【As of Nov 20, 2025】

TSUJI Takashi

Researcher Name: TSUJI Takashi

Div (Section) name/title: Fukushima Regional Collaborative Research Center (FRECC)（Regional Environmental Renovation Section）／Senior Researcher

Research Subject: ・Governance in the Disaster Reconstruction Process
・Local Resident's Consciousness of Livelihood Resilience

Degree(s): Doctor of Sociology

Professional Qualification(s): Sociology,Policy Studies

Environmental Speciality Field: Governance,Community

Keyword(s): Social Research,Local Community Analysis

URL: https://researchmap.jp/ttsuji0221?lang=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Takashi-Tsuji-2

Membership of Academic Society: The Japan Sociological Society,Japan Association of Regional and Community Studies,Japan Society for Disaster Recovery and Revitalization,Institute of Social Safety Science,Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS),Centre for Environmental Information Science

Research Subject

Fiscal Year: 2025
- 27194 : Social Systems Domain
- 27198 : Decarbonized and Sustainable Society Research Program
- 27226 : Research of environmental impacts and management in the disaster areas of Fukushima
- 27229 : Studies for emergence of regional resources and systems at Hama-dori, Fukushima, lifted the evacuation instruction
- 27230 : Making a resilient material cycle and waste management system at local level to tackle mega-disasters
- 27235 : Research to enhance adaptation strategies and practices based on scientific projections
- 27239 : Establishing a Regime Inclusive of Future Generations in a Sustainable Society
- 27246 : Social systems domain: Foresight and advanced basic research
- 27251 : Social systems domain: Policy-oriented research
- 27252 : Social systems domain: Intellectual research infrastructure development
- 27363 : Intellectual research infrastructure development：Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
- 27462 : A survey of municipal environmental plans and environmental policies in Fukushima prefecture
- 27533 : An empirical analysis of neighborhood organizations in evacuation-ordered areas after the Fukushima nuclear accident
- 27551 : Development of New Approaches to Environmental Economics and Evaluation
Fiscal Year: 2024
- 26811 : Decarbonized and Sustainable Society Research Program
- 26843 : Research of environmental impacts and management in the disaster areas of Fukushima
- 26845 : Studies for emergence of regional resources and systems at Hama-dori, Fukushima, lifted the evacuation instruction
- 26846 : Making a resilient material cycle and waste management system at local level to tackle mega-disasters
- 26850 : Research to enhance adaptation strategies and practices based on scientific projections
- 26855 : Establishing a Regime Inclusive of Future Generations in a Sustainable Society
- 26862 : Social systems domain: Foresight and advanced basic research
- 26870 : Social systems domain: Policy-oriented research
- 26872 : Social systems domain: Intellectual research infrastructure development
- 27045 : Development of New Approaches to Environmental Economics and Evaluation
- 27069 : A survey of municipal environmental plans and environmental policies in Fukushima prefecture
- 27100 : Intellectual research infrastructure development：Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
Fiscal Year: 2023
- 26406 : Decarbonized and Sustainable Society Research Program
- 26430 : Research of environmental impacts and management in the disaster areas of Fukushima
- 26432 : Studies for emergence of regional resources and systems at Hama-dori, Fukushima, lifted the evacuation instruction
- 26433 : Making a resilient material cycle and waste management system at local level to tackle mega-disasters
- 26437 : Research to enhance adaptation strategies and practices based on scientific projections
- 26440 : Establishing a Regime Inclusive of Future Generations in a Sustainable Society
- 26452 : Social systems domain: Foresight and advanced basic research
- 26457 : Social systems domain: Policy-oriented research
- 26458 : Social systems domain: Intellectual research infrastructure development
