Japanese Studies

National Institutes for the Humanities
International Research Center for Japanese Studies

Overview

The Japanese Studies program facilitates the pursuit of an international and interdisciplinary Japanese studies encompassing the humanities, social sciences, and the natural sciences. Key to this is the involvement of all our faculty in teaching and research guidance.

The program requires candidates to take courses on “Theory and Methodology in Japanese Studies”, “Interdisciplinary Research”, and “Dissertation Work in Advanced Studites”, which provide the theoretical and methodological basis for conducting Japanese studies from a global perspective. Through these courses and guided research, we will foster researchers with creative and highly specialized perspectives, equipped to undertake Japanese studies in the twenty-first century.

 

Library of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies

International symposium offering graduate students an opportunity to present their research

Graduate student project presentation meeting organized by the students themselves

Japanese ceremonies: wedding and funeral

Kanei gyoukou zukan (The Illustrated Record of Emperor Go-mizuno-o’s Formal Visit to Nijo Castle)

Miyako nenju gyoji gajo [Picture Album of Annual Festivals in Miyako]

Doctoral Program : Three-year doctoral program
Degree : Doctor of philosophy
Career paths of graduates :

sciences, and natural sciences departments at universities; researchers conducting cutting-edge project-based research at private companies

  • Specialized historians at universities and research institutes; or faculty engaged in education and research on Japanese and regional cultures at universities and other institutions of higher education; researchers and curators at museums, etc.
  • Researchers in the private and public sectors in the fields of humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, etc.

Places where our graduates have been employed:
Akita University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Kyoto University, Nara Women's University, Hiroshima University, Kochi Women's University, Miyazaki Municipal University, Institute of Technologists, Otsuma Women's University, Chubu University, Kyoto Women's University, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto Bunkyo University, Shuchiin University, Doshisha Women's University College of Liberal Arts, Northeast Normal University, Hakuho Women's College, International Research Center for Japanese Studies, National Museum of Japanese History, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan, Chulalongkorn University, Padjadjaran University, IRIS Inc., East China Normal University,Teikyo University, Kyushu University, Osaka University, Osaka Metropolitan University,Jiangsu University of Technology, National Pingtung University, Beijing Language and Culture University, Aichi Shukutoku University, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology,Qingdao University,Qufu Normal University,Shanghai University,Shanghai Normal University,The Graduate University for Advanced Studies,Nagasaki Prefectual Board of Education etc.

Research Institutes

International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Address : 3-2 Oeyama-cho, Goryo ,Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 610-1192 Japan
URL : https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/en/

Information before March 2023

School / Department: School of Cultural and Social Studies, Department of Japanese Studies
Date of Establishment: April 1992
Doctoral Program: Three-year doctoral program
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy

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