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• The market, which is based on various institutions and systems such as exchanges and legal regulations, forms prices and allocates goods and services. This study conducts a qualitative examination of historical materials pertaining to fundamental institutions and systems. Additionally, it employs quantitative analysis on high-frequency trade data to capture historical changes in the function and operating conditions of the market in the Japanese Empire during the modern period. By dynamically investigating the role of the market from a historical perspective, this study aims to acquire knowledge that can enhance our understanding of market function and contribute to its improvement.

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• Keio Economic Observatory, Research Member

Career 【 Display / hide 】

Career 【 Display / hide 】

• 2023.09

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  Present

  Yonsei University, Underwood International College, Lecturer

• 2023.09

  Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies, Lecturer

• 2022.09

  University of Milan, Faculty of Political, Economic, and Social Sciences, Lecturer

• 2021.09

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  2022.09

  Fukushima University, Graduate School of Economics, Adjunct Lecturer

• 2021.09

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  2022.03

  Waseda University, School of Commerce, Adjunct Lecturer

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

• 2015.07

  Keio University, Graduate School of Economics, Major in Economics

  Graduate School, Completed, Doctoral course

• 2010.04

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  2013.03

  Keio University, Graduate School of Economics, Major in Economics

  Graduate School, Withdrawal after completion of doctoral course requirements, Doctoral course

• 2008.04

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  2010.03

  Keio University, Graduate School of Economics, Major in Economics

  Graduate School, Completed, Master's course

• 2004.04

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  2008.03

  Keio University, Faculty of Economics

  University, Graduated

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

• Ph.D., Economics, Keio University, Coursework, 2015.07

  The Government Monopoly Policy and Its Market Foundation in Modern Japan: The Case of the Salt Monopoly System and Salt Market in the Meiji and Taisho Periods

• M.A., Economics, Keio University, Coursework, 2010.03

• B.A., Economics, Keio University, Coursework, 2008.03

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

Research Areas 【 Display / hide 】

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Japanese history

• Humanities & Social Sciences / History of Asia and Africa

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Economic history

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Money and finance

• Humanities & Social Sciences / Business administration

Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

Research Keywords 【 Display / hide 】

• Commodity Exchange

• Rice Market

• Colony

• Stock Exchange

• Economic Policy

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Research Themes 【 Display / hide 】

Research Themes 【 Display / hide 】

• Economic history, 

  2010.04

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• Business history, 

  2010.04

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• Financial history, 

  2010.04

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• Modern history of Japan and the Japanese colonies, 

  2010.04

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• Historical economics, 

  2010.04

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Books 【 Display / hide 】

Books 【 Display / hide 】

• Development of Brewing Industry and Rural Industrialization: The Japanese Regional Economy in the Premodern and Modern Periods

  Shigehiko Ioku, Satoru Nakanishi, Keio University Press, 2023.09

  Scope: The expansion of product portfolio and low-end market in an indigenous industry: The selling of knockoff brands to rural areas by the Takanashi family, a soy sauce manufacturer, from the 1890s to the 1910s,  Contact page： 207-242

• Salt and Empire: Market, Monopoly System, and Colony in Modern Japan

  Kiyotaka MAEDA, Nagoya University Press, 2022.02

• Dissolution of the Japanese Empire: The Migration and Upheaval of Regional Society

  Asobu Yanagisawa, Aiko Kurasawa, Keio University Press, 2017.06

  Scope: Academic investigation of the Japanese occupied area during the Second Sino-Japanese War: Focusing on the Shanxi Gakujutsu Chosa Kenkyu-dan in 1942,  Contact page： 129-159

• Soy Sauce Brewing Industry and Regional Industrialization: A Study of the Takanashi Hyozaemon Family

  Shigehiko Ioku, Satoru Nakanishi, Keio University Press, 2016.06

  Scope: The procurement of raw materials in the modern period: The development of transportation infrastructure and change in the origins of raw materials,  Contact page： 255-297

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

Papers 【 Display / hide 】

• Distinctive pricing in the metropole of the integrated empire's economy: Japan's central and local rice markets, 1900-1939

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  KEO Discussion Paper (Keio Economic Observatory, Keio University)   ( 175 ) 1 - 53 2023.04

  Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work, Corresponding author

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  This study explores the spot and futures pricing of rice in Japan's central and local cities during the period 1900–1939 to detect how importing primary products from the colonies impacted the commodity market in the metropole. The imperial country imported colonial primary products different in quality than the domestic ones to accelerate industrialization and the export of industrial goods to the colonies. During the process of commodity market to accommodate the trade expansion of colonial goods, the futures prices in the central cities, which were hubs of colonial goods, reflected the price fluctuation of imported goods. On the other hand, the minor exchange in the local cities, which tended not to trade colonial goods, augmented its price formation function. Based on the geographical heterogeneity of colonial goods circulation, this mechanism promoted economic growth and widened economic disparity within the empire.

• Market-based financing for small corporations during early industrialisation: The case of salt corporations in Japan, 1880s-1910s

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  Business History (Taylor & Francis)  65 ( 3 ) 502 - 524 2023.04

  Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author, Accepted

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  © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This study investigates how small corporations in rural areas of Japan obtained funding from the 1880 s through the 1910s and reassesses the role of market-based financing for Japanese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While most previous literature shows that Japan effectively used bank-based financing for SMEs, this study provides evidence that corporations of various sizes, including small ones in rural areas, arranged funding through the stock and bond markets during Japan’s early industrialisation period. While this type of financing arrangement helped promote early industrialisation, it also strengthened the dual economy during full-fledged industrialisation.

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• Colonial impact on Japan’s economy: Dynamics of the rice market during the interwar period

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  KEO Discussion Paper (Keio Economic Observatory, Keio University)   ( 170 ) 1 - 33 2022.06

  Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work, Corresponding author

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  This study analyzes the change in the pricing of domestic and colonial rice in Japan during the interwar period. Japan was an empire that had thriving colonial trades to procure primary products. Colonial rice differed in quality from domestic rice because of climate conditions, and the government promoted homogenizing various types of rice. Consequently, colonial rice consumption expanded in Japan, and the pricing of each heterogeneous rice partially influenced the others after the mid-1930s. The forging of a closer relationship among the regions within the empire structurally transformed not only colonial economies but also the metropole's economy.

• Tiny rural banks and regional economies: Finance for the salt industry in Utazu, Kagawa prefecture, 1898–1919

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  Keizaishi Kenkyu (Study of Economic History) (Institute for Research in Economic History of Japan, Osaka University of Economics)   ( 25 ) 59 - 87 2022.01

  Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author

• Government interventions and excessive demand in Japan after the Russo–Japanese War: An analysis of the salt market under the monopoly system using VAR and VEC models

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  Shigaku (The Historical Science) 89 ( 4 ) 1 - 39 2021.02

  Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work, Corresponding author

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Papers, etc., Registered in KOARA 【 Display / hide 】

Papers, etc., Registered in KOARA 【 Display / hide 】

• Swinging unstable market after the Great depression : daily rice pricing of Japan’s futures and spot trades

  Maeda, Kiyotaka

  KEO discussion paper (Keio Economic Observatory Sangyo Kenkyujo)   ( 179 )  2024.04

• Distinctive pricing in the metropole of the Integrated empire's economy : Japan's central and local rice markets, 1900–1939

  Maeda, Kiyotaka

  KEO discussion paper (Keio Economic Observatory Sangyo Kenkyujo)   ( 175 )  2023.04

• Colonial impact on Japan's economy : dynamics of the rice market during the interwar period

  Maeda, Kiyotaka

  KEO discussion paper (Keio Economic Observatory Sangyo Kenkyujo)   ( 170 )  2022.06

• Regional comparative study on rural industrialization by brewing industry and formation of Japanese food culture

  Maeda, Kiyotaka

  科学研究費補助金研究成果報告書 2022

• Government interventions and excessive demand in Japan after the Russo-Japanese War : an analysis of the salt market under the monopoly system by using VAR and VEC models

  Maeda, Kiyotaka

  The historical science (三田史学会)  89 ( 4 ) 1(315) - 39(353) 2021.02

  ISSN  03869334

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Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

Reviews, Commentaries, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

• The era of financial monopoly: The Revision of the Salt Monopoly System by the Monopoly Bureau, Ministry of Finance

