• Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies
• Division of African Area Studies
• Division of Global Area Studies

Division of Southeast Asian Area Studies

Research Themes

• Carpet weaving and Women’s Work in Contemporary Uzbekistan
• Food Offerings and Publicness in Contemporary Urban India: The Case of Prasādam Offered by International Society for Krishna Consciousness
• Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Process of Tsunami Disaster Destroyed Areas in Aceh, Indonesia
• School Education and Local Society in Rural Pakistan
• Visual Representational Objects of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in Turkey
• Female Renouncers in Contemporary India
• Rice and Shrimp based Cropping System in the Saline Area of Bangladesh: A Case Study of Shuktia Village in Satkhira
• Civil Disputes in Islamic Finance: Double Transaction and International Arbitration among Gulf Countries
• Development and Social Transformation of Saudi Arabia -A Discussion from a Perspective Energy Economics-
• Policies and its Implementations towaed Migrant Workers in Thailand
• Trans Formation of Land Use Systems in the Mountainous Region of Mainland Southeast Asia
• Agricultural Land Rental Market and Land Consolidation in Red River Delta Rural of Vietnam
• Decentralization of forest management and the transformation of household livelihood straategies in Ifugao, Philippines
• Democratization in Thailand
• Foreign Investment of Chinese Multinational Enterprise in Indonesia -An Illustration from Electrical Industry
• Developing a Local Management Plan for Tropical Resources
• Problems among Karen Refugees on the Thai-Myanmar
• Continuity and Change of Inter-Generational Relationship in Northeastern Thailand
• Estimation of Biomass of Teak･Bearing Forests under Anthropogenic Disturbances in the Bago Mountains, Myanmar
• Anthropological Research on the Cultural Reproduction and Social Relations among Mon People in Thailand
• Nation-Building an d the Era of “development” in Thailand
• Exploitation Policy and Change of Iban　Religion in Sarawak, Malaysia
• Ethnic Indentity of Minority in Southeast Asian -A Case of Hmong
• Land-use changes and mangrove vegetation recovery in cyclone-affected areas in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
• Sustainability of food production and plant use in rural villages of Indonesia
• The Role of NGOs in Rural Development of Myanma
• The possibility of “Social business” and　“BOP business” in Bangladesh
• Research on the Anti-Disaster Consciousness of Inhabitants in Indonesia
• Large mammal conservation and livelihood of local communities in Preah Vihear, Cambodia
• Social Relationships and Farmer’s Organizations in the Red River Delta, Vietnam
• The Use of Aquqtic Resourses in Laos
• 19th Century Christian Missionary Attitudes Towards the Siamese

Division of African Area Studies

Research Themes

• A Study of Body Modification of Pygmy Hunter-Gatherers
• Pastoral Livelohoods and Conflid Dynamism among the Hamer in Southern Ethiopia
• A Linguistic and Ethnographic Study of Nsenga Proverbs
• Research on the Tropical African Glacier and Climate Change
• Child Play among the San: Social Change and Identity Transition
• Forest Use of the Residents and the Human Impact to the Mangrove in Senegal
• Area Study of Post-Conflict Reconciliation and Reconstruction of Social Order among the Acholi in Northern Uganda
• Human Mobility Through Taxis-brousses ans Urban-rural Relationship
• Sociology of Education in East Africa
• Human-Wildlife Relationships in Okavango Delta, Botswana
• Socio-economic Study of Production and Distribution of Banana in East Africa
• Pastralists’ Adaptation Strategies to Natural and Social Environment and Livestock Individuality in East Africa
• Landscape and Susistence Economy of LUVALE People in Northwestern Zambia
• Study on Structure and Space Recognition of Settlement in Coastal of Tanzania
• Study on the natural environments and human activities in arid of Nambia
• Environmental changes and survival strategy of Hausa cultivators in Sahel region of south-central Niger
• Study about urbanization in Malawi
• Study of Dumping and Refuse in Uganda, East Africa – from the Viewpoint of Anthropology and Area Studies
• Logistics contribution touards food security in West Africa
• Reseach of education that fits for the lifestyle and environment of the locals in Africa
• Land and resource property of rural area in Zambia
• Citizenship education in Malawi

Division of Global Area Studies

Research Themes

• Hepal and Politics of Marginalized Madhes
• The Mind-Body Problem in Islam
• Transnationality and Refugee Problems in the Islamic World
• Identity Politics in India
• Islamic Law and Society in the Arabian Peninsula
• Central Asia-Japan Relations: Achievements and Prospects
• Historical Transformation of Youth Association in Mizoram, India
• Formation and Development of the Coperate Groups in the Gulf Countries
• Society and Education in India
• Studies of the Slash-and-burn People in Laos
• Dalits Religious Conversion to Christianity in Contemporary India
• Islamic-political thought in contemporary Arab world
• The Culture of child rearing in India
• Medieval History of Hindustani music
• Farmland problems in Red River Delta in Vietnam
• Multi-Dimensional Health and Illness -Study on “Self-Medication”-
• Development and Development Assistance -The Case of Contemporary Nepal-
• Music among fishers in the indian Ocean