Classes taught

International Media Studies, Advertising Theory, Problem Solving Seminar, Presentation 1+2, etc

Short biography

1990.02 Graduated from the Japanese Studies Department, Free University of Berlin (with a Master’s Degree)
1990.04-1992.03 Researcher at the Institute of Journalism Studies, University of Tokyo
1992.04-1993.03 Foreign Researcher at the Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
1993.04 Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics, Yamaguchi University
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Yamaguchi University
Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Yamaguchi University.
2007.11 Earned PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) at the University of Trier (Germany)
2015.04 Professor at the Faculty of Global and Science Studies, Yamaguchi University, down to present.

Major papers, books, and works

Entwicklung, Organisation und Arbeitsweise regionaler Tageszeitungen in Japan - das Beispiel Shizuoka Shinbun (1991), Bochum: Brockmeyer. Allgemeine Tageszeitungen in Japan. Eine Momentauf­nahme der Grundmuster und des Spektrums ihrer Formen und Themen (2008), 3 Bände, http://ubt.opus.hbz-nrw.de/ volltexte/2008/470. “ Der Weg des Laufens - und wie Japans Medien den Weg bereiten”, in: Nachrichten der Gesellschaft für Natur- und Völkerkunde Ostasiens, No. 189-190 (2008), pp. 297-322.

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