Gourt Home::Gourt :: Kazuhide Uekusa
Kazuhide Uekusa (植草一秀 Uekusa Kazuhide) was born December 18, 1960 in Tokyo. He is a Japanese economist, economic analyst, a former professor at Waseda University graduate school, and chairman of the Three-Nations Research Institute Co., Ltd..
Career
Uekusa entered Nomura Research Institute in April, 1983 after graduating from the prestigious University of Tokyo in March, 1983. He obtained positions as a researcher of Fiscal and Momentary Policy Institute at the Ministry of Finance in July, 1985, an assistant professor at the Economic Research Institute at Kyoto University in June, 1991, an honorary fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in October, 1993, a senior economist at Nomura Research Institute in April, 2002, and became a professor at the graduate school at Waseda University from April, 2003. He also established the Three-Nations Research Institute, and became a chairman of the company on April 1, 2005. In April 2006, he came back as a visiting professor at Nagoya University of Commerce and Business graduate school in Nagoya. He lectures on "national economic strategy".
Additionally, he has appeared at least once on some Japanese television programs as a commentator.
Criminal events
Today, he is mostly known as "Mirrorman" for being arrested on April 8, 2004 because he tried to peep under a high school girl's skirt using his hand mirror on the escalator of the Japan Railway Shinagawa Station. He was dismissed from being a professor on May 7, 2004 because of the arrest, despite denying the charges. He held a news conference in Kasumigaseki on August 30, 2004, where he said "I was told I'd be able to go home quickly if I admitted my guilt, and so I admitted it. Clearly, this is a police frameup. I swear by heaven and earth I'm innocent". http://www.theramonitor.com/Vic-to-Wac/Voyeurism.php
His trial was opened at the Tokyo District Court on March 23, 2005 and the Chief Justice sentenced him to "Paying the fine of 500,000 yen and confiscating his hand mirror". He insisted that it was an "unfair judgement" and showed intentions of appealing. The ruling was established however as he did not make the appeal by the deadline on April 6, 2005.
Additionally, there is a standing criminal record that required he pay the fine of 50,000 yen for lewd exposure and advances on a woman while on the JR Tokaido Main Line from Yokohama Station to Kawasaki Station at about 9:20 p.m. on January 30, 1998. He allegedly caressed the foot of a woman standing opposite him, and then proposed he masturbated for her in his trousers. The woman went to the train conductor and reported the incident. Uekusa was then escorted off the train by the Kanagawa Prefecture police.
A large number of pornographic videos, DVDs and images about voyeurism were discovered in Uekusa's house and car in a domiciliary visit by the police. For these reasons during a trial, the Chief Justice stated that the "Defendant's sexual tastes are obvious".
While still asserting that the charges upon his character are false, Uekusa is also trying to rebuild his reputation. One such attempt is characterised by his return to lecturing on economics.
Popular nicknames
Among a few of the titles Uekusa has earned: "Mirrorman" (ミラーマン), "Tekagamist" (テカガミスト, JP pron: tekagamisuto), "Eronomist" (エロノミスト, "Erotic" + "Economist"). All such names can be found appearing in weekly magazines and the Internet. Succinctly, "Tekagamist" means a person who peeps using a hand mirror. "Mirrorman", named after the classic Japanese TV superhero Mirrorman is most popular version of this title, however.
Books
- Political economy of an interest rate, exchange, the stock prices (金利・為替・株価の政治経済学 Kinri kawase kabuka no seiji keizaigaku). Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo 1992, ISBN 4000041738
- Japanese general settlement of account (日本の総決算 Nihon no sōkessan). Kodansha, Tokyo 1999, ISBN 4062063301
- A modern Japanese economical policy theory (現代日本経済政策論 Gendai Nihon keizai seisakuron). Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo 2001, ISBN 4000262688
External links
Japanese economists | Japanese academics | 1960 births | Living people | Sex offenders | People from Tokyo
Uekusa Kazuhide | 植草一秀 | 우에쿠사 가즈히데 | 植草一秀
References
"Kazuhide Uekusa"