都市政策科学域
Department of Urban Science and Policy
2020FY Annual Report■Staff List of the Department of Urban Science and Policy, Faculty of Urban Environmental Sciences(inalphabetical order of the family name)Shin AIBA, Professor
Chisato ASAHI, Professor
Taro ICHIKO, Professor
Fumiko ITO, Professor
Akira KANEKO, Associate Professor
Nozomi MATSUI, Professor
Motoi NAGANO, Associate Professor
Mami OKU, Professor
Ken SHIRAISHI, Professor
Yoko SUGUHARA, Associate Professor
Masashi TAKAMICHI, Assistant Professor
Hidenori TAMAGAWA, Professor
Kiyomi WADA, Professor
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, Associate Professor

<<Shin AIBA>>
1)

Staff

Shin AIBA Associate Professor/Dr. Eng.
Urban Planning, Machizukuri
Rm.9-611 +81 426 77 1111 Ext.4237 aib@tmu.ac.jp
2)

Overview of Research Activities in 2020FY

Study on reconstruction from disaster
Shin AIBA
I studied on reconstruction plans and projects from Showa Sanriku Tsunami and Great
East Japan earthquake in coastal villages of Iwate Pref.. Results were published onacademic articles.
Urbanism on population decreasing age
Shin Aiba
I discussed and examined a theory of urban planning and design on population
decreasing age. I conducted a research project of planning Tokyo suburbs, Hachioji city.
Results were published on some books．
Comparative study on machizukuri in east Asian countries
Shin Aiba
I researched urban regeneration policies after 2000 in Tokyo, Taipei and Seoul. Results
were published on some articles and symposium．
Technologies to support machizukuri
Shin AIBA
I develop technologies to support discussion and consensus building by citizens. I
develop a workshop method to support to decide a policy of regeneration of public
facilities in Tama new town.
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List of Research Activitiesin 2020FY

Gyosuke Yamaguchi and Shin Aiba: The construction characteristics and the location
characteristics of day care facilities and visiting care offices, and the relationshipbetween them and the location of the potential user's housing :A case study ofmetropolitan suburbs, Aoba, Tsuzuki and Midori district in Yokohama city, Journal ofCity Planning Institute of Japan 55(3),pp. 1007-1012,CPIJ,2020.11 (in Japanese)1

<<Chisato Asahi>>
1)

Staff

Chisato ASAHI Professor, Doctor of Urban Science
Urban and Environmental Economics, Evaluation Research, Cost-Benefit Analysis
Building 2, Rm.107 +81 426 77 1111 Ext.1944 asahi@tmu.ac.jp
2)

Overview of Research Activities in 2020FY

1.

Evaluation Research：A Study on Economic Evaluation of Public Facilities

Our study aims to examine the nature of facility evaluation and the method of facility
evaluation in order to construct an evaluation method of public facility restructuring.
This study is based on RISTEX project “Designing a Sustainable Society throughIntergenerational Co-creation” (2016-2019).
2.

SocialOverhead

CapitalManagement ： InfrastructureManagementforSustainable Region
This study examines the legislative systems of regional infrastructure provision andmaintenance in order explore to how regional infrastructures should be maintained andmanaged by Area-Management. We investigate domestic and international case studies
with reference to the regional infrastructures’ initiatives in terms of energy, regional
public transportation, environment, disaster prevention and so on. We inspected
Stadtwerke in German public service entities operated privately and are building up
organizational model for mechanism design for positive analysis.
This study is conducted in participating as a visited researcher in a research project,“Efficient Maintenance Management of Regional Infrastructures by Area-Management”
organized by Policy Research Institute for Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport
and Tourism”.
3)

List of Research Activitiesin 2020FY

1.

Peer reviewed paper

Noriko HORIE, Kiyoko HAGIHARA, Fumiko KIMURA, and Chisato ASAHI, “TheEvaluation of Educational Roles of Urban Facilities”, Studies in Regional Science,
Volume 50, Issue 2, pp. 317-333, 2021.
Toshihide Matsumura and Chisato Asahi, “A Study on Economic Evaluation of Public
Facilities- Regional Utilization Other than Intended Purposes of School Facilities”,
Studies in Regional Science, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp.55-72, 2020.

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2.

Proceedings of oral presentations

Chisato Asahi and Yoriko Tsuchiya “Mechanism Design of Comprehensive Supply
Scheme for Local Public Services: A Case Study of "Stadtwerke" in German”, Collected
Papers for Presentation In the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japan Section of the RSAI,
Toyo University, JAPAN December 11-13, 2020 (in Japanese)
Toshihide Matsumura and Chisato Asahi,” An Analysis of Trends and Types of Public
Facility Use”, Collected Papers for Presentation In the 57th Annual Meeting of theJapan Section of the RSAI, Toyo University, JAPAN December 11-13, 2020 (in Japanese)3.

