CONFERENCE/SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

• The 8th Regular `Rokko’ Forum at Kobe University, Hyougo (Zoom), Japan, 10/11/2023, “The Unexpected Side Effects of Lockdowns on Those "Barely" Inside and Outside of Lockdown Areas” (with Reo Takaku, Takahiro Tabuchi, and Takeo Fujiwara) 

• Japanese Economic Association, Osaka, Japan, 9/17/2023, Award Lecture of The 2023 Japanese Economic Association Award for Young Female Researchers, “Analyses of Each Impact of COVID-19 School Closure and State of Emergency” 

• Microeconomics Workshop at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo (Zoom), Japan, 5/23/2023, “The Unexpected Side Effects of Lockdowns on Those "Barely" Inside and Outside of Lockdown Areas” (with Reo Takaku, Takahiro Tabuchi, and Takeo Fujiwara).

• Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training 120th Labor Policy Forum (Zoom), Japan, 3/3/2022, “A New Phase in Work–Life Balance Research - Toward Establishing the Necessary Data Infrastructure.” 

• Kansai Labor Workshop, Osaka (Zoom), Japan, 4/23/2021, “What the COVID-19 School Closure Left in Its Wake: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Analysis in Japan” (with Reo Takaku). 

• RND Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 3/29/2021, “What the COVID-19 School Closure Left in Its Wake: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Analysis in Japan” (with Reo Takaku). 

• Japanese Economic Association, Hyogo, Japan, 6/9/2018, “Inequality through Wage Response to the Business Cycle―Evidence from the FFL Decomposition Method―” (with Naomi Kodama and Yoshio Higuchi).

• Kansai Labor Workshop, Osaka, Japan, 5/25/2018, "Effects of state-sponsored human capital investment on the selection of training type" (with Naomi Kodama and Yoshio Higuchi).

• Tokyo Labor Economics Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 5/11/2018, “Inequality through Wage Response to the Business Cycle–Evidence from the FFL Decomposition Method–,” (with Naomi Kodama, and Yoshio Higuchi)

• GRIPS Seminar Series in Economics, Tokyo, Japan, 11/2/2016, “What happened to wage inequality in Japan during the last 25 years? ―Evidence from the FFL decomposition method―” (with Naomi Kodama and Yoshio Higuchi), National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).

• Japanese Economic Association, Nagoya, Japan, 6/19/2016, “Does drinking make you more productive? A natural experiment from genetic variation” (with Daiji Kawaguchi and Jungmin Lee).

• Workshop on the Integration of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, 10/04/2015, “Estimating the causal impact of alcohol consumption on earnings using genotype as the instrumental variable” (with Daiji Kawaguchi and Jungmin Lee).

• Japanese Economic Association, Tokyo, Japan, 10/10/2015, “Optimal combination of wage cuts and layoffs: The unexpected side effect of a performance-based payment system” (with Takuya Obara).

• Japanese Economic Association, Tokyo, Japan, 10/10/2015, “How the 2003 social insurance premium reform affects firm behavior” (with Naomi Kodama).

• Hitotsubashi Summer Institute on Labor Economics, Tokyo, Japan, 8/1/2015, “Estimating the causal impact of alcohol consumption on earnings using genotype as the instrumental variable” (with Daiji Kawaguchi and Jungmin Lee).

• Tokyo Labor Economics Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 6/5/2015, “How the 2003 social insurance premium reform affected firm behavior” (with Naomi Kodama).

• Japanese Economic Association, Nigata, Japan, 5/23/2015, “The impact of tax reform in Japan on the work-hour and income distributions of married women.”

• Keio Economic Observatory Seminar, Tokyo, Japan, 1/19/2015, “The impact of tax reform in Japan on the work-hour and income distributions of married women.”

• The 8th Annual Asian Conference on Applied Micro-economics/Econometrics, Hong Kong, China, 11/28/2014, “The impact of the 2004 tax reform in Japan on the income distribution of married women.”

• Mini Conference at Sogang University, Seoul, Korea, 11/10/2014, “The impact of the 2004 tax reform in Japan on the income distribution of married women.”

• Kansai Labor Workshop, Osaka, Japan, 6/27/2014, “Assessing the effectiveness of standard-hours reduction: regression discontinuity Evidence from Japan” (with Daiji Kawaguchi and Hisahiro Naito).

• IZA Workshop on Wage Rigidities and the Business Cycle: Causes and Consequences, Bonn, Germany, 6/9/2014, “Why do wages become more rigid during a recession than during a boom?”

• J-WEN Seminar & Presentation Master Class, Tokyo, Japan, 5/23/2014, “Assessing the effectiveness of standard-hours reduction: Regression discontinuity evidence from Japan” (with Daiji Kawaguchi and Hisahiro Naito).

• Workshop on Empirical Labor Economics, Tokyo, Japan, 3/20/2014, “Assessing the effectiveness of standard-hours reduction: Regression discontinuity evidence from Japan” (with Daiji Kawaguchi and Hisahiro Naito).

