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Harumichi YAMADA
Professor
Department of Communication Studies
Tokyo Keizai University
185-8502 Japan
Telephone / Facsimile +81-42-328-7923
yamada@tku.ac.jp
Degrees
- BA (British studies) 1981, University of Tokyo (at Komaba)
- MSc (geography) 1983, University of Tokyo (at Hongo)
- DSc (geography) 1989, University of Tokyo (at Hongo)
Certification
- Certified Senior Social Researcher 2007 (no.001048), the Japanese Certification Board for Social Researchers
Additional Education
Experience
- Matsusho Gakuen Junior College
(The College was reconstituted as Matsumoto University in 2002).
Lecturer (full-time) in Marketing, 1986-1990.
Associate Professor in Marketing, 1990-1995.
- Tokyo Keizai University.
Associate Professor in Communication Studies, 1995-2006.
Professor in Communication Studies, since April 2006.
- Macquarie University (Centre for Contemporary Music Studies).
Visiting research fellow, 2001-2002.
- Institutions involved as a part-time Lecturer include:
University of Tokyo (1990*), Meiji Gakuin University (1991-1998), Nihon University (1991-2001), Toyama University (1993), Hiroshima University (1994), Matsusho Gakuen Junior College (1995), Kunitachi College of Music (1998*-2006), Yamagata University (1998), Sapporo Gakuin University (1999), Sagami Women's University (2000), Hosei University (2000#), Iwate University (2002), Meiji University (2003**), Aoyama Gakuin University (2003**), Matsumoto University (2003**), Ochanomizu University (2006), Kyushu University (2007#), Seijo University (2007-2014) and Rikkyo University (2011**).
* Year displayed is the first year, teaching occasionally afterwards
** Year displayed is the first year, teaching successively afterwards
# Year displayed is Japanese school year starts in April, and the lecture was delivered in January-March period, i.e. "2000#" means the lecture was given intensively within the period between January and march, 2001.
Membership [partial listing]
Personal Information
- Born 1958, Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
- Male
- Japanese national, ethnic Japanese
Academic Publications
#All publications in this section are in Japanese except otherwise noted.
#English titles shown with asterisks* are explanatory translation of the original Japanese titles. Other English titles are those found in summaries or tables of contents of the original sources.
- Development and Decline of Townpapers in Ishinomaki-shi, Miyagi-ken, Japan: Changing Role of Townpapers.
Japanese Journalism Review (Shinbungaku Hyoron) 33, pp215-229, 1984.
- Study on the Location of Small Daily Townpapers in the Tohoku Region, Japan.
(with English summary)
Annals of the Tohoku Geographical Association (Tohoku Chiri) 37(2), pp95-111, 1985.
- "Chain" Ownership of Townpapers in Japan: Two Typical Cases in the Tohoku Region.
(with English summary)
The New Geography (The Shin Chiri) 33(1), pp30-41, 1985.
- The Present Stage of Communuication Media Studies in Geography: A Contribution toward "Geography of Information".
(with English summary)
Geographical Review of Japan (Chirigaku Hyoron) 59(Ser.A)(2), pp67-84, 1986.
- "Know Thine Enemy": "Enemy" Japan in the National Geographic Magazine during the World War*.
Chiri 33(8), pp110-116, 1988.
- Substantial Managerial Bases for CATV (Cable Television) System Operation.
The Journal of Matsusho Gakuen Junior College (Matsusho Tandai Ronso) 37, pp33-68, 1989.
- "Rural Type CATV" in Japan*.
in Ikuro TAKEUCHI & Norio TAMURA (eds) "Shimpan Chiiki Media", Nihon Hyoron Sha, pp267-280, 1989.
- Development Japan Cable Television since 1971.
(with English summary)
Japanese Journalism Review (Shinbungaku Hyoron) 38, pp138-151, 1989.
- The Downtown Youth in the Video Clip: Boowy's 'Kisetsu ga kimi dake wo kaeru'.
The Journal of Matsusho Gakuen Junior College (Matsusho Tandai Ronso) 38, pp69-98, 1991.
- Imagery of Asia in British music videos around 1983.
The Journal of Matsusho Gakuen Junior College (Matsusho Tandai Ronso) 39, pp53-80, 1991.
- Local media and subscribers' mentality in Miyako-jima, Okinawa, Japan.
(co-authored with Yoshihiro OTO and Takahiro FUJITA)
The Journal of Matsusho Gakuen Junior College (Matsusho Tandai Ronso) 40, pp59-92, 1992.
