Senior thesis advising: I advise students majoring in Economics or Business who want to write in English or Japanese. If you are planning to study abroad, you should talk to your potential senior thesis advisor before you leave. Otherwise, the normal period is late in the Autumn Term, or even early Winter term, of your 3rd year.
Below is a list of some former advisees; for examples of a previous senior thesis in Economics or Business, check out what they wrote in the ICU library. (I also have a few copies of especially good essays in my office.)
Advisees Expected to Graduate 2022
September 2021 - June 2022
Noor Ul Huda Mallick (MA Public Economics)
April 2021 - March 2022
Moyumi Takemura
Ryu Imai
Kazuya Kajiyama
Kazune Kodama
Juncheng Ye
Gen Fujisawa
Thomas Imai
Advisees Graduating 2021
September 2020 - June 2021
Cong Son Nguyen (MA Public Economics)
Bhagya Khodithuwakku (MA Public Economics)
April 2020 - March 2021
Kotaro Otsu
Lyme Iso
Ryusaku Osaki
Shoko Saito
Advisees Graduating 2020
September 2019 - June 2020
1. Momoko Osawa
2. Ken Jachmann
April 2019 - March 2020
3. Ryo Sakaguchi
<on leave September 2018 - August 2019>
Advisees Graduating 2018
September 2017 - June 2018
1. Jing Ji (MA Public Economics)
2. Risa Moriguchi
April 2017 - March 2018
3. Mizuki Ichimura
4. Takuto Toyama
Advisees Graduating 2017
September 2016 - June 2017
1. Hao Xu (MA Public Economics)
2. Yuma Fuseya
April 2015 - March 2016
3. Mao Eguchi (Study Abroad: Bristol)
4. Yoko Kobayashi (Study Abroad: Free University of Berlin)
5. Rikuya Shimahara (Study Abroad: )
6. Sho Akiyama
7. Natsumi Kawazoe
8. Kotono Tanabe (Study Abroad)
9. Manao Futo (Study Abroad: Ohio State University)
Advisees Graduating 2016
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導):
September 2015 - June 2016
1. Jonathan Cheng (Study Abroad: UCLA)
2. Minako Osawa (Study Abroad: Philippines)
3. Takehiro Fujiwara (Study Abroad: Duke)
4. Jun Ishihara
5. Sophia Sadotomo
6. Kwang Bin Lee
7. Ara Goh
8. Ryo Kagawa
9. Kotaro Hamano (Study Abroad: University of Illinois)
10. Wai Thin Mon (MA Public Economics)
11. Su Mynt Win (MA Public Economics)
April 2015 - March 2016
12. Taiga Hosoi (Study Abroad: UC San Diego)
13. Koji Ishihara
14. Masashi Iwata
15. Yusuke Ozaki
16. Kazuki Saito - winner AY2015 FOI Akira Takayama Prize in Economics
Advisees Graduating 2015
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導):
September 2014 - June 2015
1. Alyssa Diones
2. Yuki Hanawa
3. Yuki Kitagawa
4. Bobomurod Matyakubov
5. Christopher Takahashi
6. Adam Wahid
7. *Thanh Huyen Nguyen
8. *Wei Wang
April 2014 - March 2015
9. Erina Ikegaya
10. Naoki Tomono
11. Shu Isayama
12. Kohei Arakawa
Advisees Graduating 2014
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導)
September 2013 - June 2014
1. D.H. Shin "Silver Age of Japanese Trade: A Qualitative and Quantitative Approach to Aging Population on Trade of Japan"
