CURRICULUM VITAE
Updated: December 1, 2023
NAME: Fumie Kumagai, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Kyorin
University,
3-7-16, Katase-Kaigan, Fujisawa,
Kanagawa, 251-0035, Japan
E-mail: fkumagai@ks.kyorin-u.ac.jp or fkumagai@jcom.home.ne.jp
HP URL:
http://fkumagai.world.coocan.jp/
CV in English: http://fkumagai.world.coocan.jp/CV/Fumie-CV.htm
CV in Japanese: http://fkumagai.world.coocan.jp/CV/EngJpCV.htm
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
M.S. in Media and Governance, Keio
University-SFC (Shonan Fujisawa Campus), Japan (September 1996-September 1998)
Advisor: Professor Iwao Kaneyasu
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of
New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire (September 1974 May 1976) Advisor: Professor
Murray A. Straus.
Ph.D. Program in Sociology,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (September 1971-June 1974) Advisor:
Professor William H. Sewell.
M.A. in Sociology, Kent State
University, Kent, Ohio (September 1970-August 1971) Advisor: Professor Giles E.
Gobetz.
Fulbgright Orientation Program,
East-West Center, University of Hawaii (Summer 1970).
B.A. in Sociology, Keio University,
Tokyo, Japan (April 1963-March 1969) Advisor: Professor Yasuo Yokoyama.
UNPUBLISHED THESES
July 1998: M.S. thesis, Keio
University.
"Alleviating Adjustment Problems of Japanese Families under Foreign Direct
Investments in the United States: Possibilities for Media Applications"
May 1976: Ph.D. thesis, University
of New Hampshire.
"Personality
and Social Structural Influences on Attitudes and Social Relations of Japanese
Scholars in America and Japan." Research was funded by Professor
William H. Sewell of the University of Wisconsin Vilas Research Professor research
fund; the University of New Hampshire Central University Fund; and the Grant-in
Aid by the Japan Society in New York.
August 1971: M.A. thesis, Kent
State University.
"Attitudes of College Students toward Japanese Americans: Studies at Kent
State University and University of Hawaii." Research was awarded a small
grant by the Japan Society in New York.
March 1969: B.A. thesis, Keio
University.
"Mass Society and Human Alienation" (written in Japanese), for which
an honors prize was awarded
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2013-present Professor Emeritus,
Kyorin University
2011-2013 Part-time Lecturer on
Comparative Sociology, Department of Politics & Economics, Meiji University
2009-2013 Visiting Professor of
Sociology, Graduate School of International Cooperation, and Department of
Foreign Studies, Kyorin University
2005 (Spring) Intensive Lectures on
Intercultural Communication at Jin-Ai University, Fukui.
2000 (December) Intensive Lectures
on the subject of Marriage and the Family at Kanazawa University.
1997-2005 Lecturer for US Development Bank for Latin American Financial
Specialists on "Some cultural assumptions of Japanese Society."
1995-2005 Part-time Lecturer of Sociology, Nihon University.
1993-2009 Professor of Sociology, Graduate School of International Cooperation,
Kyorin University.
1988-2009 Professor of Sociology, Department of Foreign Studies, Kyorin
University.
1984-1994 Lecturer on Japanese Society & Culture of the Cooperative
Japanese Business & Society Program (CJBSP), the Council on International
Educational Exchange (CIEE) in Tokyo.
1987-1988 Visiting Professor, Center for Japanese Studies, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (lectured on " Japanese Society and Culture")
& Fulbright Senior Researcher.
1984 ( Summer) Lecturer on American Society and Culture, Nanzan University in
Nagoya.
1984-1987 Part-time Lecturer on Comparative Culture, Toyo Women's Junior
College.
1983-1987 Associate Professor of Sociology, Graduate School of International
Relations, International University of Japan.
1984 Visiting Scholar (Andrew Norman Institute, Andrus Gerontology Center,
University of Southern California; East-West Population Institute, East-West
Center).
1982-1983 Visiting Associate Professor, School of Home Economics, The
University of British Columbia as well as the Ohira Commemorative Research
Program Fellow of the UBC/the Japan Foundation.
1982 (Summer) Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, Stanford University.
1981-1982 Visiting Scholar, Japan Institute, Harvard University.
1978-1981 Lecturer of Sociology, Sophia University
1978-1979 Part-time Lecturer of Sociology, University of Maryland, University
College, Far East Division, Tokyo, Japan.
1976-1978 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Hartwick College.
1974-1976 Instructor, University of New Hampshire.
1971-1972 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
1970-1971 Graduate Assistant, Kent State University.
AREAS OF COMPETENCE
Demography and the Family
Aging and Social Policies
Comparative Sociology
Social Issues
Community Network
Intercultural Communication &
Japanese Foreign Direct Investment
Violence in the Family
Social Stratification and Mobility
1. 1977 A Bridge Across the
Pacific: Japanese and American Society and Culture Today, (ed.).
Oneonta, NY: Hartwick College.
2. 1980 Family
and Household in Changing Japan, Takashi Koyama, Kiyomi
Morioka, and Fumie Kumagai, (eds.). Tokyo: The Japan Society for the Promotion
of Sciences.
3. 1981a Katei
to Børyoku: Kazoku wo Meguru
Ningenkankei [Violence and the Family: Human
Interactions in the Family] (ed), Gendai no Espri, No. 166 Tokyo: Shibundø.
4. 1981b Family
and Household in Changing Japan. Takashi Koyama, Kiyomi
Morioka, and Fumie Kumagai (eds.). Journal of Comparative Family Studies,
Special Issue, Vol. 12, No.3 (summer).
5. 1982 Kønai
Børyoku [Violence in School], Haruo Matsubara and Fumie Kumagai
(eds.), Gendai no Espri, No. 180. Tokyo: Shibundø.
6. 1983 America
no Kateinai Børyoku: Kodomo, Otto, Tsuma, Oya Gyakutai no Jittai [Violence in
the American Family: A Life Cycle Perspective]. Tokyo: Science-sha.
7. 1985 Marginalization
no Seishun [Marginalization:
A Personal Account ]. Tokyo: YMCA Press, and republished by Seizansha in 1994.
8. 1987 Kaso to
Kamitsu ni Ikiru San-Sedai no Nihonjin [Three Generation Families
in Rural and Urban Japan] . Tokyo: Toyota Foundation.
9. 1988 Kokusaikajidai
no Katei Kyøiku [Japanese Family Education in the Era of
Internationalization]. Tokyo: Købundø-shuppan.
10. 1992 Social Problems of
Internationalizing Societies: Comparative Analyses. Kumagai,
Fumie, M. Hayasaka, J. Parochetti, P. MCMillan, J. Edo, and Y. Katøgi (eds.).
Kyorin University Faculty Research Project.
11. 1995 Families in Asia: Beliefs and
Realities, (ed.) special issue of the Journal of Comparative
Family Studies, vol. 26, no. 1 (Spring) (163 pp.)
12. 1996 Nihonteki
Seisann Shisutemu in Yu-Esu-Ei: Masatsu kara Sogorikaihe [Impacts of the Japanese Style of
Production System in the U.S.A.: From Friction to Friendship]. JETRO (277+xi
pp). ISBN 4-8244-0730-6 C3060.
13. 1996 Unmasking
Japan Today: The Impact of Traditional Values on Modern Japanese Society. Westport,
Conn:: Praeger (192+xi pp). ISBN 0-275-95144-8.
14. 1997 Nihon no Kazoku to
Chiikisei: Higashi Nihon no Kazoku wo Chuushintoshite [Japanese
Family Structure and Regional Variations: Special Emphasis on Eastern Japan],
(ed). Kyoto: Minerva Shobo (216+x pp). ISBN 4-623-02748-1.
15. 1997 Nihon no Kazoku to
Chiikisei: Nishi Nihon no Kazoku to Chuushintoshite [Japanese Family Structure and Regional
Variations: Special Emphasis on Western Japan], (ed). Kyoto: Minerva Shobo
(200+x pp). ISBN 4-623-02749-x.
16. 1999 Degitaru Nettowaaku
Shakai no Mirai: Shakaigaku Kara Miru Sono Hikari to Kage [The Future of
Digital Network Society: Pros and Cons]. Kyoto: Minerva Shobo (230+viii pp).
ISBN4-623-03086-5.
17. 2004 21-Seiki Amerika no Shakaimondai
[Social Problems in 21st
Century American Societ]). Tokyo: Keiso-shobo.
(320+v pp) ISBN4-326-60171-X
19.
2008 Families in Japan:
Changes, Continuities, and Regional Variations [Introduction + 6 Chapters]. Lanham, MD:
University Press of America, Inc. (194 pp) ISBN0-7618-4016-8.
20.
2010 Jyukunen
Rikon Saiko: Dankai no Laifu Plann Shohousenn [Late-Life Divorce in Japan Revisited:
Vivacious Baby-boomer Generation.]
Co-authored with Kumagai Fumie, Harada Nobuyasu, and Sato Jyunko. Tokyo: Shiron-sha. ISBN
978-4-903122-10-6.
21.
2011 Nihon no Chienn
to Chiikiryoku: Chiiki no Kizuna Kouchikuhemukete [Community
Relations and Community Strength: Constructing the Community Bond.] Edited and authored
by Kumagai Fumie, and with Yagihashi Hirotoshi, and Ishiguro Taeko.as chapter
contributors respectively. Kyoto, Minerva-shobo. (284 pp) ISBN 978-4-623-06128-0.
22. 2013 eBook
Anata no Shiranai Amerika [eBook The United States of America That You
Do Not Know]. Manuscript completed (Introduction + 9 Chapters). KDP: Kindle
Direct Publishing. ISBN: 978-4-907261-00`09.
23. 2015 Family
Issues on Marriage, Divorce, and Older Adults in Japan: With Special Attention
to Regional Variations (Preface + 8 Chapters + Indexes). ISBN: 978-981-287-184-8 (Hardcover: Print), and
ISBN-978-981-287-185-5 (Online eBook) On Springer Link
eBook. Singapore: Springer Science +Business Media.
Amazon site: Family
Issues on Marriage, Divorce, and Older Adults in Japan: With Special Attention
to Regional Variations.
24.
2016 Family Violence in Japan:
A Life Course Perspective Edited by Kumagai, Fumie, and
Ishii-Kuntz, Masako with 5 Japanese authors (Preface+6 Chapters + Subject &
Author Indexes). ISBN 978-981-10-0055-3 (Hardcover Print), and ISBN-978-981-10-0057-7
(Online eBook) On Springer Link eBook. Singapore: Springer Science
+Business Media.
