Faculty Profiles - KIMINAMI Lily

Transformation of Japan’s rice policy toward innovation creation for a sustainable development Reviewed

Other Link： http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/031722280

Lily Kiminami, Shinichi Furuzawa, Akira Kiminami

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science 2020.10

Analysis on the factors affecting farmers’ performance in disaster risk management at community level: focusing on a Haor locality in Bangladesh Reviewed

Sohel Rana, Lily Kiminami, Shinichi Furuzawa

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science 4 ( 3 ) 737 - 757 2020.10

Social entrepreneurship and social business associated with multiple functions of urban agriculture in Japan Reviewed

Lily Kiminami, Shinichi Furuzawa, Akira Kiminami

Asia-Pacific Journal of Regional Science 4 ( 2 ) 521 - 552 2020.6

Role of Consumer Cooperatives in the Development of Food System in Japan: From the Viewpoints of Innovation and Corporate Governance Reviewed

Furuzawa, Shinichi, Kiminami, Lily

Studies in Regional Science 49 ( 2 ) 199 - 230 2020.2

Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：JAPAN SECTION OF THE REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL

In Japan, Consumer Cooperatives （Co-op）, particularly the regional Co-ops that supply safe, secure and high-quality food to consumers, play an important role in the development of Japanese food systems. Members of Co-ops participating in the business operation at various levels are also consumers. However, studies on Co-ops from the viewpoints of both theoretical and empirical economics analyses, especially in corporate governance, are not sufficient. Therefore, in this paper, we aim to clarify the role of Co-ops in the development of food systems in Japan and their dynamics in quality-enhancing innovation empirically from the view of corporate governance. First, we present a new analytical framework for economic theory considering the service innovation in Co-ops and driving forces based on the synthesis of the theories of industrial organization and corporate governance. Next, we will empirically clarify the factors for development of the Co-ops based on financial data and a survey on the members' consciousness. Finally, we derive policy implications on the roles and tasks of Co-ops in the sustainable development of food system based on the analytical results. Based on the theoretical consideration and analytical results so far, following three points about the role of Co-ops in the sustainable development of food systems can be pointed out. First, Japanese Co-ops contribute to sustainable development of food system through promoting and securing food safety. Secondly, the governance model of Japanese Co-ops is clarified to be the model of quasi-multi stakeholder and there is the positive correlation among the cooperative management of members, the formation of social capital and the satisfaction level of members. Therefore, the improvement of cooperative governance contributes to the innovation in quality of food products. Finally, the behavior and the performance of Japanese Co-ops are closely related to the structure of regional food market. The environment surrounding the competitive relationships among regional Co-ops and between Co-ops and food retailers not only affects the performance of each Co-ops but also the entire regional food market.JEL Classifications: Q10, M10

DOI： 10.2457/srs.49.199

Entrepreneurship and Social Capital in the Diversification of Farm Business: Focusing on Farm Product Processing and direct Sales to Consumers

Akira Kiminami, Lily Kiminami, Shinichi Furuzawa

72 51 - 58 2020.2

Authorship：Corresponding author Language：Japanese

The purpose of this study is to clarify quantitatively the entrepreneurship in the farm business by analyzing the factors that influence the diversification of business. There are various forms of diversification of agricultural management, but this study focuses on farm product processing and direct sales to consumers, which are the dominant types of business diversification in Japanese agriculture. Business diversification is expected not only to improve the profitability of the agricultural management but also to revitalize rural regions. However, in recent years, the business diversification of farms has been sluggish in Japan. Business diversification of farms is assumed to be determined by entrepreneurship, agricultural structure, natural and socio-economic conditions. Therefore, in this study, we estimate a model that explains the level of business diversification from the regional agricultural structure and natural and socio-economic conditions. Then, the level of entrepreneurship in the region is grasped based on the residual in the estimation. The entrepreneurship in the region is assumed to be affected by social capital. Then, we clarify the effect of social capital in the communities on the entrepreneurship in the region. The main data used is the panel data by the municipality of the agricultural census and socioeconomic statistics for 2010 and 2015. Finally, based on the analysis results, derive policy implications for the promotion of farm business and rural economy.

Recent Changes in Food Consumption Behavior in China: Focusing on the Rice Retail Market Reviewed

Other Link： http://hdl.handle.net/10191/00051510

Lily Kiminami, Shinichi Furuzawa, Akira Kiminami

Studies in Regional Science 50 ( 2 ) 345 - 369 2020.2

Multi-functionality of Urban Agriculture and Social Business in Japan: Focusing on Niigata City