2. Sayo Ando "Future of SoftBank"
3. Aina Joh "Apple Inc.'s Future Challenges: Were the Stock Prices Justified?"
4. Ryan Kanno "The Relationship Between Commodity Prices and Marketing Strategies"
5. Mari Kato
6. Chiaki Narita "E-commerce and Competition in Travel Industry"
7. Masaru Nogami "Business Solution for TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION"
8. David Ramsay "Can Sony Come Back as an Electronics Giant"
9. Ploy (Sumana) Sripitak "AEC Implication: Effects towards Thailand's Trade and FDI"
10. Shunya Tanaka "Detailed Analysis on UNIQLO's Business Strategies"
11. *Thi Thanh Ngan Le "Efficiency Analysis in the Banking Sector: Evidence from Vietnam"
12. *Dineka Jayasooriya "Money Supply and Inflation: Evidence from Sri Lanka"
13. *Khin Mar Thet "Myanmar's Trade Structure: An Empirical Analysis using the Gravity Model"
April 2013 - March 2014
14. Dominick Camu "Product Analysis with the Bass Model - Innovation in the Video Game Industry"
15. Yuto Esaki "Relations between Firm Performance and Internationalization for Japanese Firms"
16. Takefumi Hayashi
17. Takaki Ishizaki "Relationship Among Ticket Sales, Franchise Market Share, and Revenue in Professional Sports League: By Analyzing Major League Baseball"
18. Yuta Nurishi "How effectively does the Mundell-Fleming model fit Japanese data since the start of Abenomics?"
19. Shuntaro Seki "Fiscal Relations between 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Japanese Economy"
20. Naomichi Suzuki "The Economic Impact of Olympic Games in Stagnated Economy: Will 'Abenolympics' At Last Overcome Japan's Deflation?"
21. Ryoma Toratani "The Impact of Corporate Scandal and its Easing Effect of CSR on Brand Equity: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Nike Sweatshop Movement with Elaboration Likelihood Model"
22. Taihaku Tsuchiya "Economic Disparity in European Monetary Union -Empirical Analysis on Policy Rate with Taylor Rule"21. Ryohei Yamamori
23. *Terumasa Kondo "Exchange Rate Pass Through Into Import Prices of Japan: Time Varying Parameter Model"
Advisees Graduating 2013
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導)
September 2012 - June 2013
1. Mayu Kim "The Effect of Environmental Management on the Competitiveness of Japanese Companies in the Global Market"
2. Takuya Matsumoto "The Impact on the Japanese Tourism Industry after the Tohoku Earthquake with a focus on the Foreign Exchange Rate"
3. Mitsuo Matsunaga "The possibility of the all night train operation in Tokyo"4. Yuka Matsuo "Business as the Power To Do 'Good':CSR as the Ultimate Brand Equity Booster?"
4. Ben (Benedikt) Neuenfeldt "A New Model for Analyzing Consumer Behavior"
5. Paul Newell "A New Type of Competitive Advantage: Case Study on Corporate Responsibility"
6. Lara Ozaki "The Role of Word of Mouth Websites on Purchase Decision-Making: The Case of @cosme in Japan"
7. Soon Park "Outbound M&A Increase in Japan"8. Shun Sato "Sake's Market Possibility in the United States"
9. Masashi Shibuya "The Gravity Model in Soccer's International Trade Market"
10. Rima Tanaka "The Effect of Human Resource Management on Employee Motivation and Productivity in Small Companies in Japan"
11. Hide Tateyama "Impact of CAFTA-DR in the Dominican Republic's Agricultural Sector"
12. Shoin Wolfe "Predicting Future Technologies of Communication: How Will Mobile Phones Evolve?"
13. Herin Haramoto "Does BOP Business Reduce the Poverty?"
14. Kristy (Seong Ji) Ha"Surviving Transition of Leadership in Nonprofit/Third Sector Organizations: Analysis of Duranno Publishing"
15. *Pham Thi Bich Ngoc "Factors affecting the Financial sustainability of Microfinance institutions in Vietnam"
16. *Adamou Hamadiu "Microfinance and Women’s Empowerment : Evidence from the Dallol Maori Microfinance Program in Niger"
April 2012 - March 2013
17. Aki Yuki "An Analysis and Practice of Mental Health Care Robot Business In Japan:-“OriHime Project”
18. Hiroyuki Ikeda "Transforming to Next Generation of sogo-shosha: It’s uniqueness and evolution process"
19. Toshiki Kamio "Analysis by Application of Mundell-Fleming and Trilemma model for Malaysian Governement Policies against Asian Financial Crisis: Why did Malaysia succeed in recovery from Asian Financial Crisis Independently?"
