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KISHIMOTO Mitsuhiro
KISHIMOTO Mitsuhiro
- Affiliation
- Faculty of Economics Department of Public Management
- Job rank
- Professor
- Position
- Deputy Dean of Faculty of Economics
Researcher Information
Area of expertise
The history of whaling industry and cultural history, fisheries economics, industry-academia collaboration projects related to utilization of unused whale sites
Courses in charge
Fisheries Economics I/II, Public Management Special Lecture II, Shimonoseki's Industry and Mirai, Basic Exercise, Specialized Exercise I/II
Educational background
Graduate School of Social Systems, Kitakyusyu City University Graduate School
Acquired degree
Ph.D. (Academic)
Affiliated Society
The Society of Socioeconomic History, the Society of Archives, the Society of Regional Fisheries, the Society of Local History of Yamaguchi Prefecture, the Society of Planning and Administration of Fisheries
Research Keywords
Whale, whaling, fisheries economy, local resources, regional development, effective utilization of unused whale sites, Shimonoseki, local administration
Current research theme
We conduct research on the whaling industry, whale culture, fisheries history, etc. from "Whale Town Shimonoseki" through primary materials and interviews with related parties, and how to link "Whale" to the regional development of Shimonoseki. The theme is. In addition, we are currently working on industry-academia demonstration projects that make effective use of unused whale sites (residues) and lead to new commercialization. In addition, we are engaged in project activities to spread whale food to younger generations, and activities to spread the history and culture of whaling. We are also working on research and research on the history of fisheries in Shimonoseki after the war, using historical materials held by our university.
Main research results and activities
Books
・"Kanmon Whale Industry and Culture History", Kaitorisha, 2006
・"Fukuoka-Hakata Whale Industrial Culture History Seen from Shimonoseki", Kaitorisha, 2011
・"From the Archives of Maruha Founder and Chubu Family" (2020 Japan Archives Society of Japan Publication Grant), Hanaransha, 2020
・"Yamaguchi's Whaling Demolition New Book" Hanaransha, 2022
・"Shinshu Munakata City History" Living and Business Chapter 4 Living in the Early Modern Period II Living and Fisheries in the Early Modern Period Two Whaling in Oshima and Jinoshima, Munakata City, 2024, etc.
Papers, etc.
・Pre-war Southern Ocean Whaling in the 1975/2004 Fishery Journal - from Risaburo Nakabe Materials - (Part 1) Social Systems Research No. 10, 2012
・"Tracking the history of whale oil production and use in Japan before and after the war" Annual Report Vol.10, 2017, Regional Co-creation Center
・Co-author, "Resuming Commercial Whaling: Japan's Strategy for the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and the Role of Local Governments" Annual Report Vol.11, 2018
・“Tracking traces of modern whaling on the island of whales, Iki,” Social Systems Research No. 19, 2021
・“Verifying the actual situation of trawling fisheries, whaling, etc. in Japan after the war: through photographic materials of ocean fisheries and Mr. Toshiyama Ishiwaka,” Annual Report Vol.14, 2021, Regional Co-creation Center
・Co-author "Fatty Acid Composition of Bryde's Whale Oil" Japan Cetology Research No. 31, 2021
・“Regionality of Workers in the South Ice Sea Whaling Industry Record” Social Systems Research No. 20, 2022
・“Initiatives of the Promotion of Industry-Government-Academia-Government-Academia-Government-Academia-Government-Academia-Government-Academia-Government-Academia-Government-Academia-Government-Academia-Government-Academia-Government-Academia-Government-Academia-Promotion Council Project” Regional Fisheries Research 62, 2022
・"The Diseases of the Ocean Navigation from the Medical Status List of the Southern Ocean Whaling Business" Social Systems Research No. 21, 2023
・“Current Situation and Challenges of Commercial Whaling from the Perspective of Distribution, Consumption and Price Changes” Regional Fisheries Research 63, 2023
・“On the actual situation of the first postwar Southern Ocean whaling in the South Ocean whaling business record” Social Systems Research No. 22, 2024
・1 Journal of Intelligence Science in Local Research 1(1), 2024
・Dietary intake of whale oil containing ω-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids attenuates choroidal neovascularization in mice, The FASEB Journal, 2025
・“The Situation of Commercial Whaling and the Connection between Noto and Shimonoseki” Social Systems Research No. 23, 2025, etc.
Classes and Seminars
My seminar
The goal is to divide regional promotion measures that utilize local resources into groups such as policy proposals, business proposals, product development, etc., regardless of marine products such as whales, and finalize them as proposals over the course of one year. . We value fieldwork surveys, etc. on-site.


Social Activities
Response to SDGs