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  YOTSUMOTO Yukio
   Department   Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Sustainability and Tourism
   Position   Professor
■ Education
1. 1995/01~2002/12 〔Doctorial Course〕, The University of Kentucky Graduate School, Completed,
2. 1992/04~1994/03 〔Master Course〕, The University of Georgia Graduate School, Completed
3. 1985/04~1989/03 Soka University, Graduated
■ Message
Message to undergraduate students: If you have clear goals for what you want to achieve in your student life, you will be able to greatly increase your abilities and potential. As the focus of international society shifts towards the Asia Pacific, the skills and abilities you develop at APU will be highly valued in these times of change. Message to graduate school students: With its diverse student body of students from all around the world, the likes of which you’d be hard pressed to find at any other graduate school in Japan or the US, the APU graduate school presents you with an opportunity to debate and learn alongside outstanding students and develop your future network of connections. If you make the most of this, APU’s most unique feature, then you will take a great step towards realizing your dreams.
■ Current specialized field
Sociology 
■ Books and theses
1. 2023/11/01 Article Tourism Development in Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System Areas in Japan: Making Stories and Experience-based Products Journal of Resources and Ecology 14(6),pp.1302-1313 (Collaboration) 
2. 2021/09 Article The Decentralized Hands-on Program Exhibition(D-HOPE) Approach: An Overview of Community-based Tourism and Importance of Local Participation D-HOPE Discussion Paper Series D-HOPE DPS-2 (Single) 
3. 2021/09 Article The Decentralized Hands-on Program Exhibition(D-HOPE) Approach: Understanding Community Design by Reviewing Community Theories and Development D-HOPE Discussion Paper Series D-HOPE DPS-3 (Single) 
4. 2021/03 Article A Comparative Study on Rural Development through Tourism in the Areas of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) in Japan AY 2017-AY2020 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) Report  (Collaboration) 
5. 2020/05 Article Comparing cultural world heritage sites and globally important agricultural heritage systems and their potential for tourism Journal of Heritage Tourism 16(1),pp.43-61 (Collaboration) 
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■ Conference presentations
1. 2023/02/14 Tourism Development in Japanese Communities designated as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS): A Case of Oita Prefecture (Smart Community Webinar Series, Satellite V17, Sustaining Globally Important Agriculture Heritage Systems through Tourism)
2. 2019/11/30 Stories to sell products in tourism destinations of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (The 17th Asia Pacific Conference (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan))
3. 2019/05/21 A Survey Result on Rural Development through Tourism in GIAHS area municipalities (The 6th Conference of East Asia Research Association for Agricultural Heritage Systems (ERAHS))
4. 2019/01/12 Regional examples of community development & revitalization efforts through tourism (UNWTO, JICA and APU, Future Tourism Leaders Workshop “Community development and revitalization through tourism (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan))
5. 2018/12/02 Tourism and Revival of Agricultural Heritage Landscapes: The Case of Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita Prefecture, Japan (The 16th Asia Pacific Conference (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Japan))
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI
1. 2002~2003  Social (Re) Construction of Rice and Japanese Identity among Japanese Immigrants in Kentucky  (Key Word : )
2. 1998~1999  Japan in the Bluegrass: The regional and local impact of the globalization of Japanese businesses in the United States  (Key Word : )