20. Shin Kudo "The essential points of human resource for venture business succeed"
21. Kaya Ouchi "The Future of British American Tobacco"
22. Ken Suzuki "Getting out of the Vicious Cycle of the Poor"
Advisees Graduating 2012 (September 2011- April 2012 - On Research Sabbatical)
September 2011 - June 2012
1. Can Japan Globalize?/日本の「真のグローバル化」はなるか?by Ayako Saito
2. Problems of Increasing Tertiary Industries and the Measurement for 'Monozukuri-banare'/三次産業の拡大による問題とモノづくり離れの改善策 by Kyohei Tanaka
3. How Japan Can Win the Water Business of India /日本がインドの水ビジネスで勝つには?by Yoshimoto Yu
April 2011 - March 2012
4. Marc-Antoine Astier
Advisees Graduating 2011
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導)
1. The Global Financial Crisis and Japanese Trade(世界金融危機と日本の貿易)by Yuka Nakamura
2. 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and its Impact on Asian Countries: Comparison of Economic Integration in Asia and in Europe(1997年アジア金融危機のアジア諸国への影響:アジアと欧州における経済統合の比較と検討)by Tomoe Nakamura
3. Microfinance: Overcoming Poverty: Concentrated Case Study of the Grameen Bank(マイクロファイナンス:貧困からの克服:グラミン銀行のケーススタディー)by Heejae Joh
4. 'Chaebol' and the Korean Economy since 1945(1945年から近代韓国と韓国財閥「チェボル」の役割)by Jung Hwoan Kim
5. *The Effect of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act on SME Lending -Implications for U.S. Financial Regulatory Reform(グラム・リーチ・ブライリー法が中小企業への貸出に与えた影響の定量分析 -アメリカ金融規制改革への政策示唆-)by Yuki Takahashi
Advisees Graduating 2010
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導)
1. Microfinance Investing Opportunity in Developing Countries: How the Capital Market can Contribute to the Alleviation of Poverty(開発途上国へのマイクロファイナンス投資:市場からの貧困撲滅アプローチ)by Aki Kawana
2. *Downscaling of Microfinance in the Great Lakes Region: Empirical evidence from Kenya(大湖地域における小規模金融のダウンスケーリング:ケニヤにおける実証的証拠)by Emmanuel Mutisya
3. *The Influences of Foreign Participation on Vietnam's Banking Industry(ベトナム銀行システムにたいする外資参入の影響)by Anh Tuan Le
Advisees Graduating 2009
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導)
1. Analyzing the Financial Crisis: Why Human Behavior Matters for the Economy and Financial Markets(金融危機分析:人間行動の経済及び金融市場へのインパクト)by Wakana Sugiyama
Below is a list of some former advisees; for examples of a previous senior thesis in Economics or Business, check out what they wrote in the ICU library. (I also have a few copies of especially good essays in my office.)
Advisees Expected to Graduate 2022
September 2021 - June 2022
Noor Ul Huda Mallick (MA Public Economics)
April 2021 - March 2022
Moyumi Takemura
Ryu Imai
Kazuya Kajiyama
Kazune Kodama
Juncheng Ye
Gen Fujisawa
Thomas Imai
Advisees Graduating 2021
September 2020 - June 2021
Cong Son Nguyen (MA Public Economics)
Bhagya Khodithuwakku (MA Public Economics)
April 2020 - March 2021
Kotaro Otsu
Lyme Iso
Ryusaku Osaki
Shoko Saito
Advisees Graduating 2020
September 2019 - June 2020
1. Momoko Osawa
2. Ken Jachmann
April 2019 - March 2020
3. Ryo Sakaguchi
<on leave September 2018 - August 2019>
Advisees Graduating 2018
September 2017 - June 2018
1. Jing Ji (MA Public Economics)
2. Risa Moriguchi
April 2017 - March 2018
3. Mizuki Ichimura
4. Takuto Toyama
Advisees Graduating 2017
September 2016 - June 2017
1. Hao Xu (MA Public Economics)
2. Yuma Fuseya
April 2015 - March 2016
3. Mao Eguchi (Study Abroad: Bristol)
4. Yoko Kobayashi (Study Abroad: Free University of Berlin)
5. Rikuya Shimahara (Study Abroad: )
6. Sho Akiyama
7. Natsumi Kawazoe
8. Kotono Tanabe (Study Abroad)
9. Manao Futo (Study Abroad: Ohio State University)
Advisees Graduating 2016
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導):
September 2015 - June 2016
1. Jonathan Cheng (Study Abroad: UCLA)
