Faculty
Director-General
Deputy Directors-General
Full-time Faculty
Professors

Research Division
ARAKI Hiroshi
Japanese literature

Research Division
ISODA Michifumi
Japanese history

Research Division
ISOMAE Jun'ichi
Religious studies, critical theory

Research Division
ITŌ Takayuki
History of Chinese thought, cultural interaction in East Asia, comparative culture

Research Division
USHIMURA Kei
Comparative literature and culture, intellectual history

Research Division
ENOMOTO Wataru
Medieval history of international exchange

Research Division
ŌTSUKA Eiji
History of the arts of manga, study of the creation of manga, history of modern literature

Research Division
KUSUNOKI Ayako
Japanese political and diplomatic history, security studies

Research Division
KURAMOTO Kazuhiro
History of ancient Japan

Research Division
Timon SCREECH
Art history and history of the Edo period

Office of Digital Resources, Publications, and Public Information
SEKINO Tatsuki
Informatics

Research Division
ZHAN Xiaomei
History of artistic connections between Japan and China in the modern age

Research Division
TAKII Kazuhiro
Constitutional history, comparative legal history

Research Division
YASUI Manami
Japanese folklore, cultural anthropology

Research Division
YAMADA Shōji
Informatics, history of cultural exchange

Research Division
LIU Jianhui
History of cultural connections between Japan and China
Associate Professors
Specially Appointed Faculty (Domestic)
Research Fellows

Research Division
AKIYAMA Kaori
History of Japanese in Hawai'i

Research Division
UENO Katsuyuki
Cultural history of ancient and medieval Japan

Research Division
ŌMURA Kazuma
Political thought, political theory

Research Division
GOZA Yūichi
Japanese medieval history

Research Division
ZHUANG Hanqi
Oriental history

Research Division
TAMURA Miyuki
Modern Japanese literature

Research Division
NISHIMURA Masahiko
History of U.S.-Japan relations, international relations
Project Research Fellows
Visiting Faculty (Domestic)
Professors

ENDŌ Masayuki
Fetal diagnosis and treatment

KAWASHIMA Kohei
History of sport, American studies

KIM Taeho
Japanese medieval history

TOHMATSU Haruo
Diplomatic and war history

TOYODA Hiroaki
History of capital city planning in East Asia, history of palace structure in East Asia, history of gardens

PARK Sang Mi
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HORI Madoka
比較文学、日本近現代文学、境界者の文芸文化
Visiting Research Scholars

LEE Aesook
Heian Monogatari, literature education

WEI Min
Legal history, comparative law

WANG Xinsheng
Japanese history and Japanese politics

YEN Hsinju
History of modern Taiwan, history of Japanese immigrants, social and cultural history

HUANG Tzu-Chin
Modern Sino-Japanese relations, modern Japanese history of diplomacy

Daniel SCHLEY
Japanese history of Ideas, especially late Heian- and Kamakura period (12th–14th century). Studies on Watsuji Tetsurō

Clelia Florence ZERNIK
Art philosphy

Mario TALAMO
Literature of the late Edo period

Dennitza Stefanova GABRAKOVA
Environmental humanities, cultural diplomacy

Hasan TOPACOGLU
Cultural studies, media events, memory, identity, oral history

PARK Jae-Hwan
Japanese lingusitic

Alireza REZAEE
Comparative religion、comparative cultural studies