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2010

Project Title	Organizer
Civilization and the Body	USHIMURA Kei Professor
Buddhist Perspectives on the Modern and Pre-modern	SUEKI Fumihiko Professor
Tradition and Creation of Yokai Culture Moving Towards Expanding the Parameters of the Field	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
Creating the Age of Life Civilization	YASUDA Yoshinori Professor
The Social History of Sexual Desire	INOUE Shoichi Professor
Japanese modernization and Protestantism	UEMURA Toshifumi Visiting Associate Professor
The Rule and the Local Society in the Japanese Colonial Empire	MATSUDA Toshihiko Associate Professor
Private and Public in Modern Japan —Comparative Perspectives—	INOKI Takenori Director General
The Images and Visions of Leaders in Modern Japan	TOBE Ryoichi Professor
Questioning Oriental Aesthetics and Thinking : Crisis in Self-Recognition and Task for the Future	INAGA Shigemi Professor
Comparative Study of Urban Culture in Eurasia	SHIRAHATA Yozaburo Professor
Empire and the Higher Education in East Asia	SAKAI Tetsuya Visiting Professor
Fusion of Religion and Folklore in Literature:z A Reinterpretation of Miyazawa Kenji’s World View	Pullattu Abraham GEORGE Visiting Research Scholar
The Cultural History of Translation in Japan	Jeffrey ANGLES Visiting Research Scholar
The “Nihon-romanha”and Asia	OH Kyong-hwan Visiting Research Scholar
Intellectual Exchanges in East Asia Modern and Contemporary; Focusing on Conceptual Systems	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
The Structure and Reordering of Manchurian Studies	LIU Jianhui Associate Professor
New Directions in the research of folk song	HOSOKAWA Shuhei Professor
The Synthetic Researches of Japanese Diaries	KURAMOTO Kazuhiro Professor

2009

Project Title	Organizer
Civilization and the Body	USHIMURA Kei Visiting Professor
Buddhist Perspectives on the Modern and Pre-modern	SUEKI Fumihiko Professor
Strategy of the Japanese Civilization-towards the life civilization-	YASUDA Yoshinori Professor
Tradition and Creation of yokai Culture in Japan	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
Social History of Sexual Desire	INOUE Shoichi Professor
Japanese Modernization and Protestantism	UEMURA Toshifumi Visiting Associate Professor
The Rule and the Local Society in the Japanese Colonial Empire	MATSUDA Toshihiko Associate Professor
Private and Public in Modern Japan - Comparative Perspectives	INOKI Takenori Director General
Questioning Oriental Aesthetics and Thinking: Crisis in Self-Recognition and Task for the Future	INAGA Shigemi Professor
Comparative Study of Urban Culture in Eurasia	SHIRAHATA Yozaburo Professor
Japan in the 18th Century : Cultural Conditions and International Environment	KASAYA Kazuhiko Professor
Reformulation of Intellectual Systems in Modern East Asia	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
The Cultural History of Translation in Japan	Jeffrey ANGLES Visiting Research Scholar
The Structure and Reordering of Manchurian Studies	LIU Jianhui Associate Professor
New Directions in the Study of Folksong	HOSOKAWA Shuhei Professor

2008

Project Title	Organizer
Buddhist Perspectives on the Modern and Pre-modern	SUEKI Fumihiko Visiting Professor
Strategy of the Japanese Civilization-towards the life civilization-	YASUDA Yoshinori Professor
Tradition and Creation of yokai Culture in Japan	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
Social History of Sexual Desire	INOUE Shoichi Professor
Owning and Spreading Culture	YAMADA Shoji Associate Professor
The Rule and the Local Society in the Japanese Colonial Empire	MATSUDA Toshihiko Associate Professor
Private and Public in Modern Japan : Comparative Perspectives	INOKI Takenori Director General
Questioning Oriental Aesthetics and Thinking:Crisis in Self-Recognition and Task for the Future	INAGA Shigemi Professor
Comparative Study of Urban Culture in Eurasia	SHIRAHATA Yozaburo Professor
Japan in the 18th century : cultural conditions and international environment	KASAYA Kazuhiko Professor
Reformulation of Intellectual Systems in Modern East Asia	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
Family and Gender Changes in Asia in the Era of Modernization and Globalization	OCHIAI Emiko Visiting Professor
The Structure and Reordering of Manchurian Studies	LIU Jianhui Associate Professor
New Directions in the Study of Folksong	HOSOKAWA Shuhei Professor

