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Institute for Asian Studies research
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Akiho Satoshi Faculty Information |
Special Duty Professor | Modern China theory, modern history of Japan-China relations, Asian business circumstances, tourism policy theory | China, Southeast Asia | Japan-China relations in the era of reform and opening up, Taiwanese companies in China and Japan, business development of Japanese and Chinese companies in ASEAN, the impact of tourism on international relations in Asia |
Modern China, Japan-China relations, ASEAN, Asia and tourism |
OIZUMI Keiichiro
Faculty information |
Professor | Asian Population and Socio-Economy | Southeast Asia, China, South Korea | Relationship between Demographics and Economic Society, Economic Integration (Relationship between China and ASEAN) |
Asian Economy, Economic Policy |
OKUDA Satoru Faculty information |
Professor | korean economy | Korea | Korean political and economic trends, free trade agreements, etc. |
FTAs |
KUMON Takashi Faculty information |
Professor | Acceptance of highly-skilled foreign personnel and development of global human resources | China, India, etc. | Employment, Success, and DE&I for Highly Skilled Foreign Professionals and International International Student |
Highly skilled foreign talent, international International Student, DE&I (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion), global leadership |
YUKAWA Kazuo Faculty information |
Professor | modern chinese research | China, Hong Kong | Domestic politics, diplomacy, economy and society under the Xi Jinping regime |
Modern China, Chinese Economy, China Issues, China Situation, Japan-China Relations |
On-campus Asian research
At our university, in addition to Institute for Asian Studies many research in each faculty are actively engaged in research activities targeting the Asian region. Institute for Asian Studies regularly holds “Asian research Salon” to promote interaction among these research and disseminate their achievements.President|Faculty of Business Administration|Faculty of Economics|Faculty of Law|Faculty of International Relations|Faculty of Urban Innovation
President
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Kengo Nagatsuna |
President | comparative politics | Russia | Russian modern politics |
Faculty of Business Administration
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KOIKE Motomu Faculty information |
Associate Professor | History of International Relations in East Asia, History of Modern China, German Diplomatic History | China, Germany | History of Sino-German relations (Recently interested in Sino-German relations during World War I and Germany's media policy toward China) |
KOMORI Masahiko Faculty information |
Associate Professor | Management trends of Japanese companies in Asia | Southeast Asia, South Asia | Business expansion of Japanese companies to Western markets such as West Asia |
MATSUKI Satoko Faculty information |
Associate Professor | Bridal, tourism industry, tourism promotion strategy | Japan, Hawaii | Changes in consumer preferences for special occasions (in the field of weddings), role of media in communication, relationship between tourism motivation and local image, inbound policy, etc. |
Faculty of Economics
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OKUI Tomoyuki Faculty information |
Professor | Sociology | General Asian region | Sociology of religion (including religious situations in Asian regions) |
FUDA Koji Faculty information | Associate Professor | Asian Economy, International Finance | sea bream | Linkage between international and Asian financial networks, intra-Asian direct investment |
MIZUNO Asuka Faculty information | Associate Professor | Asian economic history | Myanmar | Social Transformation in the British Colonial Era |
Faculty of Law
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KIHARA Hiroyuki Faculty information | Professor | Civil law (contract law), Anglo-American law | Malaysia, Singapore, India, Nepal | 1) Codification and spread of common law in Asian countries 2) Support for legal development in Nepal (Civil Code drafting support) |
HIRAI Bunzo Faculty information | Professor | Public Administration, Public Management, Public Policy, Local Autonomy | ASEAN countries | Comparative Administration of ASEAN Countries |
Faculty of International Relations
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AOYAMA Harutoshi Faculty information |
Associate Professor | History (modern and contemporary) | China, East Asia | Modern China's Consular System and Consular Jurisdiction, Changes in Modern China's Diplomatic System, History of Modern Japan-China Relations, "Shunten Jiho" (Chinese Newspaper Published by Japanese in China in the Early 20th Century) |
AKIZUKI Hiroko Faculty information | Professor | International Law, International Human Rights Law, United Nations research | global | Women's Rights in Asia, ASEAN Human Rights Organization |
ARAI Takao Faculty information | Professor | Analysis of economic growth and economic development, economic cooperation | Malaysia, inland China, underdeveloped areas in general | Economic activity, development, and growth disparity due to connectivity with the global economy and regional characteristics (small islands, coastal areas, inland areas, and mountains) |
ARAI Masashi Faculty information | Associate Professor | international management theory | Asian region | 1) Global value chain centered on Asia and technology transfer 2) Innovation management, BOP business |
