Inoue Takeshi

Associate professor of economics at Tōyō University, specializing in regional economies. Born in 1971. Earned a degree in business management from Yokohama National University. In 1993, joined the Tsuruga municipal government, where as part of the tax, finance, and planning departments, he oversaw the city’s subsidies from hosting a nuclear power plant. In 2000 earned his PhD in economics at Fukui Prefectural University and joined the school as an assistant professor in 2007. Assumed his current post in 2017. Works include Genshiryoku hatsuden to chiiki seisaku (Nuclear Power and Regional Public Policy) and Genshiryoku hatsuden to chihō zaisei (Nuclear Power and Rural Government Finance).