CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Updated: January 1, 2011
NAME: Fumie Kumagai, Ph.D.

 

CURRENT POSITION: Visiting Professor of Sociology, Graduate School of International Cooperation, and Department of Foreign Studies, Kyorin University,

OFFICE ADDRESS: Professor of Sociology, Graduate School of International Cooperation, and Department of Foreign Studies, Kyorin University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8508, Japan.
Phone: 042-691-0011; 042-691-0012-3510 (Direct)  FAX: 042-691-8617
E-mail: fkumagai@ks.kyorin-u.ac.jp or fkumagai@jcom.home.ne.jp           

URL:  http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/fkumagai/

KSB: Kumagai-Seminar-BLOG: http://blog.livedoor.jp/fk_seminar/


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UNPUBLISHED THESES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

2009-present 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
Community Network

Intercultural Communication & Japanese Foreign Direct Investment

Comparative Sociology

Social Issues
Violence in the Family
Social Stratification and Mobility
Research Methods and Statistics

BOOKS & MONOGRAPHS

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

18. 2005 Amerika no Kateinai Bouryoku to Gyakutai: Shakaigakuteki Shiten de Himotoku Ningenkankei  [Violence and Abuse in the American Family: Family Relations through Sociological Perspectives.] Kyoto: Minerva-shobo. (278 pp) ISBN4-623-04446-7.

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. (forthcoming) Chienn to Chiikiryoku: Chiiki no Kizuna Kouchikuhemukete [Community Relations and Community Strength: Constructing the Community Bond.] Co-authored with Kumagai Fumie, Yagihashi Hirotoshi, and Ishiguro Taeko.

 

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 køry¨: 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 Køry¨ Meigensh¨ (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.), Kenky¨ 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 of Nihon University (ed.), Nihon Bunkaron heno Sekkin (Close-ups of Japanese Culture). Tokyo: Sobunsha.

92. 1994c. "Families in Asia: Beliefs and Realities." Kyorin University, Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, 6: 99-113.

93. 1994d. "America jugyoin no genchi Nihon kojo ninshiki--hikakubunkaronteki kosatsu" (Attitudes of American workers under the scope of Japan's direct investments in the U.S.A.) Chapter 9: 302-344 in Tetsuo Abo (ed.), Nihonteki Keiei Shisutemu to America (Japanese Management in the American Context). Kyoto: Mineruva-shobo.

94. 1994e. "Taibei chokusetsutoushika niokeru Nihonnjinn kazokuno tekio-ibunka tono tatakai"(Adjustment of Japanese families under Japan's direct investments in the U.S.A.) Shakaigaku Ronso, no. 120: 1-28.

95. 1995a. "Asia no kazoku・josei ・jinkoyokusei seisaku" (Families, women, and population control policies in Asia.) Chapter 1: 17-34, Asia no Josei Rodoryoku Sanka to Keizaihatten-21 Seiki no Senryaku (Female Labor Force Participation and Economic Development in Asia: Strategies for the 21st Century), Population and Development Series vol. 19, APDA: The Asian Population and Development Association.

96. 1995b. "The family, women, and population control policies in Asia," chapter 1: 17-37, in Women's Labor Participation and Economic Development in Asia--Strategy toward 21 Century, Tokyo: The Asian Population and Development Association.

97. 1995c. "National characteristics, intercultural communication gaps, and the family and women in Japan." Kyorin University, Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, vol. 7: 197-217.

98. 1995d. "Maruchi media pasokon no gogaku kyoiku riyou no kenkyu--Nichibei hikakubunkaron seminar ni okeru maruchi media pasokon no katsuyo" (Application of hypermedia PC to US-Japan comparative culture seminar. Kyorin University, Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages, vol. 7: 147-150.

99. 1995e. "Japanese women in the graying of society." JOICPF Monograph Series.

100. 1995f. "Women and labor force participation in Japan." Preceedings for the University of Aberdeen Seminar. (20 pages)

101. 1995g. "Introduction to Families in Asia: Beliefs and Realities." Special Issues of the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 26, no. 1: 1-9.

102. 1995h. "Families in Japan: Beliefs and realities." Special Issues of the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 26, no. 1: 135-163.

103. 1996a. "Shin no gulobarizeshon toha (1) Amerika bunka to nihon bunka no chowa" (A true sense of globarization #1: A hybrid culture from Japanese and American cultural orientations.) JAMAGAZINE: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., vol. 30, no. 10: 2-7 (October).

