Degrees

 
 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester ,1977, Ph.D. thesis On the Problems of Uniqueness
 MA, Tokyo University ,1972
 BA, Tokyo University ,1970

Academic Appointments
 
 Specially Appointed Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in the Social Sciences, Kobe University, April 2013-
 Member of the Japan Academy, December 2012-
 External Professor, Santa Fe Institute, July 2008-
 Faculty Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry, November 2010-
 Director, International Research Unit of Integrated Complex System Science, April 2010-March 2013
 Specially Appointed Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, April 2010-
 External Professor, Santa Fe Institute, July 2008-
 Director, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, 2006-2010
 Board of Governor, Institute for Complex Adaptive matter (ICAM), 2004-
 Visiting Professor, University of Paris, September 2000-August 2001
 Visiting Professor, University of Marseille, September 2000-August 2001
 Visiting Fellow, Department of Business, University of Wien, May 1997
 Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics, Cornell University, May 1996
 Visiting Fellow, Department of Economics, The Faculties, Australian National University, 1990 from March to May
 Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, 1987-2010

Professional Organizations
International Society for Education
 President, 2006-
The Econometric Society
 Council Member, 1994-2000
 Fellow, 1992-
 Standing Committee Member of the Far Eastern Meeting, 1987-1993, 1994-
 Member of Local Organizing Committee of the 7th World Congress, 1994-1995
 Program Chairman of the 1989 Far Eastern Meeting, 1987-1989
 Member of the Program Committee of the Far Eastern Meeting, 1987, 93, 97, 99, 2000
The Japanese Economic Association
 President, 2000-2001
 Vice-President, 1999-2000
 Editor in Chief, 1998-2000
 Executive Committee Member, 1989-1992, 1994-1998
 Council Member, 1987-1992
Institute of Complex Adaptive Matters (ICAM)
 A Member of National Board of Governors, 2005-

Honors and Awards

Member of the Japan Academy, December, 2012
The Medal with Purple Ribbon, November, 2012
Kyoto Newspaper Grand Award in Academics, November, 2010
 Award to pioneering works on Nonlinear Economic Dynamics
Honorary Degree of Doctor, University of Aix- Marseilles U, November,2007
Publication Prize, Japan Mathematical Society, 2005
 Awarded to “Bunsu no Dekinai Daigakusei”, Toyokeizai Shinposha, 1999, for contributing to promote the importance of mathematics among subjects taught at schools.
Peter Conivear Prize, University of Rochester, 1975
 Award for the best second year paper presented to the department during 1974-1975
Norman M. Kaplan Prize, University of Rochester, 1974
 Award to the Ph.D. candidate who, having completed two years of full time graduated study in the department of Economics, has given evidence of excellent scholarship through his performance in graduate courses.

Major Research Projects

Center of Excellence on the Studies of Complex Economic Systems, 1997-2003
 The research grant was funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Japan. Five year grant awarded to the research group that has made prominent research and gained international recognition. Executive Committee Member, 1989-1992, 1994-1998
Press Reports
October 9, 1997 Yomiuri Newspaper
21st Century COE Program “Interfaces for Advanced Economic Analysis, 2003-2008
 The research grant was funded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has made prominent research.
Institute of Complex Adaptive Matters (ICAM) Kyoto Branch
 Department of Physics T and Institute of Economic Research have become a Kyoto Branch of ICAM which is a Muticampus Research Program of the University of California.

Editorial Collaborations
 
2015- Neuroscience Communications, Smart Science & Technology, Member of Editorial Board
2004-
International Journal of Economic Theory, Basil Blackwell, Managing Editor
Press Reports