Amazon
site: Family
Violence in Japan: A Life Course Perspective.
25.
2018 Chiikiryoku de
Tachimukau Jinkou Genshou Shakai: Chiisana Jichitai no Chiiki Saisei Saku [Declining
Population and the Municipal Power in Japan: Policies for Area Revitalization
of Small Municipalities.] Kyoto: Minerva-shobo. (A5-320 pp) ISBN 978-4-623-083398.
26.
2020 Municipal Power
and Population Decline in Japan: Goki-Shichido and Regional Variations. (Preface+Prologue+9 Chapters + Author
& Subject Indices). ISBN 978-981-16-4233-6 (Hardcover Print), and ISBN-978-981-15-4234-3
(Online eBook) On Springer Link eBook. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.
27.
2021a Shrinking Japan
and Regional Variations: Along the Hokurikudo and the Tosando I. (Preface+Prologue+3 Chapters). ISBN 978-981-16-6151-8 (Softcover
Book), and ISBN-978-981-16-6152-5
(eBook). Singapore: Springer
Nature.
28.
2021b Shrinking Japan
and Regional Variations: Along the Hokurikudo and the Tosando II. (Preface+Prologue+4 Chapters). ISBN 978-981-16-6608-7 (Softcover
Book), and ISBN-978-981-16-6609-4
(eBook). Singapore: Springer
Nature.
29.
2023, Shrinking
Japan and Regional Variations: Along the Tokaido. (Preface+Prologue+4
Chapters + Author & Subject Indices; XVII+128pp=145pp). ISBN
978-981-19-9608-5 (Softcover Book), and ISBN-978-981-19-9609-2 (eBook). Singapore: Springer Nature.
30.
(forthcoming) Shrinking Japan and Regional Variations: Along the Sannyodo. Singapore:
Springer Nature. (Preface+Prologue+4 Chapters + Author & Subject Indices).
PAPERS
1. 1976a "Japanese cultural
and social norms and adjustment of Japanese graduate students in the
U.S.A." Foreign Affairs Research Papers, Foreign Documentation
Center, Department of State.
2. 1976b "Testing a field
theory of adjustment: The cross-cultural experience of Japanese students."
Foreign Affairs Research Papers, Foreign Documentation Center,
Department of State.
3. 1976c "The social
psychological implications of the bilingual experiences of Japanese students."
Foreign Affairs Research Papers, Foreign Documentation Center,
Department of State.
4. 1977a "An empirical
comparison of eleven methods of constructing indexes." Chapter II in
Murray A. Straus, Indexing and Scaling for Social Science Research with SPSS
(mimeographed). Co-authored with Murray A. Straus.
5. 1977b "The effects of cross-cultural
education on attitudes and personality of Japanese students." Sociology
of Education 50(January):40-47.
6. 1977c "Dimensions of parent
practices in Japan and America." (mimeographed).
7. 1977d "Parental values,
socialization, and their effects on Japanese youth." (mimeographed).
8. 1978a "Conjugal power and
conjugal violence in Japan and the U.S.A." Co-authored with G. O'Donoghue.
Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 9, 2(Summer):211-222.
9. 1978b "Socialization of
youth in Japan and the United States." Journal of Comparative Family
Studies, 9,3(Autumn):335-345.
10. 1978c "Teaching Sociology
at an American Institution." Nihon Keizai Shinbun (Japan Economic Journal),
September 21st, Culture Section.
11. 1978d "Japanese version of
Ann Landers." Sunday issues of the Tokyo Newspaper, Section on the
Family, Sundays from October 22, 1978 to April 29, 1979.
12. 1979a "Gendai no kazoku o
kataru: Katei no børyoku nishi higashi (The family today: Family violence in
East and West)." Tokyo Seinen 107(January):4-35; 52-53.
13. 1979b "America no køkøsei,
Nihon no køkøsei -- Amierca kara no bunseki (High school students in America
and Japan)." Chapter 9, 161-171, Nichibei Køkøei Hikaku Chøsa
(Cross Cultural Studies of High School Students in America and Japan). Tokyo:
Japan Youth Research Institute.
14. 1979c "Violence against
children: Child abuse in America and infanticide in Japan." Sophia
International Review, 2(April):13-21.
15. 1979d "Social class, power
and husband-wife violence in Japan." Journal of Comparative Family
Studies, 10, 1(Spring):91-105.
16. 1979e "Katei no børyoku
nishi higashi (Family violence in East and West)." Palelga,
321(April):2-5.
17. 1979f "Fufu no
kattøkaiketsu hyøshutsu katei: Nichi-In-Bei no hikaku chose (Conflict resulution
tactics in Japan, India, and the U.S.A.)" Japanese Sociological Review
30, 1:36-50 (serial vol. #117).
18. 1979g "Katei no børyoku
America dewa ( Family violence in America )." Woman's Education
No.487:2-4.
19. 1979h "Family
egalitarianism in cultural contexts: High variation Japanese egalitarianism vs.
low-variation American egalitarianism." Journal of Comparative Family
Studies, 10, 3 (Autumn) :315-329.
20. 1979i "Social class and
socialization of youth in Japan."(mimeographed).
21. 1979j "Fufu no Kenryoku
køzø to børyoku: Nichi-In-Bei no hikaku chøsa ( Conjugal power and conjaugal
violence in Japan, India, and the U. S. A.)." Japanese Journal of
Marriage and the Family 5: 22-34.
22. 1980a "Gendai køkøsei no
seitai ( High school students today )." Community, No.58 High
School Students in Japan and the U. S. A. Tokyo: Chiiki Shakai Kenkyujo.
23. 1980b "Kateinai børyoku no
rironteki køsatsu" ( Theoretical considerations on family violence). Japanese
Sociological Review 31, 2:36-44 ( Serial Vol. #122).
24. 1980c "Seishønen no
shakaika kokusai hikaku: Nichi-In-Bei no baai ( Youth socialization in Japan, India,
and the U. S. A. ). Japanese Journal of Sociology of Education 35:
85-98.
25. 1980d "Book review on the
Contemporary Theories about the Family, vol. II" Japanese Journal of
Marriage and the Family 6:78-81.
26. 1980e "Filial violence: A
peculiar parent-child relationship in the Japanese family today." Chapter
6:101-125 in Takashi Koyama, Kiyomi Morioka, and Fumie Kumagai (eds.), Family
and Household in Changing Japan. Tokyo: The Japan Society for the Promotion
of Sciences.
27. 1980f "Kateinai børyoku:
Kazoku no naka no ningen kankei (Family violence: Human relationship in the
family)." pp.109-121 in Shinri to Søzø, vol. 16, special issue on Ie
to Kazoku to Katei to. Tokyo: Kosei Shuppan Sha.
28. 1981a "Field theory and
conjugal violence in Japan." Journal of Comparative Family Studies,
12, 4(Autumn):413-428.
29. 1981b "America no kazoku
mondai no shakaigaku (Marriage and the family in America)." pp.3 57 in
Yasuhiko Yuzawa (ed.) The Family in the World, Tokyo: Science-Sha.
30. 1982a "Metaphore and aging
in the Japanese family." Paper presented at the University of British
Columbia Research Symposium on Aging, June 19-22.
31. 1982b "The elderly and social
policy in Japan." Paper presented at the Xth World Congress of Sociology,
Mexico City, August 16-21.
32. 1983a "Changing divorce in
Japan." Journal of Family History, 8, 1(Spring):85-108.
33. 1983b "Marginalization:
Aru josei shakei-gakuto no 14-nen (Marginalization: 14 years of a Japanese
woman sociologist)." Newsletter, No.5 of the Intercultural Education
Society of Japan.
34. 1983c "Filial violence in
Japan." Proceedings of the 10th World Congress of Social Psychiatry
(September):264-276.
35. 1983d "Filial violence in
Japan." Victimology, 8, 3(November):173-194.
36. 1983e "Conflict resolution
tactics in Japan, India, and the U.S.A." Co-authored with Murray A.
Straus, Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 14, 3(Autumn):378-392.
37. 1983f "Marginalization no
seishun No.1 (Marginalization: a personal account, No.1)" Izumi
Quarterly, No.42, ( December) : 88-97.
38. 1984a " The life cycle of
the Japanese family." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 46, 1
(February) : 191-204.
39. 1984b "Aging and social
policies in Japan." Proceedings of the xxth International CFR Seminar on
Social Change and Family Policies, Melbourne, Australia ,August 19-24,
Australian Institute of Family Studies Part 4: 923-940.
40. 1984c " Børyoku to
Kyøiku--sono rironteki køsatsu ( Violence and education: some theoretical
considerations )." Japanese Journal of Sociology of Education 39:
32-42.
41. 1984d "Aging in the world
and the elderly in Japan." pp. 211-243 in Aging Well Through Living
Better, Paris, France: International Center of Social Gerontology.
42. 1984e "Chøju Kakumei
kyugeki na Nihon (Longevity Revolution: Issues in aging societies). " The
Japan Economic Journal ( November 10, 1984 issue.)
43. 1985a "Marginalization no
seishun No.2 ( Marginalization: a personal account, No.2)" Izumi
Quarterly, No.43: 72-79.
44. 1985b " Kazoku no life
cycle to køreika shakai ( The life cycle of the Japanese family)." Nihon
no Sentaku. 9, 21: 2-7 and appendices.
45. 1985c "Japan's 'silver
market' and aging society." Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry, 4,
2 ( March/April ) : 45-48.
46. 1985d "Beikoku life
planning sangyø no høga (The life planning industry in America )." Shohi
to Ryutsu, 32 (Spring) : 64-69.
47. 1985e "Køreika shakai ni
sonaete (Aging society: Constructing an integrated social system)." American
Family Report.
48. 1985f "Kønaibøryoku
(Violence in School)," 50 Oku, 22, 254(May): 17-21.
49. 1985g "Søki Taishoku seido
Beikoku dewa tasai (Pre-retirement programs in American organizations)." The
Japan Economic Journal ( August 24, 1985 issue).
50. 1985h "Køreika ni kansuru
shakai-bunkateki mondaiten ( Socio-cultural issues of aging)." Køshu
Eisei, 49, 9 (September): 629-638.
