Education and Professional Experience

2011 - present

Research Economist, Socio-economic Research Center, CRIEPI.

2011

Ph.D in Informatics, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

Selected Publications

CRIEPI RESEARCH REPORT

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Main Author:

• Impacts of population aging with changes in household-sizes on residential electricity demand - A forecast of the regional households by household-types and dwelling-types in Japan -, Y14009, 2015.
• Development of a demographic forecasting model for 47 prefectures in Japan - Simulation analysis of population structure until 2050 -, Y12024, 2013.
• Survey for economic impact and business recovery of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Y11022, 2012.

Co-Author:

• Study on initiatives for building decarbonization-Case studies of US states and local governments and implications for Japan-, Y19005, 2020.
• Structural Analysis and Simulation of Residential Electric Demand in Japan, Y13006, 2014.

in English

• Kotani, H., and Nakano, K.(2022) Purchase decision process and information acquisition of zero-energy houses in Japan, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2022.
• Iwamatsu, T., Nishio, K., Komatsu, H., Mukai, T., Kim, H., Nakano, K., Sasaki, M, Ogawa, T, Otani, S., Ito, C., Odate, Y., and Maeki, W.,(2019) Empirical experiments for smartphone app energy conservation services targeting residential sectors: an overview of initial findings, BECC, 2019, Nov.17-20., Sacrament, CA, 2019.
• Mukai, T., Nishio, K., Komatsu, H., Iwamatsu, T., Kim, H., Nakano, K., Sasaki, M, Ogawa, T, Otani, S., Ito, C., Odate, Y., and Maeki, W.,(2019) Comparing matching methods in behavioral programs an evaluation of smartphone energy management service app, 2019 IEPEC (International Energy Program Evaluation Conference), Denver, CO, 2019.8.
• Nakano, K.(2016)Regional Demographic Forecasts for Japan Using a Multiregional Model Incorporating Economic Conditions, Paper presented at the 63th North American Meetings on Regional Science Association International, Minneapolis, November 9-12, 2016.
• Nakano, K.(2013)Demographic change after the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake: impacts of interregional migration, Paper presented at IDRiM conference 2013 in Northumbria University, September, 2013.
• Nakano. K, Kajitani. Y, Tatano. H, (2011) "Consistent Measurement of Economic Losses of a Natural Disaster Considering the Effect of Change in Price" , Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp. 3489- 3494, 2011.
• K.Nakano and H.Tatano.(2009): Economic Impacts of Disasters Taking into Account the Costs of Substitution of Intermediate Goods, Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp.1142-1147.
• K. Nakano and H.Tatano.(2008): Economic Restoration Process after Natural Disasters under a Mutual Relationships between Industrial Sectors, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pp.2895-2900.