He entered the
University of Tokyo in 1979 and majored in economics. Uekusa joined
Nomura Research Institute in April 1983 after graduating from the University of Tokyo in March 1983. He became a researcher at the Fiscal and Monetary Policy Institute of the
Ministry of Finance in July 1985, an
assistant professor at the Economic Research Institute of
Kyoto University in June 1991, an honorary fellow at the
Hoover Institution of
Stanford University in October 1993, a senior economist at Nomura Research Institute in April 2002, and a professor at the Graduate School of
Waseda University from April 2003 until his retirement in April 2004. He then founded the Three-Nations Research Institute and became its president on April 1, 2005. In April 2006, he made a career comeback in an academic position as a
visiting professor at the Graduate School of
Nagoya University of Commerce & Business in
Nagoya. He lectured on "national economic strategy" until his arrest in September of that year. He appeared as a commentator on television programs such as
Fuji TV's morning show
Tokudane!. Immediately after his arrest, Uekusa admitted his guilt and apologized. He was dismissed from his position as a professor on May 7, 2004 over the arrest, although he denied the charges. His trial began at the
Tokyo District Court on March 23, 2005, and the presiding judge fined him 500,000 yen and confiscated his hand mirror. He insisted that it was an "unfair verdict" and intended to appeal. However, the verdict became final when he failed to file an appeal by the deadline of April 6, 2005. Uekusa was arrested again at
Keikyū Kamata Station on September 13, 2006, at around 10:10 p.m. for molesting a girl on a
Keikyu train. On September 27, 2006,
Nagoya University of Commerce & Business announced that it had dismissed him from his duties as a visiting professor. Uekusa maintained his innocence, saying that he was drunk when he was arrested and did not remember what happened that night. He was charged with
chikan on October 4, 2006. On January 22, 2007, Uekusa was released from
Tokyo Detention House on bail of 6 million yen. On October 16, 2007, Uekusa was sentenced to four months in prison by Tokyo District Court Presiding Judge Shō Kamisaka. He repeated his earlier denials, On April 16, 2008, the Tokyo High Court upheld a four-month prison sentence for Uekusa. On June 25, 2009, the Supreme Court rejected Uekusa's final appeal. In an interview with journalist Benjamin Fulford on June 19, 2008, he stated that he was arrested as part of a national politics investigation after criticizing the economic policies of
Junichiro Koizumi and
Heizō Takenaka on a television program. ==Bibliography==