- 26563 : Development of New Approaches to Environmental Economics and Evaluation
- 26600 : A survey of municipal environmental plans and environmental policies in Fukushima prefecture
- 26621 : Promotion of coordination and Co-production with local stakeholders
- 26736 : Intellectual research infrastructure development：Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
Fiscal Year: 2022
- 25987 : Establishing a Regime Inclusive of Future Generations in a Sustainable Society
- 25995 : Research of environmental impacts and management in the disaster areas of Fukushima
- 25997 : Studies for emergence of regional resources and systems at Hama-dori, Fukushima, lifted the evacuation instruction
- 25998 : Making a resilient material cycle and waste management system at local level to tackle mega-disasters
- 26003 : Research to enhance adaptation strategies and practices based on scientific projections
- 26016 : Social systems domain: Foresight and advanced basic research
- 26017 : Social systems domain: Policy-oriented research
- 26018 : Social systems domain: Intellectual research infrastructure development
- 26096 : Development of New Approaches to Environmental Economics and Evaluation
- 26183 : Promotion of coordination and Co-production with local stakeholders
- 26260 : A survey of municipal environmental plans and environmental policies in Fukushima prefecture
- 26293 : Intellectual research infrastructure development：Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
Fiscal Year: 2021
- 25527 : Research of environmental impacts and management in the disaster areas of Fukushima
- 25529 : Studies for emergence of regional resources and systems at Hama-dori, Fukushima, lifted the evacuation instruction
- 25530 : Making a resilient material cycle and waste management system at local level to tackle mega-disasters
- 25537 : Research to enhance adaptation strategies and practices based on scientific projections
- 25667 : Promotion of coordination and Co-production with local stakeholders
- 25674 : Intellectual research infrastructure development：Systematic monitoring, development of information on impact prediction and adaptation, and development of tools in the field of climate change adaptation
- 25708 : Social systems domain: Foresight and advanced basic research
- 25709 : Social systems domain: Policy-oriented research
- 25710 : Social systems domain: Intellectual research infrastructure development
- 25834 : Development of New Approaches to Environmental Economics and Evaluation
- 25848 : A survey of municipal environmental plans and environmental policies in Fukushima prefecture
Fiscal Year: 2020
- 25102 : Environmental Renovation Research Program
- 25157 : Development of assessment model to regional scenarios for environmental creation
- 25184 : Studies on Adaptation Strategies Considering Social Change
- 25202 : Development of new Approaches to Environmental Economics and Evaluation
- 25249 : Design of general-purpose regional energy management system and development of planning and evaluation system for reconstruction and town development
- 25343 : An empirical study on community governance over forest resources after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Fiscal Year: 2019
- 24737 : Environmental Renovation Research Program
- 24739 : Development of assessment model to regional scenarios for environmental creation
- 24957 : Development of new Approaches to Environmental Economics and Evaluation
- 24980 : An empirical study on community governance over forest resources after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
- 24990 : Studies on Adaptation Strategies Considering Social Change
- 24994 : Design of general-purpose regional energy management system and development of planning and evaluation system for reconstruction and town development
Fiscal Year: 2018
- 24329 : Environmental Renovation Research Program
- 24331 : Development of assessment model to regional scenarios for environmental creation
Fiscal Year: 2017
- 23869 : Environmental Renovation Research Program
- 23871 : Development of assessment model to regional scenarios for environmental creation

