyama.ac.jp



HORIE Norio (Web)

Position Professor, Vice Director of the Center (2008.10.1~)

Research Interests Russian Economy: Umemployment in Russia, Foreign Workers in Russia

Selected Papers Хорие Норио(2007), Задачи Миграционного Контроля Инностранной Рабочей Силы в России: О полядке приема высококвалифицированных кадров, Под. ред. Рязанцева С. В., Миграция между Россией и Вьетнамом: История, современные тенденции и роль в социально-экономическом развитии стран, МАКС Пресс.

HORIE, Norio, The Role of Universities for Graduates’Labor Market in Russia, Far Eastern Studies, Vol.4, 2005, pp.17-34.

contacts Tel. : 076-445-6436, Fax : 076-445-6419,6520
E-mail :horie (at mark) eco.u-toyama.ac.jp



SAKAI Tomio ( Web)

Position Professor

Reseach Interests Stability of Grain Supply System in North East Asia

Selected Papers Tomio Sakai, An Analysis of Trends in Japan’s Feed Grain Imports(in “Papers of the First Colloquium on Northeast Asian Studies”, Novosibirsk: IEIE SB RAS,2003,pp.4-16)

Contacts Tel : 076-445-6444  FAX .: 076-445-6419,6520
e-mail : tsakai (at mark) eco.u-toyama.ac.jp



KIM Bong-gil (Web)

Position Professor

Research Interests Trade liberalization in North East Asia

Selected Papers

KIM, Bong-gil,Kazuhiro IGAWA, “East Asian Free Trade Agreement ;Strategic Aspects for Japan” In Ann, Baldwin and Cheong eds, East Asian Economic Regionalism, Netherlands, Springer, 2005.

Contacts Tel : 076-445-6427   FAX .: 076-445-6419,6520
e-mail :bgkim (at mark) eco.u-toyama.ac.jp



WADA Naoya (Web)

Position Professor

Research Interests ・Environmental Biology
・Climate Change in Mountain Area


Selected Papers Shimono, Y., Watanabe, M., Hirao, A.S., Wada, N., and Kudo, G. (2009) Morphological and genetic variations of Potentilla matsumurae (Rosaceae) between fellfield and snowbed populations. American Journal of Botany, 96: 728-737.

Shinohara, Y., Kumagai., T., Otsuki., K., Kume, A., and Wada, N. (2009) Impact of climate change on runoff from a mid-latitude mountainous catchment in central Japan. Hydrological Processes, 23: 1418-1429 (DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7264).

Wada, N., Watanuki, K., Narita, K., Suzuki, S., Kudo, G. and Kume, A. Climate Change and Shoot Elongation of Alpine Dwarf Pine (Pinus pumila Regel): Comparisons between Six Japanese Mountains. Phyton- Annales Rei Botanicae, Vol. 45, 2005, pp. 253-260.

Tani, T. and Wada, N. A statistical analysis on regional differences in climatic effects on interannual fluctuation in rice yield along the Sea of Japan. Far Eastern Studies, Vol. 4, 2005, pp. 65-75.

Wada, N., Kawada, K., Kawamura, R., Aoki, K. and Kume, A. Increasing winter runoff in a middle-latitude mountain area of central Japan. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, Vol. 82, 2004, pp. 1589-1597.

Wada, N., Shimono, M., Miyamoto, M. and Kojima, S. Warming effects on shoot developmental growth and biomass production in sympatric evergreen alpine dwarf shrubs Empetrum nigrum and Loiseleuria procumbens. Ecological Research, Vol. 17, 2002, pp. 125-132.

Contacts Tel. : 076-445-6678   Fax : 076-445-6549,6520
E-mail : wada (at mark) sci.u-toyama.ac.jp



KUSHIDA Keiji

Position Associate Professor

Research Interests ・Remote Sensing


Selected Papers Kushida, K.(2010) Detection of active wildland fires using multitemporal MODIS images. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 7, 301-305, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2009.2034029

Kobayashi, H., Delbart, N., Suzuki, R. and Kushida, K.(2010) A satellite-based method for monitoring seasonality in the overstory leaf area index of Siberian larch forest. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 115, doi:10.1029/2009JG000939.

