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2023.05.26
【Report】Research workshop was held!：“Security on Okinawa: Power, Agency and Identity as Layers of Discursive Praxis” presented by Prof. Ra Mason
2023.05.26
【Report】Ritsumeikan-ANU Public Lecture was held! Dr. Kerryn Baker made a lecture on “Election Observation: Its Role in Measuring and Promoting Electoral Integrity”
2023.05.25
【Interview】New “Dialogue to the Future” has been released! Interview with Dr. SUN Yi (Assistant Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University)
2023.05.16
A book review on the history of Japan-China relations by Keiji Nakatsuji, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.4, 2023.
2023.05.16
Research Note on The Distribution of Wakokubon Outside Japan: Through the book collection of Sir James Stewart Lockhart by Riku Tono, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.4, 2023.
2023.05.16
【Publication】A new booklet of AJI Books Series has been published! Society, Politics and Ideologies in the Modern Arab East: A Trans-Asian Academic Roundtable (Ayaka KURODA and Shun WATANABE eds)
2023.05.08
【Publication】AJI published two new books as Ritsumeikan University Asia-Japan Research series!
2023.05.02
【Report】The 53rd AJI Research Frontier Seminar took place! Dr. Kazutaka SOGO made his presentation on the historical process of party politics in prewar Japan.
2023.03.28
A book review on Japanese and Mountain Religion by Noriko Fujime, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.4, 2023.
2023.03.23
【Report】International Colloquium on Asian Paths of Civilization and Development IV:“Beyond the COVID-19 Era in Asia: Young Researchers’ Engagements”
2023.03.23
【Report】AJI International Workshop, “From the Frontier of Asian Diaspora Studies: Perspectives on Migrants, Refugees, and Returnee Diasporas” was held!
2023.03.23
【Report】Report for Session 1 of the AJI International Symposium 2023: “Environmental Technologies Supporting Agriculture in Vietnam”
2023.03.23
【Report】Report for Session 1 of the AJI International Symposium 2023: “Diversity of Postpartum Childcare Support among East Asian Women and Its Impact on Maternal and Child Well-Being”
2023.03.17
【Report】The 51st AJI Frontier Seminar was held? : Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuong, “Use of Artificially Constructed Wetlands for Mine Drainage Treatment: A Lab-Scale Case Study Using Recycled Clamshells as the Substrate”
2023.03.17
【Report】The 52nd AJI Frontier Seminar was held!: Dr. Fahlesa Munabari, “The Gas and Brake Policy: Indonesia’s COVID-19 Securitization Dilemmas”
2023.03.06
【Report】(February 23～25) The 2023 International Symposium of Asia-Japan Research “Asia-Japan Research Beyond Borders: Asian Societies Striving for Secure and Sustainable Life” was held.
2023.03.06
Research Development Program and its Projects 2023 Three research projects were adopted anew!
2023.02.17
【Report】 Ritsumeikan-ANU Public Lecture was held!: “Indonesia after Widodo: Contested Legacies and Futures” (Prof. Marcus Mietzner, February 2, 2023)
2023.02.07
A book review on Implementation of Basel Accords in Bangladesh by Hamid Waqas, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.4, 2023.
2023.02.07
A book review on Tourism and Development in Southeast Asia by Shin YASUDA, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.4, 2023.
2023.01.31
A book review on Hate Speech in Asia and Europe by Shinji HIGAKI, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin”Vol.4, 2023.
2023.01.31
A book review on Educational Reform and International Baccalaureate in the Asia-Pacific by Emiko SUNAGA, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.4, 2023.
2023.01.26
【Report】Meridian180 Forum “Local Knowledge and Community Participation in Disaster Response” was held on January 26!