51. 1985i "Kaso to kamitsu ni
ikiru san-sedai no Nihonjin (Three generations of the Japanese in the underpopulated
and overpopulated regions.)" A report of the Toyota Foundation research.
(120 pages)
52. 1986a "Nihon no kazoku no
nijukøzø (The dual structure of the Japanese family). " Japanese
Sociological Review. 36, 4( March ) : 406-423.
53. 1986b "Chøjyu shakai
taisaku taikø--Jitsugen ni muketa gutaisaku hitsuyø (Policies for aging society:
Need for a more realistic view)." The Japan Economic Journal (June
26, 1986 issue).
54. 1986c "Modernization and
the family in Japan." Journal of Family History, 11, 4: 371-382.
55. 1986d "Aging in the
American South." Bulletin of the Interational University of Japan,
No.6: 69-81.
56. 1987a "Satisfaction among rural
and urban Japanese elderly in three-generation families." Journal of
Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 2, 3: 225-240.
57. 1987b "The duality of the
Japanese family and household: External modernism and internal
traditionalism." Australian Journal of Japanese Studies.
58. 1987c "Divorce in changing
economy and society : The case of postwar Japan." (mimeographed.)
59. 1987d "Sabetsusareru
America no josei daigaku kyøju to kanrishoku (Discrimination against women
faculties and administrators in American academia)." The Japan Economic
Jounal , December 8th issue.
60. 1988a Book review on Family and
Population in East Asin History, S. B. Hanley and A. P. Wolf (eds.), Stanford
University Press, 1985 for the Journal of Asian and African Studies,
XXIII, 1-2: 212-214.
61. 1988b "Sama gawari no
Nihonjin kazoku" (Changing situations of Japanese families in America). The
Japan Economic Journal, March llth issue.
62. 1988c "Nihonteki keiei no
Beikoku iten--rinen ya bunka wa susumazu" (Japan's direct investment in the
U.S.A.: Cultural Frictions). The Japan Economic Journal, October 12th
issue.
63. 1989a "The dual structure
of the Japanese family." (mimeographed)
64. 1989b "Kokusaika to
bunkamasatsu" (Internationalization and cultural frictions). Energy
Forum (Denryoku Shinpø-sha), 409: 31.
65. 1989c "Niigataken 100nen
no seikatsushi" (A century of Niigata prefectural life history). Ministry
of Education Research Grant Report.
66. 1989d "Taibei chokusetsutøshika
ni okeru Nikkei kigyø no tekiø--jugyøin to sono kazoku no jittai"
(Adjustment of Japanese industries in the U.S.A. under the scope of direct investment:
Employees and families). Kagaku Gijutsu to Keizai no Kai, August: 1-15.
67. 1989e "The social significance
of marriage and parenthood in Japan." Proceedings of the XXIVth
International CFR Seminar on Marriage, Parenthood and Social Policy in Singapore
in May.
68. 1989f "Research on the
family in Japan." Paper prepared for the Regional Unit for the Social
& Human Sciences in Asia & the Pacifit (RUSHSAP) of UNESCO for their
Sub-Programme VIII.l.l (development processes and their socio-cultural dimensions).
69. 1989g "Psychological,
cultural, and structural determinants of life quality of the Japanese family
within the scope of Japan's direct investment in the U.S.A."
70. 1989h "Beikoku funin de
kazoku ha?" (The Japanese family in the U.S.A." Japan Economic
Journal, September 8th issue.
71. 1989i "Japanese families
abroad." International Migration, 27, 4 (December): 595-600.
72. 1990a "Kigyø to kokusaika
køryN: Nikkei kigyø de hataraku Beikokujin ga mita 'kaisha'." (Japanese
industries through American eyes within the scope of Japan's direct investment
in the United States.) World Plaza, 7: 24-25.
73. 1990b "Bridging
communication gaps between Japan and the United States." Kyorin
University Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, 2: 138-154.
74. 1990c "Cross-cultural
perspectives on the Japanese family and policies." Chapter 12: 213-246 in
Stella R. Quah (ed.), The Family As An Asset: An International Perspective
on Marriage, Parenthood and Social Policy. Singapore: Times Academic Press.
75. 1990d "Yes to nø no aida
no maybe." In p.63, Kokusai Bunka Forum (ed.), Kokusai Bunka KøryN
MeigenshN (Notable Words of Intercultural Exchange).
76. 1990e A discussant paper on
"Family Sociology in the Third World." Proceedings of the
International Sociological Association XIIth World Congress of Sociology,
Madrid, Spain.
77. 1990f "Taibei chokusetsu
tøshikaniokeru Nikkei kigyø no tekiø." (Adjustment of Japanese industries
within the scope of Japan's direct investment in the United States.) Pp.II-5-II-18
in Gijutsu Keiei Kaigi (ed.), KenkyN Kaihatsu Globalization.
78. 1990g "Ibunka no hazamade:
Kokusaika to bunkamasatsu." (Between two cultures: Internationalization and
cultural frictions.) Kyorin JEC, 3: 45-49.
79. 1990h "Changing fertility
in Japan." NWEC (the National Women's Education Center of Japan)
Newsletter, 7, 2 (November): 7-9.
80. 1991 "Can Japan be internationalized?"
Kyorin University Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, 3:
134-168.
81. 1992a "An introductory
chapter to Japanese Families: A Century of Changes and Variations." Kyorin
University, Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, 4: 93-117.
82. 1992b "Marriage and
divorce in Japan: Changes and variations." (50 pages) Proceedings of the
28th CFR Family Seminar held in Taipei, Taiwan.
83. 1992c "Manga: Core of
youth culture in contemporary Japan." (30 pages) Proceedings of the International
Conference on Youth in Asia and Pacific Region held in Bangkok, Thailand.
84. 1992d "Transferring
Japanese dual structure into the American context." (30 pages) Proceedings
of the International Sociological Association Culture-Organization Joint Symposium
held in Kurashiki, Okayama.
85. 1992e "Young people in
Japan: Values and beliefs concerning marriage and the family." (50 pages)
Paper prepared for the Regional Unit for Social and Human Sciences in Asia and
the Pacific (RUSHSAP) of UNESCO.
86. 1992f "Research on the
family in Japan." Chapter 3: 159-237 in UNESCO (ed.), The Changing
Family in Asia: Bangladesh, India, Japan, Philippines, and Thailand. Bangkok:
UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
87. 1993a. "Nihonteki nijukozo bunka no kaigai itenn--America genchiseisan
nohikakubunkaronnteki kousatsu" (Transferring Japanese dual structural
culture into the U.S.A.: Impacts of Japan's direct investments on American
workers. Bulletin of the Culture Research Institute of Nihon University,
24: 29-74.
88. 1993b. "Transferring
Japanese dual structure into the American context: success or failure? Kyorin
University, Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, 5: 12-47.
89. 1993c. "Nihon no taibei
chokusetsutoushi--keizaikoka, chikiha kokan" (Impacts of Japan's direct
investments to America: favorable attitudes toward regional economies). Japan
Economic Journal, November 27, 1993 issue (morning edition).
90. 1994a. "South rising again
on foreign investments." The Nikkei Weekly. January 24, 1994 issue.
91. 1994b. "Nihonbunka no
tokushitsu to kokusai kouryu" (Characteristics of Japanese culture and
intercultural exchange). Chapter 5: 139-168 in the Culture Research Institute
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94. 1994e. "Taibei
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98. 1995d. "Maruchi media
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107. 1997a. "Nihonteki seisan
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no chiikisei to tayousei- chiiki tokusei to setai kozo" (Japanese Family,
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no Kazoku to Chiikisei Vol. 1: Higashi Nihon no Kazoku wo Chuushintoshite
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PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
1976a (March) Panelist at the 28th
Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in Toronto, Canada. Title
of the paper read: "Factors influencing cross-cultural experiences:
Japanese scholars in America and Japan today."
1976b (August) Panelist at the 71st
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York. Title of
the paper: "Language in the cross - cultural experience of Japanese
scholars."
1977a (March) Panel Organizer,
chairperson, and panelist of the panel at the 28th Annual Meetion of
Association for Asian Studies in New York. Title of the panel: "Families
in East and West: comparative Approaches." Title of the paper delivered:
"Conjugal power and conjugal violence in Japan and the U. S. A. "
1977b (September) Informal
Discussion Session Leader at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the American
Sociological Association in Chicago. Title of the paper: "Third Culture
Kids."
1977c (September) Panelist at the
72nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Chicago. Title
of the paper (co-authored with G. O'Donoghue): "Family Egalitarianism in
Japan and America."
1978a (March/April) Panelist at the
48th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in Philadelphia. Title
of the paper delivered: "Social Class, Power and Husband-Wife Violence in
Japan."
1978b (August) Participated in the
11th International Congress of Gerontology in Tokyo, Japan.
1978c (September) Informal
Discussion Session Leader at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the American
Sociological Association in San Francisco. Title of the panel: Conjugal Violence:
Comparative Perspectives."
1978d (September) Panelist at the
30th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Educational Sociology in Osaka,
Japan. Title of the paper delivered: " Seishønen no Shakaika
Kokusaihikaku: Japan, India, and the U. S. A. "
1978e (October) Panelist at the
51st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Sociological Association in Matsuyama,
Japan. Title of the paper delivered: " Cross-cultural Analysis of Conflict
Resolution Tactics: Japan, India, and the U. S. A."
1978f (November) Speaker at the Monthly
Meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association in Tokyo, Japan. Title of the
speech : "College Teaching and Social Research in Multicultural
Perspectives."
1979 (February) Speaker at the
253rd Monthly Meeting of the Association for the Family Studies in Tokyo ,
Japan. Title of the speech: "Cross-cultural Comparative Studies on the
Family in Japan, India, and the U. S. A. : Conjugal Violence, Power and
Socialization."
1980 (August) Panelist at the 75th
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York City. Title
of the panel: Violence in the Famiy; Title of the paper: Field Theory and
Conjugal Violence in Japan.
1981a (June) Speaker at the Monthly
Meeting of the Tokyo Criminological Association. Title of the speech:
"Violence and the Family"
1981b (July) Panelist at the XIIth
International Congress of Gerontology in Hamburg, FRG. Title of the symposium:
Generations: Conflict and Cooperation; Title of the paper: Intergenerational
Conflicts and Cooperations in Japan.
1981c (July) Panelist at the
National Research Conference on Family Violence in Durham, New Hampshire. Title
of the paper: Conflict Resolution Tactics in Japan, India, and the U. S. A.
