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Name ITSUBO Norihiro
Official Title Professor
Affiliation Faculty of Environmental Studies / Graduate School of Environmental and Information Studies
E-mail itsubo-n@tcu.ac.jp
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  1. https://www.comm.tcu.ac.jp/itsubo-lab/en/index.html
  2. https://www.tcu.ac.jp/english/graduate/environmental/features/index.html
Profile Tokyo City University (formerly Musashi Institute of Technology) Dean and Professor of the Faculty of Environment.
Born on February 21, 1970. Graduated from the University of Tokyo (Graduate School of Engineering) in 1998 with a Doctor of Engineering (D.Eng.). After his graduation, he was involved in the national LCA project initiated by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) to developed a Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) method. Since 2001, he has been engaged in the development of the environmental impact assessment method LIME (updated later as LIME2 and LIME3), which the first roots were established during his stay at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) between 2001 and 2005. He later joined Tokyo City University in 2005 as an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environment and earned the academic title of Professor in 2013.
Research Field(Keyword & Summary)
  1. life cycle assessment, economic impact assessment, carbon-neutral technology, circular economy, biodiversity assessment

    Develop life cycle impact assessment methodologies for products, technologies, and organizations. Analyze and assess environmental impacts on a global scale, covering climate change, resource recycling, and biodiversity, under an approach that integrates natural and social sciences. Contribute to the construction of a sustainable society by visualizing environmental impacts and promoting eco-innovation through collaboration with companies and local governments.
Representative Papers
  1. Itsubo, N., Murakami, K., Kuriyama, K. et al. Development of weighting factors for G20 countries—explore the difference in environmental awareness between developed and emerging countries. Int J Life Cycle Assess 23, 2311–2326 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-015-0881-z
  2. Murakami, K., Itsubo, N., Kuriyama, K. et al. Development of weighting factors for G20 countries. Part 2: estimation of willingness to pay and annual global damage cost. Int J Life Cycle Assess 23, 2349–2364 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-017-1372-1
  3. Motoshita, M., Ono, Y., Pfister, S. et al. Consistent characterisation factors at midpoint and endpoint relevant to agricultural water scarcity arising from freshwater consumption. Int J Life Cycle Assess 23, 2276–2287 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-014-0811-5
  4. Tang, L., Ii, R., Tokimatsu, K. et al. Development of human health damage factors related to CO2 emissions by considering future socioeconomic scenarios. Int J Life Cycle Assess 23, 2288–2299 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-015-0965-9
  5. Yamaguchi, K., Ii, R. & Itsubo, N. Ecosystem damage assessment of land transformation using species loss. Int J Life Cycle Assess 23, 2327–2338 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-016-1072-2
  6. Abeynayaka, A.; Kojima, F.; Miwa, Y.; Ito, N.; Nihei, Y.; Fukunaga, Y.; Yashima, Y.; Itsubo, N. Rapid Sampling of Suspended and Floating Microplastics in Challenging Riverine and Coastal Water Environments in Japan. Water 2020, 12, 1903. https://doi.org/10.3390/w12071903
  7. Kitamura, Y.; Karkour, S.; Ichisugi, Y.; Itsubo, N. Evaluation of the Economic, Environmental, and Social Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Japanese Tourism Industry. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10302. https://doi.org/10.3390/su122410302
  8. Supasri, T., Itsubo, N., Gheewala, S.H. et al. Life cycle assessment of maize cultivation and biomass utilization in northern Thailand. Sci Rep 10, 3516 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60532-2
  9. External-Cost Estimation of Electricity Generation in G20 Countries: Case Study Using a Global Life-Cycle Impact-Assessment Method
  10. Ichisugi, Y.; Masui, T.; Karkour, S.; Itsubo, N. Projection of National Carbon Footprint in Japan with Integration of LCA and IAMs. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6875. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11236875
Award Norihiro Itsubo, Longlong Tang, Kayo Murakami, Masaharu Motoshita, Ryota Ii, Kenshi Matsuda, Kazuko Yamaguchi, Atsushi Inaba: 15th LCA Japan Forum Awards "LCA Forum Chairman's Award" "Development of LIME3, a method for assessing environmental impacts on a global scale" (LCA Japan Forum, February 28, 2019)