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan 76 ( 4 ) 238 - 241 2022.12

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author,  ISSN  0369-4550

• The era of financial monopoly: The Criticism of the Salt Monopoly System After the Russo-Japanese War

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan 76 ( 3 ) 183 - 186 2022.09

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author,  ISSN  0369-4550

• The era of financial monopoly: Policy for the salt industry and the Salt Monopoly System of Taiwan

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan 76 ( 1 ) 65 - 68 2022.02

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author,  ISSN  0369-4550

• The era of financial monopoly: Import and trade of colonial salt

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan 75 ( 4 ) 204 - 208 2021.11

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author,  ISSN  0369-4550

• The era of financial monopoly: Salt market at the turn of the twentieth century

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  Bulletin of the Society of Sea Water Science, Japan 75 ( 3 ) 158 - 161 2021.08

  Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal), Single Work, Corresponding author,  ISSN  0369-4550

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Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

Presentations 【 Display / hide 】

• The government interventions and the commodity futures and spot markets’pricing after the Great Depression: Analysis of daily rice prices in Osaka

  Kiyotaka Maeda

  Mita Historical Society, 

  2024.06

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  Oral presentation (general)

• The futures and spot pricings under the government’s rice price control in the 1920s and 1930s: Analysis of daily rice trade data in Osaka

  Kiyotaka Maeda

  Socio-Economic History Society 93rd Annual Conference (Minami-Osawa Campus, Tokyo Metropolitan University) , 

  2024.05

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  Oral presentation (general), Socio-Economic History Society

• Price adjustment policies of agricultural products and futures and spot markets: Analysis on the rice market in Osaka during the 1920s and 1930s

  Kiyotaka Maeda

  The Institute of Asian Studies Seminar in 2023 (TKP Sapporo Conference Center) , 

  2024.01

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  Oral presentation (general), Institute of East Asian Studies, Keio University

• Distinctive pricing in the metropole of the integrated empire’s economy: Japan’s central and local rice markets in the early 20th century

  Kiyotaka Maeda

  The East Asian Studies Center Seminar “Food distribution and consumption in modern East Asia and the Japanese Empire” (Ohio State University) , 

  2023.11

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  Oral presentation (general), East Asian Studies Center, Ohio State University

• Distinctive pricing in the metropole of the integrated empire’s economy: Japan’s central and local rice markets in the early 20th century

  Kiyotaka Maeda

  East Asian Economic History Workshop (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice) , 

  2023.09

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  Oral presentation (general), Ca’ Foscari University of Venice

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Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

Research Projects of Competitive Funds, etc. 【 Display / hide 】

• 中世農業生産・流通量推計方法の構築

  2024.06

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  2030.03

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Keiichi NAKAJIMA, Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering), Research grant, Coinvestigator(s)

• Mechanism of futures rice pricing before the Second World War by utilizing time-series analysis on daily data

  2024.04

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  2025.03

  Zengin Foundation for Studies on Economics and Finance, Research grant, Principal investigator

• Fundamental research to build the empirical estimation model of macroeconomy in the medieval period

  2023.04

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  2026.03

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Keiichi NAKAJIMA, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Research grant, Coinvestigator(s)

• Distribution and consumption of food in modern East Asia and Empire Japan

  2022.04

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  2023.03

  Takahashi Industrial and Economic Research Foundation, Research Grant of the Takahashi Industrial and Economic Research Foundation, Kiyotaka MAEDA, Research grant, Principal investigator

• Crackdown on black-market goods distribution and the popular after the Second World War in Japan: A case of black-market tobacco under the jurisdiction of the Kofu Monopoly Branch Office in 1948

  2021.04

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  2024.03

  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Yu Yamamoto, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Research grant, Coinvestigator(s)

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Works 【 Display / hide 】

Works 【 Display / hide 】

• The lure of salt, Mita Hyoron, 1273, pp. 46-57

  Shiho AOYAMA, Yu SUGIMOTO, Kiyotaka MAEDA

  2023.01

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  Other, Joint

• Self-Introduction, Sanshokuki, 837, pp. 31-32

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  2021.08

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  Other, Single

• Painstakingly collecting historical materials, Mita Hyoron, 1224, p. 9

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  2018.07

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  Other, Single

• "Book report, no. 23, Newsletter of the Monopoly Bureau," Newsletter of Seinan Gakuin University Library, 183, p. 7

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  2017.11

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  Other, Single

• "Book report, no. 19, The History of Salt Monopoly," Newsletter of Seinan Gakuin University Library, 178, p. 7

  Kiyotaka MAEDA

  2015.04

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  Other, Single

Awards 【 Display / hide 】

Awards 【 Display / hide 】

• Izutsu Toshihiko Academic Award

  2023.06, Faculty of Letters, Keio University

  Type of Award： Keio commendation etc.