1981d (August) Panelist at the 76th
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Toronto. Title of
the panel: Divorce and Its Consequences; Title of the paper : Changing Divorce
in Japan.
1981e (August/ September) Panelist
at the International Seminar on Divorce and Remarriage, the International
Sociological Association Committee on Family Research in Leuven, Belgium. Title
of the paper: Divorce and Remarriage in Japan.
1981f (November) Speaker at the
Colloquium, University of New Hampshire, "The Experience of
Marginalization: Professional and personal Experience of a Japanese
Sojourner."
1982a (March) Speaker, Family
Violence Seminar, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Harvard University. Title
of the speech: "Filial Violence in Japan."
1982b (May) Panelist and a member
of the discussion group, the Xth Internaitonal Conference of Social Gerontology
in Deauville, France.
1982c (June) Panelist at the
Research synposium on Aging, University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Title
of the paper: Metaphor and Aging in Japan.
1982d (August) Panelist at the 10th
World Congress of Sociology in Mexico City. Title of the symposium: Family
Theory and Social Policy. Title of the paper: The Family Life Cycle and the
Elderly in Japan.
1982e (November) Speaker, Family
Research Seminar, School of Home Economics, The University of British Columbia.
Title of the speech : "Filial Violence in Japan."
1983a (January) Public Lecturer for
the Ohira Commemorative Research Program, Asian Research Center, The University
of British Columbia. Title of the lecture: "The Family in Changing Japan."
1983b (January) Public lecturer at the Robson Square Theater, Consulate General
of Japan, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Title of the lecture: "The Family and
Household in Changing Japan."
1983c (February) Visiting Speaker ,
The University of Alberta. Titles of speech: "Status of the Woman in
Changing Japanese Family: 1600-present." "The Old Age in Changing
Japanese Family." and " Violence in the Japanese Family."
1983d (March) Speaker, Family
Research Seminar, School of Home Economics, the University of British Columbia.
Title of the speech: "Marginalization: Fourteen Years of a Japanese Woman
Sociologist."
1983e (August/September) Panelist
at the 78th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Detroit.
Title of the panel: Demography of the Family; Title of the paper: The Life
Cycle of the Japanese Family.
1983f (September) Chairman and a
speaker at the 10th World Congress of Social Psychiatry in Osaka. Title of the
panel: Violence in the Family; Title of the paper: Filial Violence in Japan.
1983g (October) Paper Presented at
the 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Sociological Association held in Urawa.
Title of the paper presented: The Life Cycle of the Japanese family.
1983h (November) Faculy Colloquium
speaker on " Comparptive Management Styles." International University
of Japan.
1984a (March) Director's
Colloquium, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California on
"Aging and the Japanese Family."
1984b (April) Public Lecture
Series, East-West Population Institute on "Modernization and the Family in
Japan."
1984c (August) Panelist and a
member of the discussion group, the XXth International CFR Seminar on Social
Change and Family Policies, Melbourne, Australia.
1984d (September) Colloquium
speaker, Japanese Studies, Monash University Clayton, Australia on
"Marginalization of a Japanese Woman Sociologist."
1984e (August) Colloquium speaker,
Japanese Studies Unit, Department of Economics, the University of Western
Australia on " Modernization and the Family in Japan."
1984f (September) Collquium
speaker, Department of Sociology and Department of Japanese Studies, the
National University of Singapore on "Modernization and the Family in
Japan."
1984g (October) Discussant at the
4th Asian Regioanl Conference of Sociology on Family and Community Changes in
East Asia held in Kobe, Japan.
1984h (October) Panelist and a
member of the Organizing committee, the 2nd US-Japan Conference on Aging,
Tokyo, Japan.
1984i (October) Discussant at the WHO/IAG/JGS International Workshops on Aging
held in Fukuoka, Japan.
1984j (November) Colloquium
speaker, Nagareyama, Saitama on " Koreika Shakai no Mondaiten. (Issues on
Aging.)"
1985a (January) Seminar speaker,
National Institute of Epidemiology, " Chiiki to Kazoku (Community and the
Family)."
1985b (July) Panelist at the XIIIth
International Congress of Gerontology in New York City . Title of the paper:
Aging and Social Policies in Japan.
1985c (September) Colloquium
speaker for the Kinyøkai on "Køreikashakai no Mondaiten -- Nichi-Bei no Hikaku
o Toshite (Issues on Aging: Comparative perspectives.)"
1985d (October) Colloquium speaker
for Diamond Business Consulting on "Beikoku de Tasai na 'Soki Taishoku
Seido' no Jitsujo (Early Retirement Programs in America.)"
1985e (November) Paper presented at
the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Sociological Asociation held in
Yokohama. Title of the paper presented: Divorce and the Business Cycle in
Japan.
1986a (March) Colloquium speaker
for Kao Laboratory on "Sukoyaka ni Utsukushiku Oiru (Aging Beautifully.)"
1986b (April) Colloquium speaker
for Japanese Association of the Southern American Studies on "Nanbu no
Koreika Mondai (Aging in the Southern America.)"
1986c (May) Forum speaker for øsaki
Elementary School on "Katei Kyøiku no Kadai (Education through One's Life
Cycle.)"
1986d (August) Invited Participant
at the 11th World Congress of Sociology in New Delhi, India. Title of the
Symposium: Social Change within Institutions. Title of the paper: The Dual
Structure of the Japanese Family.
1986e (August/September) Panelist
at the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York
City.. Title of the paper: Divorce and the Business Cycle in Japan: A
Time-Series Analysis between 1882-1984.
1986f (September) Panelist and a study
reporter on "Social and Economic Policies for Aging" of the 4th
US-Japan Conference on Aging, Tokyo, Japan.
1986g (October) Ladies Forum,
organized by the Japan Economic Journal, speaker on "Yutaka ni ikiru
shougai sekkei (Life planning for aging well)."
1986h (October) Forum speaker for Medical School, Teikyø University on
"The Dualistic Aging in Japan."
1986i (November) Chair for a panel on the "Health Sciences, Society, and
the Family" at the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association for the
Health Sciences held in Tokyo.
1987a (August) Roundtable speaker
at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Chicago.
Title of the paper: Satisfaction among Rural and Urban Japanese Elderly in
Three Generation Families.
1987b (November) Panelist at the
National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Title
of the paper: Rural-Urban Variations in Three-Generation Japanese Families.
1988a (January) Forum speaker for
Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan on "The Family and
Education in Contemporary Japan."
1988b (March) Visiting Fulbright
Scholar and Occasional Lecturer Program speaker at Wellesly College, MA; the
University of New Hampshire in Durham; the University of Kentucky in Lexington;
and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Topics of Speech:
"Contemporary Japanese Social Structure," "The Dual Structure of
the Japanese Family," "The Family and Education in Contemporary
Japan," and "Bridging Communication Gaps between Japan and the United
States."
1988c (October) Panelist at the
61st Annual Meetings of the Japanese Sociological Association in Sendai, Japan.
Title of the paper delivered: "The quality of life of the Japanese family
under the scope of Japanese direct investment in the United States."
1988d (October) Panelist at the
40th Annual Meetings of the Japan Society of Educational Sociology in Nagoya,
Japan. Title of the paper delivered: "A new phase of educational problems
of Japanese children in the USA."
1988e (November) Speaker for the
Koyø Jinzai Kaihatsu Forum on "Adjustment of Japanese industries under the
scope of Japanese direct investment in the USA."
1988f (December) Speaker for the
Kagaku Gijutsu to Keizai no Kai on "American employees and Japanese
families under the scope of Japanese direct investment in the USA."
1989a (January) Speaker for the
Business English Center training program on "Internationalization of Japan
and cultural frictions."
1989b (May) The XXIVth
International CFR Seminar in Singapore on "The social significance of
marriage and parenthood in Japan."
1989c (October) Panelist at the
41st Annual Meetings of the Japan Society of Educational Sociology in Tokyo,
and paper read on "Zaibei nihonjin kazoku no nakanimirukodomono"
(Adjustment of Japanese children in the U.S.A.)
1989d (October) Panelist at the
62nd Annual Meetings of the Japanese Sociological Association in Tokyo, and
paper read on "Taibei chokusetsu tøshika niokeru nihonjin kazoku no
quality of life" (The quality of life of the Japanese families
1989e (December) The Regional Unit
for the Social & Human Sciences in Asia & the Pacific (RUSHSAP) of
UNESCO in Bangkok, Thailand on "Research on the family in Japan."
1990a (April) Speaker for the
Kyorin University Freshman Orientation on "Ibunka no hazamade: Kokusaika
to bunkamasatsu" (Between two cultures: Internationalization and cultural
frictions.)
1990b (July) Discussant for the
International Sociological Association XIIth World Congress of Sociology,
Madrid Spain on "Family Sociology in the Third World."
1991 (March) Speaker for the Tokyo
Marine and Fire Insurance Co. on "Kokusaika shakai no josei no
arikata" (Women in an international society.)
1992a (April) "Changing
Japanese families." JMLI (Japan Missionary Language Institute), Tokyo.
1992b (May) "Marriage and
divorce in Japan: Changes and variations." The 28th CFR Family Seminar
held in Taipei, Taiwan.
1992c (June) "How modern is
modern Japan," "The family and household in Japan," and
"Human relations in organization." CIEE (Council on International
Educational Exchange), Tokyo.
1992d (June) "Manga: Core of
youth culture in contemporary Japan." The International Conference on
Youth in Asia and Pacific Region held in Bangkok, Thailand.
1992e (July) "Transferring
Japanese dual structure into the American context." The International
Sociological Association Culture-Organization Joint Symposium held in
Kurashiki, Okayama.
1992f (July) "The dual
structure of Japanese society." Ministry of Finance Seminar for Financial
Specialists from Asian Countries, Tokyo.
1992g (September) "Kekkon to
rikon: henka to chiikisei" (Marriage and divorce in Japan: Changes and
regional variations.) Japan Family Sociology Seminar held in Sapporo.
1992h (October) "Some cultural
assumptions of Japanese society." JAICA Seminar for Young Professionals
from South-Western Asian Nations, Tokyo.
1992i (November) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in Tøkaimura,
Ibaragi.
1993a (January) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in
Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1993b (February) "Families in
Asia." Ryukoku University Seminar on Research on the Family.
1993c (March) "Demography,
Households, and Families in Japan." International Seminar on the Family
organized by Social Research Institute of Ryukoku University, Kyoto.
