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2007 Fulbright Grantees

2007~Japanese Grantees


Researchers / Journalists / Doctoral Dissertation Research Students / Graduate Students / Study of the U.S. Institutes for Foreign Secondary School Educators (ASSI)

Researchers

Name.Title
 
Institution/Expertise/Theme
KANAI, Ken
Researcher, Nat'l Research Inst. for Cultural Heritage
US/ICOMOS / Architecture: A study of policy and practice of historic preservation for buildings and sites in the U.S.
KAZASHI, Nobuo
Professor,
Kobe U.
Harvard U. / Philosophy: To re-consider James’philosophy from the viewpoints of pragmatism, phenomenology, and pluralism to bring its contemporary possibilities into light
KINA, Ikue
Associate Professor,
U. of the Ryukyus
U.C.Berkeley / American Literature: From Story to History: Chicana/o Narratives and Construction of Border Cultures in the Multicultural United States
KITAMURA, Yuto
Associate Professor,
Nagoya U.
George Washington U. / Education: Comparative analysis of American and Japanese educational development assistance in the Greater Mekong region

MIYAJI, Naoko
Professor,
Hitotsubashi U.

Cambridge Health Alliance / Public Health & Community: Masculinity, sexuality and social peace: social effects of male sexual trauma and their implications for public policy
MIYASHITA, Akitoshi
Professor,
Tokyo International U.
Vanderbilt U. / International Relations: Emerging Rivalry between Japan and China: Implications for the United States
OHORI, Toshio
Associate Professor,
U. of Tokyo
U.C. Santa Barbara / Linguistics, Theory: Linguistics (cognitive linguistics, especially typological study of complex constructions and their discourse functions)
OTSUKA, Juro
Professor,
Sophia U.
Harvard U. / American Literature: The role of Literature and Religion in the formation of the Democratic tradition in Antebellum America
SASAKURA, Hiroki
Associate Professor,
Chiba U.
Harvard Law School / Criminal Law & Procedure: Parallel administrative/Civil and criminal proceedings: Limits of information sharing and protection of privacy
TAKESHIMA, Sadaharu
Associate Professor,
Kanazawa U.
New York U. / Accounting: To develop a descriptive accounting theory based on the events approach and to examine its implications for contemporary accounting
TANAKA, Kikuyo
Professor,
Kwansei Gakuin U.
Harvard U. / American History: Reconsidering nineteeth century American nationalism as seen in the orphan train projects
YOKOTAMURAKAMI, Takayuki
Associate Professor,
Osaka U.
Columbia U. / Comparative Literature: Russian Literature in Emigration in the United States: With the Emphasis on the Far East Connection
YUKI, Masami
Associate Professor,
Kanazawa U.
Stanford U. / American Literature: Comparative study of environmental imagination and modes of its representation in American and Japanese environmental literature


Journalists

Name.Title
 
Institution/Expertise/Theme
KOSHIMORI, Jotaro
Staff Writer, The Chunichi Shimbun, Tokyo
Georgetown U. / Law: Study of the Patriot Act, focusing on changes in intelligence, investigation, journalism and civil life in the U.S in terms of antiterrorism.
MOTOZAWA, Ichiro
Announcer, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.)
Harvard U. / Communications: My research topic is exploring the role of public broadcasters. I intend to do comparative research on NHK, PBS and the BBC
OGURI, Izumi
Anchorperson, Resigned from Nippon Television Network Corp.
SAIS, Johns Hopkins U. / International Relations: Examines the political culture and policymaking system of U.S., emphasizing the emerging role of U.S.-Japan relations
OKADA, Isao
Senior Staff Writer, The Mainichi Shimbun, Osaka
Harvard U. / Business & Management: Sports administration and facility management


Doctoral Dissertation Research Students

Name.Title
 
Institution/Expertise/Theme
KAWAGUCHI, Yuko
Doctoral Student, Area Studies,
U. of Tokyo
U.C. Santa Cruz / History: The role of the U.S. in constructing the collective memory of Hiroshima bombing in Japan in the early postwar years
KINOSHITA, Mari
Doctoral Student, International Health,
Nagoya U.
Johns Hopkins U. / Public Health & Community: A study on survey samplings in emergencies and development of a guideline
NAKAJIMA, Izumi
Doctoral Student
History of Art,
Hitotsubashi U.
U.C. Berkeley / Art History: Abstract Expressionism within the works of Japanese artists; as a field of cultural politics of the post-war period
NISHIKAWA, Masaru
Doctoral Student, Dept/Political Science,
Keio U.
Temple U. / Political Science: Placing third parties in the U.S.: Historical case studies and building a theoretical framework
SAKUTA, Chie
Doctoral Student,
Language and Information Sciences,
U. of Tokyo
U.C. Santa Barbara / Linguistics, Theory: A comparative examination of intonation units in Japanese and English, from the perspectives of syntax, function and information structure


Graduate Students

Name.Title
 
Institution/Expertise/Theme
ARAKI GOTO, Ai
Program Associate, Center for Global Partnership,
The Japan Foundation

Harvard U. / Higher Education: Competitive strategies of universities in the global age; Japan-US comparative policy studies on funding acquisition and internationalization

