Background
Hosokawa, Yasushi was born on January 22, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Hogi and Masa (Suzuki) Hosokawa.
Hosokawa, Yasushi was born on January 22, 1950 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Hogi and Masa (Suzuki) Hosokawa.
Bachelor of Science, University Tokyo, Japan, 1973. Master Engineering, University Tokyo, Japan, 1975. Master Engineering, Manhattan College, New York, 1984.
Doctor Engineering, University Tokyo, Japan, 1999.
Researcher Port & Harbor Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, Yokosuka, Japan, 1975-1981, senior researcher Japan, 1981-1984, chief coastal disaster prevention laboratory Japan, 1986—1989, chief purification hydraulics laboratory Japan, 1989—1998, chief environmental assessment laboratory Japan, 1998-2000, director marine environmental division Japan, 2000—2001. Chief environmental section 4th Regional Port Construction Bureau, Ministry of Transport, Shimonoseki, Japan, 1984-1986. Director coastal and marine department National Institute Land Infrastructure Management, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Yokosuka, Japan, 2001—2005.
Executive director Port & Airport Research Institute, 2005—2007. Senior executive director Waterfront Vitalization & Environment Research Center, Tokyo, since 2007. Member Permanent International Association for Navigation Congress, Brussels, since 1994.
Member advisory staff for Guanabara Bay recuperation research project Japan International Cooperative Agency, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro, 1992-1994, member tsunami disaster relief team, 2005. Lecturer National University Yokohama, 1995-2001, Nihon University Graduate School, since 2004, expert member of Central Environment Council, Japanese Govt, since 2000, Evaluation Council Ariake-sea Research, Japanese Govt, 2003-2007.
Member of PIANC, American Society of Civil Engineers, Japanese Society Fisheries Engineering (member steering committee since 1998), Environmental Management Enclosed Coastal Seas (science and policy committee member since 2000), Coastal Engineering Committee, Japan Oceanographical Society (member coastal oceanography research committee since 1988), Japan Society Civil Engineers (director environmental system research committee since 2006, Academy award 1998), International Association Water (international individual member), Sigma Xi.
Married Nobuko Hino, February 24, 1974. Children: Shuichi, Mihoko, Kenji.