Akiko Tanaka is a principal researcher at the Tokyo Institute for Municipal Research. She earned her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees in Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2001, 2003, and 2008, respectively and \\\"DES en Conservation et Restoration\\\" from The Université libre de Bruxelles in 2005. Her research focuses on history of modern urban planning and reconstruction from disaster. She is a member of several professional organizations, including the City Planning Institute of Japan, the Architectural Institute of Japan.