Others3-2. Monographs
Chisato Asahi, Yoriko Tsuchiya, and Masayuki Kotani,“ Mechanism Design ofComprehensive Supply Scheme for Local Public Services for Regional Sustanability”，
PRI Review, Vol.77/78, pp.110-127, Policy Research Institute for Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism, 2020 (in Japanese)
3-4. Others
Media
Panel Invitations
LecturesAwardsMedia comments
4.

Funded Research Projects (Competitive Research Funds, etc.)
KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research)

Others1)

a visited researcher in a research project, “Efficient Maintenance Management ofRegional Infrastructures by Area-Management” organized by Policy ResearchInstitute for Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism”<<Taro ICHIKO>>
1)

Staff

Taro ICHIKO Professor/ Doctor of Urban Science3

Urban Planning, Disaster Research, Hazard Mitigation Planning
Rm.9-553 +81 426 77 1111 Ext. 4272

ichiko-taro@tmu.ac.jp

2)

Overview of Research Activities in 2020FY

1.

Research of a long-term recovery for housing and living environment

The impact of natural disasters took a long time depending on the degree of damage.
How do people recover their housing, life and livelihood? How do people adapt rapid
and serious changes by the natural hazard? Our laboratory engaged in the long-term
survey after big natural disasters.
We have been continuing to visit the disaster-stricken area and interviewing survey inthe 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Kumamoto earthquake in 2016.
2.

Resiliency Studies

From the viewpoint of urban planning, we are conducting research risk mitigation
strategy for natural disaster. In particular, we were focused on creating a communitythat is resilient and rapidly recovering from the disaster. That means to pre-disasterplanning for reconstruction.
In fiscal 2020, we carried out an action-research on Azabu-6pongi district, Minato Ward,
Tokyo.
3.

Risk communication Studies

To protect ourselves from tsunamis and typhoons, it is inevitable for each person toevacuate and act. But natural disaster has difficulties of uncertainty and information
imperfection. It can be said that it is necessary to improve the decision-making ability tocope with disasters from the normal time. It’s also just the risk-communication study.
We are engaged in an action research at Kamiyugi and Minami-Ohsawa district inHachioji City. And we were also engaged in the research for disaster prevention leader
training in the Machida city.
3)

List of Research Activities in 2020 FY

1. Peer reviewed paper
1)Taro ICHIKO,A study of the community-based pre-disaster recovery planning on thehigh-density wooden housing area - From an Action Research for more 10 years in
Toshima ward, Tokyo-, Journal of the City Planning Institute of Japan, Vol.55 No.3,
pp.910-91, October, 2020 (in Japanese)2)Shigeru HIRAKI and Taro ICHIKO, Arrangement of Evacuation Shelter Conditions
and Issues of Public Facilities with Designated Management System from Comparison

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of Evacuation Shelters in Three Areas of the Kumamoto Earthquake 2016, Journal ofSocial Safety Science, No.38, No6, 2021 (in Japanese)
2. Proceedings of oral presentation
Taro ICHIKO, A study of a prefecture-level preparing activity for a disaster volunteer
among 2018-2020 - a case report of the 2nd action plan for Tokyo disaster volunteer
center -, Proceedings of the Annual conference of the Institute of Social Safety Science,
No.46, pp.69-72, 2020 (in Japanese)
3. Others
3-2. Monographs
Taro ICHIKO, Pre-disaster planning and Land Readjustment Project, Bulletin of Land
Readjustment Institute in Japan, No.207, pp.14-17, 2020(in Japanese)
3-3. Commentary/essays, Book review
Taro ICHIKO, Review of Neil, Smith, Gentrification and The Revanchist City, City
Planning Review, Vol.69 No.4, 348, p.92, 2020 (in Japanese)
4)

Funded Research Projects (Competitive Research Funds, etc.)

4-1. KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
As a Principal Investigator：Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), As a Principal
Investigator： A comparative study of Pre-disaster planning for post-disaster recovery
between U.S.and Japan, 2017-2020.
4-2. Others
As a Principal Investigator：Development of BCP sheet in Arakawa word, Research
Fund of Arakawa Industry Vitalization, Project Year: Apr 2020 - Mar 2021<<Fumiko ITO>>
1)

Staff

Fumiko ITO Professor / Dr. Eng.
Urban Planning, Urban and Regional Analysis, Analysis of Residential Environment,
Urban Environmental Psychology and Behavior Analysis
Rm.9-558 +81 426 77 1111 Ext.4273 itofumi@tmu.ac.jp

52)Overview of Research Activities in 2020FY

1. Urban area analysis, research of psychology and behavior
Fumiko Ito
The condition of the city, citizen’s evaluation of environment and the relationshipbetween those are analyzed to get suggestion for creating comfortable environment.
Following topics were researched in 2020 FY.
i)

