Academic Staff and Project Researcher

Director

TOYODA Tetsuya	TOYODA Tetsuya Director & Professor, IASRC Academic Background DEA en droit international, Université of Paris-II. B.A., Law, The University of Tokyo. Curriculum Vitae Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994-2000). COE Project Researcher at the University of Tokyo (2006-07). Teaching at Akita International University since 2007. Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2013-14); Deputy Director, Center for East Asia Research (2014-15). Deputy Director, Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Studies (2015-2019). Publications Theory and Politics of the Law of Nations (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 2011).

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TOYODA Tetsuya

Director & Professor, IASRC

Academic Background

DEA en droit international, Université of Paris-II. B.A., Law, The University of Tokyo.

Curriculum Vitae

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994-2000). COE Project Researcher at the University of Tokyo (2006-07).
Teaching at Akita International University since 2007. Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center
for Scholars (2013-14); Deputy Director, Center for East Asia Research (2014-15). Deputy Director, Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Studies (2015-2019).

Publications

Theory and Politics of the Law of Nations (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 2011).

Deputy Director

NEGISHI Yo	NEGISHI Yo Deputy Director & Associate professor, IASRC Academic Background Ph.D., the University of Tokyo. Curriculum Vitae JSPS Research Fellow (2006-09), Aomori Prefectural Board of Education (2010-14), Assistant Professor at AIU (2014-). Expert member of International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and International Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM). 24th Yamashita Taro Research Fund Award (2013). Publications Co-editor: History of Yokote City., Partial Contribution: Oceanic Studies (Kyoto Univeristy Press), Archaeology in the South Sea (Douseisya).

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NEGISHI Yo

Deputy Director & Associate professor, IASRC

Academic Background

Ph.D., the University of Tokyo.

Curriculum Vitae

JSPS Research Fellow (2006-09), Aomori Prefectural Board of Education (2010-14), Assistant Professor at
AIU (2014-). Expert member of International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and International
Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM). 24th Yamashita Taro Research Fund Award (2013).

Publications

Co-editor: History of Yokote City., Partial Contribution: Oceanic Studies (Kyoto
Univeristy Press), Archaeology in the South Sea (Douseisya).

Members

NAGOSHI Kenro	NAGOSHI Kenro Select Professor, IASRC Academic Background B.A., Russian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. Curriculum Vitae Joined Jiji Press, Japanese wire service (1976), Foreign correspondent in Bangkok, Moscow and Washington D.C. Deputy Editor in chief , Bureau chief in Sendai. Visiting Professor of AIU (2010-). Professor of Takushoku University. since 2012; Select Professor, Center for East Asia Research (2012-15). Publications Dictator Putin (Bungeishunju, 2012).

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NAGOSHI Kenro

Select Professor, IASRC

Academic Background

B.A., Russian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

Curriculum Vitae

Joined Jiji Press, Japanese wire service (1976), Foreign correspondent in Bangkok, Moscow and Washington
D.C. Deputy Editor in chief , Bureau chief in Sendai. Visiting Professor of AIU (2010-). Professor of
Takushoku University. since 2012; Select Professor, Center for East Asia Research (2012-15).

Publications

Dictator Putin (Bungeishunju, 2012).

NAKAGAWA Hideyuki	NAKAGAWA Hideyuki Associate Professor, IASRC Academic Background Agricultural Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley. Curriculum Vitae Previously worked for The World Bank (STC). JICA (Economist). Assistant Professor at Akita International University since 2014. Publications "Poverty, politics, and projects under community participation in Zambia", in Community, Market, and State in Development. " Evaluating Intangible Cultural Heritage through CVM: The Case of "Yokote no Kamakura" in Cultural Economics.

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NAKAGAWA Hideyuki

Associate Professor, IASRC

Academic Background

Agricultural Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley.

Curriculum Vitae

Previously worked for The World Bank (STC). JICA (Economist). Assistant Professor at Akita International
University since 2014.

Publications

"Poverty, politics, and projects under community participation in Zambia", in Community, Market, and
State in Development. " Evaluating Intangible Cultural Heritage through CVM: The Case of "Yokote no
Kamakura" in Cultural Economics.

ABE Kuniko	ABE Kuniko Associate Professor, IASRC Academic Background Ph.D. History of Art, University of Paris IV-Sorbonne ; Ecoledu Louvre (France). Curriculum Vitae Paris International School EABJM IB Instructor (1990-93), Expertiznig for Cultural Heritage Division of French Ministry of Culture : Historical sites and monuments / Reunion of national museums / Louvre Museum (1999-2006). Qualification of French National Universities Professor-Researcher (History, 2009). Faculty since 2010, currently Associate professor of Basic Education. Publications Sante Chapelle, Theater Architecture and Its Decor in France. Paris: Birth of Arts, Imaginary Museum and Chagall's ceiling painting in Paris'Opera: Universality of Andre Malraux's vision, Akita Ranga and Its International Dimensions: A Short Tour, etc.

