• Professional Career

2016 Director, Office of Mercury Management, Environmental Health Department, Ministry of the Environment

2017 Senior Director for Interim Storage Facility, Fukushima Regional Environmental Office, Ministry of the Environment

2018 Deputy Director, Water Environment Division, Environment Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment

2019 Director, Office of Climate Change Adaptation, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment

2021 Executive Director for Planning and Coordination Department, Climate Change Policy Headquarters, City of Yokohama

2024 Professor, National Graduate Research Institute for Policy Studies

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• Selected publications

“Green Transformation (GX) in an era of declining population”　2024.4-　Monthly Magazine Project Design (Advanced Academic Agency)

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“A Study on Scienti?c Uncertainty and Precautionary Approach in Chemical Risk Management -Using Experiences of Past Pollution Incidents-“ Noriyuki Suzuki、Tadashi Ohtsuka、Yoshihiro Akabuchi、Megumi Kojima、Kazuaki Takahashi、Akira Nitta、Toshihiro Azuma、Takahiro Yanagida、Tomoya Inoue、Takao Wada、Hajime Kimura、Yuma Sasaki、Yoshitaka Imaizumi、Fujiko Ozawa、Koichi Ohno、Eiko Koike、Yosuke Koyama、Kazuaki Syutsubo、Akinori Takami、Daisuke Nakajima、Teruyoshi Hayamizu、Keisuke Matsuhashi、Shin Yamazaki、Hiroshi Yamamoto、Hiroyuki Yokomizo、Takayuki Nakajima　pp.338-354　2022.9　 Environmental Science Vol.35(5)

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“How to Compensate for the Shortage of Renewable Energy Supply in Urban Areas? The Key Lies in Cooperation with Regions with its Potential”2022.1　Environmental Business (Japan Business Publishing)

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“How Specification Changes for a Long-life Product Effect the Disposal Trend: Case Study on Televisions with Transition to Digital Broadcasting” Kazuaki Takahashi、Yasuhiro Hirai、Shin-ichi Sakai　pp.1-10　2021.3　 Journal of the Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management Vol.32?

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“Frequent Natural Disasters and Climate Change Risks”2020.1　 Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness for Businesses and Local Governments (Nikkei Publishing)?

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“The Characteristic and Effects of RoHS Directive from the Chemical Management Aspect” Kazuaki Takahashi、Yasuhiro Hirai、Shin-ichi Sakai　pp.25-37　2020.8　 Journal of the Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management Vol.31?

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“Efforts for Implementing the Minamata Convention on Mercury in Japan” Kazuaki Takahashi　pp.377-384　2016.11　 Journal of the Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management Vol.27?

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“Chemical Management Policies and Initiatives at Ministry of the Environment”2016.10　Kazuaki Takahashi、Hiroshi Fujita、Yoshinori Momose　Chemical Management (Joho Kiko)?

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“Japan’s Waste Management Policies for Dioxins and Polychlorinated Biphenyls” Hideto Yoshida、Kazuaki Takahashi、Nobuo Takeda、Shin-ichi Sakai　pp.229-243　

2009.9　Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management Vol.11?

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