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Akira Koshizawa is Professor at the Graduate School of Hokkaido University in Japan. From 2001 through 2011, he served as committee member at the Panel on Infrastructure Development of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. His major publication includes: Story of urban planning in Tokyo and  Tokyo's urban planning project etc. He was awarded the Award for the Promotion of Studies on Developing Economies by the Institute of Developing Economies ((IDE-JETRO).