Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Seikei University

2009, Research Projects

The Relation between Democracy and Nationalism in Asia and in the West.(2007-2009)

[Project Leader] Takashi Kato (Professor, Faculty of Law)

[Purpose]
To cast light on the many facets of the relationship between democracy and and nationalism in Asia and in the West.

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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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Pilot Projects

Protection, return and settlement of internally displaced persons - comparative case studies of Sri Lanka and Georgia.(2009)

[Project Leader]Kei Hakata (Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities)

[Purpose]
While focusing on their protection, return and settlement, this study aims to seek remedies to the protection scheme for internally displaced persons(IDPs) by examining its inplementation and various protection efforts undertaken sur place in favor of IDPs.

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Making of Walden 72-Spells(2009)

[Project Leader]Tadashi Kondo (Professor, Faculty of Economics)

[Purpose]
A Thoreau's version of 72-Spells will be retrieved from the database of his Journal, which is stored at the Thoreau Institute in Concord, Massachusetts.

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Completsd Projects

• * Research Projects
• * Pilot Projects