Statistical validation of utility of head-mounted display projection-based
experimental impression evaluation for sequential streetscapesii) Proposal of System for Calculating Sky View Factor Using Google Street View
2. Housing choice, living behavior of residents
Fumiko Ito
Housing choice and living behavior of residents are analyzed to clarify the demand ofresidential service. Relationship between residential environment and housing choice,behavior of residents were analyzed.
Following topic was researched in 2020 FY.
3. Condition and situation of high aged condominium in Tama city, Hachioji city andMachida city
3)i)

List of Research Activities in 2020 FY

Peer-reviewed papers

Shoko NISHIO and Fumiko ITO'Statistical validation of utility of head-mounted display projection-based experimental
impression evaluation for sequential streetscapes',"Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science”, vol. 47, 7:
p1167-1183.
ii)

Proceedings of Oral Presentations(1)

Yuri TAKADA and Fumiko ITO‘School bus route considering children's Commuting burden: Network analysis for theunified elementary school area’
Summaries of Technical Papers of Annual Meeting, the Architectural Institute of Japan,
p1219-1220. (in Japanese)(2)

Shoko NISHIO and Fumiko ITO‘Relationship between sky factor and spatial components according to the shape of the6

sky map’
The 29th academic research presentation meeting of GIS Association of Japan, Poster
session. (in Japanese)iii) Others
3-1. Technical books
Shoko NISHIO and Fumiko ITO'Proposal of System for Calculating Sky View Factor Using Google Street View',
Yasushi Asami, Yoshiro Higano and Hideo Fukui(eds.), "New Frontiers in Regional
Science: Asian Perspectives: Frontiers of Real Estate Science in Japan", Springer,
p313-324.
3-2. Research report
Tohru YOSHIKAWA, Fumiko ITO, Hiroyuki ONEYAMA, Kenji TAKEMIYA, Shoko
NISHIO, Takayuki MIYAKE, Le Nguyen“Multilateral Research on Accessibility of the Olympic and Paralympic venues, and,
their Universal Design and Continuous Use of Venue Facilities”
Final report of Priority Allocation of Research Funds (for the Entire University) at theDiscretion of the President. (in Japanese)
3-3. Award
Shoko NISHIO and Fumiko ITO
The 9th Poster Session Award from GIS Association of Japan(Abstracts of award winners announced in "GIS-Theory and Application" Vol.28, No.2,
p90)
4)

Funded Research Projects (Competitive Research Funds, etc.)

4-1.KAKEN-HI (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research S. 'Residential Environment Effect on Brain,
Circulatory, Respiratory and Motile Organ: benefit evaluation of disease prevention',(Principal-Investigator:

Professor

Ikaga,T.,

Keio

University),

2017-2021FY,

Co-Investigator.
4-2.Others
Joint research "Survey research on the actual conditions of aged condominiums byregion and age and the direction of regeneration" (Research representative: Masumi
Matsumoto), 2019-2021 FY, Co-Investigator.

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<<Nozomi MATSUI>>
1)

Staff

Nozomi MATSUI Professor / M.A. Law
Public Administration
Rm. 2-104 +81 426 77 1111 Ext.1926

matsui-nozomi@tmu.ac.jp

2)

Overview of Research Activities in FY 2020

1.

A study of Technical staff in Local Government

2.

A study of Intergovernmental support for staff after the Great East Japan
Earthquake.

3.

A study of personnel management for female local officials.

4.

A study on coordination system between Tokyo Metropolitan Government and 23
cities in the metropolitan area.

3)

List of Research Activities in FY 2020

3-4. Commentary/essays
・Nozomi MATSUI,“"Wide-area cooperation" policy for securing and training technicaland professional positions-from discussion to practice” ， THE TOSHI MONDAI(Municipal Problems) ， Vol.111,No.12，2020，pp.57-71. [in Japanese].
・Nozomi MATSUI, “Aftee dispatch trend”， Great East Japan Earthquake and support
staff,2021. [in Japanese].
・Nozomi MATSUI, “Trends of support staff as seen from interview surveys,2021. [inJapanese].,2021. [in Japanese].
4)Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

4-1.KAKENHI(Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
Co-Investigator
・Scientific Research (C)，“Intergovernmental support for staff after the Great East
Japan Earthquake” 2017-2021.
・ Scientific Research (C) ， “Coordination system between Tokyo Metropolitan
Government and 23 cities in the metropolitan area” 2017-2021.
・ Scientific Research (B) ， “Cooperation and Collaboration among Multiple
Administrative Entities Based on Comparative Case Analysis” 2019-2021.
・Scientific Research (B)，“Study on present situation and challenges of self-government8

in the mountainous areas of Japan”， 2019-2022.
・ Scientific Research (C)A Study on the Secretariat Organization in Japanese
Municipalities - the Picture and Function of Finance

