Japan-U.S.Educational Commission

2008 Fulbright Grantees

2008~Japanese Grantees

Researchers(11) / Journalists(3) / Doctoral Dissertation Research Students(5) / Graduate Students(20) / Study of the U.S. Institutes for Foreign Secondary School Educators (ASSI)(2) / Fulbright Language Assistant Teachers(12)

Researchers

Name.Title		Institution/Expertise/Theme
ABE, Masahiko Associate Professor Grad. Sch./humanities and Sociology, U. of Tokyo		Columbia U. / Comparative Literature: History of emotion and its relation to the idea of politeness in the context of art and literature
DAIDO, Kohei Associate Professor Sch./Economics, Kwansei Gakuin U.		U. of Washington / Labor Economics: A behavioral economic analysis on firm organizations
EHARA, Hiromi Professor Fac./Law, Teikyo U.		George Washington U. / International Education: U.S. International Education Policy for Latin America: Its historical role for educational development in Brazil and Mexico
FUJINAGA, Yasumasa Associate Professor Fac./Humanities, Humanities and Social Sciences, Yamaguchi U.		U. of Michigan / American History: The problem of Post-Civil Rights America: The Black Power Movement and its impacts on Sociopolitical Transformations in the Northern Cities
HOSOYA, Yuichi Associate Professor Fac./Law, Politics, Keio U.		Princeton U. / International Relations: The Creation of the U.S.-Japan alliance and the Postwar Asia-Pacific Security
KO, Keiko Professor Humanities, Law and Economics Law and Economics, Mie U.		Columbia U. / International Law & Organizations: The implication of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 in the War against Terrorism
LIM, Chuantiong Associate Professor Fac./Law and Letters Policy Science & International, U. of Ryukyus		Harvard U. / U.S.'s Okinawa Policy in the early days of Postwar Era: on the status of Okinawa and the people's self-identity formation
NISHIYAMA, Shiho Associate Professor Fac./Engineering Sustainable Society Studies, Yamanashi U.		Harvard U. / Urban Sociology: Community Governance formed by Social Enterprise which promotes urban regeneration
TSUBAKI, Kiyofumi Professor Fac./Liberal Arts English, Tsuda Coll.		Columbia U. / American Literature: The impact of jazz on American literature and culture represented in the works of Ralph Ellison, Langston Hughes, and Ishmael Reed
TSUJIMOTO, Yoko Professor Fac./Foreign Language English, Kobe City U. of Foreign Studies		Yale U. / American Studies: Violent Women in American Culture: The Representation of Violence as Strategies of American Women in Literature, Film and Fine Arts
YAMASHITA, Hikaru Senior Fellow Research Dept. Second Research Office, Nat'l Inst. for Defense Studies		Columbia U. / International Relations: UN peacekeeping reform: achievements, limits and implications for the future of peace operations

Journalists

Name.Title		Institution/Expertise/Theme
GOMI, Yoji Editor Foreign News Section, The Tokyo Shimbun		Georgetown U. / International Relations: The U.S. policy on North Korea and North east Asian relations
MAEDA, Kai Staff Writer Tokyo Bureau, The Nishi-Nippon Shimbun		American U. / Sociology: Study of peace movements in the United States, Japan and the Pacific; the abolition of nuclear weapons as their goals
TAKEUCHI, Mariko Part-time Lecturer, Schl. of Letters, Waseda U. Guest Researcher, The Nat'l Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo		Bard Coll. / Education: Education of photography appreciation at academics and art institutions in the U.S.

Doctoral Dissertation Research Students

Name.Title		Institution/Expertise/Theme
KOBAYASHI, Tomohiko Associate Professor, Grad. Schl./Law, Otaru U. of Commerce		Tufts U. / International Law & Organizations Ensuring domestic implementation of changing WTO Law: An analysis of the implementation of the dispute settlement rulings and amended WTO agreements
ODA, Takashi Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Environmental Tohoku U.		U.C.Berkeley / Geography: Socio-political (Re)construction of Urban Environment: Neighborhood Transformation of U.S. Cities in the Context of Neo-liberalist Urban Governance
SUGIMOTO, Mai Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Letters Philosophy and History of Science, Kyoto U.		U. of Minnesota / American History: C. E. Shannon and the development of four informatics area - information theory, cryptology, switching theory and artificial intelligence
TAMAYAMA, Tomoyo Doctoral Student, Schl./Cultural and Social Studies, Comparative Studies, Grad. U. for Advanced Studies		U. of New Mexico / Cultural Anthropology: An impact study of uranium mine re-development project the southwest indigenous communities
TOMOTSUGU, Shinsuke Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Environmental Studies Law and Politics, Nagoya U.		George Washington U. / International Relations: U. S.-Japan nuclear diplomacy under the Fukuda and Carter Administrations over the operation of the spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Tokaimura