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Research Result (Publication)

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Original Paper
Book
Other Publications

Original Paper
Beyond administrative efficiency: strategic integration of waste-to-energy and industrial symbiosis in Japan’s circular economy transition

Presenter : Ohnishi S., Maki S., Doi M., Dong H., Sun L., Dong L., Tajima R., Tsuji T., Fujii M.
Title : , Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances, 31(200377):1-13 (2026)
Original Paper
Gaps between expected roles and actual activities of local climate change adaptation centres in Japan

Presenter : Fujita T., Tsuji T., Yoshida Y., Masago Y., Hijioka Y.
Title : , Climate Research, 94:27-34 (2025)
Original Paper
Exploring simple ways to avoid collecting highly 137Cs-contaminated Aralia elata buds for the revival of local wild vegetable cultures

Presenter : Sakai M., Watanabe Mirai., Koshikawa-K.m., Tanaka A., Takahashi A., Takechi S., Takagi M., Tsuji T., Tsuji H., Takeda T., Jo J., Tamaoki M., Hayashi S.
Title : , PLOS ONE, 19(4):e0292206 (2024)
Original Paper
A Framework for Analyzing Co-Creation Value Chain Mechanisms in Community-Based Approaches: A Literature Review

Presenter : Ohnishi S., Osako M., Nakamura S., Togawa T., Kawai K., Suzuki K., Yoshida A., Gomi K., Tsuji T.
Title : , Sustainability, 16(7):2919 (2024)
Original Paper
Applying the functional resonance analysis method (FRAM) to flood risk management at a community level: Koriyama city's emergency-response process during Typhoon Hagibis

Presenter : Togawa T., Morita H., Tsuji T.
Title : , Progress in Disaster Science, 19: (2023)
Original Paper
Conceptualizing disaster waste governance using network governance perspectives

Presenter : Tajima R., Tsuji T., Suzuki K., Muhamad A.
Title : , International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 99:104137 (2023)
Original Paper
Climate impact chains for envisaging climate risks, vulnerabilities, and adaptation issues

Presenter : Estoque R.C., Oba M., Togawa T., Yoshioka A., Gomi K., Nakamura S., Tsuji T., Hijioka Y., Watanabe M., Kitahashi M.
Title : , Regional Environmental Change, 22(4): (2022)
Original Paper
Community Governance in Decontamination Policy after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Two Case Studies from the Naka-dori Region, Fukushima, Japan

Presenter : Tsuji T., Nakamura S., Ooba M.
Title : , Global Environmental Research, 24(2):243-251 (2021)
Other Publications
The Disaster/Reconstruction Process: a Case Study of Onagawa Town

Presenter : Tsuji T., Kuroda Y. (2020)
Book
Citizen Participation in the Disaster Reconstruction Process: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Presenter : Tsuji T.
Title : , Recovering from Catastrophic Disaster in Asia (2017)
Other Publications
Anxiety among Residents over Nuclear Plants in its Location Area after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Case Study of Onagawa Town

Presenter : Tsuji T.
Title : , Full Paper of 6th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia, 1-12 (2017)

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Beyond administrative efficiency: strategic integration of waste-to-energy and industrial symbiosis in Japan’s circular economy transition

Presenter : Ohnishi S., Maki S., Doi M., Dong H., Sun L., Dong L., Tajima R., Tsuji T., Fujii M.
Title : , Resources, Conservation & Recycling Advances, 31(200377):1-13 (2026)
Gaps between expected roles and actual activities of local climate change adaptation centres in Japan

Presenter : Fujita T., Tsuji T., Yoshida Y., Masago Y., Hijioka Y.
Title : , Climate Research, 94:27-34 (2025)
Exploring simple ways to avoid collecting highly 137Cs-contaminated Aralia elata buds for the revival of local wild vegetable cultures

Presenter : Sakai M., Watanabe Mirai., Koshikawa-K.m., Tanaka A., Takahashi A., Takechi S., Takagi M., Tsuji T., Tsuji H., Takeda T., Jo J., Tamaoki M., Hayashi S.
Title : , PLOS ONE, 19(4):e0292206 (2024)
A Framework for Analyzing Co-Creation Value Chain Mechanisms in Community-Based Approaches: A Literature Review

Presenter : Ohnishi S., Osako M., Nakamura S., Togawa T., Kawai K., Suzuki K., Yoshida A., Gomi K., Tsuji T.
Title : , Sustainability, 16(7):2919 (2024)
Applying the functional resonance analysis method (FRAM) to flood risk management at a community level: Koriyama city's emergency-response process during Typhoon Hagibis

Presenter : Togawa T., Morita H., Tsuji T.
Title : , Progress in Disaster Science, 19: (2023)
Conceptualizing disaster waste governance using network governance perspectives

Presenter : Tajima R., Tsuji T., Suzuki K., Muhamad A.
Title : , International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 99:104137 (2023)
Climate impact chains for envisaging climate risks, vulnerabilities, and adaptation issues

