Ayumi Yasutomi

Ayumi Yasutomi (安冨 歩, Yasutomi Ayumi, born March 22, 1963) is a Japanese economist and politician.[1][2] She is a professor at the Institute of Advanced Studies on Asia at the University of Tokyo.[3] Yasutomi came out as a transgender woman in 2014.[4]

Research

Yasutomi is a specialist in the economics of Manchuria, whose research received a Nikkei Economics Culture Award.[5] Other research interests include the socio-ecology of East Asia, theoretical economics, population dynamics, harassment theory, Peter Drucker and the thoughts of Confucius.[6]

Career

Yasutomi's first tenured post was as a Visiting Research Associate at the London School of Economics, 1996–7.[3] In 1997 Yasutomi was employed as Assistant Professor at Nagoya University until moving to the University of Tokyo in 2000.[3] In 2009, Yasutomi was promoted to Professor, after holding several assistant professor roles within the university.[3]

Education

Yasutomi graduated from Kyoto University in 1991 with a degree in economics and continued to graduate with a PhD in 1997 on the financial history of Manchuria.[3]

Political career

In July 2018 Yasutomi ran as a candidate in the mayoral elections for Higashimatsuyama, near Tokyo.[7] She lost to the current candidate Koichi Morita by a margin of 12,000 votes.[8] In Yasutomi's campaign agenda, her main priority was a focus on bringing an end to child abuse.[9] In 2019, Yasutomi was one of ten candidates from the new Reiwa Shinsengumi party to stand for election to the House of Councillors.[10]

The film Reiwa Uprising was made about Yasutomi's attempt to be elected and was screened at the Tokyo Film Festival in 2019.[11]

See also

References
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  3. "Professor Yasutomi". University of Tokyo.
  4. "東大教授・安冨歩はなぜ「男装」をやめたか〜女性装をしてみたら、私と世界はこう変わった（小野 美由紀） @gendai_biz". 現代ビジネス. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  5. 安冨, 歩 (1991). "満州中央銀行の資金創出・資金投入メカニズム ―日中・太平洋戦争期を中心に―". 人文學報 = The Zinbun Gakuhō : Journal of Humanities. 69: 69–113. doi:10.14989/48363. ISSN 0449-0274.
  6. "Realizing a world without violence against Children. Professor Ayumi Yasutomi running into Upper cabi｜まことみ｜note". note（ノート） (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  7. "Transgender-Professorin in Japan verliert Bürgermeisterwahl". Sumikai (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  8. "Transgender professor fails to win mayoral election". Kyodo News. July 8, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  9. "Japanese transgender professor to run for mayor in campaign focused on curbing child abuse". The Japan Times Online. 2018-06-12. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  10. "Reiwa Shinsengumi: A New Unconventional Politician has Emerged in Japan. Power to the People! | Asia-Pacific Research". www.asia-pacificresearch.com. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
  11. Reiwa Uprising (2019), retrieved 2019-12-31
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