2007

Project Title	Organizer
The World of Kôda Rohan	INAMI Ritsuko Professor
An interdisciplinary study of ancient interchanges in East Asia	WANG Weikun Visiting Research Scholars
Strategy of the Japanese Civilization-towards the life civilization-	YASUDA Yoshinori Professor
Tradition and Creation of yokai Culture in Japan	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
Social History of Sexual Desire	INOUE Shoichi Professor
Owning and Spreading Culture	YAMADA Shoji Associate Professor
Maritime Asia as the Cross Cultural and Civilizational Spheres	KAWAKATSU Heita Visiting Professor
Private and Public in Modern Japan : Comparative Perspectives	INOKI Takenori Professor
Comparative Studies in the Interconnexions between Kingship and City Culture	IMATANI Akira Professor
Comparative Study of Urban Culture in Eurasia	SHIRAHATA Yozaburo Professor
Japan in the 18th century : cultural conditions and international environment	KASAYA Kazuhiko Professor
Reformulation of Intellectual Systems in Modern East Asia	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
Family and Gender Changes in Asia in the Era of Modernization and Globalization	OCHIAI Emiko Visiting Professor
The Structure and Reordering of Manchurian Studies	LIU Jianhui Associate Professor
New Directions in the Study of Folksong	HOSOKAWA Shuhei Professor

2006

Project Title	Organizer
The World of Kôda Rohan	INAMI Ritsuko Professor
The Past, Present and Future of Japanese Traditional Arts and Crafts with Special Reference to Kyoto and Its Surroundings	INAGA Shigemi Professor
Strategy of the Japanese Civilization- Environment, Economy and Civilization 21st CenturyGlobal Program	YASUDA Yoshinori Professor
Tradition and Creation of yokai Culture in Japan	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
Cultural History of Sexual Desire	INOUE Shoichi Professor
Owning and Spreading Culture	YAMADA Shoji Associate Professor
Maritime Asia as the Cross Cultural and Civilizational Spheres	KAWAKATSU Heita Professor
The Formation of Intellectual Space in Modern East Asia, A Comparative Study of Conceptual History between Japan and China	SONG Koh Visiting Research Scholar
Comparative Studies in the Interconnexions between Kingship and City Culture	IMATANI Akira Professor
A Study of Bureaucracy of the Japanese Colonial Empire	MATSUDA Toshihiko Associate Professor
Relationship and Networks of Social Groups in Japan during the Interwar Period	INOKI Takenori Professor
Formulation and Reformulation of Science and Arts Genres: A Study of Publication from Pre-modern to Contemporary Japan	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
TOWARDS A NEW JAPAN? - Bridging the Perception Gap Concerning Japan's Contemporary Cultural Identity	SEGERS Rien T. Visiting Research Scholar
The cultural relation of East Asia in pre-modern-age and it's effect	CHOI Park Kwang Visiting Research Scholar
History of KANSAI Region and KANSAI plan -The Social and Physical Base for the Formation of Culture	SENDA Minoru Professor