2. Minako Osawa (Study Abroad: Philippines)
3. Takehiro Fujiwara (Study Abroad: Duke)
4. Jun Ishihara
5. Sophia Sadotomo
6. Kwang Bin Lee
7. Ara Goh
8. Ryo Kagawa
9. Kotaro Hamano (Study Abroad: University of Illinois)
10. Wai Thin Mon (MA Public Economics)
11. Su Mynt Win (MA Public Economics)
April 2015 - March 2016
12. Taiga Hosoi (Study Abroad: UC San Diego)
13. Koji Ishihara
14. Masashi Iwata
15. Yusuke Ozaki
16. Kazuki Saito - winner AY2015 FOI Akira Takayama Prize in Economics
Advisees Graduating 2015
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導):
September 2014 - June 2015
1. Alyssa Diones
2. Yuki Hanawa
3. Yuki Kitagawa
4. Bobomurod Matyakubov
5. Christopher Takahashi
6. Adam Wahid
7. *Thanh Huyen Nguyen
8. *Wei Wang
April 2014 - March 2015
9. Erina Ikegaya
10. Naoki Tomono
11. Shu Isayama
12. Kohei Arakawa
Advisees Graduating 2014
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導)
September 2013 - June 2014
1. D.H. Shin "Silver Age of Japanese Trade: A Qualitative and Quantitative Approach to Aging Population on Trade of Japan"
2. Sayo Ando "Future of SoftBank"
3. Aina Joh "Apple Inc.'s Future Challenges: Were the Stock Prices Justified?"
4. Ryan Kanno "The Relationship Between Commodity Prices and Marketing Strategies"
5. Mari Kato
6. Chiaki Narita "E-commerce and Competition in Travel Industry"
7. Masaru Nogami "Business Solution for TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION"
8. David Ramsay "Can Sony Come Back as an Electronics Giant"
9. Ploy (Sumana) Sripitak "AEC Implication: Effects towards Thailand's Trade and FDI"
10. Shunya Tanaka "Detailed Analysis on UNIQLO's Business Strategies"
11. *Thi Thanh Ngan Le "Efficiency Analysis in the Banking Sector: Evidence from Vietnam"
12. *Dineka Jayasooriya "Money Supply and Inflation: Evidence from Sri Lanka"
13. *Khin Mar Thet "Myanmar's Trade Structure: An Empirical Analysis using the Gravity Model"
April 2013 - March 2014
14. Dominick Camu "Product Analysis with the Bass Model - Innovation in the Video Game Industry"
15. Yuto Esaki "Relations between Firm Performance and Internationalization for Japanese Firms"
16. Takefumi Hayashi
17. Takaki Ishizaki "Relationship Among Ticket Sales, Franchise Market Share, and Revenue in Professional Sports League: By Analyzing Major League Baseball"
18. Yuta Nurishi "How effectively does the Mundell-Fleming model fit Japanese data since the start of Abenomics?"
19. Shuntaro Seki "Fiscal Relations between 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Japanese Economy"
20. Naomichi Suzuki "The Economic Impact of Olympic Games in Stagnated Economy: Will 'Abenolympics' At Last Overcome Japan's Deflation?"
21. Ryoma Toratani "The Impact of Corporate Scandal and its Easing Effect of CSR on Brand Equity: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Nike Sweatshop Movement with Elaboration Likelihood Model"
22. Taihaku Tsuchiya "Economic Disparity in European Monetary Union -Empirical Analysis on Policy Rate with Taylor Rule"21. Ryohei Yamamori
23. *Terumasa Kondo "Exchange Rate Pass Through Into Import Prices of Japan: Time Varying Parameter Model"
Advisees Graduating 2013
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導)
September 2012 - June 2013
1. Mayu Kim "The Effect of Environmental Management on the Competitiveness of Japanese Companies in the Global Market"
2. Takuya Matsumoto "The Impact on the Japanese Tourism Industry after the Tohoku Earthquake with a focus on the Foreign Exchange Rate"
3. Mitsuo Matsunaga "The possibility of the all night train operation in Tokyo"4. Yuka Matsuo "Business as the Power To Do 'Good':CSR as the Ultimate Brand Equity Booster?"
