社会文化研究、非西欧文化圏の近代化研究、家族研究

My specialization includes two main research areas: pre-modern Asian history, as well as modern social, cultural, linguistic studies. By having established various international research hubs, I am currently conducting research studies in both fields. One refers to an international study of (pre-)modern China's relationship with her neighbouring countries, while another one pertains to the study of the social transformation of socialist and post-socialist societies (so-called transitional societies) such as China, Vietnam, as well as East-European countries.

In the midst of globalization, there is a growing need for knowledge on general social trends with a global perspective, as well as on the character of inter-cultural relations. In my classes, I aim to help the students develop an ability to be insightful about essential social and cultural trends both in Japan and in a global context so that they can easily orient themselves in our changing world. I put emphasis on interactive education, and I encourage the students to feel free to ask questions and tell about their opinions.

• Divorce Consciousness in Contemporary China 
• The Stress Condition of Chinese Students in Contemporary Japan
• Perceptions of Patriarchal Gender Norms in Contemporary Shanghai: Motivations, Challenges and Strategies of Female Participants in Urban Nightlife
• Women’s Perceptions of Cohabitation in the Context of China’s Compressed Involution: Taking the Shanghai Metropolitan Area as a Case Study
• A Study of Chinese Perceptions of the Pseudo-Chinese Language in the Context of Sino–Japanese Communication, Cultural, and Diplomatic Relations 
•  People’s Perceptions and Ideas on the Phenomenon of “Housewifization” in Contemporary China 
• A Sociological Study of Sino-Japanese Marriages: The Adaptation of Chinese Wives in Contemporary Japan
• Student Migration from Europe to Japan: From a Life Course Perspective
• Femininity and the Female Body Seen through the Recently Emerged Concept Fumeiyi in Contemporary China
• Kyrgyz Scholarship in the Midst of Globalization: Seen Through Academic Studies on Interethnic Conflicts in Contemporary Kyrgyzstan
• The Everyday Resistance of Chinese Pneumoconiosis Migrant Workers in Contemporary China
• The Rise of Chinese-style Modernisation: From a Language Policy Perspective
• Cross-Border Cooperation Against Human Trafficking: Structural Barriers to the Identification of Kyrgyz Victims in Türkiye and Prospects for Bilateral Collaboration
• New Challenges for Post-95s Chinese LGB Individuals: Family Pressure within Social Transformation in Contemporary China
• Male Involvement in Child-Rearing and Female Views on Fertility: Chinese Women’s Perspectives on Having a Second Child
• Mutual Perceptions in Official Media: A Critical Discourse Analysis of U.S. and Chinese Newspaper Coverage of the 2018–2025 Trade Conflict
• Stay or Leave? Migration Decisions of Middling Highly Skilled Chinese Women in Japan
• Religion and the State in Nation-Building and Nationalist Projects: China and Japan in Comparative Perspective 

• The Multiple Roles of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception in the Lives of Filipino Migrants in the Catholic Diocese of Kyoto
• Nationalism in Contemporary Japan
• Political Communication in Health Care Policy between the United States and Japan
• The International Students Perception of the Career Path after Graduation from English-based Program such as Global 30 Plan
• Mixed Roots Japanese Negotiating their Inherited Multiple Citizenship with the Japanese Nationality Law
• Influence of the US Immigration Policy Changes on New Chinese Immigrants – During the Bush, Obama, and Trump Administrations
• From Study to Employment: Chinese Overseas Students’ Cultural Toolkits and Career Paths Differentiation