2010, Research Projects
Social Inequalities in Asian and Pacific Areas:Empirical Research.(2008-2010)
[Project Leader]Jun Kobayashi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities)
[Purpose]
This project investigate structures of Social inequalities i Asian and Pacific areas by using empirical methods.
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Carbon fixation and biomass production/conversion by arid land afforestation in Asia Pacific area.(2008-2010)
[Project Leader]Toshinori Kojima (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)
[Purpose]
The arid land afforestation technology for carbon fixation is established,applied to Asian areas and conveersion of biomass in these countries and its transportation to Japan are optimized.
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"Romanticism study" — A comparative study in Japan, U.K. and Germany.(2008-2010)
[Project Leader]Kazuo Seto (Professor, Faculty of Law)
[Purpose]
The arid land afforestation technology for carbon fixation is established,applied to Asian areas and Assingn new light to European Romanticism through reception of the Romanticism in Japan.
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America and Violence(2008-2010)
[Project Leader]Kenji Gonda (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities)
[Purpose]
To examine the meaning of violence in the American Experience as well asto explore the "Americanness" of violence/
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Trustworthiness among Peers in Peers(2P2) Overlay Networks in Asia-Pacific Area.(2009-2011)
[Project Leader]Makoto Takizawa (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology)
[Purpose]
P2P overlay networks are scalable distributed systems Which are composed of peer processes without centraized controllers. Here, it is critical for each peer to recognize how much to peer can trust other peers. In this project, we would like to formalize the trustworthiness among peers by cooperation of Asian researchers.
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Comparative study on the white collar crime between Japan and China(2009-2011)
[Project Leader]Kougyoku Kin (Professor, Faculty of Law)
[Purpose]
Comparison of the legal systems between Japan and China concerning the white crimes and the punishments.
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New Frontiers of Studies of Refugees and Forced Migrants(2010-2012)
[Project Leader]Kei Hakata (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities)
[Purpose]
By conducting a research on the situation of refugees and forcedmigrants and on the policy and academic trends concerning them, the project aims to establish the Forced Migration Studies as an academic discipline and to raise the general understanding of the issues as well within the Japanese society.
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Representations of "Japan" in the Modern Era and the Asian and Pacific Geopolitics(2010-2012)
[Project Leader]Fuhito Endo (Professor, Faculty of Humanities)
[Purpose]
To historicize representations of "Japan" in the modern era within the context(s) of the Asian and Pacific Geopolitics.
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The Pacific Rim and Postcolonialism: The Possibility of Crossculturalism(2010-2012)
[Project Leader]Akinobu Okuma (Professor, Faculty of Humanities)
[Purpose]
Theorizing about new crossculturalism, examining monoculturalism and multiculturalism in light of postcolonialism.
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Invention of Identities and Development of Pluralism—from the Perspective of Asia/China(2010-2012)
[Project Leader]Tomiko Yuyama (Professor, Faculty of Law)
[Purpose]
This project, by surveying the present situation of Asian developing countries, especially China, examines the possiblity of and its philosophical drive for founding cultural and social pluralism in the world growing border-less under the concept of globalization. It also discusses how the intellectual interaction between Asia and the West would make it feasible to propose a kind of Asian uniqueness vis-a-vis Western trend of "globalization".
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