Background
Yamashita, Shoichi was born on November 18, 1938 in Tosa-City, Kochi, Japan. Son of Hajime and Umaki Yamashita.
Yamashita, Shoichi was born on November 18, 1938 in Tosa-City, Kochi, Japan. Son of Hajime and Umaki Yamashita.
Master of Arts in Economics, Wasada University, Tokyo, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, University Pennsylvania, 1974.
Researcher Institute Developing Economics, Tokyo, 1965—1979. Professor Hiroshima (Japan) University, 1979—2002, professor emeritus, 2002. Dean graduate school for international development and cooperative Hiroshima University, 1996—1998.
Director International Center for the Study of East Asian Development, Kitakyushu, Japan, since 2002. President Japan Society for International Development, Tokyo, 1999—2002.
Married Masako, October 30, 1968. Children: Keiko, Takahiro.