2023.01.19
【Report】The 50th AJI Frontier Seminar on “Regulation of Antioxidants and Nitric Oxide in Plants and Their Application to the Development of Organic Pesticides”
2023.01.19
【Report】The 12th AJI Book Launch took place on December 14, 2022. Matsui Nobuyuki (ed.), Globally Shared Common Sense from the Philosophy of Imagination: Bridging Eastern and Western Perspectives (Asia-Japan Research Institute, Ritsumeikan U
2023.01.17
The 11th AJI Book Launch was held! Dr. Nara ODA talked about her book, Invented Traditional Medicine: A History of Medical Policy in Vietnam.
2022.12.23
【Report】Ritsumeikan – ANU Public Lecture: “Nuclear Weapons and Alliances: Theoretical Insights and Implications for Policy” (Prof. Stephan Frühling, November 17, 2022)
2022.12.16
Research Note on Impact of COVID-19 “Self-Restraint” on Events Participation: From the Event Space User Survey Targeting Residents of the Tokyo Metropolitan Area by Yuki Nagashima et.al., was newly published in “Asia-Japan Academic Bulletin” Vol.3,
2022.11.30
The forth volume of AJI Journal has been released online!
2022.11.30
【Report】 The AJI International Workshop was held! “The Anthropocene and Postwar Japanese Philosophy：Critical Assessments and Propositions towards New Perspectives”
2022.11.18
【Report】The 49th AJI Frontier Seminar on “Politics of Naming and Definitions: Reflection on Cases of Syrian, Afghan, and Ukrainian Refugees in Japan”
2022.11.15
【Report】The 2nd “Meet the Author” series was held! Professor GyongSu MUN introduced his publication, The Jeju 4.3 Incident: The Narrative of Death and Rebirth in the “Island Country”
2022.11.11
【Report】The 10th AJI Book Launch was held! The authors of Theory and Practice of Gerontology: Long Life Wellness (Satoshi NAGANO et. al., Ronsosha, 2022) talked about their book
2022.11.11
【Report】AJI–Medical Chemistry Laboratory Joint Seminar: Dr. Urushima (Osaka Metropolitan University) talks about hepatic stellate cells
2022.10.17
Brief Research Report on Analyzing the Risks of Nuclear War in Northeast Asia by CHOI, Jung Hoon, was newly published “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.3, 2022.
2022.10.17
A book review on Korean Diaspora across the World. Homeland in History, Memory, Imagination, Media, and Reality by Natalya YEM, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.3, 2022.
2022.10.13
【Report】The 9th AJI Book Launch was held! The authors of the book, New Horizons of North Korean Studies: The Search for Theoretical Area Studies, edited by Professor NAKATO Sachio (College of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University) and Dr. C
2022.10.13
【Report】The 48th AJI Frontier Seminar was held! Mr. Daimon AOI gave his presentation about transparent stereoscopic visualizations of laser-scanned 3D point clouds.
2022.10.07
【From the Secretariat】Asia Week - Here We Come!
2022.09.28
【AJI Books Series】AJI Book was published! Dr. Nobuyuki Matsui (ed.), Globally Shared Common Sense from the Philosophy of Imagination: Bridging Eastern and Western Perspectives
2022.09.23
【From the Secretariat】2022 Fall Riceball Seminar. NOW STARTING!
2022.09.14
【Report】The 47th AJI Frontier Seminar on “A Longitudinal Study on Mothers’ Parenting Stress, Children’s Social Ability, and the Quality of Mother-Infant Interaction” was held!
2022.09.09
【From the Secretariat】What is the common between a Thai film and dissemination of research results in non-English-speaking countries
2022.09.06
【Report】 The Lecture Session of Professor Peg Barratt (The George Washington University/ Senior Researcher at Ritsumeikan University) entitled ‘Sustainable Development Goals and Psychology: Developmental Psychology, Social Psychology, Behavior Change
2022.09.02
【Report】The International Conference on “Nuclear Disaster Compensation: Building an Anticipatory, Participatory, and Transnational Framework in East Asia” was held!
2022.08.26
【From the secretariat】The Year-round Application for 2022 AJI Advanced Research Programs
2022.08.23
A book review on East Asian Low-Carbon Community: Realizing a Sustainable Decarbonized Society from Technology and Social Systemsy by Kazuo MATSUSHITA, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.3, 2022.
