was a Japanese economist.
After graduating from the Economics Department of Tokyo University, he worked as an assistant, lecturer, and assistant professor in the Education Department of the same university before becoming a professor in 1970. After retiring in 1986, he became a professor emeritus at his alma mater, and professor at Ochanomizu Women's University and Toyo Eiwa University.
Between 1977 and 1979 he was director of the Economic Research Division of the now-defunct Economic Planning Agency.
He died of hepatitis on September 26, 2013.
Works
Books Lectures on Modern Japanese Economic History 1926–1994. LTCB International The Postwar Japanese Economy Economic growth in prewar Japan A History of Showa Japan, 1926–1989 The Economic History of Japan: 1600–1990: Volume 3 The Tarnished Phoenix Liberalization of Postwar Japanese Economy The Postwar Japanese Economy: Its Development and Structure, 1937–1994 Japanese Economic Development from 1945 to the Present: Three Lectures 1965） 1968） 1970） 1971） 1975） 1978／1994） 1979／2 1980／3 1993） Economic Growth in Prewar Japan (1983, hardcover)（） 1985） 1986／2007） 1991） 1993。2012） 1995） 2000）
Co-author Takafusa Nakamura, Bernard R. G. Grace: Economic development of modern Japan James William Morley, Takafusa Nakamura, Janet Hunter: Interwar Japan Saburō Ōkita, Takafusa Nakamura: Postwar reconstruction of the Japanese economy Takafusa Nakamura, translated by Edwin Whenmouth: A History of Shōwa Japan, 1926–1989 Takafusa Nakamura, Kōnosuke Odaka: The Economic History of Japan, 1600–1990: Economic history of Japan, 1914–1955 198321992
Editor 1979） 1981） （7）1989） 1993） 1997）
Co-editor （43-44）1970-1974） （1-4）1971-1972） 19771983） 1979） 1980） 1983） 1986） （6）1989） （1）1990） （2）1990） （3）1990） 1995） 19501997） 2002） 2003） 2005）
Translator M・M・1969） 1980）
General editor GHQ551997-2000） 591999-2002）
Awards (2004) Japan Academy Award for A History of Showa Japan，1926–1989 (2003) Osaragi Jiro Award for 昭和史(I・II) ("Showa History, Vol. I and II")
References
Takafusa Nakamura at PHP Obituary in Sankei Shimbun