2005

Project Title	Organizer
Material and Information Culture in Television Commercials	YAMADA Shoji Associate Professor
The Past, Present and Future of Japanese Traditional Arts and Crafts with Special Reference to Kyoto and Its Surroundings	INAGA Shigemi Professor
Strategy of the Japanese Civilization	YASUDA Yoshinori Professor
Flora and Culture in Japan	MITSUTA Kazunobu Associate Professor
Cultural History of Sexual Desire	INOUE Shoichi Professor
Comprehensive research on views of life and the transformation of the "place for death"	KONDO Noriyuki Visiting Professor
Maritime Asia as the cross cultural and civilizational spheres	KAWAKATSU Heita Professor
Courtiers and Warriors: A Comparative History of Bureaucratic and Feudal Systems	KASAYA Kazuhiko Professor
Comparative Studies in the Interconnexions between Kingship and City Culture	IMATANI Akira Professor
Study of Bureaucracy of the Japanese Colonial Empire	MATSUDA Toshihiko Associate Professor
Relationship and Networks of Social Groups in Japan during the Interwar Period	INOKI Takenori Professor
Formulation and Reformulation of Science and Arts Genres: A Study of Publications from Pre-modern to Contemporary Japan	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
A Comprehensive Study about the Formation of the Concept of Two-Character Combination of Kanji in Modern East Asia	FONG Tian Yu Visiting Research Scholar
Sustainability and mediance in Japanese habitation	Augustin BERQUE Visiting Research Scholar
The cultural relation of East Asia in pre-modern-age and it's affect	CHOI Park Kwang Visiting Research Scholar
Historical of KANSAI Region and KANSAI plan-The social and physical base for the formation of culture	SENDA Minoru Professor

2004

Project Title	Organizer
Material and Information Culture in Television Commercials	YAMADA Shoji Associate Professor
The Past, Present and Future of Japanese Traditional Arts and Crafts with Special Reference to Kyoto and Its Surroundings	INAGA Shigemi Professor
The Studies for Spatial Analysis of Historical Information	UNO Takao Professor
Strategy of the Japanese Civilization	YASUDA Yoshinori Professor
Flora and Culture in Japan	MITSUTA Kazunobu Associate Professor
Cultural History of Sexual Desire	INOUE Shoichi Professor
The Significance of Japanese Views of the 'Other World'	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
'Information' and 'Expression' of Travels	SHIRAHATA Yozaburo Professor
Courtiers and Warriors: A Comparative History of Bureaucratic and Feudal Systems	KASAYA Kazuhiko Professor
Ideas on the Technique and the Body in the Process of Modernization in Japan	KIOKA Nobuo Visiting Associate Professor
A Study of Bureaucracy of the Japanese Colonial Empire	MATUDA Toshihiko Associate Professor
Relationship and Networks of Social Groups in Japan during the Interwar Period	INOKI Takenori Professor
Formulation and Reformulation of Science and Arts Genres: A Study of Publication from Pre-modern to Contemporary Japan	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
Ideological Discourses on Feudal and Centralized Bureaucracy Governance in China and Japan	ZHANG Xiang Visiting Research Scholar
A Comprehensive Study about the Formation of the Concept of Two-Character Combination of Kanji in Modern East Asia	FONG Tian Yu Visiting Research Scholar
A Comprehensive Study of the Culture of Modern Northeast China (the former Manchuria)	LIU Jianhui Associate Professor
History of KANSAI Region and KANSAI plan – The Social and Physical Base for the Formation of Culture	SENDA Minoru Professor

2003

Project Title	Organizer
Material and Information Culture in Television Commercials	YAMADA Shoji Associate Professor
Courtiers and Warriors: A Comparative History of Bureaucratic and Feudal Systems	KASAYA Kazuhiko Professor
The Past, Present and Future of Japanese Traditional Arts and Crafts with Special Reference to Kyoto and Its Surroundings	INAGA Shigemi Associate Professor
The Studies for Spatial Analysis of Historical Information	UNO Takao Professor
Natural History of the Mongoloid Peoples	AKAZAWA Takeru Professor
Cultural History of Sexual Desire	INOUE Shoichi Professor
The Significance of Japanese Views of the 'Other World'	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
'Information' and 'Expression' of Travels	SHIRAHATA Yozaburo Professor
The Altered Experience of Embodiment in Modern Japan	KITAZAWA Kazutoshi Visiting Associate Professor
Flora and Culture in Japan	MITSUTA Kazunobu Associate Professor
Boundary Crossings and Hybridity in Cultural Expression	INAMI Ritsuko Professor
Relationship and Networks of Social Groups in Japan during the Interwar Period	INOKI Takenori Professor
Formulation and Reformulation of Science and Arts Genres: A Study of Publication from Pre-modern to Contemporary Japan	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
Ideological Discourses on Feudal and Centralized Bureaucracy Governance in China and Japan	ZHANG Xiang Visiting Research Scholar
A Comprehensive Study of the Culture of Modern Northeast China (the former Manchuria)	LIU Jianhui Associate Professor
Japanese Cultural Life from the Viewpoint of Absence and Reverse-Absence Theory	SONODA Hidehiro Professor

