Area of Expertise

-Urban Planning laws, policies and the implementation in the Japanese cities and North American cities (U.S., Canada)
-Urban Design policies (Japan, U.S., Canada)
-Design review system in the North American Cities
-Machizukuri Ordinances in the Japanese cities
-Transfer of Development Rights (Japan, U.S., Canada)
-Business improvement district in U.S. and U.K.

Academic Background

Bachelor in Architecture at Nagoya University, Japan
Master in Urban Engineering at The University of Tokyo
Ph.D. in Urban Engineering at The University of Tokyo

Education

Ph.D. in Engineering at The University of Tokyo
Dissertation Title "Discretionary development control in North American cities."

Other Affiliations

-Architectural Institute of Japan
-The City Planning Institute of Japan
-Japan Association for Real Estate Sciences
-Association of Urban Housing Sciences
-Japan Institute for Condominium Living

Current Projects in Charge

-BID and Japanese BID-like Organization and the activities "Area-management"
-Urban development system
-Area MICE

Professional and Academic Experiences

-A STUDY ON DISCRETIONARY DEVELOPMENT REVIEW SYSTEMS IN CANADIAN CITIES, FOCUSED ON BUILT-UP AREAS: Effective review system for the good living environment
-Classification of Design review system in American cities
-The Tree Protection Ordinance with Recovery Development Potential System in Seattle City, Washington, USA
-The urban development approach and the implementation using transfer of development rights in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
-A Study on the Residential land development Control through Machidukuri Ordinance as Local rules: Case Study on Machizukuri Ordinance of Kokubunji City
-The conditions and limits of the regulations on buildings under the Landscape Act: Planning negotiation system under landscape plan
-A study on Design Review System and its application in Seattle, Washington: Evaluation in terms of Building Volume Control