4. Ben (Benedikt) Neuenfeldt "A New Model for Analyzing Consumer Behavior"
5. Paul Newell "A New Type of Competitive Advantage: Case Study on Corporate Responsibility"
6. Lara Ozaki "The Role of Word of Mouth Websites on Purchase Decision-Making: The Case of @cosme in Japan"
7. Soon Park "Outbound M&A Increase in Japan"8. Shun Sato "Sake's Market Possibility in the United States"
9. Masashi Shibuya "The Gravity Model in Soccer's International Trade Market"
10. Rima Tanaka "The Effect of Human Resource Management on Employee Motivation and Productivity in Small Companies in Japan"
11. Hide Tateyama "Impact of CAFTA-DR in the Dominican Republic's Agricultural Sector"
12. Shoin Wolfe "Predicting Future Technologies of Communication: How Will Mobile Phones Evolve?"
13. Herin Haramoto "Does BOP Business Reduce the Poverty?"
14. Kristy (Seong Ji) Ha"Surviving Transition of Leadership in Nonprofit/Third Sector Organizations: Analysis of Duranno Publishing"
15. *Pham Thi Bich Ngoc "Factors affecting the Financial sustainability of Microfinance institutions in Vietnam"
16. *Adamou Hamadiu "Microfinance and Women’s Empowerment : Evidence from the Dallol Maori Microfinance Program in Niger"
April 2012 - March 2013
17. Aki Yuki "An Analysis and Practice of Mental Health Care Robot Business In Japan:-“OriHime Project”
18. Hiroyuki Ikeda "Transforming to Next Generation of sogo-shosha: It’s uniqueness and evolution process"
19. Toshiki Kamio "Analysis by Application of Mundell-Fleming and Trilemma model for Malaysian Governement Policies against Asian Financial Crisis: Why did Malaysia succeed in recovery from Asian Financial Crisis Independently?"
20. Shin Kudo "The essential points of human resource for venture business succeed"
21. Kaya Ouchi "The Future of British American Tobacco"
22. Ken Suzuki "Getting out of the Vicious Cycle of the Poor"
Advisees Graduating 2012 (September 2011- April 2012 - On Research Sabbatical)
September 2011 - June 2012
1. Can Japan Globalize?/日本の「真のグローバル化」はなるか?by Ayako Saito
2. Problems of Increasing Tertiary Industries and the Measurement for 'Monozukuri-banare'/三次産業の拡大による問題とモノづくり離れの改善策 by Kyohei Tanaka
3. How Japan Can Win the Water Business of India /日本がインドの水ビジネスで勝つには?by Yoshimoto Yu
April 2011 - March 2012
4. Marc-Antoine Astier
Advisees Graduating 2011
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導)
1. The Global Financial Crisis and Japanese Trade(世界金融危機と日本の貿易)by Yuka Nakamura
2. 1997 Asian Financial Crisis and its Impact on Asian Countries: Comparison of Economic Integration in Asia and in Europe(1997年アジア金融危機のアジア諸国への影響:アジアと欧州における経済統合の比較と検討)by Tomoe Nakamura
3. Microfinance: Overcoming Poverty: Concentrated Case Study of the Grameen Bank(マイクロファイナンス:貧困からの克服:グラミン銀行のケーススタディー)by Heejae Joh
4. 'Chaebol' and the Korean Economy since 1945(1945年から近代韓国と韓国財閥「チェボル」の役割)by Jung Hwoan Kim
5. *The Effect of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act on SME Lending -Implications for U.S. Financial Regulatory Reform(グラム・リーチ・ブライリー法が中小企業への貸出に与えた影響の定量分析 -アメリカ金融規制改革への政策示唆-)by Yuki Takahashi
Advisees Graduating 2010
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導)
1. Microfinance Investing Opportunity in Developing Countries: How the Capital Market can Contribute to the Alleviation of Poverty(開発途上国へのマイクロファイナンス投資:市場からの貧困撲滅アプローチ)by Aki Kawana
2. *Downscaling of Microfinance in the Great Lakes Region: Empirical evidence from Kenya(大湖地域における小規模金融のダウンスケーリング:ケニヤにおける実証的証拠)by Emmanuel Mutisya
3. *The Influences of Foreign Participation on Vietnam's Banking Industry(ベトナム銀行システムにたいする外資参入の影響)by Anh Tuan Le
Advisees Graduating 2009
(Senior Thesis Advisees / 卒業論文の指導 and *Graduate Student Advisees / 修士論文の指導)
1. Analyzing the Financial Crisis: Why Human Behavior Matters for the Economy and Financial Markets(金融危機分析:人間行動の経済及び金融市場へのインパクト)by Wakana Sugiyama