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B.A. Kobe University, School of Business Administration, 1967

M.B.A Kobe University, Graduate School of Business Administration, 1969

Doctor of Business Administration, Kobe University, 1992

Assitant Professor of Accounting, Kansai University, 1969

Associate Professor of Accounting, Kansai University,1972

Professor of Accounting, Kansai University,1983

Professor of Accounting, Kobe University,1994

Emeritus Professor of Kobe University

Professor of Hannan University

Research Interests:

Accounitng Choice; Earnings Management; Corporate Governance;

Accounting Regulation; Corporate Taxation

Recent Publications:

"The Dividend Stabilizing and Accounting Choice of Japanese Firms", in Shyam Sunder and H. Yamaji (eds.), Economic Analysis of Financial Accounting System(Forthcoming).

"Accounting Choice of Japanese Firms and Debt Hypothesis(in Japanese)," Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University(August 1996).

"LIFO Puzzle(in Japanese)," The Kaikei(February 1995).

"Boomerang Effects of Accounting Information and R&D Expenditure", JICPA Journal (September 1994).

A Theory of Accounting Reporting : Research into Japanese Accounting (Moriyama Bookshop, 1994).

A Theory of Accounting System Choice, Revised Edition (Chuo-Keizai, 1993).

Cores of Conpemporary Finnancial Accounting(Moriyama Bookshop, 2003).