Section in Japanese Prefectural

Governments”，2019-2021.
・Scientific Research (B)，“Factors Promoting and Inhibiting the Appointment of Womenin the Public Sector”，2020-2023.
4-2.Others
・Nomura Foundation“Personnel management for female local officials” 2017-2022.
（Co-Investigator）<<Motoki Nagano>>
1)

Staff

Motoki Nagano Associate Professor / M.A. Political Science
Public Administration, Local Government Studies, Local GovernanceRm. 9-559 +81 426 77 1111 Ext. 4163 nagano@tmu.ac.jp
2)

Overview of Research Activities in FY 2020

This year, I continued my ongoing research on urban governance, with a focus on three
topics.
Topic 1: Municipal governance reform
I investigated the dynamics of planning and review processes at the municipal
executive branch level by observing and participating as an advisory committee member
for several municipalities as well as conducting interviews.
In addition, I conducted postal questionnaire surveys of all municipalities in Kanagawa
Prefecture to investigate recent trends in municipal assembly reform as well as their
responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Topic 2: Intergovernmental relationships
I examined the dynamics of negotiation and consultation mechanisms between theTokyo Metropolitan Government and individual ward offices by using an oral history
approach.
Topic 3: International comparative studies
I researched the urban planning policies and decision-making processes of the Seoul

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Metropolitan Government, with the kind assistance of the Seoul Institute, a publicresearch institution established by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. I used thefindings of my research to perform a comparison with the corresponding policies andprocesses of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
3)

List of Research Activities in FY 2020

2. Proceedings of oral presentations
Motoki Nagano “Brief on the Municipal Assembly Reformation Survey in Kanagawa
Prefecture 2020,” the Debriefing Session on the Municipal Assembly Reformation

Survey in Kanagawa Prefecture 2020, (November 20, 2020, Kanagawa Regional Labor
Culture Center). Organizer: The Institute for Public Policy in Kanagawa Prefecture[in Japanese]
Motoki Nagano, “Decentralization and Urban Planning in Districts of Seoul and Tokyo
Metropolis,” Proceedings of the International Symposium “Urban Regeneration in Seoul

and Tokyo: Present, Past, and Future,” March 16, 2021 (online). Organizer: The Seoul
Institute (Korea) and The Study Group on Neo-Liberalistic City Planning in East-Asian
Mega Cities (Japan). [in Japanese]
Motoki Nagano, “A Concise History of Citizen Sortition-Based Engagement in Japanese
Municipalities,” Democracy R&D Annual Meeting, Session 4. From Projects toPermanence: What to Change to? (1), March 9, 2021(online).
3-2. Research reports/papers
Teppei Noguchi and Motoki Nagano “A prompt report on the crisis response bymunicipal assemblies in Kanagawa Prefecture under the spread of COVID-19”, Monthly

report of the Institute for Public Policy in Kanagawa Prefecture, October 2020 issue, pp.
10-20, October 2020 [in Japanese].
Motoki Nagano, Hiroshi Inagaki, Nozomi Matsui, and Masatoshi Minowa, The Oral

History Report of Hideshi Tanaka (ex-vice mayor of Minato Ward, Tokyo Metropolis),
supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) No. 17K03547,“Negotiation and Consultation Mechanisms Between the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government and Ward Governments After Decentralizing Reforms in Fiscal Year 2000”,March 2021.

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3-3. Monographs
Motoki Nagano, “Municipal Assemblies’ Reformation and Their Challenges Under theCoronavirus Crisis in Kanagawa Prefecture”, Monthly report of the Institute for Public

Policy in Kanagawa Prefecture, December 2020 issue, pp. 1-11, December 2020 [inJapanese].
Motoki Nagano, “Citizen Deliberation Meeting (Shimin Togikai): Current Status andTheir Features” Local Society Studies, Beppu University Local Society Research Center,no.32, pp. 18-22 [in Japanese].
3-4. Commentary/essays
Motoki Nagano, “Making Assembly Bulletins to Raise Citizen Participation,” Local

Autonomy Daily (Jichinippo), April 17, 2020 [in Japanese].
Motoki Nagano, “Coronavirus crisis and local assembly reform,” Local Autonomy Daily(Jichinippo), February 5, 2019 [in Japanese].
3-6. Panel invitations
Motoki Nagano,” Chair and Commentator: Session C5. Assembly and Political
Executives of Local Governments” at the Annual Conference of Japanese Political
Science Association 2020, September 27, 2020 (online).
Motoki Nagano, ” Commentator: Session X. Past and Future of Community Policies inJapan” at the Annual Convention of Public Policy Studies Association Japan 2020, June
7, 2020 (online).
4. Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research(KAKENHI)
Principal Investigator, Scientific Research (C), No. 17K03547, “Negotiation andConsultation Mechanisms Between Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Ward
Governments After Decentralizing Reforms in Fiscal Year 2000,” FY 2017-2021.
4,160,000 JPY.
Co-investigator, Scientific Research (B), No. 18H01607, “Neo-liberalistic City Planning
System: Their Results and Formation Process in East-Asian Mega Cities,” FY
2018-2021.

