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Bangladesh

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
AHMED, Kamal Uddin	Professor	University of Dhaka	State of Human rights in Japan
BHUIYAN, Md. Abdul Wadud	Professor, Dept. Political Sc.D.U.	University of Dhaka	Political Modernization and Democracy: Perspectives for Japan and Bangladesh.
DOWLAH, C.A.F.	Associate Professor	Department of Public Administration, Dhaka University	Dynamics of Government-Business Relationship in Japan: is there any Lessons for Bangladesh to Learn?
KHAN, Abdur Rob	Research Director	Bangladesh Institute of International & Strategic Studies	Local government and good governance: Japanese experiences & lessons for Bangladesh
Md. Abdul Wadud BHUIYAN	University of Dhaka	Professor	Political Modernization and Democracy: Perspectives for Japan and Bangladesh.
SHEIKH, Ahmed Jalal	Advisor	Japan Bank For International Cooperation (JBIC)	Japan's Contribution in the Independence of Bangladesh

China

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
ABULIMITI, Baisier	Associate Professor	Department of Literature, Xinjiang Educational University, China	Studies on ancient Uighur Ianguage and its culture
CHAO, Ke	Professor	Institute of Nationality StudiesChinese Academy of Social Sciences
CHE, Xiao Ping	Associate Professor
CHEN, Fang	Critic
CHEN, Xiao Qing	Professor
CHENG, Guang Lin	Researcher
DA, Zhi Gang	Associate Professor
FU, Jun wen
GUO, Jiemin	Associate Professor	Institute of Information Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
HE, Jing	Ph.D. Candidate	University of California, Los Angeles	Okakura Kakuzo and His Journeys in China
JI, TingXu	Doctoral Candidate
LI, Ling Yan	Associate Professor
LI, Ruo Bai	Professor, Vice-President	Students to Japan of NENUPreparatory School for Chinese	The relation between the success or failure of Japan and the understanding of Japanese culture
LI, Xiao	Professor
LIU, Ke Shen	Professor		Research on Zen Culture of middle ages in Japan
LU, Li	Associate Professor
LU, WenLin	Lecturer	The Central Party School of Communist Party China	Japan's environmental protection and environmental philosophy
PARK, Kwangjoo	Professor	College of Social Sciences, Pusan National University	Asia Imagined by Japanese Epistemic Community
PEI, Haihong	Director	Department of Physical Education Basic Medical School Jilin University
XIA, Yong	Deputy Director/Professor	Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences	Comparative Studies on Human Rights in East Asian Countries
XU, Jishun	Professor
YAO, Lijuan	Associate Professor	The Central University for Nationalities	A Study on higher Education and Employment for Women in the Life-Long Learning Society : A Preliminary Study for the Comparison between Japan and China
YOO, Myungki	Professor	Depertment of Archaeology and Anthropology, College of Humanity, Kyungpook National University	A Comparative study of the Social Structure of Fishing Villages in Japan and Korea
ZENG, Gang	Doctoral Candidate	School of Economics, Peking University	Internationalization of the Yen and its impact on Asia's Economic Performance
ZHOU, Wei Hong	Professor	The Beijing Center for Japanese Study

India

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BHASKARAN, Gautaman	Special Correspondent, Journalism	The Hindu (News Paper)	Parallels between Indian = Japanese cinema
BISWAS, Sandeep	Photographer, Self Employed		Spirit of Shinto
JOSHI, Sanjana	Research Fellow	Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis	India and Japan : Cooperating for Peace in Asia
NARSIMHAN, Sushila	Reader(Associate Professor)	Department of Chinese & Japanese Studies, University of Delhi	Role of Japan in China's transformation, 1896-1911
NINAN, Karachepone Ninan	Associate Professor	Institute for Social and Economic Change	Forest Economy of Japan : A Century's Perspective
SHARMA, Manish	Doctoral Candidate	Jawaharlal Nehru University	The Japanese banking system: Go's post-growth vicissitudes and ensuing reforms.
ZECHARIAH, John	Professor, Dean	Graduate School of Business, Spicer Memorial College ?iSMC)	Japanese Seniority Wage System (NENKO) - Comparative Study in Japan and India

