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Researcher Directory
All data is as of April 28, 2025.
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Culture
Archeology
| Name | Research Fields | Research Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| KAWASHIMA TAKAMUNE | Complex systems; Cultural assets study and museology; Cultural assets study and museology | Ancient salt production / Archaeology |
| Maeno Hiroshi | Humanities; History; History of Europe and America | Greek Inscriptions / Ancient Mediterranean World / Curse tablets / magic / Religions / culture / Colonization |
| Nojima Hisashi | Humanities; History; Archaeology | Chiefdom Societies / Burial Mounds in the Yayoi Period / The Yayoi Period / Iron Culture / The Kofun Period / Casting Iron Hardware / Archaeology / Ritual Deposit Site / Excavation / Forged Iron Hardware |
Design
| Name | Research Fields | Research Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Hikita Atsushi |
Complex systems; Science education / Educational technology; Educational technology Informatics; Frontiers of informatics; Library and information science / Humanistic social informatics Complex systems; Science education / Educational technology; Science education |
Information Literacy Education / socio informatics / media study / Science education / Information design |
| Kuwajima Hideki |
Humanities; Art studies; Aesthetics and studies on art Humanities; Art studies; Art at large Humanities; Philosophy; History of thought |
Aesthetics of the Sublime / Edmund Burke and His Cultural Background: History of the !8th Century Britain and Ireland / Geo-Aesthetics, or Aesthetics on Nature / Aesthetics on the Image of Landscape, or Nostalgia / Philosophy on the HIROSHIMA Representation / Irish Cinema and Irish Art Culture / Aesthetics of the Celtic Culture |
| SUMIKURA HIDEAKI | Engineering; Architecture and building engineering; Town planning / Architectural planning | Construction System / Building System / Locality of Architecture / Local housing sysytem / Utilization of existing buildings and resources / Housing |
History of Architecture
| Name | Research Fields | Research Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| MIZUTA SUSUMU | History of Japanese Modern Architecture / History of Japanese Architecture | |
| NAKAMURA YASUO |
Humanities; History; Japanese history Engineering; Architecture and building engineering; Architectural history / Design |
History of Japan/World
| Name | Research Fields | Research Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Ajima Noriaki | Humanities; Art studies; Fine art history | The Buddhist Painting |
| FUJIHARA SHOTA | Humanities; History; History of Europe and America | |
| FUNADA YOSHIYUKI | Humanities; History; History of Asia and Africa | Mongol Empire; History; Asian History; Central Eurasia; East Eurasia; East Asia; Historical linguistics; epigraphy |
| IKEJIRI RYOHEI |
Social sciences; Education; Education Social sciences; Education; Education on school subjects and activities Informatics; Frontiers of informatics; Entertainment and game informatics |
Educational Technology / History Education / Game based Learning / Learning Environment Design / Transfer of Learning / ICT in education / AI in Education |
| ISHIDA MASAHARU | Humanities; History; Japanese history | Educational History / Oral History / Ancient Document Cataloging |
| KASUGA AYUKA | Humanities; History; History of Europe and America | Britain, Modern history, Environmental history |
| KAWAI NOBUHARU | Humanities; History; History of Europe and America | Socialism, East Germany, Leisure, Ordinary Life and Politics, Modern German History, Political and Social History |
| Komiyama Michio | Social sciences; Education; Education | pedagogy , educational history in Japan , history of university, history of higher education , school history education, secondary education, modern state, educational history, specialized instruction, medical pedagogy |
| KUBOTA AKIKO |
Humanities; History; Historical studies in general Complex systems; Sociology / History of science and technology; Sociology / History of science and technology |
History of Science / Archival Science / Medical materials / Physics materials / Academic research materials of Atomic Bomb |
| LIU JINPENG | Humanities; History; Historical studies in general | Postwar / History of ideas / Intellectuals / Asia / Modernization |
| Maeno Hiroshi | Humanities; History; History of Europe and America | Greek Inscriptions / Ancient Mediterranean World / Curse tablets / magic / Religions / culture / Colonization |
| NAKAMURA TAIRA | Humanities; Philosophy; Area studies | Japanese Studies, Anthropology, Japanese Colonialism, Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples, Historical Experiences, Autoethnography, Decolonization |
| NAKAMURA YASUO |
Humanities; History; Japanese history Engineering; Architecture and building engineering; Architectural history / Design |