Presenter : Estoque R.C., Oba M., Togawa T., Yoshioka A., Gomi K., Nakamura S., Tsuji T., Hijioka Y., Watanabe M., Kitahashi M.
Title : , Regional Environmental Change, 22(4): (2022)
Community Governance in Decontamination Policy after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Two Case Studies from the Naka-dori Region, Fukushima, Japan

Presenter : Tsuji T., Nakamura S., Ooba M.
Title : , Global Environmental Research, 24(2):243-251 (2021)

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Citizen Participation in the Disaster Reconstruction Process: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Presenter : Tsuji T.
Title : , Recovering from Catastrophic Disaster in Asia (2017)

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Anxiety among Residents over Nuclear Plants in its Location Area after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Case Study of Onagawa Town

Presenter : Tsuji T.
Title : , Full Paper of 6th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia, 1-12 (2017)
The Disaster/Reconstruction Process: a Case Study of Onagawa Town

Presenter : Tsuji T., Kuroda Y. (2020)

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Research Result (Presentation)

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Research Presentation

Research Presentation
The Significance of Small Farms Today: The Case of Fukushima after Nuclear Disaster

Presenter : Owada H., Tsuji T.
Name of Society : 5th ISA Forum 2025 International Sociological Association (2025)
Name of Proceedings : なし
Research Presentation
Japan’s Disaster Recovery Governance and Historically Configured Local Community Institutions: Insights from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Presenter : Tsuji T.
Name of Society : 5th ISA Forum of Sociology (2025)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Research Presentation
Disaster waste governance in Japan: actors and institutions

Presenter : Tajima R., Tsuji T., Suzuki K., Muhamad A.
Name of Society : The 6th Symposium of the International Waste Working Group Asian Regional Branch (2025)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 79
Research Presentation
The revival and significance of small farming in FUKUSHIMA after the earthquake and nuclear disaster: Revitalizing agriculture and livelihoods through livelihoods.

Presenter : Owada H., Tsuji T.
Name of Society : 2025 ISESEA-10 The 10th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (2025)
Name of Proceedings : なし
Research Presentation
The Reconstruction Process and the Function of Community Resilience in Tsunami-Affected Areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake: The Case of Onagawa Town

Presenter : Tsuji T., Kuroda Y.
Name of Society : XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (2023)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 778
Research Presentation
Factors that improve elderly’s access to external help for disaster waste clean-up

Presenter : Suzuki K., Tajima R., Tsuji.t
Name of Society : 3RINCs 2023 The 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management (2023)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Research Presentation
PROJECTION OF LOCAL ENERGY BALANCE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL OF AGRIVOLTAICS

Presenter : Gomi K., Ishomoto H., Kosei T., Cong R., Togawa T., Tsyuji T., Nakamura S., Ohnishi S.
Name of Society : Grand Renewable Energy 2022 International Conference (2022)
Name of Proceedings : グランド再生可能エネルギー国際会議論文集, 2:5-8
Research Presentation
Policy Process for Municipal Woody Biomass Power Generation Projects after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Presenter : Tsuji T.
Name of Society : 5th International Conference on Public Policy (2021)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Research Presentation
Development of an interactive and visualization system for determining climate risk

Presenter : Ooba M., Togawa T., Estoque R.C., Nakamura S., Tsyuji T., Yoshioka A., Hijioka Y.
Name of Society : The Sixth International Conference on Structure, Engineering & Environment (SEE2020) (2020)
Name of Proceedings : Abstract
Research Presentation
Designing a Participatory Workshop to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Local Communities: A Case Study of Koriyama City, Fukushima, Japan

Presenter : Tsuji T., Gomi K., Hirano Y., Oba M.
Name of Society : 19th European Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (2019)
Name of Proceedings : -
Research Presentation
Community Governance in Decontamination Programs after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Two Case Studies from the Naka-dori Region, Fukushima, Japan

Presenter : Tsuji T., Nakamura S., Tajima R., Oba M.
Name of Society : 7th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (2019)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 33-34
Research Presentation
Integration of Sustainable Development Goals into local policy making with localized indicator framework

