Takehiro Morimoto received his PhD in Science from the University of Tsukuba. He is now an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan. He also serves as a member of the Japan Association of Economic Geographers, the Human Geographical Society of Japan, and the Japan Association on Geographical Space. He is participating in many research projects, such as regional systems in the management of farmland and a geographical study on cultivation abandonment. His research interests include Human Geography, Agriculture, Rural and Rural–Urban Fringe Areas, Land Use, and GIS.