• Research Award

  Akihiko NODA, 2017.02, Osaka Banker's Association

  Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

• President's Award

  2016.01, Seinan Gakuin University

  Type of Award： Keio commendation etc.

• President's Award

  2014.03, Seinan Gakuin University

  Type of Award： Keio commendation etc.

• Young Researcher Award

  2013.10, Business History Society of Japan

  Type of Award： Award from Japanese society, conference, symposium, etc.

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• SURVEY OF JAPANESE HISTORY 4

  2025

• SEMINAR: JAPANESE HISTORY 2J

  2025

• SEMINAR: JAPANESE HISTORY 1J

  2025

• SEMINAR : LECTURE OF JAPANESE HISTORY 4

  2025

• SEMINAR : LECTURE OF JAPANESE HISTORY 3

  2025

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Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

Courses Previously Taught 【 Display / hide 】

• History 1: Japanese Economy during Meiji Era

  Keio University

  2018.04

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  2019.03

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  Spring Semester, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

• Advanced Studies in Japanese History (Correspondence Course): Japanese Economic History during Meiji Era

  Keio University

  2018.04

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  2019.03

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  Autumn Semester, Lecture, Within own ｆaculty

• Seminar: Lecture of Japanese History 4: Method and Significance of Cliometrics 2

  Keio University

  2018.04

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  2019.03

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  Autumn Semester, Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

• Intensive Seminar IV (A)

  Keio University

  2018.04

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  2019.03

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  Autumn Semester, Undergraduate (specialized), Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

• Intensive Seminar II (A)

  Keio University

  2018.04

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  2019.03

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  Autumn Semester, Undergraduate (specialized), Seminar, Within own ｆaculty

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Social Activities 【 Display / hide 】

Social Activities 【 Display / hide 】

• The Brink Between Japanese History and World History: Content and Problem of Colonial History Education

  Ibaraki Teacher Training Center, Training Course for the Improvement of the Leadership Ability to Enhance Cogitation, Acumen, and Expressiveness (Ibaraki Teacher Training Center)

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  2021.08

• Economic History of Japanese Colonies as Modern Japanese History: Research Trend and Actual Example of University Education

  Ibaraki Teacher Training Center, Training Course for the Improvement of the Leadership Ability to Enhance Cogitation, Acumen, and Expressiveness (Ibaraki Teacher Training Center)

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  2020.06

Media Coverage 【 Display / hide 】

Media Coverage 【 Display / hide 】

• Appearance on the Documentary Program “Family History: Egawa, Suguru”

  Shizuoka Station, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), NHK Documentary Program “Family History: Egawa, Suguru”, 2020.09

• Supervising Editor of the Morning Drama Serials “Manpuku”

  Osaka Station, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), Morning Drama Serials “Manpuku”, 2018.09

Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

Memberships in Academic Societies 【 Display / hide 】

• Economic History Society, 

  2014.04

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  Present

• Economic History Association, 

  2014.04

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  Present

• Association for Asian Studies, 

  2023.11

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  Present

• Business History Society of Japan, 

  2010.10

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  Present

• Socie-Economic History Society of Japan, 

  2009.01

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  Present

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Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

Committee Experiences 【 Display / hide 】

• 2019.05

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  2021.04

  Management accountant, Mita Historical Society

• 2019.04

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  2022.03

  Manager of Kanto Region, Business History Society of Japan

• 2019.04

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  2019.10

  55th Annual Meeting Executive Committee, Business History Society of Japan

• 2019.01

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  2019.10

  Conference Committee, Business History Society of Japan

• 2015.03

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  Present

  Member of Editorial Board, International Studies Research Institute, Keimyung University