Prof. Hiroyuki Niwa
With Prof. Yoon-Jae Chung
at the first seminar, 1993
- Professor, Faculty of Cutural Economies and Social Contribution Studies,
Nagoya Feminine Culture Junior College, Japan.
M.A.(Economics) Nagoya City University.
Japan Association of City Planning,
Japan Association of Mass Communications,
Japan Association for Economic Policy.
- Books: Furusato-Ko: Tokai (Dialogues for Community Development in Tokai
region), the Mainichi Shinbun-sha, 1991;
Age of Creating Regional Cultures (Japanese),
Gyosei Publishing, 1992.
Papers: New Thinking on Japanese Community Development in the
Information Age, joint-paper with Kaoru Yamaguchi,
forthcoming in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 1993.
- Prof. Niwa was formerly a chief correspondent at the Mainichi Newspaper,
and covered many community development projects in the Tokai region,
central Japan in his later career.
In 1992, he joined the faculty of Nagoya Cultural College.
- His favorite pastimes are enjoying the arts, especially potteries, and
playing golf.
