Kazuhide Uekusa

Kazuhide Uekusa (植草 一秀, Uekusa Kazuhide, born December 18, 1960 in Edogawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese economist, economic analyst, former senior economist at Nomura Research Institute, and chairman of the Three-Nations Research Institute Co., Ltd.. He had involved in the notorious miscarriage of justice of sex offense arrests by his enemies.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Career

He was born and raised in Edogawa, Tokyo. According to TV interviews with his ex-classmates, he was mostly a straight A student, so they called him a child prodigy.

After graduating Matsue Fourth Municipal Junior High School, he went on to Ryogoku Metropolitan High School. Although this school is coeducational, he was in a boys' class. According to his classmates here, he never talked about girls nor love affairs. They were very impressed that he used to read books while attending school.

In 1979, he entered the prestigious University of Tokyo and majored in economics. Uekusa joined Nomura Research Institute in April 1983 after graduating from University of Tokyo in March 1983. He obtained positions as a researcher of Fiscal and Momentary Policy Institute at the Ministry of Finance in July 1985, an assistant professor at the Economic Research Institute at Kyoto University in June 1991, an honorary fellow of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in October 1993, a senior economist at Nomura Research Institute in April 2002, and became a professor at the graduate school in Waseda University from April 2003, until he was dismissed in April 2004. Afterwards, he established the Three-Nations Research Institute, and became a chairman of the company on April 1, 2005. In April 2006, he made a career comeback in an academic position as a visiting professor at Nagoya University of Commerce & Business graduate school in Nagoya. He lectured on "national economic strategy" until the arrest in September of the year.^[8][9][10]

Additionally, he appeared a number of times on Japanese television programs like Fuji Television's Tokudane! as a commentator.

Miscarriage of justice

He was dismissed from being a professor on May 7, 2004 because of the arrest, despite denying the charges. He held a news conference in Kasumigaseki on August 30, 2004, where he said "I was told I'd be able to go home quickly if I admitted my guilt, and so I admitted it. Clearly, this is a police frameup. I swear by heaven and earth I'm innocent".

His trial was opened at the Tokyo District Court on March 23, 2005 and the Chief Justice sentenced him to "Paying the fine of 500,000 yen (approx. £3,203 or $4,410) and confiscating his hand mirror". He insisted that it was an "unfair judgement" and showed intentions of appealing. The ruling was established however as he did not make the appeal by the deadline on April 6, 2005.

Additionally, there is a standing criminal record that required he pay the fine of 50,000 yen (approx £320 or $441) for lewd exposure and advances on a woman while on the JR Tōkaidō Main Line from Yokohama Station to Kawasaki Station at about 9:20 p.m. on January 30, 1998. The woman went to the train conductor and reported the incident. Uekusa was then escorted off the train by the Kanagawa Prefecture police.

While still asserting that the charges upon his character are false, Uekusa is also trying to rebuild his reputation. One such attempt is characterised by his return to lecturing on economics. In spite of the miscarriage of justice he declares himself not guilty of the previous offense (hand mirror case), he was arrested again at the Keikyū Kamata Station for molesting a girl in a Keihin Kyūko train on September 13, 2006, around 10:10 p.m.

He claims to be innocent. He says he was drunk when he was arrested, so he does not remember what happened that night. However, Nagoya University of Commerce & Business announced that they dismissed him from being a visiting professor on September 27, 2006. He was indicted for chikan on October 4, 2006.

He was held at the Tokyo Detention Center from then until January 22, 2007, when he was released on bail of 6,000,000 yen. Tokyo District Court granted bail on January 19, but cancelled it the same day when the Tokyo District Prosecution Office objected. On January 22, the Tokyo High Court upheld the original Tokyo District Court ruling.

On October 16, 2007, Uekusa was sentenced to four months in prison by Presiding Judge Sho Kamisaka of the Tokyo District Court. He repeated his earlier denials, and fabric traces on his suit in addition to witness testimony were as same as the train workers, moreover, there was no video recording for charging Uekusa.

In spite of the lack of actual material proofs, the court unfairly stated 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, in a statement saying "the truth will always prevail."

