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  SUZUKI Yasushi
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of International Management
   Position   Professor
■ Education
1. 〔Doctorial Course〕, SOAS, University of London, Completed, PhD in Economics
2. 〔Master Course〕, Birkbeck, University of London, Completed, LLM in International Economic Law
3. 〔Master Course〕, SOAS, University of London, Completed, MSc in Economics with reference to South Asia (Distinction)
4. Faculty of Political Science & Economics, Waseda University, Graduated, BA in Political Science
■ Academic and professional experience
1. 2004/04~ Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies Professor
2. 2019/12~ Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia Visiting Professor
3. 2015/06~2023/06 Striders Corporation Independent (non-executive) Director
4. 2002/03~2004/03 Kanazawa Institute of Technology Associate Professor
5. 1999/08~2000/02 The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) New York Branch Deputy General Manager
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■ Current specialized field
Political Economy, Comparative Financial Systems, Law and Economics, History of Political-Economic Thought (Key Word:Rent-Seeking Theory, Political Philosophy, Islamic Finance) 
■ Books and theses
1. 2026/09 Book Toward a ‘Constitutional’ Socialist State : Examining the Development of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics   (Single) 
2. 2023/01 Book Digital Transformation in Islamic Finance: A Critical and Analytical View   (Collaboration)  Link
3. 2023/06 Article Lender’s position in the profit and loss sharing Islamic finance: an analytical perspective of Izutsu’s hypotheses on “Islam” and “Hilm” International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management 16(4),pp.687-700 (Collaboration)  Link
4. 2022/04 Article Realising the Corporate Social Performance (CSP) of Takaful (Islamic Insurance) Operators through Drone-Assisted Disaster Victim Identification (DVI). Sustainability 14(9),pp.5440 (Collaboration)  Link
5. 2021/08 Article The Impact of COVID-19 on Islamic Banks in Bangladesh: A perspective of Marxian ‘Circuit of Merchant’s Capital’ Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research 12(7),pp.1036-1054 (Collaboration)  Link
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■ Awards and honors
1. 2026/02 Top 20 Contributors (ranked 17th) in Islamic Finance Literature (Web of Science) Link
2. 2022/08 Emerald Publishing Outstanding Paper in the 2022 Emerald Literati Awards (The impact of COVID-19 on Islamic banks in Bangladesh: a perspective of Marxian “circuit of merchant’s capital”) Link
3. 2019/08 Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, Emerald 2019 Outstanding Reviewer
4. 2014 International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, Emerald 2014 Highly Commended Paper Award, Emerald
■ Committee and society
1. 2018/05~2025/12 Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research, Emerald Associate Editor
2. 2021/10/01~2024/03/31 Asia-Japan Research Institute, Ritsumeikan University Visiting Researcher
3. 2016/10~2017/03 ISEAS Yusof-Ishak Institute (Singapore) Visiting Researcher
4. 2016/09~2017/03 International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS), Malaysia Visiting Researcher
■ E-Mail address
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■ External Researcher ID
orcID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3939-6917