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8.Grants from Grants Foundation
Motoki Nagano, Application Representative: International Symposium “Urban
Regeneration in Seoul and Tokyo: Present, Past, and Future” [Organizer: The Seoul
Institute (Korea) and The Study Group on Neo-Liberalistic City Planning in East-Asian
Mega Cities (Japan), March 16, 2021], Grant for holding academic conference FY2020,
The Korea Foundation, Tokyo Office. 220,000 JPY.
<<Mami OKU>>
1)

Staff

Mami Oku Professor, MA (Law)
Urban Law and Policy, Environmental Law, Administrative Law
oku-mami@tmu.ac.jp
2)

Overview of Research Activities in 2020FY

1. Recent development of climate change law and policy in UK
The UK is known to have introduced ETS, Climate Change Levy and Climate Change
Agreement prior to other parts of the world and also enacted the Climate Change Act
2008 which legally require the UK government to realise the long term GHG reduction
targets toward 2050.

This research aimed to obtain information and insights

concerning the recent development of UK climate change law and policy framework andmeasures to reach the reduction targets as well as to explore a pathway for theJapanese climate change policy.
2. Recent development of climate change policy in EU
EU has been actively introduced EU-ETS Directive and other legislations concerning
climate change. This continued research aimed to obtain information and insights
concerning the recent development of EU climate change law and policy framework andmeasures to reach the reduction targets as well as to explore a pathway for theJapanese climate change policy.
3. Environmental policy framework and mix of policy instruments in municipalities
Municipalities are expected to play essential roles to combat newly evolving
environmental issues – e.g. adaptation to climate change, carbon neutral toward 2050,
water pollution due to plastic waste, reduction of food waste and food losses. However,many municipalities are still searching for effective and concrete solutions to combat
these issues. The continued study has been carried out to draw effective mix of legal

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3)

List of Research Activities in 2020FY

2. Proceeding of Oral presentations
Gave a speech titled “How to realise carbon neutral in 2050? Our lifestyle and energy
after COVID-19, ” by online on 11 February 2021 to Chofu citizens.
3. Others
3-1. Technical books
Mami Oku, Recent trend of climate change law and policy in UK, Vol. 12, Review ofEnvironmental Law.
3-3. Commentaries
Mami Oku, Third Person’s Opinion on “Environmental Report 2019” of Environmental
Restoration and Conservation Agency.
Mami Oku, Third Person’s Opinion on “CSR Report 2019” of Sagawa Group Holdings.
3-4. Lectures
Gave a lecture to staff of Environmental Protection Division of Urayasu City on carbon
offset, 21 August 2020.
<<Ken SHIRAISHI>>
1)

Staff

Ken SHIRAISHI Professor／Ph.D. of Law
Law and economics, Behavioral economics, Economic crimeRm.2-108 +81 426 77 1111 Ext.1942 shiraishi-ken@tmu.ac.jp
2)

Overview of Research Activities in FY 2020

Research on corporate culture and corporate scandals
In this research, we are examining effectively deterring corporate scandals that arecaused by corporate culture, by empirically clarifying the formation process andaccountability position of organizational culture in a company.
3)

List of Research Activities in FY 2020

3-2. Monographs
SHIRAISHI, K., MURATA, M. and SHIRAISHI, S. (2020) Analysis of factors behind13corporate scandals using word network－Analysis by third party committee report,
Journal of Urban Science and Policy, Vol,2,No,1,pp1-9,Tokyo Metropolitan University(in Japanese)
4)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI)

Scientific Research (C) [Principal investigator]. Research on responsibility anddeterrence theory of misconduct by corporate culture using text mining, 2018-2020FY<<Yoko SUGIHARA>>
1)

Staff

Yoko SUGIHARA Associate Professor / Ph.D. (Health Science)
Health Sociology, Social Gerontology, Elderly Welfare
Rm.9-565 +81 426 77 1111 Ext.4278 sugihara@tmu.ac.jp
2)