Graduate Students

Name.Title		Institution/Expertise/Theme
ISHIDA, Masahiko Attorney at Law, Mori Hamada and Matsumoto		Columbia U. / Corporation Law: Corporate Governance in relation to M&A transactions, including MBOs and such legal provisions as the "Deal Protection Clause"
ISHIKAWA, Chiaki Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Arts English and American Literature, Rikkyo U.		Ohio State U. / American Literature: A Critical Study on the Impacts of James Baldwin's Transgressive Imagination on Toni Morrison's Representations of Black Female Sexuality
KOTO, Sachiko Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Language and Culture Language and Culture, Osaka U.		New York U. / English & American Literature: Harlem Renaissance, Counter Modernism to the Dominance, Postcolonial Studies
KURAMOTO, Yukari Associate McKinsey and Company Inc. Japan		M.I.T. / Business Management: Studies on the difference of the organization strengths needed for continuous innovations in business corporations between U.S. and Japan
KUSUNOSE, Mayumi Resigned from Tosajuku		U. of Pennsylvania / Philosophy: A research on clinical pragmatism and ethics consultation in bioethics - study on practicable and effective measures for solving ethical problems
MIE, Ayako Resigned from NHK World		U.C. Berkeley / Communications & Journalism: Difficult priorities in international news reporting and the shaping of public opinion by media post 9/11, possible solution for balanced reporting
MORI, Izumi Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Education Social Sciences in Education., U. of Tokyo		Pennsylvania State U. / Educational Sociology: The developments, functions and implications of private tutoring in Japan and in the U.S.
MURAOKA, Rie Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Policy Studies Policy Studies, Nat'l Grad. Inst. for Policy Studies		Michigan State U. / Economics: Analysis of labor-intensive industrial cluster dynamics and its role in poverty reduction in developing countries
NAKAMURA, Shohei Resigned from Tokyo Metropolitan Government		Cornell U. / Urban & Regional Planning: Study objective: Urban policy with respect to alleviating poverty in developing cities of Asia and the Pacific
ODA, Toru Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Arts and Sciences Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, U. of Tokyo		U.C. Irvine / American Literature: Emma Goldman and the American Cultural Scene 1906-1919: The Anarchist Cultural Network from Naturalism to Modernism
OTSUKA, Jun Completed Grad. Schl./Letters Philosophy, Kyoto U.		Indiana U. / Philosophy: Logical structure of teleological explanation and its application in biology
SATO, Seiko Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Humanities and Sociology Regional Studies, U. of Tokyo		U. of Chicago / Religion and Theology: The co-existence of religions in the nineteenth century U.S. within the context of rising secular society and the liberalization of religion
SEOKA, Nao Resigned from Doshisha U.		New York U. / International Law & Organizations: Origin, practice and prospects of Veto Power in the UN Security Council: search for its legitimate use in UN Reform
SHIMMI, Yukiko Resigned from U. of Electro-Communication		U. of Minnesota / International Education: Attributes of an Effective Intaker: crucial elements for student affairs professionals in facilitating international student adaptation and development
SOGO, Akira Director, Akira Sogo Architects		U.C.L.A./ Architectural Design:Design Strategies for Architecture and Cites by Redistribution of Density
SUZUKI, Daiyu Resigned from Chiba City Makuharihongo Jr. H.Schl.		Columbia U. / Education: School reform through professional development of teachers
TOKUNAGA, Tomoko Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Education Integrated Edu. Sciences, U. of Tokyo		U. of Maryland / Educational Sociology: A Comparative Study of Filipino Immigrant Children in Japan and the U.S.: Educational expectations and attainment
TSUNEISHI, Norihiko Resigned from Kiyonobu Nakagame Architect and Associates		M.I.T. / Architectural History: Rethinking the History of Japanese Modernist Architecture: The Influence of Western Modernism on Japanese Architect, Togo Murano
UCHIHARA, Hiroto Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Humanities and Soc. Linguistics, U. of Tokyo		SUNY / Linguistics: A Descriptive Study of the Cherokee Language
YATSU, Minako Doctoral Student, Grad. Schl./Human Relations Education, Keio U.		U. of Wisconsin-Madison / Higher Education: Meaning of changing ideas of liberal/general education and the morality in the American undergraduate curriculum in the early twentieth century

ASSI

Name.Title		Institution
SUETAKE, Hisato Teacher of Social Studies Nagaoka Municipal Aobadai Jr. H.S.		Amherst Coll.
TOMITA, Daisuke Teacher of English Osaka Kyoiku U. Tennoji Sr. H.S.		U. of Illinois, Chicago

Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant Program

Name.Title		Institution
ASANO, Hiroyo Completed Master's course Grad. Schl./ Communication Studies, Rikkyo U.		Lincoln U.
FUJITA, Eriko Resigned from Academic & Int'l Policy Div., Akita Pref. Government		U. of Scranton
FUKUNISHI, Keiko Special Course student, Grad. Schl./Letters Kansai U.		Colorado College
KANEDA, Yukiko Completed Master's course, Grad. Schl./ English Education, Tokyo U. of Foreign Studies		Tougaloo College
KINJO, Sawako Graduated from Languages and Cultures English, U. of the Ryukyus		Beloit College
KOHNO, Mikiko Resigned from Soka U.		U. of Alabama, Birmingham
OMURA, Emiko Graduated from British & American Studies, Nanzan U.		Wittenberg U.
SAKAMOTO, Chihiro Graduated from Secondary Education English Education, Naruto U. of Education		Georgia College
SHINKAWA, Miyuki Graduated from English, Kansai Gaidai U.		Carleton College
TADA, Rie Resigned from Shoei Girl's Jr. & Sr. High School		Hollins U.
UENO, Taeko Graduated from English, Kansai Gaidai U.		St. Olaf College
YAMAMOTO, Shiho Resigned from Daiichi Plastic Company		U. of Montana