Kazuhide Uekusa Explained

Kazuhide Uekusa
Native Name:植草 一秀
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:1960 12, mf=yes
Birth Place:Edogawa, Tokyo
Nationality:Japanese
Field:Monetarism, Japanese economic theory, financial theory, theory of economic policy
Alma Mater:University of Tokyo
Influences:John Maynard Keynes, Milton Friedman[1]
Awards:23rd Tanzan Ishibashi award (2002)[2]

is a Japanese economist, economic analyst, former senior economist at Nomura Research Institute, and chairman of the Three-Nations Research Institute.[1] [3] [4] He was arrested for sexual offenses in 2004 and 2006.[5]

Life and career

He entered the University of Tokyo in 1979 and majored in economics. Uekusa joined Nomura Research Institute in April 1983 after graduating from the University of Tokyo in March 1983. He became a researcher at the Fiscal and Monetary Policy Institute of the Ministry of Finance in July 1985, an assistant professor at the Economic Research Institute of Kyoto University in June 1991, an honorary fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University in October 1993, a senior economist at Nomura Research Institute in April 2002, and a professor at the Graduate School of Waseda University from April 2003 until his retirement in April 2004. He then founded the Three-Nations Research Institute and became its president on April 1, 2005. In April 2006, he made a career comeback in an academic position as a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Nagoya University of Commerce & Business in Nagoya. He lectured on "national economic strategy" until his arrest in September of that year.[6]

He appeared as a commentator on television programs such as Fuji TV's morning show Tokudane!.[7]

Criminal charges

On April 8, 2004, Uekusa was arrested for trying to look up a high school girl's skirt with his hand mirror on an escalator at Shinagawa Station of the East Japan Railway Company in Minato, Tokyo.[8] Immediately after his arrest, Uekusa admitted his guilt[9] and apologized.[10] He was dismissed from his position as a professor on May 7, 2004 over the arrest, although he denied the charges.[11]

His trial began at the Tokyo District Court on March 23, 2005, and the presiding judge fined him 500,000 yen and confiscated his hand mirror. He insisted that it was an "unfair verdict" and intended to appeal.[12] However, the verdict became final when he failed to file an appeal by the deadline of April 6, 2005.[13] [14]

Uekusa was arrested again at Keikyū Kamata Station on September 13, 2006, at around 10:10 p.m. for molesting a girl on a Keikyu train.[15] On September 27, 2006, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business announced that it had dismissed him from his duties as a visiting professor.[16] Uekusa maintained his innocence, saying that he was drunk when he was arrested and did not remember what happened that night.[17] He was charged with chikan on October 4, 2006.[18]

On January 22, 2007, Uekusa was released from Tokyo Detention House on bail of 6 million yen.[19]

On October 16, 2007, Uekusa was sentenced to four months in prison by Tokyo District Court Presiding Judge Shō Kamisaka.[20] He repeated his earlier denials,[3] but fabric traces on his suit and witness testimony were enough to convince the court that he had groped under the victim's skirt. In handing down the sentence, Kamisaka noted that "The court cannot anticipate that the accused will be rehabilitated" on his own recognizance. Uekusa vowed to appeal, saying in a statement that "the truth will always prevail."[21] On April 16, 2008, the Tokyo High Court upheld a four-month prison sentence for Uekusa.[22] On June 25, 2009, the Supreme Court rejected Uekusa's final appeal.[23]