ITO Yuko Faculty information | Professor | US political and diplomatic history | America-Asia International Relations History | History of Diplomatic Relations between Japan, the United States, and the Philippines Asia-Pacific Security and Historical Perception Issues |
OTSUKA Naoki Faculty information | Professor | human geography | Vietnam | Dynamics and Transformation of Social Space in Vietnam |
OKAZAKI Hiroki Faculty information | Lecturer | History of Modern Arab Thought, Syrian Cultural research (Philosophy, Literature, Film) | History of Modern Arab Thought, Syrian Cultural research (Philosophy, Literature, Film) | Arab literary revivalism and Islamic reformism from the 1870s to the early 20th century Thought, Literature, and Film in Syria after 1967 |
OGAWA Hisashi Faculty information | Associate Professor | Cultural Anthropology, Southeast Asian Area research | Thailand, Japan | Ethnographic research of Thai Muslims Anthropological research on multifaceted and long-term disasters Anthropological research of cheering |
KAKUTA Ieko Faculty information | Professor | development anthropology | Philippines and other developing regions | Irrigation development, especially organization and management of water users' associations |
Hisao Kasuga Faculty information | Special Duty Professor | ASEAN Economics | ASEAN, Mekong region | Transportation infrastructure development such as roads and railways in ASEAN, especially GMS (Greater Mekong Economic Region), investment trends of Japanese companies, ASEAN energy policy and sustainability |
KAWANAKA Takeshi Faculty information | Professor | comparative politics | Insular Southeast Asia centered on the Philippines | Stability and instability of democracy |
Kim Hyunjung Faculty information |
Professor | International marketing theory | South Korea, Asia region | Overseas expansion strategies of food-related companies Globalization of the content industry |
KUNO Arata Faculty information | Professor | International Economics (International Trade, Trade Policy) | Japan, China, Korea, Asia Pacific | Economic Integration in the Asia-Pacific, Economic Relations between Japan, China and South Korea, Japan's Trade Policy |
KOISO Chihiro Faculty information | Professor | History of Hindu Thought, South Asian Area research | India | South Asian Religion and Food Culture |
KOBARI Yoshihiro Faculty information | Associate Professor | Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics (Multilingual Situation) | Philippines (mainly the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the central and southern Philippines) | Multilingualism (society/speakers), endangered minority-speaker languages, English as an official language in Asia and as an international lingua franca |
TAKAYAMA Yoko Faculty Information | Professor | Cultural anthropology | east asia | monuments, statues, models |
TABEI Keiko Faculty information | Professor | Japanese Linguistics, Japanese Language Education, Foreign Language Education | Asian regions centered on Japan | Content in Japanese textbooks |
MASUHARA Ayako Faculty information | Professor | Comparative Politics, Area research | Indonesia | Democratization (Changes in Political Systems) and Transformation of Institutions and Norms |
MITSUHASHI Hidehiko Faculty information | Professor | Contemporary Chinese research, Comparative Sociology | China | Education and human resource development in China |
Faculty of Urban Innovation
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AKABANE Hiroshi Faculty information | Professor | International Finance/Asian Economy | Centered on ASEAN+3 | 1) Asian currency and exchange rate systems and monetary and financial cooperation 2) Infrastructure finance in Asia |
ARAI Kenichiro Faculty information | Associate Professor | Area research, Urban research | Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia) | Megacities, Urban Development and Housing Issues |
OKAMURA Hisakazu Faculty information | Professor | smart city, big data | Indonesia (Deltamas), USA (West Coast, New Orleans), Austria, Akita Prefecture (Kitaakita City), etc. | Smart city industry and business in Asia, utilization of big data in cities |
KIM Byeong Sik Faculty information | Lecturer | Organization theory, management strategy theory, entrepreneurship, innovation | Japan, America, Korea | Startups - collaboration between large companies, initial public offering (IPO), cultural and creative industries |
Kim Ming Jung Faculty information | Special Duty Associate Professor | Labor Economics, Social Security Theory, Comparative Analysis of Social Policy and Economy in Japan and South Korea | South Korea, Japan | Disparities and conflicts between generations/regions/men and women, poverty, inequality, redistribution, dual labor market, gig workers, etc. |
Gu Faculty Information | Lecturer | Japanese literature, Chinese literature, Japanese-Chinese comparative literature | Japan, China | Japanese Chinese poetry, Japanese-Chinese literary exchange in the Nara and Heian periods |
GOTO Yasuhiro Faculty information | Professor | Industrial Policy, Industrial Location, Corporate Strategy, Market Strategy | China, Southeast Asia | Industrial competition in Asia, competition between cities, growth mechanism of Asian companies |
FAN Yuntao Faculty information | Professor | international law | China | Japan-China relations, Asian business and corporate law, environmental conservation and climate change response in Asia |
LI Lirong Faculty information | Professor | Monetary Theory, Finance Theory, Chinese Finance, Digital Platform Theory, International Economics | China, USA | Financial Innovation, Digital Transformation (DX) and Financial Services, Digital Finance in China |
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