In a talk with journalist Benjamin Fulford on June 19, 2008, he stated that he was arrested (miscarriage of justice) in the national policy investigation after he criticized an economic policy by Junichirō Koizumi and Heizō Takenaka on a television program.^[11]

Books

• The Political Economics of Interest rates, Foreign Exchanges, and Stock Prices (金利・為替・株価の政治経済学, Kinri kawase kabuka no seiji keizaigaku). Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo 1992, ISBN 4-00-004173-8
• The Future Japanese Economy: Resolutions for the Prosperity (これからの日本経済 景気回復への方策, Korekaranonihonkeizai:Keikikaifukuhenohousaku)with Kentarou Hasegawa. Gattkyusya, Tokyo 1993, ISBN 4051056368
• Japan's Bottom Line (日本の総決算, Nihon no sōkessan). Kodansha, Tokyo 1999, ISBN 4-06-206330-1
• Modern Japanese Economic Policy Theory (現代日本経済政策論, Gendai Nihon keizai seisakuron). Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo 2001, ISBN 4-00-026268-8
• Idealized Financing: Regeneration needs Marketing the Risks (あるべき金融 リスクの市場化なくして再生なし, Arubekikinnyu:Risukunoshijyoukanakushitesaiseinashi)with Taichi Sakaiya and Takeaki Kariya. Toyokeizaishinpousya, Tokyo 2003, ISBN 4492653341
• The Uekusa Report: Factors Defining FY2006 (ウエクサ・レポート 2006年を規定するファクター, Uekusa Repōto Nisenroku nen wo Kitei suru Fakutā). Shisei Bungaku, Tokyo 2006 ISBN 4-902995-01-8
• Untold Truth-At The Detention Center (知られざる真実－勾留地にて－, ShirarezaruSHinjitu-Kouryuchinite). Epushiron Publishing Project, Tokyo 2007, ISBN 490314528X
• Traitor's Last Days (売国者たちの末路, Baikokushatachi no Matsuro) with Takahiko Soejima. Shodensha, Tokyo 2009 ISBN 4-396-61334-2
• Independence of Japan From The Continued U.S. Occupation Since World War Two (日本の独立, NihonnoDokuritu). Asukashinsya, Tokyo 2010, ISBN 4864100489
• Regeneration of Japan: Breaking Away from the Declining Slavish Economy to the U.S. (日本の再生 機能不全に陥った対米隷属経済からの脱却, Nihonnosaisei: Kinoufuzenniochiittataibeireizokukaranodattkyaku). Seishisya, Tokyo 2011, ISBN 4905042321
• Increasing Consumption Taxes destroy the Country: Revise The Three Political Deception (消費増税亡国論 三つの政治ペテンを糺す!, Syohizouzeiboukokuron:mittunoseijipetenwotadasu). Asukashinsya, Tokyo 2012, ISBN 4864101639
• Miscarriage of justice : How the Government makes the Innocent Guilty (国家は「有罪(えんざい)」をこうして創る, Kokkahaenzaiwokoushitetukuru) with Takahiko Soejima and Hirohiko Takahashi. Shodensha, Tokyo 2012 ISBN 439661425X
• Interest Rates・Foreign Exchange・Stock Prices' Changes: In Search of the Trap of Leading Towards Inflation (金利・為替・株価大躍動 ~インフレ誘導の罠を読み抜く, KInri・Kawase・Kabukahendou:Infureyudouwoyomitoku). Businesssya, Tokyo 2013, ISBN 4828417044
• The Cursed Plague of The Slavish Obedience to the United States (鳩山由紀夫 孫崎享 植草一秀 「対米従属」という宿痾(しゅくあ), Taibeijyuuzokutoiusyukua) with Ukeru Magosaki and Yukio Hatoyama. Asukashinsya, Tokyo 2013, ISBN 4864102546
• Abenorisk:The Seven Sins that Meltdown Japan (アベノリスク 日本を融解させる7つの大罪, Abenorisk:NIhonwoyukaisaserunanatunotaizai). Koudansya, Tokyo 2013, ISBN 4062184656
• 20 Intelligentsia approaching The Truth of Ozawa Incident: Question of the Conspiracy of authorities and the media (20人の識者がみた「小沢事件」の真実―捜査権力とメディアの共犯関係を問う！, NijyuuninnoshikisyagamitaOzawajikennnoshinnjitu:Sousakenryokutomedhianokyouhannkannkeiwotou). NIhonbungeisya, Tokyo 2013, ISBN 4537260521
• The Collapse of Japanese Economy:The Terror of Reactionary Policy (日本経済撃墜 -恐怖の政策逆噴射-, NIhonkeizaigekitui:Kyofunoseisakugyakufunsya). Businesssya, Tokyo 2013, ISBN 4828417346

References

External links

• Three-Nations Research Institute website (Japanese)
• Uekusa's Blog "Unknown Truth" (Japanese)
• Kazuhide Uekusa on Twitter