• Professional Career

1986 Entered Ministry of Construction (Now MLIT)

2002 Head, Construction Management Division, Research center for National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, MLIT

2005 Director, Yuzawa Sabo Office, Hokuriku Regional Development Bureau, MLIT

2010 Director, Earthquake and Volcanic erosion Management Office, Sabo Department, MLIT

2016 Director General, Public Works Department, Tottori Prefectural Government

2018 Director, Sabo Department, Research center for National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, MLIT

2019 Director, Land Conservation Division, Sabo Department, MLIT

2022 Spectrally Appointed Professor, Center for Natural Hazards Research, Hokkaido University

2024 Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

• Selected publications

-Shinji Yamaguchi, Keishi Tanimoto and Madoka Chosokabe: Influence on Daily Life by Disaster Recovery Dely Using Text Data of Local Newspaper, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. F4 (Construction Management), 9 pages, in Japanese,2020.

-Shinji Yamaguchi and Keishi Tanimoto: Evaluation of Business Capability of Local Construction Industry in Case of Disaster, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. F4 (Construction Management), 9 pages, in Japanese,2019.

-Shinji Yamaguchi and Nobutomo Osanai: History and transition of the policies on Sabo projects, Journal of the Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering, 11 pages, in Japanese,2012.

-Atsuhiko Kinoshita, Shinji Yamaguchi, Takanari Yamasaki, Tatsuya Shibasaki, Takeshi Kojima, and Hiroyuki Yoshimatsu: Study on geo-technical characteristics of the skip surface of a large-moved landslide triggered by the 2004 Mid-Niigata Prefecture Earthquake, Journal of the Japan Landslide Society, 10 pages, in Japanese,2009.

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