Kazuhide Uekusa

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Kazuhide Uekusa
植草 一秀
Born (1960-12-18) December 18, 1960 (age 64)
Edogawa, Tokyo
NationalityJapanese
Academic career
Field Monetarism, Japanese economic theory, financial theory, theory of economic policy
Alma mater University of Tokyo
Influences John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman [1]
Awards23rd Tanzan Ishibashi award (2002) [2]

Kazuhide Uekusa (植草 一秀, Uekusa Kazuhide, born December 18, 1960) is a Japanese economist, economic analyst, former senior economist at Nomura Research Institute, and chairman of the Three-Nations Research Institute. [1] [3] [4] He was arrested for sexual offenses in 2004 and 2006. [5]

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Life and career

He entered the University of Tokyo in 1979 and majored in economics. Uekusa joined Nomura Research Institute in April 1983 after graduating from the University of Tokyo in March 1983. He became a researcher at the Fiscal and Monetary Policy Institute of the Ministry of Finance in July 1985, an assistant professor at the Economic Research Institute of Kyoto University in June 1991, an honorary fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University in October 1993, a senior economist at Nomura Research Institute in April 2002, and a professor at the Graduate School of Waseda University from April 2003 until his retirement in April 2004. He then founded the Three-Nations Research Institute and became its president on April 1, 2005. In April 2006, he made a career comeback in an academic position as a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Nagoya University of Commerce & Business in Nagoya. He lectured on "national economic strategy" until his arrest in September of that year. [6]

He appeared as a commentator on television programs such as Fuji TV's morning show Tokudane! . [7] [8]

Criminal charges

Shinagawa Station, where Uekusa was arrested for looking up a high school girl's skirt with his hand mirror on the escalator. Shinagawa Station - outside - May 25 2019 340pm 15 55 05 394000.jpeg
Shinagawa Station, where Uekusa was arrested for looking up a high school girl's skirt with his hand mirror on the escalator.

On April 8, 2004, Uekusa was arrested for trying to look up a high school girl's skirt with his hand mirror on an escalator at Shinagawa Station of the East Japan Railway Company in Minato, Tokyo. [9] Immediately after his arrest, Uekusa admitted his guilt [10] and apologized. [11] He was dismissed from his position as a professor on May 7, 2004 over the arrest, although he denied the charges. [12]

His trial began at the Tokyo District Court on March 23, 2005, and the presiding judge fined him 500,000 yen and confiscated his hand mirror. He insisted that it was an "unfair verdict" and intended to appeal. [13] However, the verdict became final when he failed to file an appeal by the deadline of April 6, 2005. [14] [15]

Uekusa was arrested again at Keikyū Kamata Station on September 13, 2006, at around 10:10 p.m. for molesting a girl on a Keikyu train. [8] On September 27, 2006, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business announced that it had dismissed him from his duties as a visiting professor. [16] Uekusa maintained his innocence, saying that he was drunk when he was arrested and did not remember what happened that night. [17] He was charged with chikan on October 4, 2006. [18]

On January 22, 2007, Uekusa was released from Tokyo Detention House on bail of 6 million yen. [19]

On October 16, 2007, Uekusa was sentenced to four months in prison by Tokyo District Court Presiding Judge Shō Kamisaka. [20] He repeated his earlier denials, [3] but fabric traces on his suit and witness testimony were enough to convince the court that he had groped under the victim's skirt. [21] In handing down the sentence, Kamisaka noted that "The court cannot anticipate that the accused will be rehabilitated" on his own recognizance. [21] Uekusa vowed to appeal, saying in a statement that "the truth will always prevail." [21] On April 16, 2008, the Tokyo High Court upheld a four-month prison sentence for Uekusa. [22] On June 25, 2009, the Supreme Court rejected Uekusa's final appeal. [23]