2022.08.03
A book review on Children and Money: Cultural Developmental Psychology of Pocket Money by Susan D. HOLLOWAY, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.3, 2022.
2022.08.01
【Report】 The “International Symposium of Meridian 180 on City, Public Value, and Capitalism” was held!
2022.07.27
【Report】 AJI International Workshop was held! “Toward Sustainable Agriculture of Rice in Asia: Economic Challenges and Policy Aspects”
2022.07.20
【Report】 The 1st session of the series of “Meet the Author” from the AJI Book Club was held! Professor Kota Suechika (College of International Relations) introduced his first publication, State Transformation and Islam in Contemporary Syria
2022.07.15
【From the secretariat】 The application period for the 2023 Program for the Program for Asia-Japan Research Development has begun.
2022.07.15
【Report】 The 8th AJI Book Launch was held! Associate Professor Chika Obiya (Center for Southeast Asia Studies, Kyoto University) reported on her own book about the modernization of Uzbekistan.
2022.07.15
【Report】 The 46th AJI Frontier Seminar was held! Dr. Kazutaka SOGO made a presentation about the problems of the prewar Japanese political system from the viewpoint of the international context of the time.
2022.07.14
International Symposium of Meridian 180 “City, Public Value and Capitalism” will be held to commemorate the release of the e-book!
2022.07.12
Professor Wendy Pearlman’s Visit to Ritsumeikan University and the Related Events
2022.07.08
A book review on Transpacific Visions: Connected Histories of the Pacific across North and South by Pedro IACOBELLI, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.3, 2022.
2022.07.06
【AJI-DX Verse】AJI Studios has been set up!
2022.07.04
【AJI-DX verse】 Here's the webinar-screen-friendly flyer!
2022.06.29
【Report】 The 45th AJI Frontier Seminar was held! Dr. ZHANG Jiahao presented his research on a policy model for the local economic developments.
2022.06.24
【Report】 The 7th Book Launch was held! Dr. Jinhye LEE introduced her book about the Korean diaspora in Kazakhstan.
2022.06.24
【Report】 The 4th AJI Book Launch was held! Dr. Ammar KHASHAN, Associate Professor at the Asia-Japan Research Institute talked about his newly published book on Islamic economics.
2022.06.23
International symposium was held！Syrian Refugees in Their Calamities, Survival, and Future Lives: A Japan Roundtable”（Keynote Speaker: Professor Wendy Pearlman [Northwestern University]）
2022.06.20
The fifth AJI Book Launch was held! Professor Wendy Pearlman introduced her book to Japan.
2022.06.20
A book review on Modern Asia and Environmental Issues: Diversity and Dynamism by Satoshi SODA, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.3, 2022.
2022.06.20
A book review on The Impact of Organizational Ethical Climate on Organizational Commitment and Job Performance: An Economic Ethics Analysis of Japanese-funded Manufacturing Enterprises in China by Xuebing CAO, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Rese
2022.06.20
【Report】 The 6th AJI Book Launch was held! Dr. Midori KIRIHARA talked about her newly published book about the halal industry.
2022.05.31
【Report】The third AJI Book Launch was held! Dr. Shun Watanabe talked about his new book.
2022.05.26
The second AJI Book Launch was held! Professor Toriyama Junko talked about her new book.
2022.05.19
Application for AJI Advanced Support for Academic Writing in English 2022 are now open!
2022.05.16
The first AJI Book Launch was held! Dr. Kawamura Ai reported on her book about the formation of Islamic finance in the Gulf and Southeast Asia(Published in December, 2021).
2022.05.12
The 44 AJI Research Forefront Seminar was held! Dr. Ho Thanh Tam (Senior Researcher, Asia-Japan Research Institute, Ritsumeikan University) presented a case study of sustainable agriculture and policies in Shiga Prefecture, Japan (May 10, 2022)
2022.05.10
The 2nd session of the Global Multilingual Forum Meridian 180 “Transformations of Gender Order, Neoliberal Economy and Social Reproduction” was held!
