Institute of East Asian Studies

Updated as of April 28, 2025

Kayo Hasamoto

	Appointment Dates: 02/27/2025-07/31/2025
	Home Institution: Seikei University
	Field: Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Japanese Culture
	Research Topic: The overseas reception context of “Japanese aesthetics” and the discussion of its understanding

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.

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

	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.

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.

Alice Paris

	Appointment Dates: 04/01/2025-06/30/2025
	Home Institution: Université libre de Bruxelles
	Field: Architectural History
	Research Topic: Resisting Housing Commodification in Postwar Japan: An In-Depth Study of Osamu Ishiyama’s Pioneer House (1973–1986)

Yumiko Sankoji

	Appointment Dates: 11/15/2023-11/14/2025
	Home Institution: SBI Graduate School
	Field: Accounting History Research
	Research Topic: Religion and Accounting in Medieval Japan: Accounting materials by Kōmyō-kō-kata in Tōji Temple.

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