was a Japanese economist who was a specialist in the
Japanese economy
The economy of Japan is a highly developed social market economy, often referred to as an East Asian model. It is the third-largest in the world by nominal GDP and the fourth-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). It is the world's secon ...
.
After graduating from the Economics Department of
Tokyo University
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by ...
, he worked as an assistant, lecturer, and assistant professor in the Education Department of the same university before becoming a professor in 1970. After retiring in 1986, he became a professor emeritus at his alma mater, and professor at
Ochanomizu Women's University and
Toyo Eiwa University is a private Christian university in Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1989, it is part of the Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin founded in 1884 by Canadian missionary Martha J. Cartmell.
Academics
Toyo Eiwa has two faculties: Hum ...
.
Between 1977 and 1979 he was director of the Economic Research Division of the now-defunct Economic Planning Agency.
He died of
hepatitis
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue. Some people or animals with hepatitis have no symptoms, whereas others develop yellow discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice), poor appetite, vomiting, tiredness, abdominal pa ...
on September 26, 2013.
Works
Books
* ''Lectures on Modern Japanese Economic History 1926–1994. LTCB International''
* ''The Postwar Japanese Economy''
* ''Economic growth in prewar Japan''
* ''A History of Showa Japan, 1926–1989''
* ''The Economic History of Japan: 1600–1990: Volume 3''
* ''The Tarnished Phoenix''
* ''Liberalization of Postwar Japanese Economy''
* ''The Postwar Japanese Economy: Its Development and Structure, 1937–1994''
* ''Japanese Economic Development from 1945 to the Present: Three Lectures''
*1965）
*1968）
*1970）
*1971）
*1975）
*1978／1994）
*1979／2 1980／3 1993）
* ''Economic Growth in Prewar Japan'' (1983, hardcover)（）
*1985）
*1986／2007）
*1991）
*1993。2012）
*1995）
*2000）
Co-author
* Takafusa Nakamura, Bernard R. G. Grace: ''Economic development of modern Japan''
* James William Morley, Takafusa Nakamura, Janet Hunter: ''Interwar Japan''
* Saburō Ōkita, Takafusa Nakamura: ''Postwar reconstruction of the Japanese economy''
* Takafusa Nakamura, Edwin Whenmouth: ''A History of Shōwa Japan, 1926–1989''
* Takafusa Nakamura, Kōnosuke Odaka: ''The Economic History of Japan, 1600–1990: Economic history of Japan, 1914–1955''
*198321992
Editor
*1979）
*1981）
*（7）1989）
*1993）
*1997）
Co-editor
*（43-44）1970-1974）
*（1-4）1971-1972）
*19771983）
*1979）
*1980）
*1983）
*1986）
*（6）1989）
*（1）1990）
*（2）1990）
*（3）1990）
*1995）
*19501997）
*2002）
*2003）
*2005）
Translator
* M・M・1969）
* 1980）
General editor
*GHQ551997-2000）
*591999-2002）
Awards
* (2004)
Japan Academy
The Japan Academy (Japanese: 日本学士院, ''Nihon Gakushiin'') is an honorary organisation and science academy founded in 1879 to bring together leading Japanese scholars with distinguished records of scientific achievements. The Academy is c ...
Award for ''A History of Showa Japan，1926–1989''
* (2003) Osaragi Jiro Award for ''昭和史(I・II)'' ("Showa History, Vol. I and II")
References
Takafusa Nakamura at PHP
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1925 births
2013 deaths
20th-century Japanese economists
21st-century Japanese economists
University of Tokyo alumni