Curriculum Vitae

2025.9.25 (PDF version)

Selected Publications (from 45 papers)

(Peer-Reviewed Journal Article)

1. Yosuke Shigetomi, Asuka Ishigami, Yin Long, Andrew Chapman (2024) Curbing household food waste and associated climate change impacts in an ageing society, Nature Communications,15(1), 8806.

2. Yosuke Shigetomi, Keiichiro Kanemoto, Yuki Yamamoto, Yasushi Kondo (2021) Quantifying the carbon footprint reduction potential of lifestyle choices in Japan, Environmental Research Letters, 16, 064022.

3. Yosuke Shigetomi, Andrew Chapman, Keisuke Nansai, Ken’ichi Matsumoto, Susumu Tohno (2020) Quantifying lifestyle based social equity implications for national sustainable development policy, Environmental Research Letters, 15(8), 084044.

4. Yosuke Shigetomi, Hajime Ohno, Andrew Chapman, Hidemichi Fujii, Keisuke Nansai, Yasuhiro Fukushima (2019) Clarifying demographic impacts on embodied and materially retained carbon towards climate change mitigation, Environmental Science & Technology, 53, 14123-14133.

5. Yosuke Shigetomi, Ken’ichi Matsumoto, Yuki Ogawa, Hiroto Shiraki, Yuki Yamamoto, Yuki Ochi, Tomoki Ehara (2018) Driving forces underlying sub-national carbon dioxide emissions within the household sector and implications for the Paris Agreement targets in Japan, Applied Energy, 228, 2321-2332.

6. Yosuke Shigetomi, Keisuke Nansai, Shigemi Kagawa, Susumu Tohno (2018) Fertility-rate recovery and double-income policies require solving the carbon gap under the Paris Agreement, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 133, 385-394.

7. Yosuke Shigetomi, Keisuke Nansai, Shigemi Kagawa, Susumu Tohno (2014) Changes in the carbon footprint of Japanese households in an aging society, Environmental Science & Technology, 48, 6069-6080.

(Book chapter)

1. Yosuke Shigetomi (2023) Chapter 2(8) Input-Output LCA method with a focus on consumer’s diversity, CO2 Emission Calculation and Reduction Case Study: Quantification by LCA / Promotion of Carbon Neautrality, Gijutsu Jyoho Kyokai. (in Japanese)

2. Andrew Chapman, Yosuke Shigetomi, Hidemichi Fujii, Shunsuke Managi (2019) Chapter 5: Evaluation indicators and policy making for promoting the SDGs, Practice of the UN SDGs for local and regional activations: Toward the achievement of sustainable local society (Eds:) Murakami, S., Endo, K., Fujino, J., Sato M., Managi, S., Senden Kaigi. (in Japanese)

3. Yosuke Shigetomi, Keisuke Nansai, Kayoko Shironitta, Shigemi Kagawa (2017) Chapter 16: Revisiting Japanese carbon footprint studies, Environmental and Economic Impacts of Decarbonization: Input–Output Studies on the Consequences of the 2015 Paris Agreements, (Eds:) Dejuán, Ó., Lenzen M., Cadarso, M-Á, 335-350, Routledge.  

Award

1. SES Environmental Research Proposal Award (Fuji Electric Award), Society of Environmental Science Japan, “Identifying gender- and age-specific food consumption patterns for transitioning to the Planetary Health Diet in Japan” (Co-Investigator: Ken’ichi Matsumoto), September 2025.

2. GREENIE Poster Award, 2025 Green Innovation and Engineering International Conference, Taiwan LCA Society, “Quantifying the labor transition under greener energy diffusion in an aging and shrinking population in Japan (Co-Authors: Andrew Chapman, Yuki Yamamoto, Ken’ichi Matsumoto)”, September 2025.

3. Young Achievement Award, Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS), “Curbing household food waste and associated climate change impacts in an ageing society (Co-Authors: Asuka Ishigami, Yin Long, Andrew Chapman), Nature Communications, 15(1), 8806”, September 2025.

4. Institute of Physics: Outstanding Reviewer Award for Environmental Research Letters 2020

5. The Institute of Life Cycle Assessment Japan: Young Researcher’s Award 2021, “For Contributions in Research on Development of an Input-Output LCA Method Incorporating Consumer Diversity”

6. Institute of Physics: IOP Trusted Reviewer 2020

7. Best Student Poster Presentation Award, The 10th Conference of The Institute of Life Cycle Assessment Japan, “Comparison between global carbon and material footprints of Japanese households (Co-Authors: Keisuke Nansai, Susumu Tohno)”, March 2015.

8. Best Student Poster Presentation Award, The 9th Conference of The Institute of Life Cycle Assessment Japan, “The relationship between Japanese household consumption and international flow of rare metals (Co-Authors: Keisuke Nansai, Susumu Tohno)”, March 2014.

