A tourism researcher in Japan has been suspended and demoted after university officials found that they had committed plagiarism in at least three papers in school publications.
In an August 4 statement, Atomi Gakuen Women’s University said Masami Murakami, formerly an associate professor, had been suspended from July 15 to September 14, and would now hold the rank of “full-time lecturer” at the school.
According to the statement, signed by university president Kiyoshi Kasahara, the punishment was “Based on the recognition of specific fraudulent activity (plagiarism) in the written paper.”
The statement does not identify the articles in question. However, four papers by Murakami have been removed from the school’s database:
- “A Study on the Possibility of Film Location Tourism ── Focussing the role of such as a Film Commission”
- “A Study on the Regional Tourism Policy ── Regional Activation through such as Tourism Town Planning Competition of University Students,” from Atomi Tourism and Community Studies
- “A Study on the Regional Activation through Film Location Tourism ── The Case of Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa pref.” from Atomi Tourism and Community Studies (2017)
- A Study on Regional Tourism Policy – Focusing on Case Studies of Two Years after the Merger of Joetsu City, Nigata Prefecture JOURNAL OF ATOMI UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT OF TOURISM, 3/2011 pg 73
We were unable to find contact information for Murakami.
Hat tip: Lemonstoism, author of World Fluctuation Watch
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You say “three papers have been removed” and list four….
Fixed, thanks.