Okano Hiroshi (OKANO Hiroshi):Osaka City University, Urban Research Plaza, Professor, Graduate Schoolof Business Administration (School of Commerce). Doctor of BusinessAdministration (Osaka City University). Specializes in strategic citymanagement, urban branding, regional development, product developmentmanagement (cars, aircraft, etc.), plant society design, urban ecology, musicand food culture history. He is involved in the editing of many internationaljournals, including the UNESCO Paris headquarters (Culture Bureau), the EUCultural Capital, domestic and international urban reform projects, and the presidentof the American Accounting Association (History). In 2010, “Cities, Culture and Society” (CCS) was first published by Elsevier (UK /Orchid), and now a book series “Creativity / Heritage / City” by Managing Editor and Springer Nature (Germany / US) (CHC)Editor-in-Chief and Secretary General of the International Urban CreativitySociety (AUC). His main writings include "Inclusive City Resilience","Metasequoia and Cultural Creation", "Cost Design: Toyota /Researcher's Practical Community Theory", History of Management Accountingin Japan (Emerald Group Pub, 2015) and others. In 2018, he received theHourglass Award from the American Accounting Association (History).