
Updated as of January 20, 2021
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 |
Jihye Kim
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Appointment Dates: 01/04/2021–06/30/2021 |
Home Institution: Osaka University | |
Field: Traditional Performing Arts | |
Research Topic: Comprehensive analysis of kabuki in the Meiji era: nostalgia to Edo cultures, modernization in compliance with Theater Reform Movement and canonization against the trend of modernization |
Hiroaki Kuwajima
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Appointment Dates: 06/09/2017–06/30/2021 |
Home Institution: Linkers Corporation | |
Field: Business Administration | |
Research Topic: Comparative analysis of Japanese firms in Silicon Valley |
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. |
Kentaro Noda
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Appointment Dates: 09/01/2020–08/31/2021 |
Home Institution: Rikkyo University | |
Field: Commerce and Management | |
Research Topic: Comparative study of the effects of disclosing ESG (Environment, Society, Governance) information in the US and Japan |
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. |
Takaharu Saito
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Appointment Dates: 08/01/2020–6/30/2021 |
Home Institution: The University of Tokyo | |
Field: Law and Political Science | |
Research Topic: Relationship between the U.S. president and bureaucracy in rulemaking process. |
Yusuke Takasu
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Appointment Dates: 08/15/20- 03/31/21 |
Home Institution: Yokohama National University | |
Field: Business Administration | |
Research Topic: Comparative study on the effects of corporate governance on corporate activities and market valuations in the US and Japan. |
Yoshiko Wada
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Appointment Dates: 07/12/2020–06/12/2021 |
Home Institution: University of Leicester | |
Field: Museum Studies | |
Research Topic: Emergence of Boro Aesthetics: Japanese folk textile exhibitions, cultural interpretations and ethnographic realities in the age of anthropogenic environmental stress |
See Former Scholars here.