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Staff Members

Ocean Policy Research Institute
(Division of Ocean Policy Research)

Research Fellow
Hajime Tanaka

Hajime Tanaka is affiliated with the Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI) as Research Fellow. He has master degrees of Economics from Waseda University and International Affairs from University of California, San Diego, and is a PhD candidate of Agriculture from University of Tokyo. His specialized field is the Impact evaluation analysis using Econometrics and Geographical information System in the field of Ocean Economy.

Expertise

Policy Evaluation
Ocean Economy
Ocean Policy Research
Input-Output Table
Impact Evaluation
Disaster
Economic Evaluation
Blue Economy

Publications

Papers

2023	Economic evaluation of MSY-based fishery policy using input-output table: A case study of squid-related industries in Hakodate City, Japan Hajime Tanaka, Mitsutaku Makino Marine Policy, 157, Sep, 2023
2023	Blue Economy Evaluation Study using Input-Output Table: Hakodate-City as a case study Hajime Tanaka Doctoral Dissertation of University of Tokyo, Mar, 2023
2021	Building Back Better in Small Island Developing States in the Pacific: Initial Insights from the BinD Model of Disaster Risk Management Policy Options in Fiji. Nepomuk Dunz, Hajime Tanaka, Nagisa Shiiba, Junko Mochizuki, Asjad Naqvi ADBI Working Paper, Dec, 2021
2021	Tsunami Impact Assessment and Vulnerability Index Development using Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Model and Geographic Information System (GIS) – A Study on Mie Prefecture, Japan Hajime Tanaka, Nagisa Shiiba, Michael C. Huang IDRiM Journal, Sep 23, 2021
2021	Impact assessment and a fiscal recovery policy for tsunami risk: GIS and the general equilibrium approach in Hakodate city, Japan Hajime Tanaka, Michael C Huang Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 48(5) 1144-1160, Jun, 2021
2021	How blue financing can sustain ocean conservation and development: A proposed conceptual framework for blue financing mechanism Nagisa Shiiba, Hsing Hao Wu, Michael C. Huang, Hajime Tanaka Marine Policy, 139 104575-104575, May, 2021
2020	Policy simulation of 6th industrialization subsidy using dynamic general equilibrium model: Case of Hakodate city, Hokkaido Tanaka, H, Huang,C, M Ocean policy studies, 14(1) 73-87, 2020
2019	Quick Survey Method for River Litter Coupled with Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis Shioiri, T, Yoshioka, N, Tanaka, H, Seino, S, Isobe, T Journal of coastal zone studies, 32(3) 31-40, Aug, 2019
2015	Historical creating-process of the Debt-Deflation Theory”. Waseda University Master Thesis Hajime Tanaka Master thesis of Waseda University, Mar, 2015

Presentations

Using Regional Input-Output Table for an Economic Evaluation of the Amended Fisheries Act: A Case of Squid-related Industry in Hakodate City, Japan (October 31, 2021).
ADBI-OPRI, Virtual Conference on Blue Economy and Blue Finance: Towards Sustainable Development and Ocean Governance (November 30, 2020).
ADBI-Purdue University-University of Tokyo, Virtual Workshop on Resilience of Cities to External Shocks: Analysis, Modeling, and Economic Impacts (October 27-28, 2020).
Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Society. IDRiM Virtual Workshop for Interactive Discussions between Senior and Early-Career Scientists. Tsunami Disaster Impact and Vulnerability Index Assessment: An Approach of GIS and CGE model for Mie Prefecture, Japan (September 24, 2020).
WORLD BOSAI FORUM (November 9-12, 2019).
Asia Pacific Social Enterprise Summit (May 11, 2019).
"How can we approach to ocean micro plastic debris ?" Asia Pacific Social Enterprise Summit (May 11, 2019)

Materials

Hakodate-IO.xlsx（83kB）

Media

Projects

Academic/Professional Background

Received first Master's Degree in Economics from Waseda University and received second Master's Degree in International Affairs from the School of Global Policy and Strategy from the University of California, San Diego. Began current position at SPF in October 2018.

Academic Society etc.

Japan Society of Ocean Policy
Japanese Association for Coastal Zone Studies
Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies

Professional Background

Research fellow at the Ocean Policy Research Institute (OPRI), the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (2018)

Academic Background

Master’s Degree in International Affairs of China and Quantitative Analysis Certificates from the Project Design and Evaluation Lab at the University of California, San Diego in 2018
Master’s Degree of Economics from the Graduate School of Waseda University in 2015
Bachelor’s Degree of Economics from Waseda University in 2012.

Skills

STATA, R, Python, Arc-GIS, Google Satellite API

Languages

Japanese, English, Mandarin