Faculty Introduction

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Peace Studies, International Relations

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Human Security Peacebuilding

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Philosophy/ethics, history of thought

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Modern German Thought, Social Contract Theory, and Spiritual and Cultural History

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Cultural anthropology/folklore, sociology

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Mexican Popular Culture, Religious Movements in Central America

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Philosophy/ethics, foreign language education

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Japanese-Russian language communication research, Russian language teaching methods, Russian thought (especially Tolstoy's thought)

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Japanese Language Studies

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Research on Japanese multifunctional verbs

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European Language Literature

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1. Eugene O'Neill Study
2. Research on 20th Century American Theatre
3. Theatre theory

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Japanese Language Studies

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History of the Japanese language up to the present day, history of Japanese language studies

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Japanese language education, specialized Japanese language education, collaborative learning

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I am researching sustainable Japanese language education for foreign medical and welfare professionals, and how to incorporate collaborative learning and CLIL into specialized Japanese language education.

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Historical Sociology, Sociology of War, Indonesian Area Studies

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1. The Establishment of the Imperial Rule Assistance Movement in Java under the Japanese Occupation
2. The military-industrial-academic complex and the occupation of knowledge in Java during the Japanese occupation
3. "Occupation of the Body" in Java during the Japanese Occupation

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Second language acquisition (Japanese and Korean), Japanese language education

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I analyze the acquisition of Japanese and Korean as second languages using quantitative methods such as statistics and experiments.

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Japanese history

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Political and cultural history from the end of the Heian period to the early Kamakura period, and performing arts history from the Northern and Southern Courts to the Muromachi period

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European Language Literature

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Russian literature, comparative literature (Russian and Japanese literature, Russian and American literature), comparative analysis of British and Russian literature with a focus on the works of Vladimir Nabokov

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Japanese history

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Modern Japanese Political History

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Sociology

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Research into French social theory, including the theories of Emile Durkheim, Soka education theory and Durkheimian sociology, gender studies

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Conflict resolution, post-conflict reconstruction, peacebuilding, social reconciliation

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Inclusive conflict resolution; local ownership in peacebuilding; post-liberal models of peacebuilding; agonistic pluralism and post-conflict reconciliation

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English Studies

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A comparison of Japanese and English. Looking at English grammar from a historical and cognitive perspective.

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Regional Studies

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Cultural exchange between Japan and China in the early modern period centered on Nagasaki, and in modern times centered on Chinese students studying abroad

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Social Welfare, Rehabilitation

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International Relations

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History, theory, and regional studies of international society with the aim of pursuing peace

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Chinese Philosophy

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Modern Neo-Confucianism, Comparative Study of Feng Qi Philosophy and Makiguchi's Value Theory, Issues in Modern China

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Japanese Classical Literature

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1. Research on Ihara Saikaku
2. Research on the feudal lord culture of the Edo period

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Social Anthropology with reference to Japanese Politics, Religion, Society, and Gender

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Anthropology of Japan; Anthropology of Politics and Religion in Japan; Anthropology of Gender; Anthropology of Religion; Youth and Popular Culture in Japan; Komeito and Soka Gakkai; Okinawa; Community relations in democracy and peacebuilding in local-national relations; Social Theory in Anthropology .

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English Studies

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Corpus-based study of changes in present-day English

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Oriental History

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Research on the Qing Dynasty's state structure and banner society, and research on the decolonization of the soul

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Sociology, Social Work

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Symbolism of the city

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Japanese Language Studies

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We are researching the various rules and conditions that bridge the gap between the structure and function of language.

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Contemporary thought (epistemology), Japanese literature, Japanese language education

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1. Modern Japanese Literature: Research on novels and novel language from the Taisho and Showa periods, focusing on Kawabata Yasunari.
2. Contemporary Literary Theory: Research into literary criticism theory, focusing on narrative theory and contemporary thought.
3. Japanese language education: Research into the value of novels as teaching materials in Japanese language education.
4. Contemporary thought/epistemology: Research into world perception through neuroscience, contemporary physics, and third-term theory (Tanaka Minoru).

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Social Welfare Studies

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Mutual support in the local community

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Teacher Education/English Education

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Teacher Education/English Education

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Foreign Language Education

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Humanistic approach in English language education

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American literature, British and American children's literature, foreign language education

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American Renaissance, Fantasy and Metaphor, English Literature in English Education

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Sociology, Media and Culture, Gender Studies

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Right-wing media culture, nationalism, and gender studies in the male sphere

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Foreign Language Education

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Chinese communication expression method and Chinese language teaching method

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Philosophy and Ethics

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(1) Metaethics and metanormativity (naturalistic moral realism, the relationship between practical normativity and cognitive normativity, the particularism vs. generalism debate, etc.)
(2) Applied ethics (medical ethics [informed consent], ethics of urban environments, welfare ethics, suicide, etc.)
(3) Others (ethics of belief, the nature of faith, the social impact of the humanities, the contemporary development of Buddhism, etc.)

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Russian folklore, Russian folk culture, Slavic mythology

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Russian funeral laments and funeral rites, folk culture of the Russian North

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Social Welfare Studies

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Social work values and ethics Social work resource development

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European Regional History, Modern French History

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Research on the Early Modern History of the Duchy of Lorraine-et-Bar

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Popular Culture Studies

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1. The formation and transformation of special effects films and the science fiction genre in postwar Japan
2. Stories and Expressions in Tezuka Osamu's Early Manga Works

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First-year education

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British and American Literature

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Literary research on queer, gender, and sexuality (focusing on English and American literature), comparative research with Japanese queer literature

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British and American Literature

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Shakespeare adaptations, Shakespeare and English education, Shakespeare and pop culture