Longlong Tang, Tatsuya Nagashima, Koichi Hasegawa, Toshimasa Ohara, Kengo Sudo, Norihiro Itsubo: "Paper Award" of the 13th Japan LCA Society, "Development of human health damage factors for PM2.5 based on a global chemical transport model" ( (Japan LCA Society, March 9, 2018)
Shinjiro Yano, Naota Hanazaki, Norihiro Itsubo, and Taikan Oki: "Development of characterization factors for impacts on water resources considering differences in water sources using a global water resources model" (The LCA Society of Japan, March 4, 2015)
Norihiro Itsubo, Toshiaki Kubo, Yu Morino, Toshimasa Ohara: "Environmental Impact Assessment of I131 due to the Nuclear Power Plant Accident -Comparison of Health Impact Assessment with and without Consideration of the Point and Time of Emission" (The LCA Society of Japan, March 8, 2014)
Masaharu Motoshita, Norihiro Itsubo, Atsushi Inaba: "Development of impact factors on damage to health by infectious diseases caused by domestic water scarcity", "Best Paper Award", 3rd LCA Society of Japan (LCA Society of Japan, March 8, 2012) , March 8, 2012)
Norihiro Itsubo: "Development and dissemination of life cycle impact assessment method LIME", Research Award of the 2nd LCA Society of Japan (LCA Society of Japan, March 2, 2011)
Takayo Kaneko and Norihiro Itsubo: Excellent Presentation Award "Telework Center Use and Telecommuting Lifestyles - A Comparison of CO2 Emissions" (Awarded at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Japan Telework Association, June 27, 2010)
Norihiro Itsubo Laboratory, Tokyo City University: 6th LCA Japan Forum Award for Encouragement "Construction of an Evaluation Database for Large-Scale Exhibitions and Its Application to Quantitative Environmental Evaluation" (LCA Japan Forum, December 11, 2009)
Norihiro Itsubo: Excellent Paper Award "Current Issues and Future Prospects of LCA" (Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry, September 26, 2004)
Mitsuru Kobayashi and Norihiro Itsubo: Japan Reliability Society Encouragement Award "LCA Evaluation of IC Package" (Japan Reliability Society, May 23, 2003)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research Support: Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21H04944/
Research Grants/Projects including subsidies, donations, grants, etc. Ministry of the Environment, Comprehensive Environmental Research Funding Project Title: Integrated Strategic Research on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Measures Theme: Overall Management and Integrated Strategic Assessment Sub-theme: Climate Change Impact Assessment by Life Cycle Assessment Research Period: FY2015 - FY2019
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Research Program: Strategic Creative Research Promotion Program, Research Representative: Norihiro Itsubo, Research Project Title: "Construction of Environmental Impact Assessment Infrastructure Based on Product Life Cycle and Promotion of Green Purchasing through Social Implementation", Research Period: October 2014 - September 2017 4.
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan, Research category: Funding Program for World-Leading and Next-Generation R&D, Research representative: Norihiro Itsubo, Research topic: "Development of life-cycle economic evaluation methods to support the international promotion of product environmental policies for global-scale problems", Research period: February 2011 - March 2014
New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Research category: Grant-in-Aid for Industrial Technology Research, Principal investigator: Norihiro Itsubo, Research topic: "Development of life-cycle oriented product environmental risk assessment technology for electrical and electronic equipment", Research period: July 2005 - June 2008
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology, Research category: Support for Young Researchers with Fixed Term Contracts, Research representative: Norihiro Itsubo, Research topic: "Development of a comprehensive impact assessment method by calculating the amount of damage", Research period: April 2001 - March 2006
Recruitment of research assistant(s) We are looking for a research assistant for research on development of life cycle impact assessment methods.
Affiliated academic society (Membership type) Director, LCA Society of Japan
Education Field (Undergraduate level) eco-materials, life cycle assessment, eco-design
Education Field (Graduate level) life cycle impact assessment, economic valuation

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