Indonesia

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
KUNCORO, Pius Sigit	GEBER ModusOperandi, Jogjakarta	Artistic Director	Artist-in-Residence Program Arcus Project 2001
MUSTIKO, Priyo	Head of Art and Custom Division	Cultural Service Office, Yogyakarta Special Territory	The Cultural Conservation Management
VENUS, Antar	Lecturer	Faculty of Communication Science-Padjadjaran University	A comparative study on the verbal and nonverbalcommunication pattern of Japanese and Indonesian

Korea

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
AHN, Chung-Si	Professor	Department of Political Science, Seoul National University	Social Capital Democracy in Japan and South Korea - A Comparative Study
CHO, Youngbae	Professor	Cheju National University of Education	A Comparative Study of Japan Folk Songs and Cheju Island Folk Songs
CHOI, Jeong-Pyo	Professor	Konkuk University	A Comparative Study on the Development and Transition of Japanese Zaibatsus and Korean Chaebols
CHOI, Kwang	Professor	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies	Structural Development of Public Finance and Fiscal Reform in Japan
HUR, Young Il
JIN, Chang Soo	Research Fellow	The Sejong Institute	The Future and Policy Change in the Internationalization of the Yen
KANG, Jeung-Ja		Arum Asia	Asian Alternative Arts
KIM, Suk-Ja	Professor	Dankook University, Faculty of Foreign Languages	Research for Yoshimoto Banana Japanese woman modern novelist
KIM, Tae-Hyo	Director, Dep. of Foreign Policy & Security Studies	New Asia Research Institute	A Guideline for Japanese-Korean Security Cooperation: Structural Change, Perception, and Strategy
KIM, Yong-Suh	Professor	Dept. Public Administration, College of Social Science, Ewha Womans Univ.	East Asian Cultural Community Plan; It's Theoretical Perspective and Method.
KIM, Young-Soon	Director	Dae Yu Foundatin of Culture, Young-Um Museum of Contemporary Art	Culture and Colonialism; Upon Korean Museum and Fine Arts
LEE, Hong, Kal	Doctral Candidate	Binghamton University, State University of NewYork	Japanese Colonial Legacy in Museum Culture in Korea:
LEE, Yeon-Jung	Researcher	Korea Cultural Policy Institute	The Study on the Japanese Culture Industry Policy - Focusing on the Relations between the State and Enterprises
MOON, Woo Sik	Assistant Professor	School of International and Area Studies, Seoul National University	Asian Monetary Cooperation and the Role of Japan in Securing Exchange Rate Stability in East Asia
OH, Kyong-Hwan	Professor	Department of Japanese, College of Humanities, Pusan National Univ.
PARK, Soo Hyuk	Professor	The University of Seoul	A Comparative Study on the Environmental law between Korea and Japan and it's Cooperation
RHEE, Yeongseop	Associate Professor	Dept. of Economics, Sookmyung University	The Asian Crisis, the Launch of the Euro and Economic Security: Options for East Asian Countries
SONG, Ki Hee			Korean?EJapanese Comparative Study on Foreign Cultural Policy
YANG, Chang Soo	Professor of Law	Seoul National University, College of Law	Japanese civil law theories in the 1930's: Sakae Wagatsuma, Hiroshi Suekawa, and Zennosuke Nakagawa

Malaysia

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
ABDULLAH, Moha Asri	Deputy Director	University Science Malaysia	Development of Small-Medium Enterprises:Japan and Malaysia Compared
RAZAK, Mohd Naguib	Director, Creatives	Darinco Multimedia Technology Sdn Bhd	Eye of Suzaku, a journey into the craft and vision of Kawase Naomi
TANG, Siew, Mun	Assistant Lecturer	Arizona State University	Japan's Southeast Asia Policy: Objectives, Means and Strategies