2022.04.19
The 43rd AJI Frontier Seminar was held : Dr. Alpradita Malik (Ritsumeikan University) made his presentation about residential environment and the social capital in slums in Indonesia (April 12, 2022) (Open Participation)
2022.04.08
A book review on Changing Arms Control Norms in International Society by Kenki ADACHI, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.3, 2022.
2022.04.08
A research note on Active Aging in the Community for Japanese Elderly: Impact of Pre-Retirement Occupational Skills on Elderly People’s Community Involvement , was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.3, 2022.
2022.04.08
An article on Catholicism in the History of the Integration of Japanese and their Descendants into Peru, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.3, 2022.
2022.04.08
An article on Does Relative Accessibility to Service Facilities Impact Residents’ Satisfaction? Socio-Spatial Analysis to Determine Deprivation and Location Attachment, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.3, 2022.
2022.04.04
An article on The Impact of Caregivers’ Rewarding and Punishing Behavior on Children’s Emotional and Social Skills Development in Rural Areas of Contemporary China, was newly published in “Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin” Vol.2, 2022.
2022.03.24
The 42nd AJI Frontier Seminar on "Aspirations and Urban Life among Poor Youth in Contemporary India: Focusing on Going Out Experiences of Teenage Girls in Secondary Schools"
2022.03.11
Session 2 of the 2022 International Symposium of Asia Japan Research, “Asia Japan Research Beyond Borders: Global Sharing of Local Wisdom towards Human Longevity” was held on February 24, organized by Asia-Japan Research Institute, Ritsumeikan Univer
2022.03.11
The First Session of the 2022 International Symposium of Asia Japan Research, “Asia Japan Research Beyond Borders: Global Sharing of Local Wisdom towards Human Longevity” was held on February 22, organized by Asia-Japan Research Institute, Ritsumeika
2022.03.11
The Core session of the 2022 International Symposium of Asia Japan Research, “Asia Japan Research Beyond Borders: Global Sharing of Local Wisdom towards Human Longevity” was held on February 25, hosted by Asia-Japan Research Institute, Ritsumeikan Un
2022.02.16
The 41st AJI Frontier Seminar on "Peace for Sale: The Cost of Post-Conflict Stability in North Maluku, Indonesia"
2022.02.10
Meridian 180 Global Multilingual Forum(The 2nd): Gendered Transformations under the Pandemic in East Asia (Zoom Webinar)
2022.02.07
Global Multilingual Forum Meridian 180: Gendered Transformations under the Pandemic in East Asia (Part 1) was held.
2022.01.31
The 40th AJI Frontier Seminar on "Japanese Public Diplomacy in European Countries: The Japan Foundation in Bulgaria and France"
2022.01.14
We participated in Asia Pacific Conference 2021!
2022.01.10
Meridian 180 Global Multilingual Forum: Gendered Transformations under the Pandemic in East Asia (Zoom Webinar)
2022.01.10
AJI Symposium ”Asia-Japan Research Beyond Borders: Global Sharing of Local Wisdom Towards Human Longevity”
2022.01.01
Happy New Year from Prof. Yasushi Kosugi, the Director of AJI.
2020.12.21
The 26th AJI Frontier Seminar on the “The Appreciation and Research of Chinese Ci Poetry in Japan”
2020.11.19
Asia-Japan Today: Researchers’ Essays, No.11 “Life between Searching for the Classic in the Cyber Space and Going to the Field: My Studies on Islamic Economics in the Middle East and Southeast Asia” has been released!
2020.11.19
The 25th AJI Frontier Seminar on “A Preliminary Study on the Development of the Dairy Industry and Women's Labor in India: Focusing on the Women's Dairy Cooperative Association”
2020.11.18
The “Gulf Symposium” was held on “The Fluctuating Gulf Situations and Japan: Visions of an Era of Crises”
2020.11.18
The entire video record of the “Gulf Symposium” is now uploaded!