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ABE Kuniko

Associate Professor, IASRC

Academic Background

Ph.D. History of Art, University of Paris IV-Sorbonne ; Ecoledu Louvre (France).

Curriculum Vitae

Paris International School EABJM IB Instructor (1990-93), Expertiznig for Cultural Heritage Division of
French Ministry of Culture : Historical sites and monuments / Reunion of national museums / Louvre
Museum (1999-2006). Qualification of French National Universities Professor-Researcher (History, 2009).
Faculty since 2010, currently Associate professor of Basic Education.

Publications

Sante Chapelle, Theater Architecture and Its Decor in France. Paris: Birth of Arts, Imaginary Museum and
Chagall's ceiling painting in Paris'Opera: Universality of Andre Malraux's vision, Akita Ranga and Its
International Dimensions: A Short Tour, etc.

Project Researcher

NARISAWA Noriko	NARISAWA Noriko Project Researcher Academic Background Ph.D. (Area Studies, Kyoto University) Curriculum Vitae Previously worked for JSPS (Research Fellow DC2), ASAFAS Kyoto University (Researcher), Hokkaido University Lusaka Office (Deputy Director), JSPS (Research Fellow PD), IIC Hokkaido University (Assistant Professor). Project Researcher at IASRC Akita International University since October 2019. Publications “Diversified Livelihood of Peasant Women in Southern Zambia”(Working Paper on Social-Ecological Resilience Series No. 2011-014, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature).

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NARISAWA Noriko

Project Researcher

Academic Background

Ph.D. (Area Studies, Kyoto University)

Curriculum Vitae

Previously worked for JSPS (Research Fellow DC2), ASAFAS Kyoto University (Researcher), Hokkaido University Lusaka Office (Deputy Director), JSPS (Research Fellow PD), IIC Hokkaido University (Assistant Professor). Project Researcher at IASRC Akita International University since October 2019.

Publications

“Diversified Livelihood of Peasant Women in Southern Zambia”(Working Paper on Social-Ecological Resilience Series No. 2011-014, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature).

Affiliated Researchers

	AKIBA Takeshi Associate Professor, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University Academic Background Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Waseda University. Curriculum Vitae Research project leader on foreign care workers in Akita. Deputy Director, Center for Regional Sustainability Initiatives (2014-15), Deputy Director (2015-19) and Affiliate Researcher (2019- ), Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Studies. Publications "The Japanese Nationality Case and the Evolving Role of Courts in Japan" (2017) and many other works on minorities and the law.
	KUDO Shogo Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo Academic Background Ph.D. (Sustainability Science, The University of Tokyo) Curriculum Vitae Akita International University (2009), JSPS Research Fellow (2013-15), Assistant Professor at Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo (2017-) Publications “Framing in Sustainability Science” 2019.December, Springer
	HIRATA Yuka Adjunct lecturer of Japanese Language Program Academic Background M.A. Japanese Language Teaching, Akita International University B.A (Hons), Music, Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, Japan. Curriculum Vitae NOVA Tokyo, Japan (1998-2003), Mayflower Primary Harwich, UK (2005-07), University of Nottingham Ningbo, China (2007-12), Akita University (2019-20), Akita International University (2014-), Publications Reid, J., Hirata, Y., Gilardi, F. (2011) Student-Centred Transmedia Inspired Language Learning Projects. In Proceedings of the Asian Conference on Technology in the Classroom 2011. ACTC. Hirata, Y., (2015) Teachers Roles in Task Based Language Teaching, Bulletin of Japanese Language Teaching Practices, vol.6,9935-66, 3026.9 Akita International University Hirata, Y., Hashimoto, Y., (2017) Distance Learning Supporters’ Role for EPA Nurses and Caregivers, The Society for Technical Japanese Education, 2017 STJE
	OHARA Yoshitaka Habataku Inc. Academic Background Master of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University. B.E., Osaka Prefecture University. Curriculum Vitae IBM Japan, Ltd. (2007-10), Habataku Inc. (2010-), Habataku Co. Ltd.(2013-), Taktopia Inc.(2015-19) Publications 『Cartoon Guide Book: Understanding Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos in 3 hours』 ASUKA Publishing Inc., 2012 『The 5 Truths : Making Money on Myanmar』Gentosha Literary Publication, 2013
	ISHII Hironori CEO of 141&Co. Academic Background Akita International University Curriculum Vitae Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (2011-14), ZAO Sumitomo Mitsui Rus Bank (2014-16), NPO ETIC. (2016-18), Akita City Hall (2017-20), CEO of 141&Co. (2019-)
	LIN Giselle Academic Background MSc, Finance, The University of Warwick. BS, Information Management and Finance, National Chiao Tung University Curriculum Vitae Research Assistant and Tutor, Research School of Accounting at the Australian National University (2018–2020). Member of Asia Pacific Industrial Analysis Association, Taiwan. Investor Relations Officer and Corporate Finance Officer, Asia Cement Corporation, Taiwan (2012–2018)