1993d (February-April) Lecture seried on "Japanese Popular Culture."
CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange, Tokyo.
1993e (April-June) Lecture series
on "Japanese Women." Reconneissance Japan Program of Obirin
University, Tokyo.
1993f (April) "Some Cultural
Assamptions of Japanese Society." JMLI (Japan Missionary Language
Institute), Tokyo.
1993g (August) "Japanese
Society Today." University of Texas at Austin Summer in Japan Program held
at Obirin University, Tokyo.
1993h (August) "Some cultural
assumptions of Japanese society." JAICA Seminar for Russian Professionals,
Tokyo.
1993i (September) "Japanese
Families and Regional Variations." Japan Family Sociology Seminar held in
Odawara.
1993j (September)
"Communication Gaps"; "Some Cultural Assamptions of Japanese
society"; "Changing Japanese Families Today" presented in
Kentucky, Arkansas, and Alabama for the Japan Caravan program by Japan Society,
New York.
1993k (September) "Japanese
Women in the Family Today." US-Japan Women's Roundtable Discussion
organized by Japan Society, New York.
1993l (October) "US-Japan
Leadership Program." Japan Society, New York.
1993m (October) "Some cultural
assumptions of Japanese society." JAICA Seminar for Young Professionals
from Mongolia held in Tokyo.
1993n (November) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian countries by Japan
Atomic Energy Research Institute in Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1993o (December) "Nihon
Bunkano Tokushitsu to Kokusai Kouryu" (Japanese Cultural Characteristics
and International Exchange.) Annual Meetings of Sociological Association of
Nihon University, Tokyo.
1994a (January) "Japanese
Families Today"; "Some Cultural Assamptions of Japanese
Society"; "Impacts of Japan's Direct Investments in America"
presented at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
1994b (February) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from East European Countries and
Russia by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1994c (February-April) Lecture
seried on "Japanese Popular Culture." CIEE: Council on International
Educational Exchange, Tokyo.
1994d (March) "Women in
Asia"; "Aging and Social Policies in Japan." Symposium on Women
and Aging in Asia held in Singapore sponsored by the National University of
singapore and JOICPF.
1994e (July) "The Mechanism of
Japanese Modernization" presented for the symposium on
"Modernization" at the XIIIth World Congress of Sociology held in
Bielafeld, Germany.
1994f (September) "Japanese
Families and Regional Variations - Part II." Japan Family Sociology
Seminar held in Kobe.
1994g (September) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Nuclear Professionals by Japan Atomic Energy
Research Institute in Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1994h (October) "Kokusaika
shakainiokeru Nihon no kazoku" (Japanese families in an internationalizing
society .) Fujisawa City Gshomi Kaikan.
1994i (November) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian Countries (for the
Ukraine) by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1994j (November) "Koreishakai
ni muketeno korekarano kazoku" (Families in an aging society.) Fujisawa
City Goshomi Kaikan.
1995a (Januaary) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian Countries (for Russia
and Eastern Europe) by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in Tøkaimura,
Ibaragi.
1995b (March) "21
seikinimukete no nihon no kazoku to josei" (Japanese families and women in
the coming 21st Century.) Nihon University Seminar.
1995c (March) "Unmasking Japan
today." Nadeshiko-kai, International Women's Association.
1995d (May) "Nihon no kazoku
to koreishakai--chiiki karano teigen" (Japanese families in aging society:
Suggestions from communities.) Kyorin University Public Lexture Series (Hachioji).
1995e (June) "Nihon no kazoku
to koreishakai-chiiki karano teigen" (Japanese families in aging society:
Suggestions from communities.) Kyorin University Public Lexture Series
(Mitaka.)
1995f (June-July) "Women and
employment in Japan" International Seminar on Women and Employment held at
the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
1995g (August) "Hattentojokoku
no kazoku to kodomo no shakaika" (Families and child socialization in
developing countries) Symposium of the Association for Japanese Universities of
Home Economics Education held in Tokyo.
1995h (September) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian Countries (for Asian
countries) by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1995i (September) "Japanese
Families and Regional Variations - Part III." Japan Family Sociology
Seminar held at Shukutoku University in Chiba.
1995j (October) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian Countries (for Asia,
Russia and Eastern Europe) by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in
Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1995k (November) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian Countries (for the
Ukraine) by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1995l (November) Panelist for the
UK and Japan Symposium on Women and Society by the British Council held in
Tokyo.
1996a (January) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian Countries (for Russia
and Eastern Europe) by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in Tøkaimura,
Ibaragi.
1996b (February) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian Countries (for Russia
and Eastern Europe) by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in Tøkaimura,
Ibaragi.
1996c (February) "Japanese
society and culture." JICC: Japan International Cooperation Center for
Russian Administrators.
1996d (March) "Japanese
society and culture." JICC: Japan International Cooperation Center for Russian
Administrators.
1996e (April) "Japanese
production system in the U.S.A." SIETAR Japan Annual Meetings held at
Reitaku University, Kashiwa, Chiba.
1996f (July) "Sexual
harassment." Radio Japan, NHK International Broadcasting.
1996g (August)"Some cultural
assumptions of Japanese society" British Council & Japan Society of
Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1996h (September) "Social structure and human relations in contemporary
Japan." International Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian
Countries (for Asian countries) by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in
Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1995i (October) "Social
structure and human relations in contemporary Japan." International
Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian Countries (for Asia,
Russia and Eastern Europe) by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in
Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1996j (October) "
Profile." Radio Japan, NHK International Broadcasting.
1997a (January) "Social structure and human relations in contemporary Japan."
International Seminar on Nuclear Safety for Professionals from Asian Countries
(for Russia and Eastern Europe) by Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute in
Tøkaimura, Ibaragi.
1997b (January) "Japanese
society and culture." JICC: Japan International Cooperation Center for
Russian Administrators.
1997c (July) "Japanese society
and culture." For US Development Bank organized by JICC: Japan
International Cooperation Center for Russian Administrators.
1997d (September) "Using
Internet for enhancing the QOL of overseas Japanese families and
children." Seminar at Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1997e (October) "Japanese
society and culture." JICC: Japan International Cooperation Center for
social scientists from ASEAN nations.
1997e (November) "Japanese
society and culture." JICC: Japan International Cooperation Center for
civil service officers from ASEAN nations.
1997f (November) "From
friction to friendship: Alleviating intercultural communication problems
resulting from Japanese foreign direct investment in the United States,
Scotland, and ASEAN with emphasis on Malaysia."@@A revised version of the paper
presented at the third annual conference of East-West Communication: Challenges
for the New Century held at the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies of
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong between 17-19 November.
1998a (April) "Comparative
studies of the family." Ryukoku University Research Institute, Kyoto.
1998b (July) "Some cultural
assumptions of Japanese society,"@JAICA for Latin American Financial
Specialists at the US Development Bank.
1998c (August) "From Friction
to Friendship: Alleviating Intercultural Communication Problems Under Japanese
Foreign Direct Investment." World Congress of International Sociological
Association, Montreal, Canada.
1998d (August) "Use of
multimedia for enhancing the quality of life of Japanese families abroad."
Seminar at BEV: Blacksburg Electronic Village, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
1998e (August) "Community
Network for Senior Citizens,"@Group Discussion Interviews with
BEV Seniors at BEV: Blacksburg Electronic Village, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A.
1998f (September) "Regional
variation of the Japanese family: Revisited." Annual Meetings of the
Japanese Family Sociology Association held at Nara Women's College.
1998g (November)
"Intercultural Communication Problems under Japanese Foreign Direct
Investment in the United States, Scotland, and ASEAN with Special Emphasis on
Malaysia." World Congress of the SIETAR International Association.
1999a (May) "Socio-Cultural
Characteristics of Japanese Society," Daiwa So Ken Institute of
International Cooperation for Civil Service Officers in South East Asian
Nations.
1999b (May) "Japanese Families:
Changes and Variations," Seminar for Honor Students of the Pennsylvania
State University at Seikei University.
1999c (July) "Some cultural
assumptions of Japanese society," JAICA for Latin American Financial
Specialists at the US Development Bank.
1999d (October) Fulbright Japan-US
Educational Commission Interviewer for Sociology and Social Psychology.
2000a (March) "A digital
network model for Japanese families living abroad," BEV-Blacksburg
Electronic Village of the State University of Virginia Institute of Tecnology.
2000b (July) "Some cultural
assumptions of Japanese society," JAICA for Latin American Financial
Specialists at the US Development Bank.
2000c (September)
"Communication of Japanese eldderly in the Information Age society-A
lesson from BEV-Blacksburg Electronic Village ," Annual Meetings of the Japanese
Family Sociology Association held at Tohoku Gakuin University, Senda.
2000d (September) "Japanese
education in the Information Age society," International Conference on
APSA: Asia Pacific Sociological Association held at Kwansei Gakuin University,
2000e (October) "Japanese
elderly in the Information Age society," International Seminar on the
Family and the Elderly in Asia and Japan held in Singapore.
2000f (November) "Adjustment
of Japanese families under foreign direct investmes-An attempt of media
application," Annual Meetings o the Japanese Sociological Association held
at Hiroshima Kokusai Daigaku in Hiroshima.
2000g (November) "Japanese and
Korean elderly in the Information Age Society," Japan-Koea Joint Seminar
on the Family and the Elderly held at Eiwa Women's University in Seoul, Korea.
2000h (December) "Families and
the Elderly in the Information Age Society," An Intensive Semester
Equivalent Lecture Series given at Kanazawa University.
2001a (February) "Asian
Families in the Information Age Society: A Paradigm Shift." Symposium on
Japanese Studies in Korea held at Kokusai Nihon Bunka Senta (International
Institute of Japanese Studies) in Kyoto. 2001b (March) "Japanese elderly"
Narrator of the TV program by ABC: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2001c
(July) "Japanese Education and the Family in the Information Age
Society." Lecturer for the UN Seminar in Shimane on the IT, Education, and
the Family held in Shimane. 2001d (July) "Some cultural assumptions of
Japanese society," Inter-American Development Bank Organization for Latin
American Financial Specialists at the US Development Bank.
2001e (September)
"Socio-cultural characteristics and human relations of Japanese society,"
JAICA for Specialists from South Asian Nations.
2001f (September) "Violence in
the Japanese family revisited-with special attention to the elder abuse ,"
Annual Meetings of the Japanese Family Sociology Association held at
Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto .
200f1g (November) "Japanese
families in the Information Age Society-A paradigmn shift," Annual
Meetings of the Japanese Sociological Association held at Hitotsubashi
University in Tokyo.
2002a (April) "Social impacts
of declining fertility rates in Japan," Invited speaker for the Asian
MetaCentre of the National University of Singapore in Singapore.
2002b (July) "Asian families
in the Information Age Society-A paradigmn shift," Invited Speaker for the
Symposium at the International Sociological Association World Congress,
Brisbane, Australia.
2002c (July) "The dual
structure and regional variations of Japanese society," Panelist for
Comparative Sociology at the International Sociological Association World
Congress, Brisbane, Australia.
2002d (August) "Comminity
Level Analyses of Japanese Families: Fallacy of the Naitonal Average Data
Analyses," Panelist for The Family and Kinship in International Context
Session of the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in
Chicago.
2002e (September) "Regional
variations in Japanese families: Applying the COTF system theory of community
network," Japanese Association of Famly Sociology held at Tokyo Gakugei
University, Tokyo.
2003a (April) (co-authored with
Takeshi Kohno) Invitational Speaker on "Suggestions for intergenerational
families for fertility decline and population aging Japanese society:
Possibilities for applying COTF system for community transformation," the
International Conference on Intergenerational Relations in Families' Life
Course" at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
2003b. (June)
"Some cultural assumptions of Japanese society,"@for
the Inter-American Development Bank
for Latin American Financial Specialists at the Inter-American Development Bank Tokyo Office.
2003c. (July) "Contemporary
Japanese Society," for American College Students Summer in Japan Program
of the Institute of International Education (IIE) in Tokyo.
2003d. (September) (co-authored
with Akihiko Kato) gYu-haigusha nihonnjinn joseino shuurou ni kansuru kosatsu
(Japanese wives and labor force participation.)h Paper presented at the 13th
annual meeting of the Japan Society of Family Sociology held at Osaka City
University in Osaka in September.
2003e. (October) Five lectures
given on the topic of g21-Seiki
Amerika no Shakaimondaih (Social Issues in the 21st Century American
Society) for the Kyorin University Public Lecture Series in Hachioji, Tokyo.
2004a. (May) TV program: NHK-BS1,
Comments on ABC20-20 World Report on gOpen Adoptionh aired on May 21.
2004b. (June) gSome Possibilities
for IT Applications to Education in Japanh presented for the Colloquium gAcademiah
of Department of Foreign Studies of Kyorin University
2004c. (June)gSocial Issues in the
21st Century American Society with particular attention to Violence
in the Familyh for the Association of Attorneys at Law in Tokyo(Tokyo
Bengoshi-Kai) in Tokyo.
2004d. (June)iSymposium PanelistjgSome
Suggestions for Using the Internet in Japanese Education in the Information Age
Societyh for the International Symposium on gVision and Strategies on IT
Industry and e-Learningh held at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology in
Tokyo.
2004e. (June)iSymposium Panel Discussion PanelistjgPolicy
and Strategy on IT Education in Pan-Pacific Nationsh for the International
Symposium on gVision and Strategies on IT Industry and e-Learningh held at
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology in Tokyo.
2004f. (July) (Session
Chair)"Community Studiesh for the 36th World Congress of the International
Institute of Sociology, Beijing, P.R. China.
2004g. (July) (Panelist) Delivered
a paper on gCommunity Studies in Japan: An attempt to apply COTF system for
community transformation," at the 36th World Congress of the International
Institute of Sociology, Beijing, P.R. China.
2004h. (July) (Panelist) Delivered
a paper on "Social policies for the Elderly in Japan," at the 36th
World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Beijing, P.R.
China.
2004i. (September) iLecturejhSocio-Cultural
characteristics of Japanese Society Todayh for the Leadership Program of the
Institute for International Studies and Training (IIST) in Tokyo for 15 Leaders
selected from various countries throughout the world.
2004j. (October) Five lectures
given on the topic of g21-Seiki
Amerika no Shakaimondaih (Social Issues in the 21st Century American
Society) for Hchioji-City College
Town Public Lecture Series in Hachioji, Tokyo.
2004k. (November) (Being
interviewed) Japan Economic Journal Special Issue on gJapanese Families Today:
Diversities and Regional Variationsh reported on November 9.
2005a. (August) Reviewed the article on "fI screamed for helpf":
a case study of one grandmother's experience with voluntary kinship care"
for the Family Relations.
2005b.
(September) iTV AppearancejCommentator on the gImpacts
of Hurricane Katrina: Poverty and Racial Discrimination in the United Statesh
for NHK-BS1, gWorld Today.h
2005c.
(September) gViolence and Abuse in the American Family-Through the Family
Relations Perspectiveh Family Violence Prevention Committee, Kyorin University.
2005d.
(October) Reviewed the article on gGender, ethnicity and children's perspective
of warh for the Journal of Comparative Family Studies.
2005e.
(October) hSocio-Cultural characteristics of Japanese Society Todayh for the
IDB, Japan (Inter-Development Bank in Japan) in Tokyo for their Leadership
Scholarship Program selected from 10 Latin American Countries.
2005f.
(October) Commentator on gAging Society and IT-Robotics in Japanh for Swedish
Educational TV Series of Special Program.
(To be aired in April 2006.)
2005g.
(November) Reviewed the article on gBiased Investments: Gender Attitudes,
Educational Valuation, and Parental Educational Investment in Japanh for the Journal
of Marriage and Families.
2006a. (January) gKazoku wo meguru
ningenkankei toshiteno kateinai konfurikuto ni kansuru kousatsu-NFRJ03 deetaa ni
motozuiteh [Family relations surrounding the conflict in the family-Based on
the NFRJ03 data set], at the NFRJo3 Research Study Sessions, Association of
Japanese Family Sociology held at the Mita Campus of Keio University.
2006b. (April) Commentator ongAging Society and
IT-Robotics in Japanh #1: gElderly Care and Robotics,h and #2: gJapanese Family
and the Elderly,h Special Program of the Swedish Educational TV Series Program.
2006c. (June) gAn Application of
the CRV (Create the Real Voice of Students) System to the Course in gAmerican
Society,h presented for the Colloquium gAcademiah of Department of Foreign
Studies of Kyorin University.
2006d. (July) Organizer and Chair of Session 9:
Demography and the Family, RC06, of the International Sociological Association,
World Congress of Sociology to be held in Durban, South
Africa.
2006e. (July) Delivered the paper on gThe
Fallacy of Late Life Divorce in Japanh for Session 9: Demography and the
Family, RC06, of the International Sociological Association, World Congress of
Sociology held in Durban, South Africa.
2006f. (August)
Reviewed the materials for the Nomination to the
Academia Sinica Institutional Investigatorship in Taiwan.
2006g.
(September) Reviewed the article on gGender and Marital Happiness in Japanh for
the Journal of Marriage and Families.
2006h. (November) Commentator on gAging across
the World,h of NHK Educational Channel 3.
2007a. (January) GP Application to the Ministry
of Education and Sciences, on the topic of gChiiki Shakai no Kokusaiteki Jinzai
Ikusei wo Mezashite: Komyunike-shonn ryoku yousei wo jyuushi shita kokoromih
[Fostering internationally minded personnel in the community: Focusing on
communication abilities and skills] presented for the Colloquium gAcademiah of
Department of Foreign Studies of Kyorin University.
2007b. (April-May) Gave five lectures given on
the topic of gGenday Amerika no
Shakaimondaih [Social Issues in American Society Today) for Hchioji-City
College Town Public Lecture Series in Hachioji, Tokyo.
2007c. (June) Delivered a speech on gNihon no
kokusai kekkon: Nousonn kazoku sonzoku heno shisakuh [Interracial Marriage in
Japan: A Strategy to Maintain Rural Farm Households], presented for the
Colloquium gAcademiah of Department of Foreign Studies of Kyorin University.
2007d. (July) Delivered the paper on
gInterracial Marriage in Japan: A Strategy to Maintain Rural Farm Householdsh
for the 4th International Conference of Population Geography held in
Hong Kong.
2007e. (October) Gave a lecture on the topic
of gAmerika no
shukusaijitsu-ryouri-kyaroruh [Holidays in America: History, Foods, and Carols]
for Hchioji-City College Town Public Lecture Series in Hachioji, Tokyo.
2007f. (November) Gave a lecture on the topic
of gAmerika no shakai, kazoku,
soshite jyoseih [American society, the family, and women today] for Chofu-City
Council for the Equal Opportunity of Women, Chofu, Tokyo.
204. 2008.09 iPanelistjhRegional variations of Japanese
familiesh presented at the ISARC06 Seminar on "Family Diversity and
Gender" held in Lisbon, Portugal from September 9th-13th.
205. 2008.11 (Guest Speaker)
"Higher education of Japanese women and the role of women's universities
in Japan - Past, present, and the future," Proceedings of the
"International Conference on the Empowerment of Women's Universities"
held at Banastali University, Rajasthan, India, November 11-13, 2008. (Speech
was delivered as an invited guest speaker.)
206. 2008.11 (Panelist) "Roles
of Women's Universities" for the International Conference on Womenfs
Universities, held at Banastali University, Rajasthan, India. (Speech was delivered as an invited guest
speaker.)
207. 2008.11 (chair, Panel
Discussion) "Science and Technology and the Role of Women's
Universities" for the International Conference on Womenfs Universities,
held at Banastali University, Rajasthan, India.
208. 2009.03 (Panelist) gApplying
ITs to Undergraduate Liberal Arts Education: CRV & Universal Passporth for
the International Symposium on the Application of E-Learning as Pedagogical
Tools in Various Academic Fieldsh held at Hosei University in Tokyo from March
12th-13th.
209. 2009.05 (Speaker) gAmerika wo Tabisuruh [Traveling Through
the U.S.A.-From a Sociological Perspective] Hachioji University Consortiam
hIcho-Jyukuh held at the Event Hall of the Gakuen-Toshi Center in Hachioji,
Tokyo.
210. 2009.07 (Presenter) gKyorin-Daigaku Gaikokugo
Gakubu ni okeru Media-It Katsuyo no Kokoromih [Active Use of Media-ITs to the
Department of Foreign Studies of Kyorin University] co presented by F. Kumagai,
M. Sen, M. Takagi, & H. Yagihashi at the Shi-Jyou-Kyou: Association for
Media and IT Education of Japanese Universities held at Shigaku-Kaikan in
Ichigaya, Tokyo.
