Naofumi Nakamura

Naofumi Nakamura is a professor at the Institute of Social Science at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He obtained his Ph.D. in History from Kyushu University and served as a visiting scholar of the Harvard-Yenching Institute from 2021 to 2022. Nakamura has written widely on the business and economic history of modern Japan, including railroad history, local history, and the history of technological transfer. His significant publications include Nihon Tetsudō-gyō no keisei [The Formation of Japan’s Railways] (1998), Chihō karano Sangyō-kakumei [Reconsidering Japan’s industrial revolution] (2010), and Nihon ni okeru Daikigyō no Kigen [The Origins of Big Business in Japan] (forthcoming).