104. 1996b. "Shin no gulobarizeshon toha (1) Oshu bunka to nihon bunka no chowa" (A true sense of globarization #2: A hybrid culture from Japanese and European cultural orientations.) JAMAGAZINE: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc., vol. 30, no. 11: 2-6 (November).

105. 1996c. "Sexual Harassment in Japanese Companies in the U.S.A." Sekai-Shuho (Current World Weekly) July 2nd issue: 2-7, Jiji-Tsushin-sha.

106. 1996d. "Publishing a Scholarly Book in the U.S.A." Sekai-Shuho (Current World Weekly) May 7th-14th issue: 40-41, Jiji-Tsushin-sha.

107. 1997a. "Nihonteki seisan shisutemu no kaigaiiten niokeriu kadai: Maleishia to amerkika oyobi sukottorando wo chuushintoshite" (Problems associated with Japanese production system under Japan's direct investments: Malaysia, the United States, and Scotland.) Chapter 4, section 2: 110 123, Research Institute of the Association of the Promotion of Machinery Industries (ed.), ASEAN Shokokuno Kougyouka to Nihongata Shisutemu no Iten--Nihonteki Keiei ・Seisan Shisutemu no Kokusai Iten niokeru Kadai (Industrialization in ASEAN Nations and the Transfer of Japanese System: Problems Associated with Transferring Japanese Style of Management and Production System.)

108. 1997b. "Maleishia shakai no dainamizumu." (Dynamism in Malaysian society.) Chapter VI: 59-74 in Nihon University Inter-University Research Institute (ed.) Ajia no Dainamizumu to Sekai (Asian Dynamism and the World).

109. 1997c. "Nihon no kazoku to chiikisei- Higashi Nihon wo chuushinn toshite" (Family Structure and Regional Variations: Special Emphasis on Western Japan). Introduction: 1-18 in Fumie Kumagai (ed.), Nihon no Kazoku to Chiikisei Vol. 1: 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.

110. 1997d. "Nihon no kazoku no chiikisei to tayousei- chiiki tokusei to setai kozo" (Japanese Family, Regional Variations, and Diversity: Regional Characteristics and Household Structure). Chapter 1: 19-56 in Fumie Kumagai (ed.), Nihon no Kazoku to Chiikisei Vol. 1: 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.

111. 1997e. "Dainishu kengyou nouka ga sasaeru chokkeikazoku to maki" (Japanese Stem Family and Maki under Part-time Type II Farm Households). Chapter 6: 133-166 in Fumie Kumagai (ed.), Nihon no Kazoku to Chiikisei Vol. 1: 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.

112. 1997f. "Nihon no kazoku to chiikisei-Higashi Nihon wo chuushinn toshite" (Family Structure and Regional Variations: Special Emphasis on Western Japan). Introduction: 1-20 in Fumie Kumagai (ed.), Nihon no Kazoku to Chiikisei Vol. 2: Nishi Nihon no Kazoku wo Chuushintoshite (Japanese Family Structure and Regional Variations: Special Emphasis on Eastern Japan), (ed). Kyoto: Minerva Shobo (200+x pp). ISBN 4-623-02749-x.

113. 1997g "Ajia kara miru nihon no chokusetsu toushi--maleishia wo chuushin toshite." (Japanese direct investments in Asia with a special emphasis on Malaysia.) Chapter 6: 124-143, in Aoki, Ken and Keiichi Umada (eds.), Nihon Kigyou to Chokusetsu Toushi (Japanese Industries and Foreign Direct Investments.) Tokyo: Keiso-shobo.

114 1997h. "Toppu daun kara bottomu uppu he" (From the top-down to the bottom-up). A paper submitted for a partial requirement for a graduate course in "ADC: Autonomous, Distributive, and Collaborative System in Computer Sciences" conducted by Dr. Hideo Aiso and Dr. Hideyuki Tokuda of the Media and Governance of Keio University at Shonan Fujisawa Campus in the spring of 1997.

115. 1997i. "Women and labour force participation in Japan." Chapter 5:77-94, in Kalyani Mehta (ed.), Iuntapped Resources: Women in Aging Societies Across Asia, Singapore: Times Academic Press.

116. 1997j. "The Family: A review of international family studies conducted by Japanese sociologists." Chapter 11: 117-134, International Journal of Japanese Sociology, no. 6, Special Issue of Japanese Sociology.

117. 1998a. "From Friction to Friendship: Alleviating Intercultural Communication Problems under Japanese Foreign Direct Investment." Review of Kyorin University Faculty of Roreign Studies. Vol. 10: 1-21.

118. 1998b. "Agia no kazoku: Kindaisei to dentosei no kyozon" (Families in Asia: Co-existence of modernity and tradition.) Chapter 12 in Hisao Naka (ed.) Gendai Kazoku no Henbo (Changes in Modern Families.) Kyoto: Kouro-sha.

119. 1998c. "Konnnichi no Amerika no kazoku" (American families today.) Uchujin. No. 15, March: 20-30.

120. 1998d. "21Seiki ni kitaisareru ningenzo" (Education to Japanese children in the 21st century.) Pp. 42-53 in Yoshio Oshitani (ed.) Yutakana Ningensei・Shakaisei no Ikusei (Fostering Humanities and Sociabilities). Tokyo: Kyoiku Kaihatsu Kenkyujo.

121. 1998e. "Taibei chokusetsu toshikaniokeru Nihonjin kazokuno tekio: media no oyo kanousei" (Alleviating Adjustment Problems of Japanese Families under Foreign Direct Investments in the United States: Possibilities for Media Applications). M.S. Thesis submitted to the Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus. (Viii+125 pages)

122. 1998f. "Kateinai boryoku" (Violence in the family). Shakai Fukushi Jiten (Dictionary of Social Welfare). Tokyo: Kobundo.

123. 1998g. "Globalization or dependant development?: the case of Japanese owned companies in Scotland." Research in the Sociology of Work, 6: 153-175. (Co-authored with Christopher Wright, and Norman Bonney.) 124. 1999a. "Degitaru shakai to kazoku" (Families in digital society). In Annual Report, Keio University Kaneyasu Seminar.

125. 2000a. "A digital network model for Japanese families living abroad." In Annual Review of the Institute of International Relations of Kyorin University, vol. 3: 1-39.

126. 2000b. "Adjustment of Japanese families abroad." In Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University, vol. 12+ 1-34.

127. 2001a. "Japanese elderly in the Information Age society." In Annual Review of the Institute of International Relations of Kyorin University,, vol. 4: 95-147.

128. 2001b. "Japanese education in the Information Age society." In Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University,vol. 13: 1-27.

129. 2001c. "Language and power in Japanese transplants in Scotland." In Sociological Review, vol. 49, no. 2(May): 237-253. (by Christopher Wright, Fumie Kumagai and Norman Bonney.)

130. 2001d. "Possibilities for using the Internet in Japanese education in the Informaton Age Society." In International Journal of Japanese Sociology, vol. 10, no. (November): 29-44.

131. 2002a. "Regional variations of Japanese family and the elderly: Prefecture and community level analyses." In Annual Review of the Institute of International Relations of Kyorin University,, vol. 5: 1-17.

132. 2002b. "Japanese Families in the Information Age Society-A paradigm shift." In Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University,vol. 14: 43-58.

133. 2002c. (Proceedings) "Social Impacts of Fertility Decline in Japan" for the International Conference on Fertility Declin in Asia, the Asian MetaCenter of the National University of Singapore, Singapore.

134. 2002d.  (Proceedings) "Asian families in the Information Age Society-A paradigmn shift," for the Symposium at the International Sociological Association World Congress, Brisbane, Australia.

135. 2002e.  (Proceedings) "The dual structure and regional variations of Japanese society," for Comparative Sociology at the International Sociological Association World Congress, Brisbane, Australia.

136. 2002f.  (Proceedings) "Community Level Analyses of Japanese Families: Fallacy of the National Average Data Analyses," Panelist for The Family and Kinship in International Context Session of the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association in Chicago.

137. 2003a.  "Changing pattern of fertility rates in Japan: National Trends and Community Level Analyses." In Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University,vol. 15: 25-52.

138. 2003b.  “Koreisha to IT to Komyuniti Nettowaku” (Elderly, IT, and Community Network in Japan).  Kenshu no Hiroba, Special Issue on Aging Healthy, No. 102, 11-16, Tokubetsu-ku Shokuin Kenkyuujo.

139. 2003c.  (Proceedings) (co-authored with Takeshi Kohno) “Intergenerational families and labor force participation of Japanese women”presented at the Seminar on Intergenerational Relations in Cross-Cultural Perspectives:  Support, Care and Interaction Patterns, held at Academia Sinica in Taipei, Taiwan, sponsored by the Family Research Committee of the International Sociological Association.

140. 2003d.  (Proceedings) (co-authored with Akihiko Kato) “Yu-haigusha nihonnjinn joseino shuurou ni kansuru kosatsu (Japanese wives and labor force participation.)”  Paper presented at the 13th annual meeting of the Japan Society of Family Sociology held at Osaka City University in Osaka in September.

141. 2004a.  "Japanese Elderly, IT, and Community Network." In Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University, vol. 16: 29-54.

142. 2004b.  “Some Suggestions for Using the Internet in Japanese Education in the Information Age Society, with Particular Attention to Digital Kids and the Elderly,” Journal of Japan e-Learning Association, vol. 7.

 

143. 2005a.  "Changing trends of women and labour force participation in Japan: In the 20th and the 21st century," pp.95-115, Chapter 5 in Kalyani Mehta (ed.) Untapped Resources: Women in Aging Societies across Asia.  Singapore: Times Publishing.

144. 2005b.“Labor Force Participation of Japanese Women: Past, Present, and the Future, ” pp. 25-52 in Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University, vol. 17．

145. 2005c. "Co-residency living arrangement as a factor to facilitate labor force participation of Japanese women: Community level analyses of Japanese families," pp.9-62, in Wan He (ed.) Kinship and Family. Special Edition, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy.  East Riding of Yorkshire, England: Times Publishing.

 

146. 2005d.“Some Suggestions for Using the Internet in Japanese Education in the Information Age Society, with particular attention to digital kids and the elderly,” pp10-19, Vol. 7, Journal of JeLA (Japan E-Learning Association).

 

147. 2006a. (Completed a Book-manuscript in English.)  Families in Japan: Changes, Continuities, and Regional Variations (Introduction + 6 Chapters).  To be published by Marshall Cavendish International Academic Publishing in Singapore.

 

148. 2006b. Book review on Familii Vaiolensu-Kodomo Gyakutai no Mekanizumu [Child Violence- Mechanism of Child Abuse] by Inouye, Mariko, 2005, Kyoto: Koyo-shobo, in the Journal of Japanese Family Sociology, Vol. 17, No. 2.

 

149. 2006c. “Kazoku wo meguru ningenkankei toshiteno kateinai konfurikuto ni kansuru kousatsu-NFRJ03 deetaa ni motozuite” [Family relations surrounding the conflict in the family-Based on the NFRJ03 data set], pp. 137-149, the Second Round of NFRJ03 Research Report, No. 2 (Association of Japanese Family Sociology.)

 

150. 2006d. “Matrimony in Japan: Changing trends and attitudes toward marriage,” pp. 45-64 in Kyorin University Review, Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University, vol. 18．

 

151. 2006e. (Completed chapter manuscript in Japanese.) ”Jyukunenn rikon no tadashii rikaihe mukete” [Toward the correct understanding of late-life divorce in Japan] in a book on Dankai no Sedai he Eeru wo Okuru [Sending Cheers to the Japanese Baby Boomer ].

 

152. 2006f  “Daigakude manabu amerika shakai-ron” [Studying a course in ‘American Society’ at a Japanese university], pp. 16-20 in Watakushitachi ha Gaikokugo Gakubu Desu: Shin Gakumon no Susume [We are the Department of Foreign Studies: Revised version of “Let’s Study”].

 

153. 2006g. “The Fallacy of Late-Life Divorce in Japan,” pp. 123-134 in Care Management Journals: Journal of Case Management and The Journal of Long Term Home Health Carey, vol. 7, Number 3．New York: Springer Publishing Company.

 

154. 2007a. “Family violence and conflict in Japan over the life course,” pp.33-47 in Kyorin University Review, Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University, vol. 19．

 

155. 2007b. “Factors facilitating Japanese married women entering the labour force,” pp.561-577 in Current Sociology, vol. 55 (4).

 

156. 2007c. “Amerika no kateinai bouryoku: Mondai kaiketsu heno kokoromi” [Violence in the American Family: Some attempts in solving the problem], pp. 6-7 in Women’s Opinion 21, vol. 43 (August).

 

160. 2008a.“Changing trends in the fertility declining and population aging Japanese society with a special attention to regional variations of Japanese elderly,” pp.37-58 in Kyorin University Review, Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University, vol. 20．

 

161 2008b  "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.  (Speech was delivered as an invited guest speaker.)

 

162 2009a  "Family diversities in Japan with special attention to regional variations," Kyorin University Review, Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University, vol. 21: 68-83.

 

162.2009b.  "Higher education of Japanese women and the role of women's universities in Japan - Past, present, and the future," in Monograph on the Vision and Mission of Women's Universities in Global Society, Edited by Dr. Alka Sharma, Banasthali University., Rajasthan, India. 

 

163.2010a.  “Changes and Regional Variations of Families in Japan: A Society Population Aging and Declining Fertility,” pp.1-21 in Kyorin University Review, Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University, vol. 22．

 

164. 2010b.  “Kyorin Daigaku Gaikokugo Gakubu ni okeru Media・ICT Katsuyo no Kokoromi” [Active Applications of Media and Information and Communication Technology to the Curriculum by Kyorin University’s Faculty of Foreign Studies], Vol.10, 39-46 in the Journal of Japan e-Learning Association (co-authored by Fumie Kumagai, Manjiang Zhan, Masako Takagi, and Hirotoshi Yagihashi).

 

165. 2010c.  “Forty Years of Family Change in Japan: A Society Experiencing Population Aging and Declining Fertility,” 581-610, in the 40th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL ISSUE: Traversing Forty Years of Family Change: An Overview of the Special Edition, Journal of Comparative Family Studies.

 

166. 2010d.  “A Century of Changes, Continuities, and Regional Variations of Japanese Families,” Proceedings of the 2010 IEAS Workshop on Family Change held at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, October 10-12.

 

167. 2011a.  “International Marriage in Japan,” 1-24 in Kyorin University Review, Annual Review of the Faculty of Foreign Languages of Kyorin University, vol. 23．

 

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) “Yu-haigusha nihonnjinn joseino shuurou ni kansuru kosatsu (Japanese wives and labor force participation.)”  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  “21-Seiki Amerika no Shakaimondai” (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 “Open Adoption” aired on May 21.

2004b. (June) “Some Possibilities for IT Applications to Education in Japan” presented for the Colloquium “Academia” of Department of Foreign Studies of Kyorin University

2004c. (June)“Social Issues in the 21st Century American Society with particular attention to Violence in the Family” for the Association of Attorneys at Law in Tokyo(Tokyo Bengoshi-Kai) in Tokyo.

2004d. (June)（Symposium Panelist）“Some Suggestions for Using the Internet in Japanese Education in the Information Age Society” for the International Symposium on “Vision and Strategies on IT Industry and e-Learning” held at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology in Tokyo.

2004e. (June)（Symposium Panel Discussion Panelist）“Policy and Strategy on IT Education in Pan-Pacific Nations” for the International Symposium on “Vision and Strategies on IT Industry and e-Learning” held at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Technology in Tokyo.

2004f. (July) (Session Chair)"Community Studies” for the 36th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology, Beijing, P.R. China.

2004g. (July) (Panelist) Delivered a paper on “Community 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) （Lecture）”Socio-Cultural characteristics of Japanese Society Today” 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  “21-Seiki Amerika no Shakaimondai” (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 “Japanese Families Today: Diversities and Regional Variations” reported on November 9.

2005a. (August) Reviewed the article on "’I screamed for help’": a case study of one grandmother's experience with voluntary kinship care" for the Family Relations.

 

2005b. (September) （TV Appearance）Commentator on the “Impacts of Hurricane Katrina: Poverty and Racial Discrimination in the United States” for NHK-BS1, “World Today.”

 

2005c. (September) “Violence and Abuse in the American Family-Through the Family Relations Perspective” Family Violence Prevention Committee, Kyorin University.

 

2005d. (October) Reviewed the article on “Gender, ethnicity and children's perspective of war” for the Journal of Comparative Family Studies.

 

2005e. (October) ”Socio-Cultural characteristics of Japanese Society Today” 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 “Aging Society and IT-Robotics in Japan” for Swedish Educational TV Series of Special Program.  (To be aired in April 2006.)

 

2005g. (November) Reviewed the article on “Biased Investments: Gender Attitudes, Educational Valuation, and Parental Educational Investment in Japan” for the Journal of Marriage and Families.

 

2006a. (January) “Kazoku wo meguru ningenkankei toshiteno kateinai konfurikuto ni kansuru kousatsu-NFRJ03 deetaa ni motozuite” [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 on“Aging Society and IT-Robotics in Japan” #1: “Elderly Care and Robotics,” and #2: “Japanese Family and the Elderly,” Special Program of the Swedish Educational TV Series Program.

 

2006c. (June) “An Application of the CRV (Create the Real Voice of Students) System to the Course in “American Society,” presented for the Colloquium “Academia” 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 “The Fallacy of Late Life Divorce in Japan” 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 “Gender and Marital Happiness in Japan” for the Journal of Marriage and Families.

 

2006h.  (November) Commentator on “Aging across the World,” of NHK Educational Channel 3.

 

2007a.  (January) GP Application to the Ministry of Education and Sciences, on the topic of “Chiiki Shakai no Kokusaiteki Jinzai Ikusei wo Mezashite: Komyunike-shonn ryoku yousei wo jyuushi shita kokoromi” [Fostering internationally minded personnel in the community: Focusing on communication abilities and skills] presented for the Colloquium “Academia” of Department of Foreign Studies of Kyorin University.

 

2007b.  (April-May) Gave five lectures given on the topic of  “Genday Amerika no Shakaimondai” [Social Issues in American Society Today) for Hchioji-City College Town Public Lecture Series in Hachioji, Tokyo.

 

2007c.  (June) Delivered a speech on “Nihon no kokusai kekkon: Nousonn kazoku sonzoku heno shisaku” [Interracial Marriage in Japan: A Strategy to Maintain Rural Farm Households], presented for the Colloquium “Academia” of Department of Foreign Studies of Kyorin University.

 

2007d.  (July) Delivered the paper on “Interracial Marriage in Japan: A Strategy to Maintain Rural Farm Households” for the 4th International Conference of Population Geography held in Hong Kong.

 

2007e.  (October) Gave a lecture on the topic of  “Amerika no shukusaijitsu-ryouri-kyaroru” [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  “Amerika no shakai, kazoku, soshite jyosei” [American society, the family, and women today] for Chofu-City Council for the Equal Opportunity of Women, Chofu, Tokyo.

 

204. 2008.09 （Panelist）”Regional variations of Japanese families” 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 Women’s 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 Women’s Universities, held at Banastali University, Rajasthan, India. 

 

208. 2009.03 (Panelist) “Applying ITs to Undergraduate Liberal Arts Education: CRV & Universal Passport” for the International Symposium on the Application of E-Learning as Pedagogical Tools in Various Academic Fields” held at Hosei University in Tokyo from March 12th-13th.

 

 

209. 2009.05  (Speaker)  “Amerika wo Tabisuru” [Traveling Through the U.S.A.-From a Sociological Perspective] Hachioji University Consortiam ”Icho-Jyuku” held at the Event Hall of the Gakuen-Toshi Center in Hachioji, Tokyo.

 

210. 2009.07  (Presenter) “Kyorin-Daigaku Gaikokugo Gakubu ni okeru Media-It Katsuyo no Kokoromi” [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)  ”Diversities and Regional Variations in Japanese Families: Structure, Marriage, Divorce, Fertility Behavior, and the Elderly,” presented at the 5th International Conference on the Population Geography held at Dartmouth College from August 5th-9th.

 

211. 2009.11  (Presenter) “Kyorin-Daigaku Gaikokugo Gakubu ni okeru Media-It Katsuyo no Kokoromi” [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) “A Century of Changes, Continuities, and Regional Variations of Japanese Families,” paper presented at the 2010 IEAS Workshop on Family Change held at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, October 10-12.

 
HONORS AND GRANT   

2010.07 Listed on The Writers Directory (Entry Number 0000027226), Farmington Hills, MI, U.S.A.

 

2009.04 Listed on the “Who’s Who in the World,” 2009 (26th) Edition of the Marquis Who’s Who (New Providence, NJ, U.S.A.)

2009.04 Listed on the “Asia/Pacific Who’s Who” (Vol. VIII) (New Delhi, India)

2009  Listed as one of the “2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century” 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 “Shoshi Koureishakai ni okeru Chiiki Iryo to Chien Kazoku Kouchiku ni Kansuru Jisshouteki Kenkyuu” [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 “Marquis Who's Who”

2008  Listed as a distinguished scholar in the “Who’s Who in Asia”

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 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-present 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

 

REFERENCES

Letters from the following may be obtained by writing to:

Career Planning and Placement Service
Huddleston Hall
University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire 03824
U. S. A.

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.

Professor Robert E. Cole, Professor 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: dkabg203@kyoto.zaq.ne.jp

Professor Ryokichi Hirono, Professor Emeritus of International Economies, Seikei University, 10-26, Tatsuno-cho, Nerima-ku, Tokyo, 177-0054, Japan, Tel: 03-3920-2145. E-mail: ryokichi@iea.att.ne.jp

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