Publications
Books, Journal articles and book chapters (J: written in Japanese)

･ Cities and City Regions in the 21st Century (edited with Masaru Munakata), Kyushu University Press, 2013. (J)

･‘The process of urban renewal in Marunouchi, Otemachi and Yurakucho district, Tokyo’, Urban Geography of Japan, Vol. 7, 2012, pp.83-89. (J)

･‘Relation between redevelopment on JR central stations and change of land use: case studies of Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka’ (with Sachiko Cho), Urban Policy Studies, Vol. 13, 2012, pp.11-20. (J)

･‘Locational changes of banking offices in Kyoto central district’, Ekonomikusu, Vol. 16, No. 2-3, 2012, pp.1-20. (J)

･‘Locational changes of banking offices in Sapporo central district’, Ekonomikusu, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2011, pp.71-84. (J)

･ ‘From twin cities to daual city ceters: Mutual prosperity of Hakata and Fukuoka’, Urban Geography of Japan, Vol. 5, 2010, pp.57-65. (J)

･ ‘Locational changes of banking offices in Fukuoka central district’, Ekonomikusu, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2009, pp.55-72. (J)

･ ‘The locations and the regulations of high-rise buildings in Fukuoka, Japan’, Ekonomikusu, Vol. 13, No. 1-2, 2008, pp. 77-98. (J)

･ ‘Locations and accumulate processes of skyscrapers in major North American cities’, Ekonomikusu, Vol. 12, No. 4, 2008, pp. 43-72. (J)

･ ‘The metamorphosis of skylines in Tokyo’, in K. Abe ed., Geography of Urban Landscapes, 2007, pp. 32-42. (J)

･ ‘History of Comprehensive National Development Plan and National Capital Region Development Plan’, in Y. Miyakawa and J. Yamashita eds., Structure of Regions and Planning for Regions, 2006, pp. 179-195. (J)

･ ‘The changes in the Tokyo cityscape following the skyscraper construction boom’, Urban Geography of Japan, Vol. 1, 2006, pp.3-18. (J)

･ "Invisible Ceiling" behind the Formation of Urban Skylines in Tokyo, Discussion Paper Series No. 26, Faculty of Economics, Kyushu Sangyo University, 2006.

･ ‘Locational restructuring of Japanese overseas banking: comparisons between 1995 and 2005’, in Y. Murayama and G. Du eds., Cities in Global Perspective: Diversity and Transition, Rikkyo Univ. and IGU, 2005, pp. 204-211.

･ ‘Economic globalization and the transitions of urban planning in Tokyo: National Capital Region Development Plan and the urban planning of Tokyo Metropolitan Government’, Journal of Industry and Management of Industrial Management Institute, Vol. 37, 2005, pp. 25-39. (J)

･ ‘Transition in overseas office locations of Japanese regional banks in Asia’, Asian Geographer , Vol. 23 (1-2), 2004, pp. 109-120.

･ ‘Review of world urban system research’, in N. Takahashi ed., Prospects of Human Geography in the 21st Century, 2003, pp. 373-384. (J)

･ ‘Defining the world system of cities: Overseas office locations of transnational banks’ in W. K. D. Davies and I. J. Townshend eds., Monitoring Cities: International Perspectives, IGU, 2002, pp. 99-102.

･ ‘Developments of financial industries’ (with N. Takahashi)’, Tokei, Vol. 51(6), 2000, pp. 21-28. (J)

･ World System of Cities in Terms of Overseas Office Locations of Transnational Banks, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, University of Tsukuba, 2000.

･ ‘Changing networks of Japanese banks among mega-cities in the world’ in A. G. Aguilar and I. Escamilla eds., Problems of Megacities: Social Inequalities Environmental Risk and Urban Governance, UNAM Press, 1999, pp. 117-129.

･ ‘Japanese service sector multinationals and the hierarchy of Pacific Rim cities (with D. Edgington)’ Asia Pacific View Point, Vol. 39 (2), 1998, pp. 161-178.

･ ‘International expansion of Japanese banks in the post-World War II period’, Annals of the Japanese Association of Economic Geographers, Vol.44(2), 1998, pp. 24-42. (J)

･ ‘Geographical study of international finance -outcomes and issues-’, Japanese Journal of Human Geography, Vol. 49(4), 1997, pp. 43-67. (J)

･ ‘Banking centres and the network of international banks in Pacific Asia’ Asian Geographer, Vol. 16 (1), 1997, pp. 1-20.