Published Article and Book Chapter (in English)

1. Matsuura, H., and Ueno, T. (2026). Insurance companies, climate and health justice. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 104(3), 200.

2. Pega, F., Momen, N. C., Agyemang, S. A., Bojke, L., Costa-Font, J., de Preux, L., Fenichel, E. P., Gordon, B., Hensher, M. C., Johnston, R., Krishnamoorthy, Y., Kolimenakis, A., Malik, M. A., Matsuura, H., Nghiem, N., O’Hare, B., Rathi, M., Robinson, L. A., Campbell-Lendrum, D. ”Valuing Reductions in the Risk of Death in Benefit–cost Analyses of Environment- and Climate-health Actions”. Bulletin  of  the  World  Health  Organization (online first)

3. Matsuura, H. ”Rethinking Fertility Through Marx: Alienation and Demographic Change" Biodemography and Social Biology, 70(2), 1-2 2025

4. Matsuura, H. ”The Disruption of Demographic and Health Surveys Will Hide the Devastating Impact of the Global Gag Rule" Biodemography and Social Biology, 70(1), 1-2 2025 

5. Matsuura, H. ”Further Acceleration in Fertility Decline in 2023: Deviation of Recently Published Provisional Fertility Estimates in Selected OECD Countries from Those in the 2022 Revision of the World Population Prospects”, 69(2), 1-2., 2024

6. Matsuura, H. ”Notes on the Study of Indigenous and Tribal Populations” Biodemography and Social Biology, 69(1), 1-2., 2024

7. Matsuura, H. ”Biodemography as Human-centered Climate Change Research” Biodemography  and  Social Biology, 68(4), 1-2., 2023

8. Matsuura, H. "On the Absolute Threshold Target of Maternal Mortality Ratio in the Time of Stagnating Improvement" Biodemography and Social Biology, 68(2-3), 1-2, 2023

9. Matsuura, H. ”Health and Healthcare as a Human Right” in Handbook  on  the  Political  Economy  of  Health Systems, edited by Joan Costa-Font, Alberto Batinti, and Gilberto Turati, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2023

10. Matsuura, H. "Overcoming the History of Eugenics in Demography: Call for Contributions from Historians, Ethicists, and Human Rights Scholars". Biodemography and Social Biology, 68(1), 1-2, 2023

11. Matsuura, H. ”Domestic Violence in Micronesian Context: Past and Future Challenges” in International Responses to Gendered-Based Domestic Violence: Gender-Specific and Socio-Cultural Approaches, edited by Diana S. Peterson, Julie A. Schroeder and Dongling Zhang, Routledge, 2023

12. Matsuura, H. "Abortion Tourism in a Post-Roe v. Wade Era" Biodemography and Social Biology, 67(2), 1-2, 2022

13. Matsuura H. ”Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and the Future Demographic Crisis” Biodemography and Social Biology. 2022:1-2 

14. Matsuura, H. ”Gender Mainstreaming in Occupational Health and Safety: Challenges in the Era of the Sustainable Development Goals” in Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals: Infrastructure, Empowerment and Education, edited by Astrid Skjerven and Maureen Fordham, Rutledge 2022

15. Matsuura, H. ”World Committee on Tourism Ethics (WCTE) Recommendation on COVID-19 Certificates for International Travel” BMJ Global Health 2021;6(7):e006651

16. Matsuura, H. "Level of Disaster Resilience and Migration Patterns in Japanese and Foreign Residents” in Integrated Research on Disaster Risks: Contributions from the IRDR Young Scientists Programme (Disaster Risk Reduction), edited by Riyanti Djalante, Mizan Bisri, and Rajib Shaw, Springer 2021

17. Matsuura, H. ”Empirical Studies of Sex Trafficking”in Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Decent Work and Economic Growth, edited by Walter Leal Filho,Springer, 2020

18. Naoi, M., K. Sato, Y.Tanaka, H.Matsuura, and S.Nagamatsu ”Natural Hazard Information and Migration across Cities: Evidence from the Anticipated Nankai Trough Earthquake”, Population and Environment 41, pages 452–479, 2020

19. Matsuura, H.”Child Mortality” in ”SAGE Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood Studies,edited by Daniel Cook, SAGE Publications, Inc., 2020

20. Matsuura, H.”Child Abuse in Relation to Girls” in Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Gender Equality, edited by Walter Leal Filho, Springer, 2019

21. Matsuura, H. "Exploring the Association between the Constitutional Right to Health and Reproductive Health Outcomes in 157 countries". Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters. 2019;27(1)

22. Matsuura, H. and K. Sato ”Economic Evaluation of Multi-Hazard Risk Information in Japan: Implication for Earthquake Risk Communication” in“ Natural Disasters and Risk Communication: Implications of the Cascadia Subduction Zone Megaquake” edited by Fletcher, C. V. and J. Lovejoy, Lexington Press, 2018

23. Matsuura, H.”Constitutional Social and Environmental Human Rights and Child Health Outcomes in Latin America” UNU-WIDER Working Paper 168/2016, 2016

24. Matsuura, H.”Occupational Health and Safety” in "Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies. 1-3", edited by Nancy A. Naples, Wiley-Blackwell, 2016

25. Matsuura, H.”State Constitutional Commitment to Health and Health Care and Population Health Outcomes: Evidence from Historical U.S. Data”, American Journal of Public Health: July 2015, Vol. 105, No.S3: e48–e54.