• Tohoku University Contemporary Economics Workshop, Miyagi, Japan, 3/6/2014, “Assessing the effectiveness of standard-hours reduction: Regression discontinuity evidence from Japan” (with Daiji Kawaguchi and Hisahiro Naito).

• YNU Economics Workshop, Kanagawa, Japan, 3/4/2014, “Assessing the effectiveness of standard-hours reduction: Regression discontinuity evidence from Japan” (with Daiji Kawaguchi and Hisahiro Naito).

• Contract Theory Workshop East (CTWE), Tokyo, Japan, 2/21/2014, “Why do wages become more rigid during a recession than during a boom?”

• Osaka University Economics Workshop, Osaka, Japan, 1/23/2014, “Why do wages become more rigid during a recession than during a boom?”

• Tokyo Labor Economics Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, 10/4/2013, “Why do wages become more rigid during a recession than during a boom?”

• Asia Policy Forum, Beijing, China, 8/31/2013, “Labor market responses to standard-hours reduction: Evidence from Japan” (with Daiji Kawaguchi and Hisahiro Naito).

• IO/Labor Workshop at Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan, 4/23/2013, “The impact of tax reform in Japan on the income distribution of married women.

• Labor Seminar, Ann Arbor, USA, 4/28/2012, “The impact of tax reform in Japan on the income distribution of married women.”

• Kansai Labor Workshop, Osaka, Japan, 1/27/2012, “How the income distribution of married women changed after tax reform in Japan.”

• 6th Applied Econometrics Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 11/5/2011, “The impact of tax reform on the income distribution of married women in Japan.” 

• Japanese Economic Association, Osaka, Japan, 6/2/2007, “Wage distribution in Japan: 1989-2003” (with Daiji Kawaguchi and Ryo Kambayashi).

DISCUSSANT and CHAIRPERSON

• The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Chairperson of Workshop: “Challenges Faced by Japanese Companies and Corporate Dynamics, Industry, and Economy,” Tokyo, Japan, 7/17/2025 

• Japanese Economic Association, Chairperson of Session: Empirical Analysis of Financial Markets I, Aichi, Japan, 5/24/2025

• Japanese Economic Association, Discussant, Aichi, Japan, 5/24/2025

• Japanese Economic Association, Chairperson of Session: Work Style and Working Environment, Fukuoka, Japan, 10/20/2024

• Japanese Economic Association, Discussant, Fukuoka, Japan, 10/20/2024 

• The 18th Applied Econometrics Conference, Online (Originally, Osaka, Japan), 11/11/2023

• Japanese Economic Association, Chairperson of Session: Education, Online (Originally, Aichi, Japan), 5/28/2023

• Japanese Economic Association, Discussant, Online (Originally, Aichi, Japan), 5/28/2023

• Japanese Economic Association, Osaka, Japan, 10/10/2021

• 15th Applied Econometrics Conference, Online, (Originally, Tokyo, Japan), 11/21/2020  

• Japanese Economic Association, Online, (Originally, Kyushu, Japan), 5/30/2020

• Japanese Economic Association, Hyogo, Japan, 6/9/2018

• Japanese Economic Association, Tokyo, Japan, 9/10/2017

• Japanese Economic Association, Tokyo, Japan, 9/10/2016

• 10th Applied Econometrics Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 11/7/2015  

• 9th Applied Econometrics Conference, Osaka, Japan, 11/2/2014 

• 17th Labor Economics Conference, Osaka, Japan, 9/3/2014 

• Japanese Economic Association, Kyoto, Japan, 6/15/2014 

• IZA Workshop on Wage Rigidities and the Business Cycle: Causes and Consequences, Bonn, Germany, 6/9/2014 

• 8th Applied Econometrics Conference Tokyo, Japan, 11/10/2013

PANELIST

• “Realizing Family Well-being and Work-Life Balance to Support Women's Active Participation in Society,” Hitotsubashi University Policy Forum, 11/22/2025

• “Problems of Population Decline, Declining Birthrate, and Aging Population,”2023 Korea-Japan Economic Forum, 11/25/2023

• “Policy Forum Series: `Silent Emergency’ Declining Birthrate and Gender Equality” "The 6th Economic Aspects of Declining Birthrate - From the White Paper By The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry", 10/06/2023

GOVERNMENT COUNCIL and SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

• A Government Advisory Council Member of the Planning Meeting on a Social Security System

Oriented to All Generations (2021-Present)

• Committee for Promoting the Integrated Economic and Fiscal Reforms (January 2025-Present) 

• Visiting Fellow, Policy Research Institute (PRI), (June 2025-Present)

• Senior Visiting Researcher, Ministry of Finance, Policy Research Institute. (October 2025-)

• Director, Treasurer in Japanese Economic Association, (May 2024-Present)