Mitsuko CHIKASADA has been the Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Soka University in Japan. 1997, she got her B.A. in Economics, University of Tokyo. 2000, she received her Development Studies Diploma in Swansea University, UK. 2001, Mitsuko obtained her M.A. in Economics, University of Tokyo and her Ph.D. in Agricultural, Environmental, and Regional Economics, and Demography, Pennsylvania State University, US in 2008. During 2009 to 2016, she was the lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Soka University.