Presenter : Gomi K., Fujita T., Tsuji T., Hirano Y.
Name of Society : 19th European Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (2019)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Research Presentation
Policy Networks in the Local Community before and after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: A Case Study of Miharu Town

Presenter : Tsuji T., Nakamura S., Tajima R., Ooba M.
Name of Society : The 4th World Social Science Forum (2018)
Name of Proceedings : -
Research Presentation
Anxiety among Residents over Nuclear Plants in its Location Area after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Case Study of Onagawa Town

Presenter : Tsuji T.
Name of Society : 6th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (2017)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 82-83

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The Significance of Small Farms Today: The Case of Fukushima after Nuclear Disaster

Presenter : Owada H., Tsuji T.
Name of Society : 5th ISA Forum 2025 International Sociological Association (2025)
Name of Proceedings : なし
Japan’s Disaster Recovery Governance and Historically Configured Local Community Institutions: Insights from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Presenter : Tsuji T.
Name of Society : 5th ISA Forum of Sociology (2025)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Disaster waste governance in Japan: actors and institutions

Presenter : Tajima R., Tsuji T., Suzuki K., Muhamad A.
Name of Society : The 6th Symposium of the International Waste Working Group Asian Regional Branch (2025)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 79
The revival and significance of small farming in FUKUSHIMA after the earthquake and nuclear disaster: Revitalizing agriculture and livelihoods through livelihoods.

Presenter : Owada H., Tsuji T.
Name of Society : 2025 ISESEA-10 The 10th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (2025)
Name of Proceedings : なし
The Reconstruction Process and the Function of Community Resilience in Tsunami-Affected Areas of the Great East Japan Earthquake: The Case of Onagawa Town

Presenter : Tsuji T., Kuroda Y.
Name of Society : XX ISA World Congress of Sociology (2023)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 778
Factors that improve elderly’s access to external help for disaster waste clean-up

Presenter : Suzuki K., Tajima R., Tsuji.t
Name of Society : 3RINCs 2023 The 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management (2023)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
PROJECTION OF LOCAL ENERGY BALANCE CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL OF AGRIVOLTAICS

Presenter : Gomi K., Ishomoto H., Kosei T., Cong R., Togawa T., Tsyuji T., Nakamura S., Ohnishi S.
Name of Society : Grand Renewable Energy 2022 International Conference (2022)
Name of Proceedings : グランド再生可能エネルギー国際会議論文集, 2:5-8
Policy Process for Municipal Woody Biomass Power Generation Projects after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

Presenter : Tsuji T.
Name of Society : 5th International Conference on Public Policy (2021)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Development of an interactive and visualization system for determining climate risk

Presenter : Ooba M., Togawa T., Estoque R.C., Nakamura S., Tsyuji T., Yoshioka A., Hijioka Y.
Name of Society : The Sixth International Conference on Structure, Engineering & Environment (SEE2020) (2020)
Name of Proceedings : Abstract
Community Governance in Decontamination Programs after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: Two Case Studies from the Naka-dori Region, Fukushima, Japan

Presenter : Tsuji T., Nakamura S., Tajima R., Oba M.
Name of Society : 7th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (2019)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 33-34
Integration of Sustainable Development Goals into local policy making with localized indicator framework

Presenter : Gomi K., Fujita T., Tsuji T., Hirano Y.
Name of Society : 19th European Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (2019)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts
Anxiety among Residents over Nuclear Plants in its Location Area after the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Case Study of Onagawa Town

Presenter : Tsuji T.
Name of Society : 6th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (2017)
Name of Proceedings : Abstracts, 82-83
Designing a Participatory Workshop to Implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Local Communities: A Case Study of Koriyama City, Fukushima, Japan

Presenter : Tsuji T., Gomi K., Hirano Y., Oba M.
Name of Society : 19th European Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (2019)
Name of Proceedings : -
Policy Networks in the Local Community before and after the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: A Case Study of Miharu Town

Presenter : Tsuji T., Nakamura S., Tajima R., Ooba M.
Name of Society : The 4th World Social Science Forum (2018)
Name of Proceedings : -

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