Mika Toyota

Mika Toyota is a Research Scientist at the Centre for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany. She was previously a Professor at Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan (2012-2020) and worked at the National University of Singapore (2002-2012) and University of Hull, UK (2000-2002). She has published widely on issues related to aging and care in transnational contexts. Her current research explores the emerging new service industry around unclaimed death in Japan and beyond.