Lily Kiminami, Shinichi Furuzawa, Akira Kiminami

Bulletin of the Facullty of Agriculture, Niigata University 72 35 - 50 2020.2

Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：Japanese

Most of people agree that a sustainable city should meet the needs of the present generation without sacrificing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. However, there remains no completely agreed upon the definition for what a sustainable city should be, or completely agreed upon the paradigm for what components should be included. On the other hand, there is a possibility that the cities where people can enjoy the multi-functionality produced by urban agriculture attract the people who are called creative classes (CCs), especially those who are thinking creatively (TC) with high level of social capital, and it contributes to the sustainability and creativity of cities. The purpose of this research is to examine the relationships among creative class, the multi-functionality of agriculture and social business in Japan by focusing on Niigata City (one of the designated cities).Multi-method approach will be introduced in the research for verifying our hypotheses, such as the structural equation modeling (SEM) by using authors' original questionnaire survey data targeting at the residents, and the case studies by using TEM (Trajectory Equifinality Model) from the good practices improving the amenity of urban agriculture in Niigata City. Urban policy targeting the people who are thinking creatively (TC) to be actively involved in social business in order to take advantage of multifunctionality of urban agriculture (MFUA) will also be proposed based on the analytical results.

Empirical Study on the Multi-functionality of Urban Agriculture and Creative Classes: Focusing on the Global Cities of Tokyo and Shanghai Reviewed

Other Link： http://hdl.handle.net/10191/00051509

KIMINAMI, Lily, Furuzawa, Shinichi, Kiminami, Akira

Studies in Regional Science 50 ( 1 ) 74 - 95 2020

Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：JAPAN SECTION OF THE REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL

In recent years, the phenomenon of "Winner takes all" has been pointed out as a tendency of new urbanization （Florida, 2017）. In other words, in some cities （superstar cities）, population/economic scale, number of start-ups due to venture investment, number of millionaire, etc. are overwhelming other cities, concentration of wealth is occurring. On the other hand, the original urban residents are driven to the suburbs and are becoming marginalized （Gentrification）. In order to survive fierce global competition and realize its high creativity, cities are making policies to attract creative classes （CCs） and at the same time to involve the social weak （low income, elderly, disabled people, social minorities, etc.） into the process of development to achieve sustainability. In particular, to solve the social problems that global cities have, social innovation from the viewpoint of social business related to urban agriculture created by CCs such as urban agricultural creators seems to be effective. The purpose of this research is to clarify the relationship between multi-functionality of urban agriculture （MFUA） as city amenity and creative classes （CCs） for Tokyo and Shanghai which are two global cities in Asia. Specifically, based on existing studies on creative classes （CC）, multi-functionality of agriculture （MFA）, social capital （SC） and social business （SB）, we constructed a model showing that these factors contribute to the sustainability of global cities, and verified the model through the covariance structure model （SEM） analysis using the authors' original questionnaire survey targeting the residents in the two cities. In addition to creative classes based on traditional creative occupations, we also focused on CC based on Creative Thinking, their orientation toward multi-functionality of agriculture and the relationship with social capital, and how they engage in social business. The following results are obtained from our analysis. First, the creative classes （both creative occupation and creative thinking） in Tokyo and Shanghai prefer multi-functionality of agriculture than non-CC （Hypothesis 1）, such tendency is more strongly evident in Tokyo. Secondly, people who are creative thinking in both cities have a high level of social capital （Hypothesis 2）, and strong willingness to participate in social business （Hypothesis 3）. Based on the analytical results, we draw the implication for urban policies to facilitate CC （both creative occupation and creative thinking） to actively participate in the social businesses by making full use of multi-functionality of agriculture in order to solve the social problems in global cities.JEL Classification:R11

DOI： 10.2457/srs.50.73

Cultural Diversity and Gender Inequality in Creative Classes: Case Study from Major Cities in Japan

Sustainable Development of Cities and Creative Classes in Japan: Focusing on the Tolerance and the Diversity Reviewed

Furuzawa, Shinichi, Kiminami, Lily, Kiminami, Akira

Studies in Regional Science 49 ( 2 ) 231 - 252 2020

Furuzawa Shinichi, Kiminami Lily, Kiminami Akira

71 17 - 23 2019.2

Effects of Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Environment on New Firm Formation Rate : Analysis of Prefectural Data in Japan

Kiminami Akira, Kiminami Lily, Furuzawa Shinichi

71 9 - 16 2019.2

Authorship：Corresponding author Language：Japanese Publishing type：Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

This study clarified the effects of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial environment on the new firm formation rate by structural equation modeling using the data of 47 prefectures in Japan. The results of analysis suggest following findings. Entrepreneurship is activated by population density and bridging social capital but deactivated by income, unemployment rate, and bonding social capital. As for promoting new firm formation, population density has a large influence on new firm formation, but unemployment rate does not simply affect new firm formation due to the cross-interaction among regional and individual factors. Bonding social capital has negative effects on new firm formation, although bridging social capital has positive effects. Furthermore, gender and age affect entrepreneurship as economic and social factors but their indirect effects on new firm formation are limited. Measures promoting new firm formation should be designed according to the types of working status, because entrepreneurship is related with working status. Finally, it is requested to facilitate the social condition for encouraging the female and aged people to participate in business activities.