FUKUI-MIYAGAWA, Haruna
Doctoral Student, Grad. Sch./Social Sciences,
Hitotsubashi U.
Arizona State U. / Sociology: Educational attainment and labor force participation of children of immigrants in the U.S.-sociological analysis on generation and family
HASHIMOTO, Satoru
Doctoral Student, Grad. Sch./Arts and Sciences,
U. of Tokyo
Harvard U. / East Asian Studies: The reception of East Asian art in the U.S.
IIDA, Rentaro
Doctoral Student, Grad.Sch./Law and Politics,
U. of Tokyo
Georgetown U. / Comparative Politics: Left-Right coalition building of Christian rights groups in contemporary American politics
INOUE, Yoko
Staff Writer, Editorial Department,
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo
Harvard U. / Public Administration & Policy: Finding the balance between deregulation and public interest: case studies of public policy in Japan and the U.S. from 1990 to the present
KAWAHARA, Daisuke
Doctoral Student, Grad. Sch./ Human and Env'tal Human Coexistence,
Kyoto U.
SUNY, Albany / Art History: Post-classical Hollywood cinema: style and mode of films after 1960s
MAKITA, Yoshiya
Doctoral Student, Grad. Sch. /Sociology,
Hitotsubashi U.
Boston U. / American Studies: The activities and ideas of the young intellectuals in the early twentieth-century New York: An intellectual history
MIAKE, Naoko
Doctoral Student, Grad. Sch./Medical Administration,
Tokyo Medical and Dental U.
U. of Pennsylvania / Hospital Administration: Effectiveness enhancement in health care business; from micro-level hospital financing to macro-level health care system designing
MIYAJIMA, Manabu
Attorney-at-Law/Patent Attorney, Litigation Dept.,
Kyowa Patent and Law Office
New York U. / Copyright, Patent: Comparisons of court decisions made in the U.S. and Japan regarding intellectual property infringement cases, particularly patent infringement cases
NAGO, Asami
Doctoral Student, Grad.Sch./Cult. Stds.& Human Sci.,
Kobe U.
U. of Hawaii / Cultural Anthropology: Filipino nurse diaspora in the U.S.: identity, nationalism, and community development
NARITA, Hiroki
Master's Student, Grad. Sch./Foreign Studies,
Sophia U.
Harvard U. / Linguistics, Theory: Scientific study of language as an organ of human mind/brain, within the framework of current generative grammar
ONISHI, Kayo
Doctoral Student, Grad. Sch./Frontier Sciences,
U. of Tokyo
Indiana U. / Public Administration & Policy: International environmental diplomacy and environmental policy, and conflict management
SANO, Kayoko
Doctoral Student, Grad. Sch./Humanities & Soc. Sci.,
U. of Tsukuba
Indiana U. / International Law & Organizations: Compliance with international humanitarian law
SUZUKI, Shintaro
Full-time Lecturer, Grad. Sch. / Law,
Nagoya U.
U. of Southern California / Philosophy of Law: What reinterpreting legal concepts can do for the acceptance of medical technology: Trans-Pacific analysis of organ transplantations
TAKAHASHI, Wakagi
Doctoral Student, Grad. Sch./Humanities and Soc.,
U. of Tokyo
SUNY, Stony Brook / Philosophy: Arendt's legacy in political philosophy and the contributions to constitutional normative theory by Habermasians and phenomenological philosophers
TANIZAWA, Mitsuru
Associate, Attorney-at-law,
Nishimura, Partners
Columbia U. / Comparison of Legal Systems: How to establish the soundness and the level playing field of international financial institutions
UENO, Mayumi
Special Liaison Mission in Tokyo Counter Trafficking Focal Point in Japan,
Intl Org. for Migration (IOM)
Harvard U. / Public Administration & Policy: Federal protection measures of US government for human trafficking victims who cooperate with law enforcement agencies in the process of prosecution
YAMAZAKI, Yushi
Doctoral Student, Grad. Sch. /Human and Env'tal,
Kyoto U.
U. of Southern California / History: The relationship between Garvey movement and African diaspora in the post-WW1 age of decolonization
YOKOYAMA, Izumi
Doctoral Student, Grad. Sch./Economics,
Hitotsubashi U.
U. of Michigan / Labor Economics: The research of wage rigidity during a recession
YOSHINO, Madoka
Master's Student, Grad. Sch./Agriculture,
Tokyo U. of Agr. & Tech.
Indiana U. / Forestry & Natural Resources: Managing and governing water environment: optimization of the monitoring and risk evaluating projects in the developing regions


ASSI

Name.Title
 
Institution
ISHIKAWA, Hiromi
Teacher of English
Sayama Municipal Chuo Jr. H.S.
U. of Illinois, Chicago
MATSUMOTO, Hiroyuki
Teacher of English
Hokkaido Sapporo Technical H.S.
Institute for Training and Development, Amherst , MA
SHIRAKAWA, Yuko
Teacher of English
Takagi Gakuen Girls' High School
U. of Illinois, Chicago
SUKA, Yukie
Teacher of English
Sundai Gakuen Jr. & Sr. H.S.
Institute for Training and Development, Amherst , MA