Wataru Fukuda is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15 and 2015-16.  He has worked for the Shizuoka Prefectural Government in Japan for over 10 years, representing Shizuoka, the "home of Mt. Fuji".  He has experience in both international and domestic marketing of tourism.  During his fellowship at Shorenstein APARC, his research will focus on inbound tourism, destination marketing and promotion.