Activities

The International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) was founded in 1987 to pursue international, interdisciplinary, and comprehensive research on Japanese culture and to provide research cooperation and support for Japanese studies scholars around the world.

1. 1Research themes are established from an international perspective, enlisting the participation of numerous scholars from Japan and abroad. Interdisciplinary team research is the Center's fundamental mode of scholarship.
2. 2We divide our collaborative research into the three units of "Perspectives on Nature/Perspectives on Humanity," "Power and Culture," and "Developing Research into Popular Culture," with a view to maximizing flexibility in organization and operation.
3. 3Nichibunken performs the role of resource center, providing information and bibliographical assistance to scholars and research institutions engaged in Japanese studies around the world, and offers research cooperation as needed.
4. 4The results of research at Nichibunken are made widely available for the benefit of international society through books, scholarly periodicals, lectures, symposiums, and other means.
5. 5Nichibunken is the institutional home of the Japanese Studies Program, Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI. The Program offers graduate instruction and guidance toward the Ph. D. degree.
   The Center provides orientation and guidance on Japanese studies for Japanese and foreign graduate students who are affiliated with other educational institutions.