- Rock music to "watch", and visual images to "rock"*.
in "Rock no boken, sutairu hen", Yosen Sha, pp200-209, 1992.
- Between the Country and the Big City: On the TV Drama Series "Ano hi no boku wo sagashite"*.
Chiri 37(9), pp32-38, 1992.
- Adoptation of New Communication Media and New Locality-oriented Activities of Residents in Yamagata-mura, Nagano, Japan.
(co-authored with Kiyoshi ABE and Ron KORENAGA)
The Journal of Matsusho Gakuen Junior College (Matsusho Tandai Ronso) 41, pp95-178, 1993.
- For geographical studies on ethnicity, or, The cook grinds his knives*.
Chiri 38(8), pp80-85, 1993.
- A Field Report on the Kobe (Hanshin) Mega-Quake, 1995.
The Journal of Matsusho Gakuen Junior College (Matsusho Tandai Ronso) 43, pp165-206, 1995.
- Development of Convenience Store systems in Japan, 1970s-1990s.
(co-authored with Yoshio ARAI)
(in English)
A.TERASAKA & S.TAKAHASHI (eds):Comperative study on retail trade: Tradition and innovatione. Ryutsu Keizai University, Ryugasaki, pp117-126, 1994.
- Regional Perspectives on Communication.
The Journal of Communication Studies (Communication Kagaku: Tokyo Keizai University) 3, pp53-64, 1995.
- Urban space, as a fiction*.
in "Fiction to shiteno toshi", Sekai Shiso Sha, Kyoto, pp68-87, 1996.
- How to read the Cultural Studies*.
Chiri 41(12), pp38-45, 1996.
- Chiiki: Communication Studies in Local Community.
(with English summary)
Journal of Mass Communication Studies (Mass Communication Kenkyu) 50, pp16-23, 1997.
- Inernet Pages of Japanese Universities Reviewed from Public Relations Perspective.
The Journal of Communication Studies (Communication Kagaku: Tokyo Keizai University) 6, pp107-117, 1997.
- Operating a Small-scale Web Server: Practice Viewed from a "Dummy" Site Owner.
The Journal of Communication Studies (Communication Kagaku: Tokyo Keizai University) 8, pp115-128, 1998.
- Attitudes of Local Private Broadcasting Companies in Japan under the Age of Multiple Media/Channels on Television.
The Journal of Tokyo Keizai University (Tokyo Keidai Gakkaishi: Tokyo Keizai University) 208, pp113-124, 1998.
- Village of drama production: Yamagata-mura, Nagano-ken*.
in Kazuto KOJIMA & Toshiko MIYAZAKI (eds) "Hyogen suru shimin tachi", Nihon Hoso Shuppan Kyokai, pp43-65, 1998.
- "Notorious" Newspapers: Small-scale Newspapers of the Early Showa Period in Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan.
(with English summary)
The Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences (Jinbun Shizen-Kagaku Ronshu: Tokyo Keizai University) 107, pp13-36, 1999.
- globe: Tetsuya Komuro's world of lyrics*.
Ongaku Kenkyu (Kunitachi College of Music) 11, pp113-128, 1999.
- Management of a small-scale community broadcasting FM station in Japan; Case study: FM West Tokyo.
(with English summary)
The Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences (Jinbun Shizen-Kagaku Ronshu: Tokyo Keizai University) 110, pp59-84, 2000.
- In Progress: A New Local Plan for Milton Keynes, UK.
(with English summary)
The Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences (Jinbun Shizen-Kagaku Ronshu: Tokyo Keizai University) 113, pp69-85, 2002.
- Ambiguous and connotative nature of the Japanese lyrics:
Language, imagination, and strategy.
(in English)
Kami KARKI, Rebecca LEYDON, & Henri TERHO (eds): Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Popular Music Studies 20 Years Later. IASPM-Norden (Turku, Finland), pp.174-179.
- Biographical Notes on Burton Crane, 1901-1963.
The Journal of Communication Studies (Communication Kagaku: Tokyo Keizai University) 17, pp191-227, 2002.
- Recent Developments in Letchworth Garden City, UK:
Following the Research Notes by Late Professor Himeno.
The Journal of Tokyo Keizai University (Tokyo Kei-Dai Gakkai-shi: Tokyo Keizai University) 234, pp27-40, 2003.
- Complex nature of popular music*.
in Mamoru TOYA (ed) "Popular Ongaku e no Manazashi", Keiso Shobo, pp3-26, 2003.
- In the world of post-placename lyrics*.
in Shunya YOSHIMI & Mikio WAKABAYASHI (eds) "Tokyo Studies", Kinokuniya Shoten, pp175-187, 2005.