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| NAKAO MAIKA | ||
| NARA KATSUJI | Humanities; History; Japanese history | Meiji Restoration / Neo Confucianism / Treaty / Antibarbarism / Kōgi |
| Nojima Hisashi | Humanities; History; Archaeology | Chiefdom Societies / Burial Mounds in the Yayoi Period / The Yayoi Period / Iron Culture / The Kofun Period / Casting Iron Hardware / Archaeology / Ritual Deposit Site / Excavation / Forged Iron Hardware |
| SHIMOOKA YUKA | Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature | Japanese modern literature / Japanese literature written by non-native author / Post colonial criticism / Shiga Naoya,Shirakaba / I-novel, personal pronoun / Kou Reishi / Haiku / Taiwan Aikoku Fujin / Magazine Media Studies / editor, woman reporter, woman writer |
| SUN LU |
Social sciences; law; Criminal law Social sciences; law; Fundamental law |
Criminal Law / Comparative legal history / Asian Legal History / comparative study of Tang Code and Japanese Ritsuryō system |
| Tsuji MANABU | Humanities; Literature; European literature | the Catholic Epistles / Paul / Pastoral Epistles / Pseudepigraphy / Early Christianity / New Testament |
| WATANABE MAKOTO | Humanities; History; Japanese history | Hian era, foreign relations, trade, court society, native Japanese culture |
Literature
| Name | Research Fields | Research Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Ajima Noriaki | Humanities; Art studies; Fine art history | The Buddhist Painting |
| KAWAGUCHI TAKAYUKI |
Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature Humanities; Literature; Literature in general |
genbakubungaku / colonialism and post colonialism / sengobunkaundou / ajia / Language and Culture Education |
| KAWAMURA YUTO | Humanities; Philosophy; Chinese philosophy / Indian philosophy / Buddhist studies | Sanskrit / grammar / poetics / mythology |
| KIDO MITSUYO | Humanities; Literature; Literature in English | Nineteenth-Century American Literature / Travel Writing |
| KOBAYASHI EKIKO |
Humanities; Literature; European literature Humanities; Art studies; Aesthetics and studies on art |
Drama of Lessing / German fables / Hypochondria and medicine in the German comedies in the Enlightenment age / German Comedies in the enlightenment age / History of German theatre / German lyric |
| LEE YUHUI | Humanities; Literature; Literature in general | Japanese language literature,Colonial period,Chinese language education |
| LIU JINPENG | Humanities; History; Historical studies in general | Postwar / History of ideas / Intellectuals / Asia / Modernization |
| MATSUNAGA KYOKO | Humanities; Literature; Literature in English | |
| MIZOBUCHI SONOKO | Humanities; Literature; Literature in general | Comparative Literature / Translated Literary / Cultural Representation / Modern Japanese Literature / Modern and Contemporary Russian Literature / Cultural Exchange |
| OGAWA YOKO | Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature | |
| OHCHI SHINSUKE | Humanities; Literature; Literature in English | American literature / William Faulkner |
| OHNO HIDESHI | Humanities; Literature; Literature in English | History of English Language and Chaucer's Langauge |
| Ooike Machiko | Humanities; Literature; Literature in English | literature / Africa / gender |
| SCHLARB HANS MICHAEL | Humanities; Literature; European literature | |
| SHIMOOKA YUKA | Humanities; Literature; Japanese literature | Japanese modern literature / Japanese literature written by non-native author / Post colonial criticism / Shiga Naoya,Shirakaba / I-novel, personal pronoun / Kou Reishi / Haiku / Taiwan Aikoku Fujin / Magazine Media Studies / editor, woman reporter, woman writer |
| SHIRAI JUN | Humanities; Linguistics; Japanese linguistics | Japanese Linguistics / Historical Japanese Linguistics / Jesuit Mission Press in Japan / Japanese Writing System / History of Print Cultures |
| SHIRATA RIHITO |
Humanities; Linguistics; Linguistics Humanities; Linguistics; Japanese linguistics |
Linguistics / Descriptive Linguistics / Field Linguistics / Language Documentation / Ryukyuan Languages / Amami Dialect / Kikai Dialect / Ryukyuan |
| Tsuji MANABU | Humanities; Literature; European literature | the Catholic Epistles / Paul / Pastoral Epistles / Pseudepigraphy / Early Christianity / New Testament |
| YAMAMOTO TAKAKO | Humanities; Literature; Chinese literature |
Philosophy/Thoughts
| Name | Research Fields | Research Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Ajima Noriaki | Humanities; Art studies; Fine art history | The Buddhist Painting |
| GOTOU YUUTA | Humanities; Philosophy; Philosophy / Ethics | Nihilism / Nietzsche / Heidegger / Bioethics / Information Ethics |
| GRAJDIAN MARIA MIHAELA | Humanities; Art studies; Art at large | Media Studies, Popular Culture, Japanese Studies, Musicology, Anthropology |
| KAWAMURA YUTO | Humanities; Philosophy; Chinese philosophy / Indian philosophy / Buddhist studies | Sanskrit / grammar / poetics / mythology |