Overview of Research Activities in 2020FY

1. The impact evaluation of the reformed of the National Long-Term Care Insurance(LTCI) system on the older adults and their family caregivers.
We investigated the multifaceted impacts of the reformed of the Japanese LTCI systemon the older adults and their family caregivers, based on the repeated cross-sectional
surveys conducted in a municipality of Tokyo metropolis. We examined the following
research issues: (1) The differences in the preference for long-term care (LTC) by age,period and cohort (A-P-C) in older adults. (2) The impacts of the increase in self-pay
ratio for care services covered by LTCI on impaired older adults and their family
caregivers. (3) The psychological burden of medical care at home among family
caregivers of impaired older adults. (4) Factors associated with worry about utilizing
medical and long-term care services. (5) Mediators and moderators of the association
between living alone and psychological distress. (6) Disaster preparedness among thefrail or impaired older adults.
2. A study on the political and practical strategies for recruitment, retention, and staff
development of long-term care workers in urban settings．
The purpose of this study was to clarify the political and practical strategies forrecruitment, retention, and staff development of long-term care workers in urban
settings. The survey was conducted for the chief administrators, direct care workers
and nursing staffs working in the long-term care facilities in a city in the Tokyo
Metropolitan Area. The following findings were suggested: (1) There was a serious

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shortage of visiting care staffs (home helpers) and direct care workers working in thelong-term care facilities. (2) The early turnover was the most serious problem for care
workers in LTC facilities. (3) Several strategies such as “free job matching support”,“priority entrance to nursery school”, and “improvement of social evaluation for care
workers” could be useful support for recruitment and retention of care workers.
3. A study on the mechanisms and the regulated factors of multi-layered social
disadvantages among Japanese older adults.
Based on the data obtained from the nationwide survey and two regional surveys inTokyo metropolitan area, we investigated the mechanisms and the regulated factors ofmulti-layered social disadvantages among Japanese older adults. We explored thefollowing research questions: (1) The influence of life-course financial strains on thelater-life health of the Japanese. (2) Health, psychological, social and environmental
mediators between socio-economic inequalities and participation in exercise. (3) Time
perspectives as mediators of the associations between socio-economic status and healthbehaviors. (4) Social networks' health habits over life course and late-life health habits.
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List of Research Activities in 2020FY

1. Refereed papers
Sugisawa, H., Harada, K., Sugihara, Y., Yanagisawa, S., & Shimmei, M. (2020). Social
networks' health habits over life course and late-life health habits. American Journal of
Health Behavior, 44(1), 100-117.
Sugisawa, H., Sugihara, Y., & Nakatani, Y. (2020). Long-term care preference among
Japanese older adults: differences by age, period and cohort. Ageing & Society, 40(6),1309-1333.
Sugisawa, H., Harada, K., Sugihara, Y., Yanagisawa, S., & Shinmei, M. (2020). Health,psychological, social and environmental mediators between socio-economic inequalities
and participation in exercise among elderly Japanese. Ageing & Society, 40(7),1594-1612.
Sugisawa, H., Harada, K., Sugihara, Y., Yanagisawa, S., & Shimmei, M. (2020). Time
perspectives as mediators of the associations between socio-economic status and healthbehaviours in older Japanese adults. Psychology & Health, 35(8), 1000-1016.

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Sugisawa, H., & Sugihara, Y. (2020). Mediators and moderators of the influences ofliving alone on psychological distress among Japanese older adults. Family &Community Health, 43(4), 313-322.
Sugisawa, H., Shinoda, T., Shimizu, Y., Kumagai, T., Sugisaki, H., & Sugihara, Y. (2020).
Caregiving for Older Adults Requiring Hemodialysis: A Comparison Study. Therapeutic
Apheresis and Dialysis, 24(4), 423-430.
Hou, C., & Sugihara, Y. (2020). Factors associated with worry about utilizing medical
and long-term care services among older adults in an urban community in Japan:
Focusing on the older adults living alone. Japanese Journal of Applied Gerontology,
14(1), 13-22. (in Japanese).
2. Oral / Poster Presentations
Sugihara, Y. Disaster preparedness and support needs among the older adults withdisability. Japan Socio-Gerontological Society 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. 2020.6.
p.145 (in Japanese).
Yanagisawa, S., Sugisawa, H., Harada, K., Sugihara, Y., & Shinmei, M. The differencesin oral health by Socio-economic status among Japanese older adults.: Focusing onsocio-psychological factors. Japan Socio-Gerontological Society 62nd Annual Scientific
Meeting. 2020.6. p.141 (in Japanese).
Harada, K., Sugisawa, H., Sugihara, Y., Yanagisawa, S., & Shinmei, M. How social
networks and personality traits impact mental health in Japanese seniors: A multiple
mediation analysis. Japan Socio-Gerontological Society 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting.
2020.6. p.142 (in Japanese).
Sugisawa, H., Harada, K., Sugihara, Y., Yanagisawa, S., & Shinmei, M. The mechanismon the influence of life-course financial strains on the later-life health of the Japanese.
Japan Socio-Gerontological Society 62nd Annual Scientific Meeting. 2020.6. p.152 (inJapanese).
3. Others
3-1. Technical books
Yoko Sugihara. (2021). Social participation and productive aging. Gerontology Program,

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Obirin University (ed). Textbook of Gerontology. in press. (in Japanese).
Yoko Sugihara. (2021). Family caregiving. Gerontology Program, Obirin University (ed).
Textbook of Gerontology. in press. (in Japanese).
Yoko Sugihara. (2021). Life and health over life-course. Michiko Naoi (ed). Life andWelfare (pp.6-31). Tokyo: Jikkyo Syuppann. (in Japanese).
3-3. Monographs
Yoko Sugihara. (2020). Productive aging. Library for Health, Hoken Dojin-sya. (inJapanese).
3-4. Others (Speech)
Yoko Sugihara. Social welfare for the elderly people. The first-time training seminar for
district welfare commissioners. 2020.8 and 2021.1. (in Japanese).
4)

Funded Research Projects (Competitive Research Funds, etc.)

