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Koichi YAMAURA

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biography

Food and Environmental Economist

Koichi Yamaura is a native of Saitama where he was raised outside of Kawagoe. He received a B.S. degree in economics with an emphasis on international economics from Toyo University. He received his M.S. degree in agricultural economics from Kansas State University focusing his research on soybean trade and market power. He earned his Ph.D. from Kansas State University in 2012 in agricultural economics. Prior to joining APU in 2019, he was first a postdoctoral fellow at Sophia University as a member of S10 project in the Ministry of Environment, Japan, and then an assistant professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. Yamaura’s research focus on Consumer Economics, Food and Sustainable Energy and Socioeconomic analysis, and issues related to Fukushima Disaster.  He enjoys watching sports and playing with kids in his spare time.

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Research

  • Forthcoming: Public perceptions on net zero energy houses in Japan, Sustainability Science. with M. Sugiyama, Y. Ju, and S. Xu. Thanks! (March, 2024)

  • Received JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research C (KAKENHI: 2024-2027). Thanks! (February, 2024)

  • Selected 2024 Taiwan Fellowship by Ministry of Foreign Affairs by Republic of China (Taiwan). Thanks! (December, 2023)

  • Presented at Asian Society of Agricultural Economists 2023 @ Tokyo. Also award committee (March 2023) 

  • Award for Outstanding Achievements in the field of Research for AY2020, APU (May 2021)

  • Published in International Journal of Fruits Science (March 2021)

General

  • Academic Development Leave (April-September 2024). Visiting Scholar at Dept. of Agricultural Economics, National Taiwan University.

  • Transferred from School of Management to College of Asia Pacific Studies (because of reorganization of university) (April 2023) 

  • Start Field leader in College of Asia Pacific Studies (April  2023)

  • Finished Graduate School Development Economics Division Head (March 2023)

  • Create new webpage (Aug.2021)

Seminar

  • David PurnamaくんがFALIAの懸賞論文で受賞しました。おめでとう!
    Congrats on David Candra Purnama for FALIA's essay competition awards 2023! (Dec. 2023)

  • 栗眞杏奈さんが「プラスチック問題に関する実態と若年層消費者の意識分析」で卒業論文優秀賞を受賞しました!おめでとう!Congrats on Anna Kurima for outstanding undergraduate thesis award! (Feb.2022)

  • 6 Master students, 6 Completion in APU (Dec.2023)

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