Updated as of March 18, 2020
Fumiaki Itakura
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Appointment Dates: 10/01/2019–09/30/2020 |
| Home Institution: Kobe University | |
| Field: Film Studies | |
| Research Topic: Historical reception of Asian films in the U.S. |
Jun Kanazawa
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Appointment Dates: 09/01/2019–8/31/2020 |
| Home Institution: The University of Tokyo | |
| Field: Applied Linguistics | |
| Research Topic: As a Fulbright and Ph.D. student at the University of Tokyo, I have been studying Linguistics. My dissertation aims to analyze hedging expressions in Japanese and English and to reveal how hedging is used as a tool for persuasion. |
Reiko Kitahara
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Appointment Dates: 04/01/2019–3/31/2021 |
| Home Institution: Japan Women’s University | |
| Field: Architecture and City Planning | |
| Research Topic: The function of Japantown in the settlement process of Japanese immigrants |
Hiroaki Kuwajima
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Appointment Dates: 06/09/2017–11/28/2020 |
| Home Institution: Linkers Corporation | |
| Field: Business Administration | |
| Research Topic: Comparative analysis of Japanese firms in Silicon Valley |
Tatsuyuki Negoro
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Appointment Dates: 02/10/2020–07/08/2020 |
| Home Institution: Waseda Business School | |
| Field: Business Management | |
| Research Topic: ‘Winner take all (WTA) ‘phenomena in the US and Japanese platform businesses |
Kazuyo Nishihara
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Appointment Dates: 09/01/2019–06/30/2021 |
| Home Institution: Kyoto University | |
| Field: Anthropology | |
| Research Topic: Environmental Archaeology. Interaction between environment and human in Neolithic East Asia. Comparative research through baskets making techniques and transition of lifestyles. |
Hanayo Oya
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Appointment Dates: 11/01/2019–10/31/2021 |
| Home Institution: Independent Scholar | |
| Field: Journalism | |
| Research Topic: Analyzing how the Status of Forces Agreement of the U.S. military has affected the criminal jurisdiction of host countries in East Asian countries and Europe. |
Sangjun Park
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Appointment Dates: 03/01/2020–08/31/2020 |
| Home Institution: Osaka University | |
| Field: Political Science | |
| Research Topic: Comparative study of intergovernmental relations at the sub-national level in the U.S. and Japan |
Elizabeth Sharf
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Appointment Dates: 11/24/2003–11/25/2020 |
| Home Institution: Independent Scholar | |
| Field: Asian Art History | |
| Research Topic: Obaku Zen Portrait Painting |
Hiroko Shoji
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Appointment Dates: 04/01/2019–3/31/2020 |
| Home Institution: Seikei University | |
| Field: Literature | |
| Research Topic: Urban Gothicism in the Post-Diaspora Era: Toward a Transnational Literary Historiography |
Naoki Sudo
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Appointment Dates: 04/01/2019–3/31/2020 |
| Home Institution: Gakushuin University | |
| Field: Law | |
| Research Topic: The effects of globalization and population aging over the past decade |
Tomohiro Uozumi
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Appointment Dates: 11/01/2019–04/30/2020 |
| Home Institution: The University of Tokyo | |
| Field: Sociology | |
| Research Topic: Social theory of Community and Individualism in the American sociological tradition |
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