2020.11.01
The 24th AJI Frontier Seminar on “Envision of a Climate Change Countermeasures from Farmland: Strategies and Policies of Agricultural Cooperatives in Sumatra, Indonesia”
2020.10.30
Two Brief Research Reports have been released in Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin.
2020.10.30
The 23rd AJI Frontier Seminar on “Reconstructing the Lives of Syrian Refugees in Europe: With Special Attention to the Differences between Refugees and Migrants”
2020.10.16
The 5th AJI Interdisciplinary Seminar: “Understanding Regionalism and Japan from the Perspective of International Politics: Asian Regionalism as a Legacy of Pan-Asianism”
2020.10.16
The second volume of AJI Journal has been released online!
2020.09.29
The 22nd AJI Frontier Seminar on " The Rise of Halal Branding and the Shariah Rules as Normative Values in Muslims' Daily Lives"
2020.07.31
Asia-Japan Today: Researchers’ Essays, No.10 “Contemporary Middle East Studies under the COVID-19 Crisis: Countermeasures to the “Field Survey”” has been released!
2020.07.30
20th AJI Research Frontline Seminar on " Peasants and Activists in Contemporary Indonesia: Between Countermovement and Market Accommodation”
2020.07.30
19th AJI Research Frontline Seminar on "Can Maps Help to Promote Better Understanding of a Community’s Disaster Evacuation Plan?”
2020.07.30
21st AJI Research Frontline Seminar on "A Study on The Competitiveness of Indonesian Post-mining Cities as Tourist Destinations”
2020.07.30
The 4th AJI Interdisciplinary Seminar: “Dynamics of Identity of Migration/Refugees in the Muslim Society in the Southern Philippines”
2020.07.26
The 3rd AJI Interdisciplinary Seminar: “Reconsidering the Regional History of Middle Eastern Islam from Studying the Historiographies of Universal History”
2020.07.15
Asia-Japan Today: Researchers’ Essays, No.9 “Reformulating Religious Tourism after COVI-19: Reflections on Area Studies from the Perspective of Mobility ” has been released!
2020.07.09
Asia-Japan Today: Researchers’ Essays, No.8 “The Joy of Reading Personal Histories from the Primary Sources: Encounters during My Research on Islamic Thinkers in Egypt.” has been released!
2020.06.30
18th AJI Research Frontline Seminar on "The Role of Zakat Funds in Increasing Human Capital: Sustaining Islamic Education in Malaysia"
2020.06.26
The 2nd AJI Interdisciplinary Seminar: “Diaspora as a Way: Humanities Knowledge to Resist Stronger Nations and Borders”
2020.06.25
The 17th AJI Frontier Seminar on the “Diaspora Minorities in Asia and Their Identities: With Special Reference to the Koryo Saram (Korean Community) in Kazakhstan”
2020.06.24
Asia-Japan Today: Researchers’ Essays, No.7 “What can COVID19 Imply for Nuclear-Armed North Korea?” has been released!
2020.06.17
Asia-Japan Today: Researchers’ Essays, No.6 “A New Mode of Jihad and Martyrdom in Iran: The Battle against Covid-19” has been released!
2020.06.10
Asia-Japan Today: Researchers' Essays, No.5 "Living between Pakistan and Japan: The Struggles of an Area Studies Researcher and a Working Mother" has been released!
2020.06.04
Call for Papers for Vol.3 of AJI Journal
2020.06.03
Asia-Japan Today: Researchers' Essays, No.4 ”In Order to Stay Connected to the World: As a Korean Diaspora Researcher”
2020.05.27
Asia-Japan Today: Researchers' Essays, No.3 ”Field Science in the Corona Era: Through Intimate Ties with Farmers in Indonesia”has been released!
2020.05.20
AJI Advanced Support for Academic Writing in English will start in July! Participation is easier this year since instruction will be online.