| Kuwajima Hideki |
Humanities; Art studies; Aesthetics and studies on art Humanities; Art studies; Art at large Humanities; Philosophy; History of thought |
Aesthetics of the Sublime / Edmund Burke and His Cultural Background: History of the !8th Century Britain and Ireland / Geo-Aesthetics, or Aesthetics on Nature / Aesthetics on the Image of Landscape, or Nostalgia / Philosophy on the HIROSHIMA Representation / Irish Cinema and Irish Art Culture / Aesthetics of the Celtic Culture |
| Maruyama Yasushi | Social sciences; Education; Education | Ethics of Education / Philosophy of Education / Teacher Educator / Professional Ethics Education / Post-colonialism / Otherness / Professionalism of Teaching / Wittgenstein |
| NAKAMURA TAIRA | Humanities; Philosophy; Area studies | Japanese Studies, Anthropology, Japanese Colonialism, Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples, Historical Experiences, Autoethnography, Decolonization |
| NAKAO MAIKA | ||
| NARA KATSUJI | Humanities; History; Japanese history | Meiji Restoration / Neo Confucianism / Treaty / Antibarbarism / Kōgi |
| NEMOTO HIROSHI | Humanities; Philosophy; Chinese philosophy / Indian philosophy / Buddhist studies | Buddhist thought / Tibet / Madhyamaka / Theory of Time / Tsong kha pa |
| OKAMURA MIYUKI | Social sciences; Education; Education | Teacher Education / Teacher Educators / Reflective Practice, Reflective Practitioner / Philosophy of Education / Theory of Knowledge / Philosophy of Mind |
| RIGSBY CURTIS ANDREW | ||
| SAWAI TSUTOMU |
Humanities; Philosophy; Philosophy / Ethics Humanities; Philosophy; Religious studies |
Ethics / Applied Ethics (Bioethics) / Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (ELSI) of Advanced Science, Engineering, and Medicine / Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) / Modern and Contemporary Japanese Philosophy and Ethics |
| SEKIMURA MAKOTO | ||
| SUENAGA TAKAYASU | Humanities; Philosophy; Chinese philosophy / Indian philosophy / Buddhist studies | |
| Tsuji MANABU | Humanities; Literature; European literature | the Catholic Epistles / Paul / Pastoral Epistles / Pseudepigraphy / Early Christianity / New Testament |
| UENO TAKAHUMI | Humanities; Linguistics; Linguistics | Linguisitcs, Italian, Japanese, English, Syntax, Morphology, Unaccusative, Complement Sentence, Complementizer, Historical Linguistics |
Sociology
| Name | Research Fields | Research Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Asano Toshihisa | Humanities; Human geography; Human geography | Ecomuseum / environmental conservation|socil movement / forest on the country side|environmental management / Utilization of nature|Ramsar wetland / regional planning / regional differences / civic participation / Nature consevation / environmental movement |
| Egashira Daizou | Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology | Family / Cause and Function / Durkheim |
| FUNCK CAROLIN ELISABETH HANNA |
Complex systems; Geography; Geography Humanities; Philosophy; Tourism Studies |
Island tourism / Sustainable tourism / tourist destination / innovation / international tourism |
| Hata Hiroto |
Social sciences; law; Fundamental law Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology |
Professional Practice / Criminal Lawyer / Criminal Defense / Juvenile Correctional Guidance / Youth Development / Local Government / Legal Socialization / Juvenile section in Policing / Equal and Representative Election / Legal Education |
| HIGA MARSHALL KIYOSHI | Humanities; Linguistics; Foreign language education | Second Language Acquisition |
| KIM YANGSON | Social sciences; Education; Education | Internationalization of Higher Education, Academic Profession, Higher Education System in Korea, Comparative Higher Education in Asia-Pacific Countries |
| KITANAKA CHISATO | Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology | gender / sexual harassment / academic harassment / domestic violence / gender-based violence / sience and technology / SOGI / LGBT |
| KUBOTA AKIKO |
Humanities; History; Historical studies in general Complex systems; Sociology / History of science and technology; Sociology / History of science and technology |
History of Science / Archival Science / Medical materials / Physics materials / Academic research materials of Atomic Bomb |
| NAKATSUBO FUMINORI |
Complex systems; Childhood science; Childhood science (childhood environment science) Social sciences; Education; Education |
Professional Development / Early Childhood Teachers / Qualitative Research / Early Childhood Education and Care Conference / Fieldwork / Comparative Culture |
| NARA KATSUJI | Humanities; History; Japanese history | Meiji Restoration / Neo Confucianism / Treaty / Antibarbarism / Kōgi |
| NASHIO SEIJI | Japanese language education / Multimodal analysis / Interaction / Cognitive science | |
| NISHI MAKOTO | Humanities; Cultural anthropology; Cultural anthropology | Medical Anthropology, Global Health |