Mongolia

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
LHAMSUREN, Nyamtseren	Senior officer	Ministry of Infrastructure Development	Role of Japan in Northeast Asian Economics Cooperation and Economic Relations between Mongolia and Japan
OYUNTSETSEG, Ariuntuya	Researcher	Poverty Alleviation Programme Office	Research on the changing process of educational systems and educational practices in Japan which has reached an information intensive society -focussing on the improvement of creativity of children-
TUMURBAATAR, Disan	Researcher	The Institute of History, Mongolian Academy of Sciences	Reform of modern Mongolia and its nomadic farming

Myanmar

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
Myint Soe Aung	Assistant Director	Dept. of Archaeology, Ministry of Culture	Preservation of exhibits and Planning and Management of exhibitions

Nepal

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
ACHARYA, Sushama Sharma	Associate Professor	Faculty of Education, Tribhuwan University, Kirtipur	A Comparative Analysis of School Education System of Nepal and Japan
TIWARI, Ramesh	Editor-in-Chief/journalist	Gorkhapatra Corporation, Gorkhapatra Daily, New Road	Media Role in Democratization & Good GovernanceA comparative study of Japan & Nepal (Special Focus on Japan)

Pakistan

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BILGRAMI, Noorjehan	Chief Executive	Koel	A comparative study on the two traditional cultures of Ai-zome (indigo) in Japan and Pakistan.
KHAN, Muhammad Ashraf	Deputy Director	Department of Archaeology & Museums, Govt. of Pakistan	Study of Stucco Sculptures in Taxila Museum, Pakistan.
MANGI, Lutf Ullah	Associate Professor	University of Sindh	Japan's North-East Asia Policy
RAHMAN, Fazal -UR-	Senior Research Fellow	Institute of Strategic Studies	Japan and Saarc: Prospects for Future Cooperation

Philippines

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
CARTER, David Fuentes	Refereeing Director	Philippine Amateur Judo Association, Inc.
FLORENDO, Jose,Panergo	Economic Department Specialist	National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)	The Local Autonomy Factor in Regional Development: A Comparative Study of Philippines and Japan Experience
YABUT, Joaquin, Deles	Spl. Poj-Theater Center	Peta (Program & Project Management)	A Study on Sustainability of Small to Medium Scale Theater Centers in Japan

Singapore

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
HISLOP, Scot Andrew	Graduate Student	Cornell University	Skinny Frog: The Poetry and Poetics of Kobayashi Issa

Sri Lanka

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
AMARASINGHE, Ranjith Yodage	Professor	Department of Political Science, University of Peradeniya	Socio-Political Dimensions of Issues Related to Enforcement of Environmental Laws: A Comparative Study between Sri Lanka and Japan
COORAY, M. George Alexander	Professor	University of Colombo	International Relations of Japan in South Asia since 1951
RANASINGHE, Piyadasa	Head, Senior Lecturer, GradeI	Dept. of Library and Information Science, University of Kelaniya	Knowledge Sources for Japanese Studies in the Fields of Humanities and Social Sciences...Creation of an Electronic Database

Thailand

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BAMROONG, Athipat			Electronic Commerce as a catalyst for trade facilitation
PIPITKUL, Tuksina	Art Lecturer	Bangkok University	Artist-in-Residence Program Arcus Project 2001
PIYAMAWADEE, Ratchanee	Assistant Professor	Department of Eastern Languages, Faculty of Arts Chulalongkorn	?JModality of Explanation - the difference between 'wakeda' and 'noda'
PRASIRTSUK, Kitti	Ph.D. Student	University of California, Berkeley	Internationalisation and Liberalisation in Japan
SITASUWAN, Kanlayanee	Teacher of JapaneseLanguage and Literature	Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Phyathai Road	Kyo-gen: Text and Acting
TOEMSOMBAT, Montri	Artist		Vision of Materials and Production(Art and Fashion)to save the Virtue of Life.