- Community and Narrowcasting Radio Stations in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
(with English summary)
The Geographical Review of Japan, (Chirigaku Hyoron: The Association og Japanese Geographers), 78-9, pp545-559. 2005.
- "Europe" and "Culture" in Urban Management of Birmingham, England:
Reading "Birmingham's Renaissance" (2003).
The Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences (Jinbun Shizen-Kagaku Ronshu: Tokyo Keizai University) 121, pp23-46, 2006.
Translations
#All translations are from English into Japanese.
- Burgess, J. & Gold, J.R. (eds.)(1985): Geography, the media & popular culture. Croom Helm, 273ps.
Co-translated with Keiichi TAKEUCHI et al.
Japanese translation published by Kokon Shoin, Tokyo, 1992.
- Taylor, Peter J. (1991): The English and Their Englishness: "a curiously mysterious, elusive and little understood people". Scottish Geographical Magazine 107, pp146-161.
Japanese translation published in Geographical Science (Chiri Kagaku) 47, pp197-220, 1992.
- Squire, Shelagh J. (1993): Valuing countryside: reflections on Beatrix Potter tourism. Area 25, pp5-10.
Japanese translation published in Geographical Science (Chiri Kagaku) 48, pp269-275, 1993.
- Ilyin, Pavel (1993): Renaming of Soviet Cities after Exceptional People: A Historical Perspective on Toponymy. Post-Soviet Geography 34, pp631-660.
Japanese translation published in Map: Journal of the Japan Cartographers Association (Chizu) 33, pp13-41, 1995.
- Miller, Toby (1997): Radio. in The Media in Australia: Industries, Texts, Audiences, second edition, Stuart Cunningham & Graeme Turner (eds), Allen & Unwin, Sydney, pp47-69.
Japanese translation published in Journal of Communication Studies (Communication Kagaku) 16, pp205-228, 2002.
- Marshall, D.C. & Baker, R.G.V. (2001): Clubs, Spades, Diamonds, and Disadvantage: the Geography of Electronic
Gaming Machines in Melbourne. Australian Geographical Studies, 39, pp.17-33.
Japanese translation published in Geographical Science (Chiri Kagaku) 57, pp120-137, 2002.
- Crane, Burton (1936): Japan goes Hollywood. in Cue, 5-4, pp.6-7,37.
Japanese translation, jointly tranlated with Takafumi HIRASHIMA, published in The Journal of Communication Studies (Communication Kagaku) 24, pp.229-236, 2006.
- Peterson, Richard (1990): Why 1955 ?: Explaining the advent of rock music. Popular Music, 9-1, pp.97-116.
Japanese translation, jointly tranlated with Susumu KAWASHIMA, published in The Journal of Humanities and Natural Sciences (Jinbun Shizen Kagaku Ronshu) 122, pp.135-176, 2006.
Selected abstracts of conference papers in English
- Management of a small-scale community broadcasting FM station in Japan;
Case study: FM West Tokyo.
International Geographical Union, Commission on Communication Networks and Telecommunications, Commission Annual Conference and Pre-Congress meeting, 8-11 August, 2000,
Kwangju, Republic of Korea.
- Ambiguous and connotative nature of the Japanese lyrics:
Language, imagination, and strategy.
International Association for the Study of Popular Music:
Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Popular Music Studies 20 Years Later
Eleventh Biannual IASPM Conference, July 6-10, 2001,
Turku, Finland.
- Whose community ? Whose radio ? :
A comparative study of "Community Broadcasting" radio systems in Australia and Japan.
Intrnational Geographical Union:
IGU Regional Conference 2002, 4-7 August, 2002,
Durban, South Africa.
- When a journalist sang:
Burton Crane, the first successful American singer in Japan.
- Recent Development of "Community Broadcasting" systems in Japan.
International Geographical Union, Intrnational Geographical Congress 2004, 15-20 August, 2004
Glasgow, UK.
- The impact of the Great Heisei Consolidation on community broadcasting services in Japan.
International Geographical Union, Commission on the Geography of Inforamtion Society, Commission Annual Conference and Pre-Congress meeting, 26-30 June, 2006,
Sydney, Australia.
- Chattering on the local community, thanks to the internet: A Japanese experience.
Digital Communities 2007 / International Geographical Union, Commission on the Geography of Information Society 2007,
Talinn, Estonia & Helsinki, Finland, 8-12 July, 2007.
- Popular music in Japan: Very different? Not so different?
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres, IAML 2010,
Moscow, Russia, 27 June - 2 July, 2010.
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