2002

Project Title	Organizer
Modernism in Kansai Japan: An Interdisciplinary Research Project	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
Courtiers and Warriors: A Comparative History of Kingship and Courtesy	KASAYA Kazuhiko Professor
The Studies for Spatial Analysis of historical Information	UNO Takao Professor
Natural History of the Mongoloid Peoples	AKAZAWA Takeru Professor
Family and Society in Tokugawa Japan	OCHIAI Emiko Associate Professor
The Significance of Japanese Views of the 'Other World'	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
'Information' and 'Expression' of Travels	SHIRAHATA Yozaburo Professor
The Altered Experience of Embodiment in Modern Japan	KITAZAWA Kazutoshi Visiting Associate Professor
Continuity and discontinuity in Japanese Literature and Culture 1920-1970	Eduard KLOPFENSTEIN Visiting Research Scholar
Boundary Crossings and Hybridity in Cultural Expression	INAMI Ritsuko Professor
The Formation and Transformation of Cities Related in East Asian Geographical Space	SENDA Minoru Professor
The British Empire (& the British Common Wealth) and Japan in a Comparative Perspective	KAWAKATSU Heita Professor
A Comprehensive Study of the Culture of Modern Northeast China (the former Manchuria)	LIU Jianhui Associate Professor
Japanese Life Culture from the Viewpoint of Absence and Reverse-Absence Theory	SONODA Hidehiro Professor

2001

Project Title	Organizer
Modernism in Kansai Japan: An Interdisciplinary Research Project	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
Courtiers and Warriors: A Comparative History of Kingship and Courtesy	KASAYA Kazuhiko Professor
The Origins of the Japanese Language: the State of Art	Alexander VOVIN Visiting Research Scholar
Natural History of the Mongoloid Peoples	AKAZAWA Takeru Professor
Family and Society in Tokugawa Japan	OCHIAI Emiko Associate Professor
The Structure and Development of Legal Systems of the Japanese Colonial Empire	ASANO Toyomi Visiting Associate Professor
Study of Heian Jinbutsushi	MITSUTA Kazunobu Associate Professor
Japanese Political Economy and Asian Countries	MURAMATSU Michio Visiting Professor
Figures and Places of the Sacred	YORITOMI Motohiro Professor
Boundary Crossings and Hybridity in Cultural Expression	INAMI Ritsuko Professor
The Formation and Transformation of Cities related in East Asian Geographical Space	SENDA Minoru Professor
The Studies on the Science of Similarity and the Information Culture of Mimicry	YAMADA Shoji Associate Professor
The British Empire (& the British Common Wealth) and Japan in a Comparative Perspective	KAWAKATSU Heita Professor
A Comprehensive Study of the Culture of Modern Northeast China (the former Manchuria)	LIU Jianhui Associate Professor
Japanese life Culture from the Viewpoint of Absence and Reverse-Absence Theory	SONODA Hidehiro Professor

2000

Project Title	Organizer
Modernism in Kansai Japan: An Interdisciplinary Research Project	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
The Studies on the Science of Similarity and the Information Culture of Mimicry	YAMADA Shoji Associate Professor
Courtiers and Warriors: - a Comparative History of Kingship and Courtesy	KASAYA Kazuhiko Professor
Noh as Living Theater: A Multi-Faceted Study of Yokyoku	RUBIN Jay Visiting Professor
Japanese Kingship and Shintoism	IMATANI Akira Visiting Professor
Family and Society in Tokugawa Japan	OCHIAI Emiko Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Research on the Historical Formation and Transition of Horror Culture in Japan	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
A Study of Heian Jinbutsushi	MITSUTA Kazunobu Associate Professor
Political Economies of Japan and Asia	MURAMATSU Michio Professor
Comparative Study on the Expression of the Sacred	YORITOMI Motohiro Professor
Interdisciplinary Studies on the Evolution of Weapons: Archaeo-Historical Perspectives	UNO Takao Professor
The Formation and Transformation of Cities related in East Asian Geographical Space	SENDA Minoru Professor
Pax Britannica vs. Pax Tokugawana in a Comparative Perspective	KAWAKATSU Heita Professor
Mating Systems, Mate Choice, and Evolution by Sexual Selection in Humans	AKAZAWA Takeru Professor
"Discovering" Japan in the 19th Century: Images of Other Cultures in Travel and Travel Writings	SHIRAHATA Yozaburo Professor
Crisis Management and Preventive Diplomacy	KIMURA Hiroshi Professor
Japanese life Culture from the Viewpoint of Absence and Reverse-Absence Theory	SONODA Hidehiro Professor

