Hiroshi Kakazu
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Hiroshi Kakazu (Japanese: 嘉数 啓; born 1942) is a Japanese economist and island scholar. He was born in Motobu, USCAR. He is Professor Emeritus at the National University of the Ryukyus,[1] President Emeritus of the Japan Society of Island Studies,[2] and Chair of the Okinawa Remote Islands Development Panel.
Research[edit]
He is one of the originators of nissology (the study of islands; or 'island studies'). He has written ten single-authored books, including an international award-winning book on the Asia-Pacific. His books on Sustainable Development of Small Island Economies (Boulder & Oxford: Westview Press, 1994), [3] Island Sustainability (Canada: Trafford Publishing, 2012), Okinawa in the Asia Pacific (The Okinawa Times, 2012), [4] An Introduction to Nissology (Tokyo: Iwanami-shoten, 2017: 2017 Iha Fuyu Award), and Nissology (Tokyo: Kokon-shoin, 2019) which was translated into Korean, are books to consult on Nissology, with special reference to Japan and Okinawa.
Education[edit]
Kakazu studied at the University of the Ryukyus (Japan), the University of Nebraska (USA), and the London School of Economics (UK).
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