Yoshihiro Tokuga

Vice President, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, PhD in Economics
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E-Mail
yoshihiro.tokuga
Areas of Research
Debt, Accounting Systems, International Accounting Standards, Kyoto-based Corporations, Goodwill
  • Profile

  • Dr. Yoshihiro Tokuga studied in the Doctoral Program at the Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University, and then obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from Kyoto University in 1999. He assumed the position of professor at the Graduate School of Economics of Kyushu University in 2000.
    Shortly after, Dr. Tokuga began his career at Kyoto University, where he would concurrently serve as a professor for the Graduate School of Economics and Graduate School of Management. He also assumed roles as the assistant director in charge of finance, Dean of the Graduate School of Management, and Director for East Asian Economic Students, and he eventually served three terms as Vice President from 2015 to 2020.

    Dr. Tokuga also engages in activity in academic societies and is now President of the Japan Accounting Association. He has also assumed many president and director positions of academic societies in Japan and abroad, including President of the Asian Academic Accounting Association. Dr. Tokuga specializes in international accounting and financial accounting, and his book Kokusai-kaikei-ron (International Accounting Theory) won the prestigious Ota-Kurosawa Prize. He has spent many years being involved in formulating accounting regulations and standards in Japan, serving as Chairperson of the Corporate Accounting Council of the Financial Services Agency, a member of the Certified Public Accountants and Auditing Oversight Board, a member of the Accounting Standards Board of Japan, among many other relevant groups.

    In 2021, Dr. Tokuga became the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Graduate School of Economics, and Graduate School of Business Administration at Kyoto University of Advanced Science.