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]
Education
editYasutomi 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]
Career
editYasutomi'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]
She 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]
Politics
editIn 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "@anmintei" on Twitter
- ^ "平成30年7月8日執行東松山市長選挙立候補届出者一覧" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
- ^ a b c d e "Professor Yasutomi". University of Tokyo. Archived from the original on 2013-06-20.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Transgender-Professorin in Japan verliert Bürgermeisterwahl". Sumikai (in German). 11 July 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
- ^ "Transgender professor fails to win mayoral election". Kyodo News. July 8, 2018. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Reiwa Uprising (2019), retrieved 2019-12-31