Visiting Scholars

Updated as of June 11, 2025

Yoko Ikari

Yoko Ikari

Appointment Dates: 04/01/2025-03/31/2026

Home Institution: Meiji University

Field: Cultural Anthropology

Research Topic: An anthropological study of the relationship between food and the eating body.

Mastsugu Ito

Masatsugu Ito

Appointment Dates: 08/04/2025-01/31/2026

Home Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University

Field: Public Administration, Urban Governance

Research Topic: Regional collaboration among local governments in the metropolitan area 

Yohei Katano

Yohei Katano

Appointment Dates: 04/01/2025-03/31/2026

Home Institution: Meiji University

Field: Rural Sociology, Science and Technology Studies, Sociology of Law

Research Topic: Knowledge-making practices from the periphery. Social development under population decline.

Hajime Kidera

Hajime Kidera

Appointment Dates: 04/01/2024-03/31/2026

Home Institution: Meiji University

Field: Japanese Politics, Urban and Local Politics

Research Topic: A study of patterns of committee membership in local councils.

Xuefei Luo

Xuefei Luo

Appointment Dates: 12/06/2025-05/15/2026

Home Institution: The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Field: Chinese Language and Literature

Research Topic: Female Transnational Mobility in Japanese-occupied East Asia

Kazuyo Nishihara

Kazuyo Nishihara

Appointment Dates: 05/15/2025-03/31/2026

Home Institution: Kyoto University

Field: Japanese Archaeology 

Research Topic: Traditional basketry practices in Japan and California

Ryoko Oki

Ryoko Oki

Appointment Dates: 03/01/2024-02/28/2026

Home Institution: Hosei University

Field: Industrial Organization, Antitrust Economics

Research Topic: Theoretical analysis of digital platform markets and competition policy for the markets; consumer survey on digital platform choice.

Emi Tamaki

Emi Tamaki

Appointment Dates: 04/01/2025-03/31/2026

Home Institution: Gakushuin University

Field: Social Demography, Sociology

Research Topic: Migration and Health among Asian Americans

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