4-1. KAKENHI Grants (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
Scientific Research (B). [Principal investigator]. “The impact evaluation of the reformedof the National Long-Term Care Insurance system on older adults and their family
caregivers: Consideration of support system for preventing social exclusion.”
Scientific Research (A). [Co-investigator]. “A study on the mechanisms and theregulated factors of multi-layered social disadvantages among Japanese older adults.”
Scientific Research (A). [Co-investigator]. “Dynamics of family, work, community,
economics, and health among the older adults in Japan.”4-2. Others
Yubi zaidan Research Funds. [Co-investigator]. “Social capital and advanced careplanning for the frail elderly in rural arears.”<<Masashi TAKAMICHI>>
1) Staff

Masashi TAKAMICHI Assistant Professor/ Dr. Eng.
Urban History, Urban Planning, Machizukuri
Rm: 9-152 +81 426 77 1111 Ext: 4231 Email: takamichi@tmu.ac.jp

172) Overview of Research Activities in FY 2020

1. A study of regional revitalization focusing on the Sotobori of Edo Castle
2. A historical study on waterside space in central Tokyo.
3. Research on revitalization of central Tokyo using regional resource.
4. Practice and research on methods of Machizukuri
5. A study on the generation process of a Tensui Ido (a well that accumulates rainwater)in Izu Oshima, Tokyo
3) List of Research Activities in FY 2020

3-3. Research Reports / Papers
Masashi TAKAMICHI(2021) “Interacting with the local community in times of change
and mastering the outer moat, which is a public space”, 『 Annual report 2020:
Laboratory of Regional Design with Ecology, Hosei University』pp.10-11, Merch 2021[inJapanese].
Masashi TAKAMICHI(2021) "Modernization of the Outer Moat of Edo Castle”,"Analyzing urban areas around the outer moat with topography", "The riverbank of theouter moat that supported the modernization of Tokyo", 『 Edo Castle Course at
Shinjuku History Museum (3 lectures)』Shinjuku History Museum Hall, February 2021<<Hidenori TAMAGAWA>>
1)

Staff

Hidenori TAMAGAWA

Professor／Dr. Eng.

Urban and Regional Analysis, Urban and Regional Planning
Rm.9-556
2)+81 426 77 1111 Ext. 4275 htama@tmu.ac.jp

Overview of Research Activities in 2020FY

1. A Fundamental Study on the Characteristics of Urban Model
Hidenori TAMAGAWA
Continuing the long-term researches, I investigated the touching points between urban
analysis and urban planning. In 2020FY, I have issued a web site describing
break-down explanation about the basic theories of the urban analysis.
2. A Study on the Recovery of the Damaged Area by the Earthquake Disaster
Hidenori TAMAGAWA, Shinji KAWAMURA, Yasuchi NOZAWA, Taro ICHIKO and18

Their Students
With the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research by JSPS, we have exerted the charrette
work shop in Noda village in Iwate prefecture after the recovery from the large
earthquake and downpour including the revitalization for the local district.
In 2020FY, when on-site visiting was impossible, we held the on-line workshops
together with residents in the village.
3)

List of Research Activities in 2020FY

3. Others
3-4. Others
・The web site about the research 1 is below;
breakdown.pdf (tmu.ac.jp)
・We have created the web site on Google map to discuss and comments on old andnowadays photos in Noda village of research 2,. The site is shared only among theworkshop members. The award named “New Tohoku Revitalization” are given to us by
National Reconstruction Agency.
4)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

KAKENHI Grants
Scientific Research (C) [Co-investigator]. Creating the regional career education
program for the recovery from multiple disasters and revitalization of local areas,
2017-2020FY + one-year extension.
<<Kiyomi WADA>>
1)

Staff

Kiyomi WADA

Professor / Ph. D. (Sociology)

Urban Sociology，Community Study
Rm: 2-111 +81 426 77 1111 Ext:1922 Email: wada-kiyomi@tmu.ac.jp
2)

Overview of Research Activities in 2020FY

1.Study on the theory, organization, and policy of Contemporary communities

This research includes theoretical research onContemporarycommunities(concept and organization theory), empirical research on community formation andcommunity development, and international comparison of community policy between
Japan and Taiwan. The results of this research will be published as "Social Design ofContemporary