26. Matsuura, H.”Does Constitutional Right to Health Matter? A Review of Current Evidence” CESifo DICE Report:Journal for Institutional Comparisons 12 (2), p.35-41, 2014

27. Matsuura, H."The Effect of a Constitutional Right to Health on Population Health in 157 Countries, 1970–2007: the Role of Democratic Governance" PGDA Working Papers No. 106, Harvard University, 2013

28. Matsuura, H. and E. Sase "The Right to Health in Japan: Challenges of a Super Aging Society and Implications from Its 2011 Public Health Emergency” in "Advancing the Human Right to Health", edited by Jose M. Zuniga, Stephen P. Marks, Lawrence O. Gostin, Oxford University Press , 2013

29. Matsuura, H.”Rights, Health Laws, and Health Outcomes”, Doctoral Dissertation (Harvard University School of Public Health), 2012

Other Manuscripts (in English)

1. Matsuura, H. ”Travel Restrictions in Japan against China and South Korea in the Middle of the COVID-19 Global Epidemic”

2. Matsuura, H. ”The Role of International Migration and Restrictions on Their Entry in the Timing of COVID-19’s Arrival: Evidence from County-level Data in the United States”

3. Matsuura, H. ”Understanding the Role of Religious Network in Vaccination Resistance at Population Level” HDCA Conference Paper (Available at http://hd-ca.org/publications/unders.....population-level)

1. Matsuura, H. and B. Chin ”Are Democratic Governments Good for Public Health?: The Impact of Political Regime on Disease-Specific Mortality from 1960-2004” IUSSP Conference Paper (Available at http://iussp2009.princeton.edu/papers/91788)

2. Matsuura, H. ”Evaluating EMTALA and State Anti-Patient Dumping Laws to Assure Indigent Access to Hospital Emergency Room Services in the United States, 1970-1998”

3. Matsuura, H. ”The Protective Effect of the Constitutional Right to Health during Natural and Man-made Disasters” ICSD Conference Paper

Other Manuscripts (in Japanese)

1. Matsuura, H. ”Health Equity, Justice, and Human Rights” , Lectures on Health Economics (under contract)

2. Matsuura, H. ”Human Rights-Based Approach to Data and the SDGs Indicators as Human Rights Indicators: Measurement and Analysis”, Demography of Sustainable Development Goals, Hara Shobo, 2023

3. Matsuura, H. ”Does Constitutional Right to Health Improve Population Health in the Real World?”, Toyo Keizai Weekly, December 10, 2022

4. Matsuura, H. ”Population and Human Rights in the SDGs Data Ecosystem Era”, ESTRELA (Official Journal of the Statistical Information Institute Consulting and Analysis) Vol. 303, 2022

5. Matsuura, H.  "Book Reviews: The Quality of Life, by Martha Nussbaum and Amartya Sen", Journal of Interdisciplinary Quality of Life Studies, forthcoming

6. Matsuura, H. ”Challenges in Measuring Quality of Life” , Journal of Interdisciplinary Quality of Life Studies Vol. 4, 2021

7. Matsuura, H. ”Rapid Assessment Process and COVID-19”, Journal of Interdisciplinary Quality of Life Studies vol. 4, 2021

8. Matsuura, H. ”Rethinking the Role of Community in Higher Education– Community as a Field of Learning and Action” (Annual Memorial Lecture at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Educational Information) , Educational Information Research, Vol. 34 No. 2, 2018

9. Naoi,M., K. Sato,S. Nagamatsu, H. Matsuura, ”Predicted Tsunami Height in the Anticipated Nankai Trough Earthquake and Population Movement”, ESRI Working Paper No. 45, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, 2017

10. Naoi,M., K. Sato,Y. Tanaka, H. Matsuura, and S. Nagamatsu ”Natural Hazard Information and Migration across Cities: Evidence from the Anticipated Nankai Trough Earthquake”, ESRI Discussion Paper No. 335, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, 2017

11. Sato, K., H.Matsuura, Y.Tanaka, S.Nagamatsu, M.Oi, M.Ohara, and Y.Hiroi ”The Effects of Disaster Risk Information on the Real Estate Market in Japan: A Hedonic Approach”, ESRI Discussion Paper No. 327, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, 2016

12. Matsuura, H. ”Sustainable Development Goals and Human Rights” Bulletin of Shoin University, 2016

13.  Matsuura, H. ”Book Review: Against Health: How Health Became the New Morality, by Jonathan Metzl and Anna Kirkland", Journal of Social Security Research, Vol. No.3 2016