Organization

Honorary Advisor

UMEHARA Takeshi

Philosopher

Executive Officers

Director-General

KOMATSU Kazuhiko

Deputy Director-General

UNO Takao

Senior Research Coordinator

TOBE Ryoichi

Senior Research Coordinator

SHIRAHATA Yozaburo

Senior Research Coordinator

KURAMOTO Kazuhiro

Head of Information Management and Library Resources

SHIRAHATA Yozaburo

General Manager of Administration

TANZAWA Hiroyuki

Head of General Affairs Section

KASSAI Isamu

Head of Research Cooperation Section

YAJIMA Hiroaki

Head of Library Resources Section

AKIBA Kimiyo

Head of Information Technology Section

OYAMA Mitsugu

Management Committee

AMANO Fumio

Vice Director, International Institute for Advanced Studies

ARA Konomi

Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University / Professor emeritus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

UETA Kazuhiro

Dean, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University

UMATA Ayako

Professor, Faculty of Cultural and Expression Studies, Baika Women's University

OHARA Ken'ichiro

President, Ohara Museum of Art

KAWAKITA Minoru

Extraordinary Professor, School of Historical Science, Bukkyo University

KUBO Fumiaki

Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo

SATO Yoichiro

Deputy Director-General, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature

JINNAI Hidenobu

Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Design, Hosei University

TADA Kazuomi

Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo

TOKUDA Kazuo

Professor, Faculty of Intercultural Studies, Gakushuin Women’s College

UNO Takao

Deputy Director-General, Nichibunken

ARAKI Hiroshi

Professor, Nichibunken

ITO Takayuki

Professor, Nichibunken

INAGA Shigemi

Professor, Nichibunken

INOUE Shoichi

Professor, Nichibunken

KURAMOTO Kazuhiro

Professor, Nichibunken

SHIRAHATA Yozaburo

Professor, Nichibunken

SUEKI Fumihiko

Professor, Nichibunken

TOBE Ryouichi

Professor, Nichibunken

HAYAKAWA Monta

Professor, Nichibunken

Office of Overseas Research Exchange

This office was opened to promote the Center’s international research cooperation activities. Full-time professors and associate professors will establish and manage the ongoing operation of an international network system for communication between scholars from Japan and abroad, supply of information about research on Japan, and international research consultations.

Office for Virtual Resources

The Office was established to organize and promote research to develop advanced research materials and methods for Japanese studies. It comprises of a director, a full-time professor, an associate professor and a visiting professor.