Senior Research Manager
Research Topics & Areas of Expertise
Her current research is mainly on 3R policies and municipal solid waste management, food waste, single-use plastics, and sustainable food consumption and production in Asian countries.
Education
BS / Jul. 1994 Environmental Science of Nankai University, Tianjin, China
MD / Mar. 1998 Human and Environmental Studies of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
PhD / Mar. 2001 Biosphere Informatics of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Peer-reviewed Article
In Journal of Cleaner Production
Food waste remains a critical issue in Japan, especially in light of the country's low food self-sufficiency rate and shortage of available landfill sites for waste disposal. In order to evaluate options for further preventing and mitigating food waste in Japan, we analyzed food waste trends by estimating the disparity between calorie/protein...
Presentation
8th LCS-RNet Annual Meeting
In Parallel Session 3.4: sustainable production and consumption as core fields of transition at 8th LCS-R Net Annual Meeting in Wuppertal, Germany, Yasuhiko Hotta made a presentation titled "Sustainable production and consumption in low carbon communities – an Asian perspective".
Presentation
The 3rd 3RINCs (The 3R International Scientific Conference on Material Cycles and Waste Management) 2016
Commissioned Report
Commissioned Report
Commissioned Report
Conference Proceeding
Book of abstracts of the 3rd international scientific conference on material cycles and waste management (3RINCs)
Conference Proceeding
Commissioned Report
Commissioned Report
The basic survey on development of “Asia Pacific 3R White Paper” project conducted the basic survey and institutionalization of experts/researchers group for development for the Asia Pacific 3R white paper (tentative title). In addition, the zero draft of writing guideline for Asia Pacific 3R white paper was developed initially for the development...
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Project
Updated: March 2026
IGES Plastic Focus: Tackling Pollution and Advancing Circular Solutions
This special webpage highlights global developments in addressing plastic pollution, focusing on the growing importance of the circular economy as a solution. It also showcases IGES contributions to this agenda, including its environmental policy...