210. 2009.08 (Panelist) hDiversities and Regional Variations in
Japanese Families: Structure, Marriage, Divorce, Fertility Behavior, and the
Elderly,h presented at the 5th International Conference on the
Population Geography held at Dartmouth College from August 5th-9th.
211. 2009.11 (Presenter)
gKyorin-Daigaku Gaikokugo Gakubu ni okeru Media-It Katsuyo no Kokoromih [Some
Attempts to Apply Media-ITs to the Department of Foreign Studies of Kyorin
University] co presented by F. Kumagai, M. Sen, & H. Yagihashi at the
Je-LA: Japan E-Learning Association held at Sangyo Kagaku Gijutsu Daigaku
[Graduate School of Industrial Sciences and Technology University in Tokyo.
212. 2010.10 (Panelist) gA Century
of Changes, Continuities, and Regional Variations of Japanese Families,h paper
presented at the 2010 IEAS Workshop on Family Change held at Academia Sinica,
Taipei, Taiwan, October 10-12.
213. 2012.01 (5 lecture series
Lecturers with Hirotoshi YAGIHASHI) gChien to Chiikiryokuh [Community Power and
Community Relations] for Hachioji College Town ICHO-Jyuku.
214. 2012. 05 (Public Lecture)
gChien to Chiikiryoku-Akarui Akarui Nihon Fukkou eno Kizuna Kouchikuh
[Community Power and Community Relations for the Bright Reconstruction of the
Disaster Suffered Japan] delivered at Hachioji College Town ICHO-Jyuku.
215. 2012. 09 (Panelist) gChanging
Divorce in Japan Revisited with Special Attention to Regional Variationsh
delivered at the ISARC06 Seminar on New
family forms following divorce: consequences in /on postmodern society held at K.U. Leuven, Belgium, from
September 12-15.
216. 2012. 11 (5 lecture series:
Lecturer) eBook Anata no Shiranai Amerikah [The United States of Amerika That
You Do Not Know: Studying Diversities of the U.S.A. through eBook]
(Diversities; Communication Style and Race and Ethnic Relations; US Belt
Regions; US Poverty & the Population Aging and Fertility Declining Society;
US Presidential Election) for Hachioji College Town ICHO-Jyuku.
217. 2012. 11 (Speech) gChien to
Chiikiryokuh delivered for the ACADEMIA Forum of the Faculty of Foreign Studies
of Kyorin University.
218. 2013.03 (Panelist) gLate-Life
Divorce in Japan Revisited: with Special Attention to the Old-age Pension
Division Schemeh delivered at the ISARC06-CFR Seminar on Demographic and
Institutional Change in Global Families held at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
from March 28 to 31.
219. 2013. 10. (Public Lecturer) gChien
to Chiiki-ryoku: Kazoku no kizuna kara chiiki no kizuna heh [Community Relations
and Community Power: From Family to Community Relations] for SAKURALALE –Turkish
Japanese Women Association, Tokyo on October 20.
220. 2013. 12. (Invited Speaker) gJapanfs
Age of Aging: Elders Living Apart,h Proceedings of the Workshop on LIVING ALONE: ONE-PERSON HOUSEHOLDS
IN ASIA (5-6 DECEMBER 2013) Organized by Changing Family in Asia Cluster
of Asia Research Institute, and supported by Faculty of Arts and Social
Sciences, National University of Singapore, from December 5 to 6.
221. 2014. 07. (Distributed Paper) "Changing
Trends In Demography and Family Structure In Asia: Japan, Hong Kong, Korea,
Singapore With Reference To The U.S.A," (33445) for the Research
Committees session "Emerging New Family Forms in Asia and Beyond"
(3791) at the XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 13-19, 2014) in
Yokohama, Japan.
222. 2014. 07. (Oral Presentation) "History
of Courtship and Dating in Japan" (40918) for the RC06 Roundtable I. gGlobal
Changes in Families: Implications for Family Processes, Cohesion, and Identity
Formation,h at the XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 13-19, 2014) in
Yokohama, Japan.
223. 2014. 12. (Overseas Telephone
Interview in English) Participated in an 80-minutes telephone interview by a
cultural intelligent officer of the London office of Flamingo International on the
topic of gThe House-Home-Family in Japan.h
224. 2014. 12. (Selected as one of
the Finalists) gTokyo-to Mitaka-shi no Kourei Tanshinsetai: Chi to Chi no
Renkei no Tamenih [Elderlies Living Alone in City Mitaka, Tokyo: Collaboration
between the Area and Intelligence] for the G-Census (GIS mapping program for
the National Census data on prefectural, city-ward-town-village, and
township-chome-aza levels) Contest, and the PPT presentation document was
submitted on January 5, 2015.
225. 2015. 01. (Public Lecturer) gChiiki to
Koureisha to Iryouh [Constructing Community Network among Regional
Administration, Older Adults, and Medical Support], gave at Mitaka Network
University on January 24, 2015.
226.
2015. 06. (Oral
Presentation) gJapanese Older Adults Living Apart: Policy
Suggestionsh delivered
at the ISARC06-CFR Seminar on Aging Families, Changing Families: An
International Conference held at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan from June 3 to
6 at the Aging Studies Institute of Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.
227. 2016. 07 (Oral Presentation) gFamily
Violence in Japan: Life Course Perspectivesh delivered at the International
Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference held Portsmouth,
NH, USA from July 9-12, 2016.
228. 2018. 05 (Oral Presentation) gDeclining
Population and the Municipal Power in Japanh delivered at the Joint Conference
for RC06 (FAMILY) & RC41 (POPULATION) of ISA (International Sociological
Association) on Changing Demography and Changing Families held from May 17-19 in
Singapore.
229.
2021. 06 (Oral
Presentation) gJinko gensho to chiiki-ryoku: Shometsu kanousei jichitai no jireikarah
[Shrinking Japan and the municipal power: Some cases from disappearing
municipalities] delivered at the 73rd annual meetings (online) of Nihon
Jinko Gakkai (PAOJ: the Population Association of Japan) held June 5-6 in
Tokyo, online.
230.
2022. 08. (Oral
Presentation) gShrinking Japan and regional variations: Along the Hokurikudo and the
Tosandoh delivered at Session: 4A: Population and Development of the 15th
International Conference of Population Geography held August 25-27 in Tokyo
online.
231.
2023. 09. (Oral
Presentation) gShrinking Japan and Regional Variations: Along the Tokaidoh
delivered at the 2023 fiscal year meetings of the Eastern Division of the Population
Association of Japan held September 20-21 at Sapporo City University in
Sapporo, Hokkaido in hybrid mode.
HONORS AND GRANT
2019.02. Award for the
Statistical GIS Activity Encouragement of the Statistical Information Institute
for Consulting and Analysis (SINFONICA) on the topic of gStudies on Small Area
Analyses through Statistical GIS and Suggestions for Regional Revitalization,h
and her book published in 2018 entitled on Chiikiryoku
de Tachimukau Jinkou Gensho Shakai from Minerva-shobo.
2016.02. Award for
Excellence of the G-Census Presentation Documentation Contest of the
Statistical Information Institute for Consulting and Analysis (SINFONICA) on
the topic of gImpacts of Marriage on Regional Variations in Population Decline
Taking Examples from Aomori, Akita, Tokyo, and Okinawa.h
2015.01. Listed as a
distinguished scholar in the gMarquis
Whofs-Who: 2015.h
2014.11 Listed on the
Writers Directory – 32ndt Edition (Farmington, Michigan, U.S.A.) ID
#0000027226.
2014.11 Selected as a gLegacy Circle Memberh of the
NCFR: National Council on Family Relations, U.S.A.
2014.01. Listed as a
distinguished scholar in the gMarquis
Whofs-Who: 2014.h
2013.01. Listed as a
distinguished scholar in the gMarquis
Whofs-Who: 2013.h
2012.11 Listed on the
Writers Directory - 31st Edition (Farmington, Michigan, U.S.A.) ID #0000027226.
2012.11 Selected as a gLegacy Circle Memberh of the
NCFR: National Council on Family Relations, U.S.A.
2012.01. Listed as a
distinguished scholar in the gMarquis
Whofs-Who: 2012.h
2011.12
Awarded and Recognized as an Outstanding Merit for a Long Time Contributor to
the Hachioji City College
gIcho-Jyuku.h
2011.11 Selected as a gLegacy Circle Memberh of the NCFR:
National Council on Family Relations, U.S.A.
2011.01. Listed as a
distinguished scholar in the gMarquis
Whofs-Who: 2011.h
2010.07 Listed on The
Writers Directory (Entry Number 0000027226), Farmington Hills,
MI, U.S.A.
2009.04 Listed on the gWhofs
Who in the World,h 2009 (26th) Edition of the Marquis Whofs Who
(New Providence, NJ, U.S.A.)
2009.04 Listed on the gAsia/Pacific
Whofs Whoh (Vol. VIII) (New Delhi, India)
2009 Listed as one of the g2000 Outstanding
Intellectuals of the 21st Centuryh by the IBC (The
International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK).
2009 Awarded Research Encouragement Fund by
the Japan Economic Research Foundation for the research project on the gShoshi
Koureishakai ni okeru Chiiki Iryo to Chien Kazoku Kouchiku ni Kansuru
Jisshouteki Kenkyuuh [Community E-MediCare and the Construction of Community
Family Network in the Population Aging and Fertility Declining Japanese
Society].
2008 Established the Kumagai
Scholarship for Undergraduate Junior Students of the Faculty of Foreign
Studies, Kyorin University.
2008 Listed as a distinguished scholar in the
gMarquis Who's Whoh
2008 Listed as a distinguished scholar in the gWhofs
Who in Asiah
2007 Publication Grant by Kyorin University
for Families in Japan: Changes, Continuities, and Regional Variations.
2003 Publication Grant by Kyorin University
for Degital Nettowaaku Shakai no Mirai (The Future of Digital Network
Society.)
2002 Research Grant by Kyorin University for
Studies of Media and the Information Age Society.
2001 Research Grant by Kyorin University for
the Impact of Japanese Culture on Global Society.
2000 Research Grant by Kyorin University for
Media and Society-Continuation.
1999 Research Grant by Kyorin University for
Media and Society-Continuation.
1998 Research Grant by the Ministry of
Education on Life History of Shizuoka Prefecture (The 3rd Year).
1998 Research Grant by Kyorin University for
Media and Society-continuation.
1997 Research Grant by the Ministry of
Education on Life History of Shizuoka Prefecture (The 2nd Year).
1997 Research Grant by Kyorin University
for Media and Society.
1997 Travel and Research Grant by Kyorin University
for Japanese Direct Investments in Scotland for Interviews with Scottish
workers in the Silicon Glen industrial area in Scotland.
1996 Research Grant by the Ministry of
Education on Life History of Shizuoka Prefecture.
1996 Kyorin University Publication Grants.
1996 Travel and Research Grant by Kyorin
University for Japanese Direct Investments in Scotland for Interviews with
Scottish workers in the Silicon Glen industrial area in Scotland.
1995 Travel and Research Grant by the British Council to participate in the
Seminar on "Women and Employment" held at the University of Aberdeen,
Scotland, and visiting professionals and scholars at various institutions throughout
England (for 3-week period from end June to July.)
1994 Travel Grant by the Ministry
of Education to participate in the XIIIth World congress of Sociology held in
Bielafeld, Germany in July.
1994 Kyorin University Graduate
School of International Cooperations Faculty Research Grant for research
project on "Impacts of Japan's Direct Investments to the U.S.A." (in
collaboration with Professors T. Takubo and K. Sakoh)
1993 Kyorin University Graduate
School of International Cooperations Faculty Research Grant for research
project on "Impacts of Japan's Direct Investments to the U.S.A." (in
collaboration with Professors T. Takubo and K. Sakoh)
1992 Kyorin University Faculty
Research Grant for editing an anthology on Families in Asia: Beliefs and Realities
to be published by the Journal of Comparative Family Studies in 1994.
1991 Kyorin University Faculty
Research Grant for compiling an anthology, Social Problems of
Internationalizing Societies: Comparative Analyses awarded to F. Kumagai
(Principal Researcher), M. Hayasaka, J. Parochetti, P. MCMillan, J. Edo, and Y.
Katøgi.
1991-present Advisor, Annual
Editions (Sociology, Social Problems), The Dushkin Publishing Group.
1991 Member, Fulbright (United
States Educational Commission) Selection Committee on Social Issues.
1990 Travel Grant by the Japan
Foundation to participate in the XIIth World Congress of Sociology held in
Madrid, Spain in July.
1989 Research fund for drafting a
manuscript on "Research on the Family in Japan" by RUSHSAP of UNESCO
and the conference in Bangkok.
1989 Travel Grant by the Ministry
of Education to participate in the XXIVth International CFR Seminar held in
Singapore in May.
1987-1989 Research Grant by the
Ministry of Education on "A Century of Life Style in Niigate Prefecture."
1987-1989 Research Grant by
Sasagawa Peace Foundation on "Japanese and American Families under the
Foreign Direct Investment Program."
1987-1988 The Fulbright Senior
Researcher Scholarship, affiliated with the Institute for Social Research and
the Center for Japanese Studies of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan.
1987 Listed in the Men of
Achievement.
1986 Publication Grant by Toyota
Foundation for research on "Three Generations of the Japanese in the
Underpopulated and Ovrpopulated Regions."
1985 Travel Grant by the Ministry
of Education to participate in the XIIIth International Congress of Gerontology
held in July in New York City.
1984-1985 Research Grant by Toyota
Foundation on "Three Generations of the Japanese in the Underpopulated and
Overpopulated Regions."
1984 Travel Grant by the Ministry
of Education to participate in the XXth CFR Seminar held in August in
Melbourne, Australia.
1984-present Editorial Advisory
Board, Victimology: International Journal.
1984 Scholorship by the Asia
Foundation for research on "Economic Perspectives on Aging" at the
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center, Population Institute of the East-West
Center.
1983-1985 Associate Editor,
Japanese Sociology of Education.
1983- Associate Editor, Journal of
Comparative Family Studies.
1982-1983 Fellowship under the
Ohira Commemorative Program in Japanese Studies, Asian Research Center, the
University of British Columbia/the Japan Foundation.
1982-1984 Committee on Committee,
Committee on Family Research, International Sociological Association.
1981 Scholarship, the Educational
Foundation of the International Universtiy of Japan.
1979-present Associate Editor,
Journal of Comparative Family Studies.
1978 Listed in the International
Who's Who in Asian Studies.
1977 Hartwick College Board of
Trustees Research Grant for the book on "A Bridge Across the Pacific:
Japanese and American Society and Culture Today."
1977 Hartwick College Board of
Trustees Research Grant for "Conjugal Violence in Four Societies: America,
Japan, Ireland, and India."
1976 The Association for Asian
Studies Small Grant.
1975 Grant-in-Aid by the Japan
Society in New York for Ph.D. dissertation.
1971-1974 The Unversity of
Wisconsin/Ford Foundation Fellowship.
1971 Grant-in-Aid by the Japan
Society in New York for M.A. thesis.
1970 Scholarship by the
Fulbright-Hays Exchange Program. Orientation program at the East-West Center,
University of Hawaii.
1969 Honors Prize for B.A. thesis
at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
1963-1969 Scholarship by
Nihon-Ikuei-Kai (the Japanese Scholarship Agency): Top-High-School Student Award
and undergraduate students scholarship.
1969 Awarded a teaching license for
Koto, a Japanese traditional musical instrument, by the Yamada school, Yamakawa-sect.
Art name, "Sono-Fumie" was granted.
1964 Acquired the 1st
Class License of STEP (Eiken)
1964 Acquired the Guide License in
English, Ministry of Transportation
LANGUAGE ABILITIES
English: Fluent in writing, reading and
speaking. (STEP: First Class in 1964; Certificate for Guide by Japanese
Ministry of Transportation in 1964)
Japanese: Native tongue.
Computer Knowledge: E-mail, INTERNET, Homepage
Construction, BLOG, a thorough understanding of the statistics package programs
(such as SPSS), and of MANDARA, and G-Census mapping software.
CRV: Catch the Real Voice of
Students:
Well-versed to the IT pedagogical tool in the classroom.
COLLEGE RELATED ACTIVITIES
2007-2009 Editor & Head, Kyorin
University Review, Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Language of Kyorin
University.
2005-2007 Head, Library Committee,
Department of Foreign Studies, Kyorin University
2004-2005 Head, the Research
Committee, Department of Foreign Studies, Kyorin University
2004-2006,
the Research Committee, Graduate School of International Cooperation, Kyorin
University
2003-2009 Member of the Personnel
Committee, Kyorin University
1999-2003 Member of the Research
Committee, Kyorin University
1997-1999 Chair of Kyorin JEC,
Kyorin University
1995-1997 Chair of the Commencement
Preparation Committee, Kyorin University
1993-1995 Chair of the Public
Relations Committee, Kyorin University
1990-1993 Chair of Kyorin JEC,
Kyorin University
1990-1991 Member of the Curriculum
Revision Committee, Kyorin University
1989-1990 Member of the
University-wide Library Committee, Kyorin University
1989-1990 Member of the Research
Committee, Kyorin University
1988-1990 Chair of the Library
Committee, Kyorin University
1986-1987 Member of the Library
Committee, International University of Japan
1984-1985 Member of the Committee
on International Exchange, International University of Japan
1983-1986 Member of the Admission Committee International University of Japan.
1983-1987 Coordinator, Faculty
Colloquium, International University of Japan
1977-1978 Member of the Hartwick
College Board of Trustees Research Committee
1977-1978 Program Director of the
informal committee on Hartwick Undergraduate International Studies Program
1976-1978 Member of the Committee
on Institutional Research, Hartwick College
1976-1978 Advisor, Senior Thesis in
Sociology, Hartwick College
1976-1978 Coordinator,
Undergraduate Research Conference at William Paterson College, New Jersey
1977-1978 Coordinator,
International Cultural Program of the Charlotte Valley Central School,
Davenport, New York
1976-1978 Worked with Sociology
Department of Hartwick College for the Hardy Chair Program.
1976-1978 Worked with Sociology Department
of Hartwick College for Curriculum revision.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS
American Sociological Association
International Sociological Association
Committee on Family Research, International Sociological Association
International Association of Gerontology
National Council on Family Relations
Japanese Sociological Association
Japanese Association for the Family Studies
Intercultural Education Society of Japan
Society for the Study of History and Demography
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Professor Murray A. Straus,
Department of Sociology, Social Science Center, Unversity of New Hampshire,
Durham, New Hampshire 03824, Tel: (603)862-1888.
Professor Herbert Passin, Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York,
New York 10027, Tel: (212)280-3687.
Professor William H. Sewell, Department of Sociology, Social Science Building,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, Tel: (608)262-2859. (Deceased)
Professor Ruth Hill Useem,
Institute of International Studies in Education, Erickson Hall, Michigan State
University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, Tel: (517) 355-5522. (Deceased)
Professor Renee Fox, Annenberg Professor of the Social Sciences, Department of
Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Tel: (215)
563-4912.
Professor Roy H. Rodgers, Director,
School of Home Economics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C.,
Canada V6T 1W5, Tel: (604)228-6518.
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of Sociology and Business Administration, the University of California at
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
Professor Kiyomi Morioka, Professor
Emeritus of Sociology, Tokyo University of Education and Seijo University,
1-611, Naka-Kiyoto, Kiyose-shi, Tokyo 204-0012, Japan, Tel: (0424)91-2708.
Professor Takao Suzuki, Professor
Emeritus of Sociolinguistics, Keio University, 2-5-3 Aobadai, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0042,
Japan, Tel: (03)3463-9575.
Profesor Koya Azumi, Professor
Emeritus of Social Organization, International Christian University, 1511-3, Koiso,
Ohiso-machi,Kanagawa 255-005, Japan, Tel: (0463)61-3247. E-mail:
azumik@mh.scn-net.ne.jp
Professor Joji Watanuki, Professor
Emeritus of International Politics, Sophia University, 1-12-4, Matsunoki,
Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 166-0014, Japan, Tel: 03-3312-7791. E-mail:
watanuki@sophia.ac.jp
Professor Masuo Kuchiba, Professor
Emeritus of Cultural Anthropology and Sociology, Ryukoku University, 6-9 Tokiwa
Furugosho-machi, Ukyou-ku, Kyoto, 616-8214, Japan, Tel: 075-861-3818. E-mail:
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Professor Emeritus of International Economies, Seikei University, 10-26,
Tatsuno-cho, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, 177-0054, Japan, Tel: 03-3920-2145. E-mail:
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