Viet Nam

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
LE, Thuy Lieu	Lecturer	HoChiMinh City University of Education	The Confucianism and the Reform of Education in the Period of Meiji.Compare with the Vietnam in Modern Time.
NGO, Bich-Thu Thi	Lecturer	College of Social Science and Humanity-Faculty of Oriental Studies,Hanoi University	Yukichi Fukuzawa Views on Civilization Enlightenment and International Politics a Comparative Analysis with those of Vietnamese Reformist
PHAM, Long Quy	Researcher, Head of Depart.Assistant Director.	Center for Japan Studies under the National Center for Social Sciences and Humanities	Economic growth and distribution of income in Japan's market economy since 1945-Lessons for Vietnam

Pacific

Australia

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BROINOWSKI, Adam Richard	Writer/Performer		Professional Development and Cultural Exchange with Contemporary Companies: Daisan Erotica and Gekidan Kaitaisha
LEININGER-OGAWA, Marika Grace	Doctoral Candidate	Adelaide University	Contemporary Tradition: Japanese traditional music and the live club scene in Tokyo
LESBIREL, Sidney Hayden	Assoc. Professor	James Cook University	The Insuring State and Energy Security in Japan
SHERIDAN, Kyoko	Professor	Graduate School of Mgt., University of Adelaide	Japan's Strategic Mgt. Management Experience at Mitsubishi Motors, Toyota Motors and Bridgestone in Australia.

New Zealand

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
KIMURA-STEVEN, Chigusa	Associate Professor	University Canterbury, Dept. of Asian Languages	A Study of Japanese Literature as World LiteratureProject 1: Magical Realism and the literature of Oe, Kawabata, and AbeProject 2: Terror in the literature of Mishima, Oe, Keats, and German writers
McMILLAN, Stuart William	Research Associate	University of Canterbury	1. Japan's assistance to SE Asia to combat piracy at sea: a NZ perspective2. Series articles on Japan's external relations
PETTMAN, Ralph Harold	Professor?	Victoria University of Wellington	The Japanese Concept of Heritage

Middle East

Iran

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
HEYDARI, Gholam.Reza	Deputy Director	Agricultural Planning and Economic Research Institute(APERI) Ministry of Agriculture	The Role of the farmer's associations in the agiricultural modernization of Japan.

Israel

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BLOCH-TZEMACH, Dalit	Doctoral Student	The Hebrew University, Department of Sociology & Anghropology	Couple-Relation Among Young People in Japan
SHAHAL-PORAT, Shunit	Lecturer	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Oe Kenzaburo, Amos Oz-A Comparative Literary Study
YONAY-ELHASID, Zofia	Lecturer	1. College of Education, ORANIMA2.The Kibbutz movement	Comparative of Japanese and Israeli kindergarten theories and their applibcation in both countries.

Turkey

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
DUNDAR, Ali Merthan	Ph. D Student	Hacettepe Univ. Institute of Social Sciences History Dep.	The Policies of Ottoman Empire and Japan on Central Asia between end of 19th century and the begining of 20th century
TUFAN, Omur	Archaeologist museum researcher	Topkapi palace museum	Exported Arita porcelains of 18th and 19th century from Arita area

Africa

Egypt

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
AFIFI, Mohamed	Professor	Faculty of Arts, Cairo University	Christian communities in pre-modern society: Comparative study between Ottoman Egypt and Tokugawa Japan.