1999

Project Title	Organizer
The role and impact of Vietnamese-Japanese relations on Asia-Pacific Cooperation at present and the coming years	NGUYEN Duy Dung Visiting Associate Professor
The Studies on the Science of Similarity and the Information Culture of Mimicry	YAMADA Shoji Associate Professor
An Interdisciplinary Study of Taisho Era Journals	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
High Resolution Reconstruction of Climatic Changes and Rise and Fall of Civilizations	YASUDA Yoshinori Professor
Historical Sociology of Family and Population	OCHIAI Emiko Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Research on the Historical Formation and Transition of Horror Culture in Japan	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
A Study of Heian Jinbutsushi	MITSUTA Kazunobu Associate Professor
A Research on the Transition of Japanese Conception of Time	HASHIMOTO Takehiko Visiting Professor
Political Economies of Japan and Asia	MURAMATSU Michio Professor
Comparative Study on the Expression of the Sacred	YORITOMI Motohiro Professor
Interdisciplinary Studies on the Evolution of Weapons: Archaeo-Historical Perspectives	ISHII Shiro Professor
Pax Britannica vs. Pax Tokugawana in a Comparative Perspective	KAWAKATU Heita Professor
Mating Systems, Mate Choice, and Evolution by Sexual Selection in Humans	AKAZAWA Takeru Professor
"Discovering" Japan in the 19th Century: Images of Other Cultures in Travel and Travel Writings	SHIRAHATA Yozaburo Professor
Crisis Management and Preventive Diplomacy	KIMURA Hiroshi Professor
Cultural History of the Body, Pictorial Perspectives	KURIYAMA Shigehisa Associate Professor

1998

Project Title	Organizer
Law in a Changing Society	ISHII Shiro Professor
Modernism in Literature: Various Aspects in Transition	INAMI Ritsuko Professor
An Interdisciplinary Study on Periodicals of the Taisho Era Journals	SUZUKI Sadami Professor
High Resolution Reconstructions of Climate Change and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations	YASUDA Yoshinori Professor
Historical Sociology of Family and Population	OCHIAI Emiko Associate Professor
Interdisiplinary Research on the Historical Formation and Transition of Horror Culture in Japan	KOMATSU Kazuhiko Professor
Shogi Strategy and Japanese Culture	OMOTO Keiichi Professor
Courtier and Warrior Cultures: A Comparative History of Kingship and Courtesy	KASAYA Kazuhiko Professor
The Transformation of Japanese Media and Journalism in an Information Society	SHIBAYAMA Tetsuya Visiting Associate Professor
Formation Processes of the Ancient Asian Civilizations Surrounding the East Asian Mediterranean from the Third to Seventh Centuries A.D.	SENDA Minoru Professor
Japanese Musical Narrative: Orality, Structures, Meanings	Alison Isobel Rae TOKITA Visiting Associate Professor
Mating Systems, Mate Choice, and Evolution by Sexual Selection in Humans	AKAZAWA Takeru Professor
"Discovering" Japan in the 19th Century: Images of Other Cultures in Travel and Travel Writings	SHIRAHATA Yozaburo Professor
Crisis Management and Preventative Diplomacy	KIMURA Hiroshi Professor
Cultural History of the Body, Pictorial Perspectives	KURIYAMA Shigehisa Associate Professor

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