March 5, 2005
Kyoto Newspaper

May 23, 2005
Yomiuri Newspaper
2006 Advances in Dynamical Systems and Applications, Research India Publications, Member of Editorial Board
1998- Advances of Mathematical Economics, Springer-Verlag, Member of Editorial Board
August 2013- Annals of Financial Economics, World Scientific, Member of the Advisory Board
February 2012- Brazilian Journal of Business Economics, Catholic University of Brasilia, Member of Advisory Board
1990-1995 Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, Pergamon Press, Member of Editorial Board
1992-1995 Economic Studies Quarterly, Japan Association of Economics and Econometrics, Co-Editor
1990-2000 Economic Theory, Member of Editorial Board
2006- International Journal of Dynamical Systems and Differential Equations, Nova Science Publishers, Member of Editorial Board
1997 Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, Gordon and Breach Publishers, Member of Editorial Board
2003- Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, Member of Editorial Board
2015− Journal of Informatics and Data Mining, Insight Medical Publishing、Member of Editorial Board
2015− Journal of Health & Medical Economics, Insight Medical Publishing、Member of Editorial Board
2015− Journal of Integrated Creative Studies, Kyoto University, Member of Editorial Board
2012 Journal of Reviews on Global Economics, Lifescience Global, Member of Editorial Board
August 2013 Journal of Risk and Financial Management, Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, Member of the Advisory Board
1997 Journal of Economic Development, Chung Ang University, Member of Editorial Board
1998-2000 Japanese Economic Review, Basil Blackwell, Co-Editor 1995-1997, Editor in Chef
1990-1995 Journal of Economic Surveys, Basil Blackwell, Member of Advisory Board
1995-2001 Journal of Population Economics, Springer-Verlag, Member of Editorial Board
1993-1997 Mathematical Social Sciences, North-Holland, Member of Editorial Board
2003- Pacific Economic Review, Wiley-Blackwell, Member of Editorial Board
1997- Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, Member of Editorial Board
1991-1997 Ricerche Economiche, Academic Press, Member of Editorial Board
1996- Seoul Journal of Economics, Seoul University, Member of Editorial Board
1995 Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics, MIT Press, Member of Editorial Board
April 2011- Theoretical Economics Letters, Scientific Research Publishing, Member of the Editorial Board

International Conferences Organized
■International Conference on Difference Equations and Applications, July 24-28, 2006 (京都)
This is the joint meeting of Mathematical Society of Japan and International Society of Difference Equations. Total 150 participants include well-known mathematicians such as James Yorke, Martin Golubitky and John Mallet-Paret.
 
■Kyoto Workshop on Chaos and Complexity, October 5, 2005 (Kyoto)
David Pines, Akito Arima, Makoto Yao. Workshop to celebrate the establishment of ICAM/Kyoto branch.
■Intertemporal Equilibria, Aggregation and Sunspots: in honor of Jean Michel Grandmont, October 30-31, 2005 (Lisbon)
Guy Laroque, Jacques Dreze, Herakles Polemarchakis, Alain Venditti, Teresa Lloyd Braga, and others.
■2nd International Conference on Economic Theory, December 17 and 18, 2004 (Kyoto)
Marcus Berliant, Jean-Michel Grandmont, Andy McLennan, Roger Farmer, Co-Editors of International Jornal of Economic Theory.
■International Conference on Economic Theory, March 22 and 23, 2004 (Tokyo)
Anjan Mukherji, Andy McLennan, Partha Sen and others. To celebrate the start of the new journal, International Journal of Economic Theory.
■International Conference on Trade, Growth and General Equilibrium, February 2-4, 2004, (Kyoto)
Lionel McKenzie, Ronald Jones, Murray Kemp, Ali Khan and others.
Press Report
 February 4, 2004 Mainichi Newspaper  February 4, 2004 Kyoto Newspaper
■Interdisciplinary Symposium on the Sciences of Complexity, June 23-24, 2001 (Tokyo)
Christof Koch (Brain and Consciousness), David Pines (Physics), Yoshisuke Ueda (Chaos) and others.
■Endogenous Growth in Asia: Theory and Evidence, February 19-20, 2000 (Kyoto)
Choong Yong Ahn, Sheng-Cheng Hu, Eden Yu, Been-Lon Chen, Danyang Xie and others.
■Intertemporal Equilibrium Theory: Stability, Bifurcations and Indeterminacy, June 26-28, 1998 (Tokyo)
Aloisio Araujo, Jose Scheinkman, Karl Shell, Michele Boldrin, Gerhard Sorger and others.
■Lesson from Economic Growth in East Asia, March 18 and 19, 1997 (Kyoto)
Kausik Basu, Mukul Majumdar, Tapan Mitra, Henry Wan and others. A joint conference with Cornel University.