| PRATIWI TRI UTAMI |
Social sciences; Education; Sociology of education Humanities; Philosophy; Religious studies Humanities; Cultural anthropology; Cultural anthropology Humanities; Philosophy; Area studies |
Comparative Education / Education equality / Religious Inherency / Edu-community (Community-based education) / Faithful Capital |
| Seki Koki |
Humanities; Cultural anthropology; Cultural anthropology Humanities; Philosophy; Area studies |
urban development and politics / Anthropology of Social Policy and Development / Anthropology of Civil Society and Citizenship / risk, uncertainty, and precarity / Globalization and Migration / Governmentality and Subjectivity / The Philippines |
| SUN LU |
Social sciences; law; Criminal law Social sciences; law; Fundamental law |
Criminal Law / Comparative legal history / Asian Legal History / comparative study of Tang Code and Japanese Ritsuryō system |
| Tominaga Mihoko |
Complex systems; Human life science; Eating habits Agricultural sciences; Agricultural chemistry; Food science |
cookery science / physical property / palatability / molecular cooking / dietary life |
| TSUJI TERUYUKI |
Humanities; Cultural anthropology; Cultural anthropology Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology Humanities; Philosophy; Area studies |
Religion; Immigration & Diaspora; Race & Ethnicity; Gender & Sexuality; Social Capital & Civic Engagement; Trans/Nationalism; History & Ethnography; the Caribbean; the United States |
| Tsunematsu Naomi |
Humanities; Linguistics; Japanese language education Social sciences; Education; Sociology of education Humanities; Philosophy; Gender Humanities; Cultural anthropology; Cultural anthropology |
Japanese Studies, Japanese Language / Connection of High School and University / Internship for International Students, Serviceship, Active Learning, International Experiential Learning, Cooperation of International Students and Local Society / Higher education, International Students Education, International Education, Cross-cultural Education / Intercultural Education, Cultural Adjustment and Re-adjustment, Culture Shock and Reverse Culture Shock, Holistic Support System for International Students, Intercultural cohesion / International Education Exchange / Regional Cooperation, Industry-Academic Collaboration / Consciousness, Consciousness Transformation, Spirituality & Education / Gender Theories |
| van der Does Luli |
Humanities; Philosophy; Tourism Studies Social sciences; Sociology; Sociology Social sciences; Psychology; Social psychology |
memory, heritage, forgetting, war and conflict, reconciliation, forgetting, authenticity, legitimacy, atomic-bomb experiences, peace & tourism, media discourse and representations |
| WANG CHUJUN | Humanities; Philosophy; Tourism Studies | heritage, tourism, axiology, authenticity |
| WATANABE MEGUMI | Family Sociology; Survey Methodology; Gender; Higher Education; Social Networks | |
| ZOLLET SIMONA | Agricultural sciences; Agricultural science in society and economy; Agricultural science in rural society and development | Rural revitalization; Urban to Rural migration; Lifestyle entrepreneurship; Sustainable lifestyles; Newcomer farmers; Alternative Food Networks; Organic farming; Agroecology |
Works of Art/Art
| Name | Research Fields | Research Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Ajima Noriaki | Humanities; Art studies; Fine art history | The Buddhist Painting |
| Hitokuwada Tooru | Social sciences; Education; Education on school subjects and activities | Sculpture,Art education |
| HORIKAWA SUNAO | ||
| KOBAYASHI EKIKO |
Humanities; Literature; European literature Humanities; Art studies; Aesthetics and studies on art |
Drama of Lessing / German fables / Hypochondria and medicine in the German comedies in the Enlightenment age / German Comedies in the enlightenment age / History of German theatre / German lyric |
| Kuwajima Hideki |
Humanities; Art studies; Aesthetics and studies on art Humanities; Art studies; Art at large Humanities; Philosophy; History of thought |
Aesthetics of the Sublime / Edmund Burke and His Cultural Background: History of the !8th Century Britain and Ireland / Geo-Aesthetics, or Aesthetics on Nature / Aesthetics on the Image of Landscape, or Nostalgia / Philosophy on the HIROSHIMA Representation / Irish Cinema and Irish Art Culture / Aesthetics of the Celtic Culture |
| NAKAMURA YASUO |
Humanities; History; Japanese history Engineering; Architecture and building engineering; Architectural history / Design |
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| TATARA TAKIKO | Humanities; Art studies; Fine art history | Art history of Japan, Kyo-kano school, Modern Kyoto Painting Circles, Records and Evaluation of Japanese Art, Scholars' Notebooks |
| TERAUCHI DAISUKE | Social sciences; Education; Education on school subjects and activities | Improvisation / Music Making |
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