Ghana

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
ACHEAMPONG, Barth Opoku	Senior public relations officer	Ghana museums and monuments board	Japan's cultural policy towards the management of her cultural heritage-comparative study
AGBEDOR, Paul Kofi	Lecturer	University of Ghana	Anaphors in Ewe and Japanese

Kenya

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
KUNWAR, Devendra Singh	Senior Lecturer	University of Nairobi	External Debt Burden of Sub-Saharan: Africa The Role of Japan

Nigeria

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
OMOTOSO, Funmilola Omolara	Lecturer	University of Ado-Ekiti	Japanese and Nigerian fishing industry: A comparative economic analysis

Americas

Brazil

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BATISTA, Helmut Fuhrken	Independent Curator	Capacete Projects	Public art project
DOMINGUES DE OLIVEIRA, Jose Marcos	Professor	Rio De Janeiro State University	Japanese tax system and Environmental Protection system: Environmental fiscal incentives
SASAOKA, Silvia	Project Director	A Casa Brazilian Arts & Crafts Museum	The Mingei movement and present craftsmanship in Japan

Canada

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
CAZDYN, Eric	Asst. Professor	University of Toronto	Globalization and Japan: Between Aesthetics and Political - Economy
KAWASAKI, Tsuyoshi	Assistant Professor	Political Sciences Dept., Simon Fraser University	Post classical Realism as the Theoretical Foundation of Japanese Security Policy
KOVALIO, Jacob	Professor	Carleton University	Asianism in Japan and Asia Pacific: meaning, importance and future potential impact.
ORBAUGH, Sharalyn	Associate Professor	Asian Studies and Women's Studies, University of British Columbia	General Nogi's wife: Gender and Japanese modernity

Chile

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
LIRA LATUZ, Claudia Lorena	Associate Professor	Catholic University of Chile	Buddhist Aesthetics in Japan

Cuba

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
ALVAREZ, Acosta Maria Elena	Vice Director	Center for Studies on Asia and Oceania. (CEAO)	Japan Role in East Asia. Prospects towards the Pacific Rim in the 21st Century.

Mexico

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
ROMAN ZAVALA, Alfredo	Researcher	El Colegio de Mexico	Internationalization and Political Parties in Japan

U.S.A.

