| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Studies on Orogeny based on Plate Tectonics in Japan and New Geotectonic Subdivision of the Japanese Islands. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1991 | 217 |
| 2 | Studies of Land Bridges and the Migration of Men and Other Animals along Them. Quaternary Paleogeography of the Ryukyu Arc. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1996 | 99 |
| 3 | Destructive Earthquake: Forecast and Disaster Prevention Measures. Prediction of Strong Ground Motions for Scenario Earthquakes. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2001 | 91 |
| 4 | Geotectonic Subdivision of the Japanese Islands Revisited: Categorization and Definition of Elements and Boundaries of Pacific-type (Miyashiro-type) Orogen | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2010 | 77 |
| 5 | Paleogeography of the Japanese Islands: Age Spectra of Detrital Zircon and Provenance History of the Orogen | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2010 | 71 |
| 6 | Opening of Japan Sea and Major Tectonic Lines of Japan | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2010 | 65 |
| 7 | Surface Fault Ruptures Associated with the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1995 | 61 |
| 8 | Magma Migration from the Point of View of Seismic Activity in the Volcanism of Miyake-jima Island in 2000. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2001 | 58 |
| 9 | Formation and Collapse of Gas Hydrate Deposits in High Methane Flux Area of the Joetsu Basin, Eastern Margin of Japan Sea | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2009 | 58 |
| 10 | Tectonic Development of the Japanese Islands Controlled by Philippine Sea Plate Motion | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2006 | 58 |
| 11 | Geo-slicer, a Newly Invented Soil Sampler, for High-Resolution Active Fault Studies. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1997 | 57 |
| 12 | Quaternary crustal movements in Kanto, Japan. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1987 | 56 |
| 13 | Timing of Late Holocene Tsunamis Originated around the Southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Deduced from Coralline Tsunami Deposits | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1994 | 52 |
| 14 | Growth and Shrinkage of an Active Continental Margin: Updated Geotectonic History of the Japanese Islands | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2011 | 52 |
| 15 | Chronology of the Miyakejima 2000 Eruption | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2001 | 48 |
| 16 | Upper Quaternary Sea Levels, Coral Terraces, Oxygen Isotopes and Deep-sea Temperatures. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1994 | 47 |
| 17 | Age Distribution of Detrital Zircons in the Psammitic Schist of the Sanbagawa Belt, Southwest Japan | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2010 | 44 |
| 18 | Pacific-type Orogens | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2011 | 44 |
| 19 | LA-ICP-MS U-Pb Age of Some Older Rocks of the South Kitakami Belt, Northeast Japan | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2010 | 43 |
| 20 | Daisen Kurayoshi Pumice : Stratigraphy, Chronology, Distribution and Implication to Late Pleistocene Events in Central Japan | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1979 | 41 |
| 21 | Juvenile Japan: Hydrothermal Activity of the Hida-Gaien Belt Indicating Initiation of Subduction of Proto-Pacific Plate in ca. 520 Ma | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2010 | 41 |
| 22 | Late Quaternary Tephras in Ulreung-do Island, Korea | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1984 | 40 |
| 23 | The late-Quaternary sea-level change of the Japanese Islands. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1991 | 40 |
| 24 | Active Fault Topography and Trench Survey in the Central Part of the Yangsan Fault, Southeast Korea | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1994 | 40 |
| 25 | Volcanic Gas Study of the 2000 Miyakejima Volcanic Activity: Degassing Environment Deduced from Adhered Gas Component on Ash and SO2 Emission Rate. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2001 | 39 |
| 26 | Have the Japanese Islands Grown?: Five "Japan"s Were Born, and Four "Japan"s Subducted into the Mantle | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2010 | 37 |
| 27 | Stratigraphy and Formation of Miyakejima Volcano. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2001 | 36 |
| 28 | Thrust Tectonics and Uplift Process of the Nepal Himalaya Revealed from Fission-Track Ages | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1997 | 35 |
| 29 | Plio-Pleistocene Fold Development in the Kashiwazaki Plain and Vicinity, Niigata Prefecture. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1996 | 34 |
| 30 | Geo-tomographic Observation of Inner-structure of Volcano with Cosmic-ray Muons. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1995 | 32 |
| 31 | Uplift Rates Estimated from Relative Heights of Fluvial Terrace Surfaces and Valley Bottoms. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1995 | 30 |
| 32 | Paleozoic Japan and the Eastern Extension of the Collisional Suture between the North and South China Cratons | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2011 | 30 |
| 33 | Investigation of the Nojima Earthquake Fault Occurred on Awaji Island in the Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1995 | 27 |
| 34 | Features of Methane Hydrate-bearing Sandy-sediments of the Forearc Basin along the Nankai Trough: Effect on Methane Hydrate-Accumulating Mechanism in Turbidite | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2009 | 27 |
| 35 | Tephrochronological Study of Volcano Fuji and Adjacent Areas | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1964 | 26 |
| 36 | A Geographic Information System for Regional Planning | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1969 | 25 |
| 37 | Fluvial-Shallow Marine Depositional Systems of the Futaba Group (Upper Cretaceous). Depositional facies and sequences. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1995 | 25 |
| 38 | Lessons from the First Japanese Pilot Project on Saline Aquifer CO2 Storage | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2008 | 25 |
| 39 | Existence of New Independent Regional Metamorphic Belt in the Sanbagawa Metamorphic Belt: Orogenic Evolution of Japan from Cretaceous to Tertiary | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2010 | 25 |
| 40 | Classification of shelf sediments and their sedimentary facies in the storm-dominated shelf: A review. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1989 | 24 |
| 41 | The Little Ice Age in Japan. Climatic Reconstruction in Central Japan during the Little Ice Age based on Documentary Sources. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1993 | 24 |
| 42 | Distribution of Terrestrial .GAMMA. Ray Dose Rates in Japan | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2006 | 24 |
| 43 | Mechanics of granular materials. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1989 | 23 |
| 44 | Surface faulting associated with the Philippine Earthquake of 1990. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1990 | 23 |
| 45 | Sedimentary Facies and Chronology of Core Samples from Lake Mikata, Lake Suigetsu and Kurota Lowland, Central Japan. Sedimentary environment in Mikata Lowland since the last interglacial time. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1994 | 23 |
| 46 | Geological Development of the West Sea Area of the Noto Peninsula District in the Neogene Tertiary to Quaternary, Central Japan | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2005 | 23 |
| 47 | Development of the Kiso River Delta during the Last 10,000 Years Based on Analyses of Sedimentary Cores and 14C Datings | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2009 | 23 |
| 48 | Paleozoic Subduction-related Metamorphism in Japan: New Insights and Perspectives | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 2010 | 23 |
| 49 | Ophiolites of Japan. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1989 | 22 |
| 50 | Tephrochronological Study on the Shikotsu and Kuttara Volcanoes in Southwestern Hokkaido, Japan. | Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) | 1994 | 22 |
