Kazuhide Uekusa is a Japanese economist, economic analyst, former senior economist at Nomura Research Institute, and chairman of the Three-Nations Research Institute.
14 Facts About Kazuhide Uekusa
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Kazuhide Uekusa entered the University of Tokyo in 1979 and majored in economics.
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Kazuhide Uekusa 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.
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Kazuhide Uekusa then founded the Three-Nations Research Institute and became its president on April 1,2005.
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Immediately after his arrest, Kazuhide Uekusa admitted his guilt and apologized.
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Kazuhide Uekusa was dismissed from his position as a professor on May 7,2004 over the arrest, although he denied the charges.
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Kazuhide Uekusa's 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.
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Kazuhide Uekusa insisted that it was an "unfair verdict" and intended to appeal.
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Kazuhide Uekusa was arrested again at Keikyu Kamata Station on September 13,2006, at around 10:10 pm for molesting a girl on a Keikyu train.
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Kazuhide Uekusa maintained his innocence, saying that he was drunk when he was arrested and did not remember what happened that night.
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Kazuhide Uekusa was charged with chikan on October 4,2006.
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On January 22,2007, Kazuhide Uekusa was released from Tokyo Detention House on bail of 6 million yen.
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On October 16,2007, Kazuhide Uekusa was sentenced to four months in prison by Tokyo District Court Presiding Judge Sho Kamisaka.
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Kazuhide Uekusa repeated his earlier denials, but fabric traces on his suit and witness testimony were enough to convince the court that he had groped under the victim's skirt.