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
ADOLPHSON, Mikael S.	Assistant Professor	Harvard University	The Teeth and Claws of Buddha: Armed Monks and Religious Forces in Premodern Japan
BECKWITH, Christopher	Professor	Indiana University	The Koguryo Language and Japanese
BIRNBAU M, Phyllis	Technical Writer	Yardi SystemsSanta Barbara, CA	Biography of Fujita Tsuguji
BLACKWOOD, Thomas, Stephen	Ph.D. student	University of Michigan, Sociology Department	Sweat & Tears: High School Baseball & the Socialization of Japanese Boys.
CATHER, Kirsten	Graduate Student	University of California, Berkeley	Administrations of Aesthetics in Prewar Japan - A Comparison of Censored Literature and Film
CHRIST, Julie A.	Ph.D student	University of Chicago	Art and the Nation-State: Creating Japan's National Treasure System
COGAN, Gina	Ph.D. Candidate	Religion Department, Columbia University	Precepts and Power: Imperial Convents of Tokugawa Japan
COX, Karen Elizabeth	Ph.D. Student	Department of Government, University of Virginia	Party System Change in Japan
de FERRANTI, Hugh Barry	Assistant Professor	The University of Michigan	Tales of a biwa-hiki: Yamashika Yoshiyuki and the biwa recitation traditions of Kyusyu
DUDDEN, Alexis	Assistant Professor	Connecticut College	Apologetic Techniques: Legal and Historical Compensations for the Colonization of Korea
ECHELMAN, Janet S.	Artist-in-residence Director of studio art program and tutor in visual and environmental study	Adams House, Harvard University	Floating Sculpture
FIGAL, Gerald	Assistant Professor	University of Delaware	?JBeachheads : War,Peace,and Tourism in Okinawa
FILLER, Stephen Louis	Ph.D. Candidate	The Ohio State University	The Revolutionary Literature of Japanese Anarchism
FISHER, Stephen Martin	Graduate Student	Yale University, Department of Anthropology	Selling the Seeds of Love: Courtship and Marriage in Contemporary Japan
FOWLER, Sherry	Assistant Professor	University of Kansas	Muroji: A Contextual Analysis of the Temple and its Images
FUKUI, Naoki	Professor	Department of Linguistics, University of California at Irvine	Japanese Syntax in a Comparative Perspective
FUKUOKA, Maki	Ph.D student	The University of Chicago, Department of Art History	Between Seeing and Knowing: Photography in Tokugawa 1848-1868
GARDINER, David Lion	Assistant Professor	The Colorado College	The Dogmatics of Embodiment : Kukai and the Dharma-Body
GIBBS, Michael Hallock	Associate Professor	Department of History, University of Denver	Labor and Community vs. State and Corporation : Kansai in the 1950's and 60's
GRUMBACH, Lisa, Ann	Doctoral Candidate	Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University	The Religious Hunting Rituals of Suwa Jinja
HALL, Barry L.	Editor	Culturefinder	Eternal City (working title)
HAVENS, Thomas Robert Hamilton	Professor	Northeastern University	Creating Post-Occupation Culture: The Nonverbal Arts of Japan 1959-1965
HEINE, Steven J.	Assistant Professor	Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania	An Investigation of Self-Improving Motivations in Japan and the USA
HOWLAND, Douglas Roger	Associate Professor	DePaul University	Japan Among the Sovereign States: From Idea to Action
ITO, Junko	Professor	University of California at Santa Cruz	The Phonological Organization of the Japanese Lexicon
JACOBOWITZ, Seth David	Doctoral Candidate	Cornell University	Mediated Writing: The Discourse of Realism, 1890-1930
JOHNSON, Eric Warner	Ph.D. Student	University of Chicago	A History of ?hnkyo in Twentieth Century Japan
KAKIZAKI, Caroline	Ph.D Candidate	Stanford University	Tateyama's Mandalas
KAWASHIMA, Teruko	Assistant Professor	Wesleyan University	Wanderings: Discourses of movement and power in Premodern Japan
KIM, Jayne Sun	Ph.D. Candidate	Columbia University	Pollution Discourse and Marginalized Groups in Medieval Japan
KITANAKA, Junko	Ph.D. Candidate	Department of anthropology and Social Studies of Medicine, Mcgill University	Society in Distress: the Psychiatric Production of Depression in Contemporary Japan
LINCICOME, Mark Elwood	Associate Professor	Department of History, College of the Holy Cross	Education and Regional Identity Formation in the Asia-Pacific
MARUKO, Susan, Eiko	Ph.D. Student	Harvard University	Organized Crime in the Politics of modern Japan, 1868-1952
MAXEY, Trent Elliott	Graduate Student	Cornell University	Nation and Religion: Christian Intellectuals and Nationalized Subjects in Modern Japan
McDONALD, Keiko Iwai	Professor	University of Pittsburgh	Women Making Films: Japanese Female Directors
MEEKS, Lori Rachelle	Graduate Student	Princeton University	The Women of Japan's Medieval Ritsu-school Nuns' Revival Movement
MILLER, Herschel	Graduate Student	Columbia University in the City of New York	Ringing the Changes: The Functions of Metamorphosis in Premodern Japanese Literature
MILLER, Ian Jared	Ph.D. Candidate	Columbia University	Modern Sensibilities: Cleanliness and the Body Politic in Japan, 1877-1938
MIYAKE, Lynne Kimiko	Associate Professor	Pomona College	Refiguring Narratological Categories: Interactive Narrators and Readers in Heian Literature
MOORE, Jubilith Maura	Co. Member	Theatre of Yugen	Incorporated Noh
NEWHARD, Jamie	Ph. D. Student	Columbia University	Genre, Ideology and Canon Formation: A Social History of the Reception of Tales of Ise and Genji
RAVINA, Mark Jason	Associate Professor	Emory University	The Last Samurai: Saigo Takamori and the Demise of the Samurai Class
ROBERTSON, Jennifer Ellen	Professor	Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan	Blood and Muscle: Ikeda Shigenori and Japanese Nation-Building
ROBINSON, Jeremy Roland	Doctoral Student	University of Michigan	The convergence of the Japanese, Chinese and Korean traditions in the Tsukushi Man'yo poets
SCHALOW, Paul Gordon	Associate Professor	Rutgers University	The Poetics of Male Friendship in Heian Japan
SHAPINSKY, Peter David	Graduate Student	University of Michigan	Pirates and the Maritime Systems of Japan's Seto Inland Sea in the 15th and 16th Centuries
SHIRAI, Yasuhiro	Associate Professor	Cornell University	Universals of grammaticization and the historical change of the Japanese tense-aspect system
SHIRAI, Yoko	Ph.D. Candidate	University of California at Los Angeles(UCLA)	Senbutsu: Figured Clay Tiles, Buddhism, and Political Developments on the Japanese Islands, 650-710 CE
SMETHURST, Mae ?i.	Professor	University of Pittsburgh	The Relationship of Complex Plot to Performance in Noh and Greek Tragedy
SORENSEN, Joseph, Tsuyoshi	Student Instructor	University of California at Barkeley	Utaawase: Poetry Contests of Classical Japan
STATHACOS, Chrysanne	Artist		?JWishing on nature The wish machine
SUZUKI, Tomi	Associate Professor	Columbia University	Genre, Gender, and Modernity: Constructions of Cultural Topography in Modern Japan
TAMANOI, Mariko	Associate Professor	Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angels	?JManchuria and the Politics of Memory in Post-War Japan
THORNBER, Karen Laura	Graduate Student	Harvard University	Early Twentieth Century Chinese and Korean Textual Responses to Japanese Literature
WEBB, Jason Paul	Ph.D. Candidate	Princeton University	The Custody of Tradition: Heian Biligual Poetic Texts
WEISENFELD, Gennifer Stacy	Assistant Professor	Duke University	The Art of Persuasion: Commercial Design in Twentieth-Century Japan
WEST, Mark D.	Assistant Professor	University of Michigan Law School	Law in Everyday Life in Japan
ZWICKER, Jonathan Elias	Ph.D. Candidate	Department of East Asian Studies, Columbia University	Tears of Blood: Melodrama, the Novel, and the Social Imaginary in Nineteenth Century Japan.