In an interview with journalist Benjamin Fulford on June 19, 2008, he stated that he was arrested as part of a national politics investigation after criticizing the economic policies of Junichiro Koizumi and Heizō Takenaka on a television program. [24]

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References

  1. 1 2 Uekusa, Kazuhide (2010-11-13). 「ウィキペディア植草一秀」に含まれる重大虚偽情報 [False information contained on the Kazuhide Uekusa Wikipedia article] (in Japanese). Retrieved 2014-06-27.
  2. ↑ past award winners
  3. 1 2 Kazuhide Uekusa (2007). 知られざる真実 勾留地にて[Untold Truth: At the Detention Center] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Epushiron Publishing Project. pp. 209–269. ISBN   978-4903145280.
  4. ↑ Kazuhide Uekusa; Takahiko Soejima; Hirohiko Takahashi (2012). 国家は「有罪(えんざい)」をこうして創る 「植草事件」裁判記録[Miscarriage of Justice: How the Government Makes the Innocent Guilty] (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shodensha. pp. 195–216. ISBN   978-4396614256.
  5. ↑ Anil Aggrawal (2009). Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices . CRC Press. pp.  134, 185. ISBN   9781420043082.
  6. ↑ Japundit » Nagoya U hires perv prof
  7. ↑ Kamijo, Masashi (July 2004). 植草教授の奇妙な行動 [The strange behaviour of Professor Uekusa]. Asia X (in Japanese). Media Japan PTE Ltd. Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  8. 1 2 "Peeping economist nabbed in groping". The Japan Times. 2006-09-15.
  9. ↑ "植草一秀教授、のぞきの疑い JR品川駅で現行犯逮捕" [Professor Kazuhide Uekusa arrested at JR Shinagawa Station on suspicion of peeping]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2004-04-12.
  10. ↑ "Economist denies looking up skirt". The Japan Times. 2004-06-18.
  11. ↑ "TV economist held over peek up dress". The Japan Times. 2004-04-13.
  12. ↑ "Scholar denies peeping up skirt". The Japan Times. 2004-08-31.
  13. ↑ 植草元教授に有罪判決 手鏡事件[Guilty verdict for Professor Kazuhide Uekusa hand mirror case]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2005-03-23.
  14. ↑ "植草被告の有罪確定 手鏡事件" [Uekusa's guilty verdict confirmed in hand mirror case]. Asahi Shimbun. 2005-04-07.
  15. ↑ "Peeping Tom to pay fine, lose mirror". The Japan Times. 2005-04-08.
  16. ↑ Ryann Connell (2006-09-22). "Third strike for naughty number cruncher Kazuhide Uekusa". Mainichi Daily News. Archived from the original on May 14, 2007.
  17. ↑ 植草教授、また逮捕 女子高生に痴漢の疑い[Professor Uekusa arrested again - on suspicion of groping high-school girl]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2006-09-14.
  18. ↑ 女子高生に痴漢、植草容疑者起訴[Uekusa prosecuted for groping high-school girl]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2006-10-05.
  19. ↑ 植草元教授に6か月求刑 電車痴漢事件 東京地裁[6-month sentence requested for former professor Uekusa in Tokyo groping case at Tokyo District Court]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2007-07-18.
  20. ↑ 植草被告、実刑4カ月 痴漢の罪で東京地裁判決[Uekusa receives 4-month prison sentence at Tokyo District Court in groping case]. Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2007-10-16.
  21. 1 2 3 Jun Hongo (2007-10-17). "Groping economist gets four-month prison term". The Japan Times.
  22. ↑ "Man sentenced to life for 28 rapes, attempted sexual assaults". The Japan Times. 2008-04-17.
  23. ↑ "Uekusa prison term upheld by top court". The Japan Times. 2009-06-28.
  24. ↑ "植草一秀ＶＳベンジャミン・フルフォード対談" [Kazuhide Uekusa talks with Benjamin Fulford]. Youtube.com. 2008-07-20. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2013-01-04.
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