(For student supervised)

1. Support for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation (SPRING), Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA) Student Fellow, Narumi Kira (Ritsumeikan University)

2. Nagasaki University President Award for Academic Field, Narumi Kira (Nagasaki University)

3. Best Student Poster Presentation Award, The 19th Conference of the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan, March 2024, Narumi Kira (Nagasaki University)

4. Best Presentation Award (1st Prize) for High School, Career College, and Bachelor Students, Conference of the Japanese Society of Environmental Science 2021, Asuka Ishigami (Nagasaki University)

Professional organization

International Input-Output Association, International Society for Industrial Ecology, Institute of Life Cycle Assessment Japan, Pan Pacific Association of Input-Output Studies, Institute of Japan Energy and Resources, Society of Environmental Science Japan

Grant

1. Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for Scientific Research (B), Principal Investigator, JPY14,300,000 (tentative), 2024-2027.

2. Health Labour Sciences Research Grant, Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Keisuke Nansai), 2023-2025.

3. Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for Scientific Research (B) (23H03607), Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Yuki Yamamoto), 2023-2026.

4. Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for Scientific Research (B) (22H03817), Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Ken’ichi Matsumoto), 2022-2024.

5. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) Research Project, Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Kentaro Hayashi), 2021-2027.

6. Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for Scientific Research (B) (21H03673), Principal Investigator, JPY13,100,000, 2021-2023.

7. Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for Scientific Research: Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)) (21KK0187), Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Tomoki Nakayama), 2021-2025.

8. Sumitomo Foundation, Grant for an Environmental Research Project, Special Research, Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Tomoki Nakayama), 2020-2022.

9. Kyushu University QR Program TSUBASA, Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Andrew Chapman), 2019-2021.

10. Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for Scientific Research (B) (19H04340), Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Yuki Yamamoto), 2019-2022.

11. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) Research Project, Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Keiichiro Kanemoto), 2018-2024.

12. Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for Young Scientists (18K18231), Principal Investigator, JPY 3,300,000, 2018-2021.

13. Asahi Glass Foundation, Humanity Research, Principal Investigator, JPY1,000,000, 2018-2020.

14. Nagasaki University Global Cooperative Support Fund, Principal Investigator, JPY800,000, 2018-2019.

15. Kyushu University QR Program New WAKABA Challenge, Co-Investigator (PI: Dr. Andrew Chapman), 2017-2018.

16. Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for Research Activity Start-up (16H07072), Principal Investigator, JPY 2,300,000, 2016-2018.

17. Grant-in-Aid for Japan Society for the Promotion Science Fellows (No. 26・4971), Principal Investigator, JPY 2,200,000, 2014-2016.

Professional Experience

Nov. 2025- Committee of the Otsu City Waste Reduction Promotion Council

Jun. 2024- Chairman of the Takashima City Environmental Council

Mar. 2024- Chairman of the Nagasaki Prefecture Food Loss Reduction Promotion Council 

May. 2023-                      Committee of the ILCAJ Public Relations Section

Oct. 2022-Apr. 2024 Committee of the Nagasaki City Environmental Council

Aug. 2021-                    Organizing Committee of the EcoBalance International Conference

May. 2021-                      Committee of the ILCAJ International Section

Jun. 2018-May. 2023       Organizing Committee of the ILCAJ Conference (14-18th )

Apr. 2015-Mar. 2016       Head of the Student Communication Network at the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan (ILCAJ-SCN)

Apr. 2014-Mar. 2015       Vice Head of the Student Communication Network at the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan (ILCAJ-SCN)

Refereeing Activities

ACS Environmental Au, Applied Energy, British Food Journal, Carbon Management, Ecological Economics, Ecological Indicator, Energies, Energy Policy, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Environmental Research Communication, Environmental Research Letters, Environmental Science and Technology, Frontiers in Energy, Global Environmental Change, International Journal of Energy Research, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Japan Journal of Environmental Information Science, Japan Journal of Environmental Science, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Economic Structures, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal of Japan Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, Nature Climate Change, Nature Communications, Nature Sustainability, One Earth, Processes, Resources, Resources Conservation and Recycling, Resources Policy, Science Bulletin, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Sustainable Cities and Societies, Sustainable Future, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Sustainability, Sustainability Science, Technology in Society, The Energy Journal

(Book)

Shinichiro Nakamura (2023) A Practical Guide to Industrial Ecology by Input-Output Analysis: Matrix-Based Calculus of Sustainability, Springer Cham.

References

Keisuke Nansai

Director, Material Cycles Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan

16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan 305-8506

Susumu Tohno

Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Japan

Shigemi Kagawa

Distinguished Professor, Department of International Economy and Business, Faculty of Economics, Kyushu University, Japan

6-19-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan 812-8581