Communities―The

New

Thought

19of"Community

Formation/

Community Development "" (Gakubunsha Ltd).
2. Study on social stratification and restructuring of local communities

This research was funded by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research and is based on thetheme of Social Stratification and restructuring local communities. Since this year isthe first year, I mainly examined previous research on the Subjects and methods. The
results of this research are summarized in " Empirical Investigation into Social
stratification and Changing local communities: Examining the Subjects and Methods"(The Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, No.517-1)).
3. Study on the development of Japanese community policy

This is a study on community policies in Japan since the 1970s. The contents are thecharacteristics and development of community policies in the 1970s, when community
policies first appeared in Japan, and the characteristics and subsequent developmentsof new policies that will appear in the mid-2020s. The results are summarized in"Transition of Community Policy" ("Urban Science Encyclopedia" umpushaPublishing,2021).
3)

List of Research Activities in 2020FY

3.Others
3-1

Technical bookKiyomi Wada, scheduled to be published in May 2021, "Social Design of Contemporary
Communities: The New Thought of" Community Formation / Community Development" Gakubunsha Ltd, Tokyo. (in Japanese)
3-2

Monographs

Kiyomi Wada, Shigemi Otsuki, Aya Wakita, March 2021, ” Empirical Investigation
into Social Stratification and Changing Local Communities : Examining the Subjects
and Methods”, The Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, No.517-1 . (inJapanese)
3-3. Commentary/essays
・ Writing encyclopedia items
Kiyomi Wada, February 2021, "Transition of Community Measures", Yokohama
National University, Faculty of Urban Sciences ed, "Urban Science Encyclopedia",
Shumpusha Publishing , kanagawa. (in Japanese)20

・ Book review
Kiyomi Wada, May 2021, "Book Review, Takehiro Okura," Engaged Space- # Conditions
for Pet-Friendly Communities”, Annual of Regional Community Studies, No. 33(in Japanese)
3-4. Others
Kiyomi Wada ed., February 2021, "Regional Revitalization and Community
Development ", Faculty of Urban Liberal Arts, Tokyo Metropolitan University (inJapanese)
4)

Funded Research Projects (Competitive Research Funds, etc.)

1. KAKENHI (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research)
As a Principal Investigator, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C),” Social
Stratification and Restructuring of Local Communities: Tokyo Community Survey by
Quantitative and Qualitative Approach" 2020-2022FY<<Kahoruko YAMAMOTO>>
1)

Staff

Kahoruko YAMAMOTO Associate Professor/Ph.D. (Sociology)
Urban Sociology, Community Study, Migrant Study
Rm: 9-154 +81 426 77 1111 Ext: 4233 Email: kahoruko@tmu.ac.jp
2)

Overview of Research Activities

1. Urban Sociological Study on Social Structural Changes and Reconstruction of Urban
Inner Area in Yokohama, JapanThe Study has been focused on social structural changes in urban inner areas, focusing
on the issues below; 1) change in industrial structures with Globalization andpost-industrialization, 2) town development plan engaged by public administration andNPOs, 3) activities of local supportive organizations. The academic aim is to clarify 1)
how these three points affect over changes and reconstructing of local communities, and2) how social lives of residents have changed.
2. Urban Sociological Study on Social Structural Changes and Reconstruction of Urban
Inner Area in Vancouver, Canada
The study has been conducted in Downtown Eastside, the low-income neighbor in21

Vancouver, Canada. The research has been focusing on how gentrification impacts to a
local community and their activities.
3. Research on Social Condition of the Evacuees from Fukushima
As a research group, we have conducted interviewing research to bring out the social
condition of the evacuees from Fukushima, especially from Tomioka Town.
3)

List of Research Activities

2. Proceedings of Oral Presentations
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO,
3.Others
3-1. Specialized book
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, 'Social Changes in Kotobuki as a Welfare Dependent
Community' in Marr & DeVerteuil eds. Refuge Neighborhoods:

Service Hubs andFighting Homelessness in Globalizing Cities in the US and Japan. (forthcoming)
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, 'The impact of increasing welfare needs on the social structureof urban underclass communities: A case of Kotobuki, Yokohama', Mizuuchi ed. The

Coping City: Between Gentrification and Collective Initiatives. Springer. (forthcoming)
3-4.
Others (Essays)
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, 2019-2020, ‘Japan and World Viewed through Eastside’ in

Bulletin/Geppo by GVJCCA (The Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens'
Association). (in Japanese) (Monthly)
Kahoruko YAMAMOTO, 2019-2020, ‘Introducing Cinemas about Migrants’ in Migrants

Network by SMJ (the Solidarity Network with Migrants Japan). (in Japanese)(Bimonthly)22