2020.05.20
Asia-Japan Today: Researchers' Essays, No.2 "Even Globalized, the World is Uneven: The Pandemic and Area Studies" has been released!
2020.05.13
New Series has started! Asia-Japan Today: Researchers' Essays
2020.05.12
New "AJI Interdisciplinary Seminar" launched: "Issues and Prospects of Researchers in the Corona Crisis Era"
2020.04.27
The 16th AJI Frontier Seminar on "Visions and Policy Ideas in Islamic Economics: A Survey of Recent Studies on Economic Development in Malaysia”
2020.03.01
The 14th AJI Frontier Seminar on "The Traditional Role of Zakat and its Adaptation to a Modern Institution in Contemporary Indonesia”
2020.03.01
The award ceremony for the first issue of the AJI Journal was held!
2020.03.01
The 15th AJI Frontier Seminar on "State-sponsored Legal Aid System and the way towards the enhancement of its implementation in Myanmar”
2020.02.29
The 13th AJI Frontier Seminar on " Making Global Governing Norms: The League of Nations, INGOs, and Experts across Empires in Asia”
2020.02.10
The 12th AJI Frontier Seminar on the "Significance and Prospects of Waqf Research in Modern Islamic Economics: Focusing on Classical Theory and New Developments in Malaysia”
2020.02.09
The 11th AJI Frontier Research Seminar on “Housing Relocation to Rusunawa: Do Low-come Households Agree with the Idea of a Compact City?”
2020.02.06
10th AJI Research Frontline Seminar on “Towards Redefining Human Society by Applying Nakamura Yujiro's Philosophy of the 'Rhythm' Under the title of “Critiques of Social Divides Today”
2020.02.05
9th AJI Research Frontline Seminar on “The Great Nepal Earthquake of 2015: Responses of People, Migrants and the State”
2020.02.03
8th AJI Research Frontline Seminar on “The Theoretical Basis and Reality of Regional Industrial Policy: A Case Study on The Textile Industry of Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture”
2019.11.27
A new online bulletin has been released!
2019.10.23
7th AJI Research Frontline Seminar on “The Voices of the Silent Muslim Majority: A Study of the Role of Moderate Islamic Thinkers”
2019.10.11
6th AJI Research Frontline Seminar on “The Ethics of Self-realization in the South Korean Video Game Industry”
2019.09.11
5th AJI Research Frontline Seminar on "Collective Ijtihad in Islamic Law as an Instrument for Trans-border Consensus Making: Research Prospects"
2019.08.07
On special features in the Journal
2019.08.07
Director’s Interview with Professor Tsutomu Kanayama, Dean of the College of Global Liberal Arts (GLA)
2019.08.07
Call for Research Papers for the Second Volume
2019.07.31
The first volume of AJI Journal has been released online!
2019.07.17
4th AJI Research Frontline Seminar on “Analyzing the Advancement of Nuclear Weapons under the Kim Jong Un Regime and the Situation after the Hanoi Summit”
2019.07.03
Members of the Institute Academic Year 2019
2019.06.19
3rd AJI Frontier Seminar held on "The New Face of Waqf in Contemporary Muslim Society: How Islamic Economics is Benefiting Social Welfare in Malaysia"
2019.06.10
AJI Advance Support for Academic Writing in English will start in three weeks. Please apply now if you are interested!
2019.06.10
Professor Brewer talks about the support program (Director’s Interview).
2019.06.07
New English Digital Bulletin, Asia-Japan Research Bulletin, will be inaugurated in October 2019. Please send your papers!
2019.06.06
The Second AJI Frontier Seminar was held entitled: An Embodied Semiotic Approach to Communication Space in the Contemporary Information Society
2019.06.05
Chancellor Nakatani Pronounces an Encouragement for the AJI
2019.06.04
AJI Frontier Seminars have Started. The first meeting was held on the Tea Industry in Asia
2023.06.01