Kaku, K., Kushida, K., Honma, T. and Fukuda, M.(2009) An evaluation method for hotspot detection algorithms using web-GIS. Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, 9, 19-27.

Kushida, K. and Yoshino, K.(2009) Estimation of LAI and FAPAR by constraining the leaf and soil spectral characteristics in a radiative transfer model. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31, 2351-2375.

Tsuyuzaki, S., Kushida, K. and Kodama, Y. (2009) Recovery of surface albedo and plant cover after wildfire in a Picea mariana forest in interior Alaska. Climatic Change, 93(3-4), 517-525.

Kushida, K., Yoshino, K., Nagano, T. and Ishida, T. (2009) Automated 3D forest surface model extraction from balloon stereo photographs. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 75(1), 25-35.

Kushida, K., Kim, Y., Tsuyuzaki, S. and Fukuda, M. (2009) Spectral vegetation indices for estimating shrub cover, green phytomass, and leaf turnover in a sedge-shrub tundra. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(6), 1651 ― 1658.

Kushida, K., Liew, S.C., Mishigdorj, O., Kaku, K., Fukuda, M. and Honma, T. (2008) A stochastic fire detection model in 4 μm constructed by using ASTER and MODIS. Asian Journal of Geoinformatics, 8(3), 19-27.

Tsuyuzaki, S., Sawada, Y., Kushida, K. and Fukuda, M. (2008) A preliminary report on the vegetation zonation of palsas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, northern Alaska, USA. Ecological Research, 23(4), 787-793.

Contacts Tel. : 076-445-6648   076-445-6549
E-mail : kkushida (at mark) sci.u-toyama.ac.jp



YAMAMOTO Masashi (Web)

Position Associate Professor

Research Interests ・Environmental Economics


Selected Papers YAMAMOTO, Masashi and ICHINOSE, Daisuke (2009) “Reexaming the Waste-income Relationship:Evidence from Janaese Municipal Solid Waste,” Proceedings of International Conference of North East Academic Network: Trade and Financial Cooperation in East Asia, pp. 69-94, Kangwon National University, October 22 -24, 2009.

ICHINOSE, Daisuke and Masashi YAMAMOTO (2009)On the Relationship Between Provision of Waste Management Service and Illegal Dumping, Keio University GSEC Discussion Paper, #25.

Yamamoto, M.(2009) An Economic Analysis of Waste Collection cost in Japan, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Vol. 2, no. 1, forthcoming (in JAPANESE).

Onuma, A. and M.Yamamoto (2007) On Carbon Credit with Premium, Environmental Information Science, Vol. 36, no. 3, pp55-60.


Contacts Tel. : 076-445-6455   Fax : 076-445-6939
E-mail : myam (at mark) eco.u-toyama.ac.jp



SUGANUMA Keiko

Position Research Associate

Research Interests ・Foreign Direct Investment into Russia and Transition Economies


Selected Papers Iwasaki, I. and K. Suganuma (2009) “EU Enlargement and Foreign Direct Investment into Transition Economies Revisited,” Transnational Corporations, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 27-57.

Iwasaki, I. and K. Suganuma (2005) “Regional Distribution of Foreign Direct Investment in Russia,” Post-Communist Economies, Centre for Research into Post-Communist Economies, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 153-172.

Contacts Tel. : 076-445-6518
E-mail : suganuma (at mark) eco.u-toyama.ac.jp





KAWADA Kunio (Web)

Position Emeritus

Research Interests ・Features of Snow Ice in North East Asia
・Local Features of Water and Atmosphere Circular


Selected Papers
WADA,N. Liu, Qi-Jing & K. KAWADA, Seasonal Variations in Soil Temperature on the Alpine Tundra Community in Mt. Changbai in Northeast China:Comparison with Mt. Tateyama in Central Japan, Far Eastern Studies, Vol. 5, 2006, pp34-43.

Wada, N., Kawada, K., Kawamura, R., Aoki, K., and Kume, A., Increasing winter runoff in a middle-latitude mountain area of Central Japan, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Vol. 82 No. 6, pp. 1589-1597.

Contacts Tel : 076-445-6648   FAX .: 076-445-6520,6549
e-mail :kawada (at mark) sci.u-toyama.ac.jp