Background
Terao, Hitoshi was born on December 24, 1957 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Michiya and Yoshiko Terao.
Terao, Hitoshi was born on December 24, 1957 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Michiya and Yoshiko Terao.
Bachelor of Laws, Faculty of Law, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1981. Master of Laws, Faculty of Law, Waseda University, Tokyo, 1983. Diplôme d'études supérieures spécialisées City planning law and construction law, Universite des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, France, 1989.
Associate professor Faculty of General Education, Niigata (Japan) University, 1992—1994, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata (Japan) University, since 1994. Visiting professor Universite de Liege (Belgium), 1995, Universite des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, 1995, Universite de Paris-Nanterre, France, 1997. Visitng researcher Universite de Pantheon-Sorbonne, Paris, 1998—1999.
Visiting researcher Universite des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, France, 2003. Chairman large-scale public enterprise evaluation committee of Niigata (Japan) City, Japan, since 2001. Advisor town promotion plan committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Kosudo (Japan) Town, since 2003.
Committee member District plan system research committee of the Minitry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Tokyo, 2003—2004. Chairman External Policy Evaluation Committee of Murakami City, Japan, since 2004, No-merger Policy Promotion Committee of Mitsuke (Japan) City, since 2004. Conference advisory board member International Network for Urban Development and Niigata (Japan) Prefecture, Japan, 2004.
Co-promoter Homeless support network in Niigata (Japan), 2003—2005. Board directors member Association Niigata-France, Japan, 1993—2005. Member of Public Policy Studies Association (Japan) (associate), Japan NPO Research Association (associate), Asia-Pacific Network for Housing Research (associate), Japan Association of Local Government Policy Studies (associate), Japan Association for Real Estates Studies (associate).
Married Chikako Ohdaira.