In an interview with journalist Benjamin Fulford on June 19, 2008, he stated that he was arrested as part of a national politics investigation after criticizing the economic policies of Junichiro Koizumi and Heizō Takenaka on a television program.[24]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uekusa, Kazuhide . ja:「ウィキペディア植草一秀」に含まれる重大虚偽情報. False information contained on the Kazuhide Uekusa Wikipedia article . http://uekusak.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2010/11/post-5ec3.html . 2010-11-13 . 2014-06-27 . Japanese.
  2. https://ishibashi-mf.org/activity/prize/23rd-2/ past award winners
  3. Book: Kazuhide Uekusa. ja:知られざる真実 勾留地にて. Untold Truth: At the Detention Center. Epushiron Publishing Project. Japanese. Tokyo. 2007. 209–269. 978-4903145280.
  4. Book: Kazuhide Uekusa . ja:国家は「有罪(えんざい)」をこうして創る 「植草事件」裁判記録 . Miscarriage of Justice: How the Government Makes the Innocent Guilty . Takahiko Soejima . Hirohiko Takahashi . . Tokyo . 2012 . 195–216 . 978-4396614256. Japanese.
  5. Book: Anil Aggrawal. Anil Aggrawal. Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices. limited. CRC Press. 2009. 134, 185. 9781420043082.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20060324060106/http://japundit.com/archives/2006/01/27/1921/ Japundit » Nagoya U hires perv prof
  7. Web site: http://www.asiax.biz/column/musashino/001.php . ja:植草教授の奇妙な行動 . The strange behaviour of Professor Uekusa . Media Japan PTE Ltd. . Asia X . July 2004 . 27 June 2014 . Kamijo, Masashi . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140820022608/http://www.asiax.biz/column/musashino/001.php . 20 August 2014 .
  8. News: Japanese. 植草一秀教授、のぞきの疑い JR品川駅で現行犯逮捕. Professor Kazuhide Uekusa arrested at JR Shinagawa Station on suspicion of peeping . 2004-04-12. Asahi Shimbun.
  9. Web site: Economist denies looking up skirt. The Japan Times. 2004-06-18.
  10. Web site: TV economist held over peek up dress. The Japan Times. 2004-04-13.
  11. Web site: Scholar denies peeping up skirt. The Japan Times. 2004-08-31.
  12. News: ja:植草元教授に有罪判決 手鏡事件. Guilty verdict for Professor Kazuhide Uekusa hand mirror case. 2005-03-23. Asahi Shimbun. Japanese.
  13. News: 植草被告の有罪確定 手鏡事件 . Uekusa's guilty verdict confirmed in hand mirror case . 2005-04-07 . Asahi Shimbun.
  14. Web site: Peeping Tom to pay fine, lose mirror. The Japan Times. 2005-04-08.
  15. Web site: Peeping economist nabbed in groping. The Japan Times. 2006-09-15.
  16. Web site: Ryann Connell . Third strike for naughty number cruncher Kazuhide Uekusa . Mainichi Daily News . 2006-09-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070514030407/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/archive/news/2006/09/20060922p2g00m0dm024000c.html . May 14, 2007 .
  17. News: ja:植草教授、また逮捕 女子高生に痴漢の疑い . Professor Uekusa arrested again - on suspicion of groping high-school girl . 2006-09-14. Asahi Shimbun. Japanese.
  18. News: ja:女子高生に痴漢、植草容疑者起訴 . Uekusa prosecuted for groping high-school girl . Japanese. 2006-10-05. Asahi Shimbun.
  19. News: ja:植草元教授に6か月求刑 電車痴漢事件 東京地裁 . 6-month sentence requested for former professor Uekusa in Tokyo groping case at Tokyo District Court . 2007-07-18 . Asahi Shimbun. Japanese .
  20. News: ja:植草被告、実刑4カ月 痴漢の罪で東京地裁判決 . Uekusa receives 4-month prison sentence at Tokyo District Court in groping case . Japanese. 2007-10-16. Asahi Shimbun.
  21. Web site: Jun Hongo. Groping economist gets four-month prison term. The Japan Times. 2007-10-17.
  22. Web site: Man sentenced to life for 28 rapes, attempted sexual assaults. The Japan Times. 2008-04-17.
  23. Web site: Uekusa prison term upheld by top court. The Japan Times. 2009-06-28.
  24. Web site: 植草一秀ＶＳベンジャミン・フルフォード対談 . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/1w1zqMhxZMU. 2021-12-12 . live. Kazuhide Uekusa talks with Benjamin Fulford . Youtube.com . 2008-07-20 . 2013-01-04.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Kazuhide Uekusa".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.