Europe

Austria

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
SOLARES RUIZ, Abel Antonio	Theatre Director	Theater ASOU	Comparative studies of Japanese traditional theatre and dance with the theories of the School of Theatre Anthropology
WEBER, Daniela	Dancer		'Japan and me'

Belarus

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
PLISKO, Uladzimir Valentinovich	Artist	Minsk Artistic and Production Centre	Experience exchange in stained-glass production

Belgium

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
MASTRANGELO, Matilde	Part-time lecturer	University of Rome La Sapienza
PEETERS, Bruno, Henri Albert	Assistant Professor	Department of Architecture, St.-Lucas University	An Anthropology into Japanese Spatiality
VAN DER WERF, Adrianus Marinus	Researcher / Ph.D. Candidate	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculty of Arts, Dept. of Oriental Studies, Sct. of Japanese Studies	Early Meiji and the Role of Religion in the West

Bulgaria

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
RADEV, Kiril Hristov	Senior Lecturer	Centre for Oriental Languages and Cultures, Japanese and studies department, University of Sofia
STAMATOVA, Nadya Stamatova	President	Architectural and Artistic Design Studio ADA-2-Nadya Stamatova	Functional and Aesthetical Consideration in the Design of the Urban Environment

Finland

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
TORNIAINEN, Minna Maarit	Doctoral Candidate	Institution for Asian and African Studies, University of Helsinki	The Concept of Spiritual Training Reflected in Japanese Traditional Arts
YLONEN, Antti Juhani	Artist		Wooden sculpture project in Tokio. Including a period of working with my sculptures and after that having an exhibition of those objects.

