PhD Course

Outline

Regional Policy

With devolution and regional restructure looming, regional society is currently facing a myriad of different and complex issues from the redevelopment of manufacturing industries to regional revitalisation, from municipal mergers to information disclosure. To survive this those in local government and businesses need the ability to plan and manage projects based on precise and comprehensive judgement. This programme provides the skills necessary to develop your economic and business sense by furthering your understanding of politics, economics, finance and business administration. This programme offers units in regional policy, resource management, regional information, regional finance and agricultural management.

Cultural Policy

In response to our ever-changing society, we aim to produce leaders in NGO/NPO activities, regional news distribution, cultural and educational policy, while respecting the values of the individual. To do this, this programme provides professional training in IT and information policy, knowledge of the theory of life and law, and education in economics and business administration.

Programme features

Regional Policy Theory

This compulsory 2 credit point unit aims to produce leadership skills for use in regional management and policy.

Project Research

The project topics are set based on the demands of the regional community and are announced at the time of application to our PhD programmes. Students take part in the projects for their first two years.

Recent topics

Foreigners and citizenship, Project design and the local community, History and tourism

Doctorate Thesis Presentation Day (Feb 2006)
From the faculty building
Field trip to Satsumasendai-shi Project Research Presentation Day

Education and Teaching Staff

OTA Ichiro Sociolinguistics
OZAKI Takahiro

Cultural Anthropology, Central Asian Regional Studie

KIDO Hideyuki

Sociology

SAKURAI Yoshio

Contemporary Culture

SHIBATA Kenji

Philosophy, Ethics

TAKATSU Takashi

Song Dynasty Literature, Literary ariticism, Biography, Natural History

TAKEUCHI Katsunori

American Literature

TAKEOKA Kenichi

German Literature, Publication Research

TONAI Tetsuya

Western History, Italian Early Modern History

TORAO Tatsuya

Japanese Ancient History

NISHIMURA Satoru

Institute of Developing Economies

NIWA Kenji

Japanese Early Modern Literature

HAGINO Makoto

Management Information Studies

HIRAI Kazuomi Japanese Modern Political History, Local Politics
HOSOKAWA Michihisa

Canadian History, British Imperial and Commonwealth history

MATSUDA Tadahiro

Commercial Law, Maritime Law

YANAGAWA Hidetoshi

Celtic Studies, Western History, Foreign Literature, Local Culture Research, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnomusicology

YAMATO Takayuki

English Literature

WATANABE Yoshiro

Ceramic Archaeology, Material Culture Studies

TAKAMIYA Hiroto Prehistoric Anthropology, Island Prehistory
ICHIKAWA Hidetaka

System Construction and Analysis, Manufacturing System, Product

OH KYOGAI (WANG JINGKAI)

Corporate Finance

HINO Michihiro

International Economic Policy,International Environmental Policy

MIKI Natsuka

Chinese Language Studies

YAMAMOTO Sota

Ethnobotany, Tropical Agriculture

ISHIDA Tomoko

Archaeology, Earth Science

OTA Yukio

History of Human Interaction in the Sea of East Asian, Chinese Early Modern History

KANESHIRO Itoe

 Cultural Anthropology, Regional Studies