Projects

Current Research:

  • Urban governance and Japanese cities
  • Japanese Electronics Companies in Greater China Circles

Past Research:

  • Foreign Workers in Japanese Cities, 2004-2005
  • Japanese Multicultural Planning, 2004-2005
  • Multicultural Planning in Richmond, BC, 2004-2005
  • Japanese Foreign Residents (data base), 2003-2004
  • Japanese Electronics Firms in China (data base), 2002-2003
  • Asian Tourism and International Students in Australia and Canada (data base), 2001-2002
  • Japan and the Greater China Circle, 2002-2005
  • Investigation of Local Government and Multiculturalism in Greater Vancouver, 2000-2001
  • Japanese Investment in Asia (data base), 2000-2001
  • Comparative Study of Canada and Australia Facing Up to the Asian Financial Crisis, 1999-2000
  • Study of Japanese Industrial Districts, 1999
  • Japanese Business in Asia, 1999
  • Northwest Pacific Added Value Timber Trade with Japan, 1998-1999
  • Japanese Firms in Singapore, 1997–1998
  • Japanese Production Systems in Asia, 1997-2000
  • Post-Earthquake Reconstruction in Kobe, 1996-1997
  • Japanese Tourist Patterns in Canada, 1995-1997
  • Urban Planning Systems in Japan, 1995-1996
  • Japanese Post-War Urban Development, 1994-1995
  • Investigation of Japanese Investment in Canada, 1989-1994
  • Canada-Japan Trade in Forest Products, 1993-1996
  • Investigation of Japanese Investment in the Pacific Northwest, 1993
  • Japanese Urban Development, 1992
  • Japanese Overseas Investment in Real Estate, 1991-1992
  • Industrial Restructuring in Japan, 1990-1991
  • Investigation of Japanese Science Cities and Technopolis Programme, 1988