France

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BAVIERA, Henri	Artist		Tradition and Modernity
KOUAME, Nathalie	Associate Professor	INALCO
LABRUNE, Laurence	Assistant Professor	Faculty of Letters, University Bordeaux 3	Japanese Phonology and Morphology

Germany

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BOTZ, Thorsten	Lecturer	Privatdocent at Tampere University	Intuition, dream and place of NISHIDA Kitaro
ERBE, Annette Christine	Researcher	Seminar for Japanese Studies, Halle University	Reform Process and Reformability of Japanese School Education : The Case of Internationalization
KOEHN, Stephan	Lecturer	Faculity of Japanese, University of Frankfurt	What is the origin of cartoon? Revision of publications in Edo era.
KRAMER, Hans Martin	Lecturer	Ruhr-University, Faculty of East Asian Studies, Department of Japanese History	Japanese University Reform, 1930-1952 (working title)
LEE, Eun-Jeung	Research Fellow	Institute of Political Science, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg	Asianisation of Asia - The Creation of Asian Identity
RICHTER, Steffi	Professor	Leipzig University, East Asia Institute	Consumption Culture and Modern Identities; Department Stores in Japan
ROSSMANN, Ute	Lecturer	Johannes Gutenberg-University	The Impact of the Japanese and Asian Economic Crisis on the Vertical Keiretsu in Japan: Enhancement or Destruction - Evidence from the Machinery and Electronics Industry
S. SISTERMANNS, Johannes	Composer, Sound Artist		MA / Eyesound - Sound Art Project
SCHERER, Anke	Lecturer	Faculty of East Asian Studies, Japanese History Department, Ruhr-University Bochum	The Social and Everyday History of Japanese Immigrants in Manchuria

Hungary

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BENET, Ivan	Senior Researcher, Professor	Institute of Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences	The Agricultural Policy of Japan (1950-2000)

Iceland

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
CASSIDY, John (Sean) Francis	Associate Researcher	University of Limerick	Japanese Foreign Direct Investment and Technology Transfer in China

Italy

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
CERASE, Francesco Paolo	Professor/Dean	Faculty of Sociology, University of Naples Federico?E	Challenges and limits of public administration reform
LOMBARDI, Luca	Composer		Italian - Japanese musical dialogue
MAGGIA, Filippo	Wrator	Gaueria Civica Di Modeua	Multiplicity group show, Pecci Museum 2001Touring show of collection fondazione sanorettobiennale of contemporary photo graphy, modena 2001
NENZ DETTO NENZI, Laura	Ph.D. Candidate	University of California, Santa Barbara	The Culture of Travel in Edo Period Japan
SAMARANI, Guido	Associate Professor	Department of East Asian studies, Ca' Foscari University, Venice	Dai Jitao and Japanese influences on the evolution of Chinese political thought
SCHMIDT DI FRIEDBERG, Marcella	Research Assistant	Dipartimento Storico-Geografico sezione di scienze Geografiche Universita degli Studi di Pavia	Concepts on nature and procted areas in different Cultural contexts: Comparative research in Italy, USA and Japan

Kazakhstan

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
ABULKASSOVA, Gulnara Serikovna	Researcher	Lomonosov Moscow State University, ISA and SR.	Dialogue of cultres in Philosophical Systems of Bakhtin, Buber and Nisida

Macedonia

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
KOSTOV, Zoran	Editor in Chief	University Publishing House Studentski Zbor, State University St. Cyril and Methodius - Skopje	Information and Communication Technology Implications on Societies:Neo-Ludittes against the cyber-panacea (international and interdisciplinary comparisons)

Netherlands

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
LUNSING, Wim Marinus			Surviving in time of crisis: (an) employment and the individual in contemporary Japan

Norway

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
LANDE, Liv	Ph.D. