Dr.

Kenji ASAKAWA

Dr. Asakawa completed a Master of Urban Environment Engineering in Architectural Engineering at the Waseda University Faculty of Science and Engineering. While working at a consulting company on environmental preservation projects based on ODA and being involved in environmental impact assessment both in Japan and overseas, he obtained a class-1 certification as an Architect and as a Professional Engineer. Subsequently, after working in the development of global warming mitigation, including CDM projects, and climate policy, he obtained his Juris Doctor from Omiya Law School and passed the National Bar Examination. Since 2013, he has been working at IGES in research and investigation on legal framework of carbon tax from the viewpoint of legal risk management, including fair differentiation on tax rate due to net tax burden identified by financial analysis, as well as practical application of “Soft-law”, a collection of nonbinding social norms, for controlling urban development to achieve low-carbon and sustainable city in emerging cities in developing countries.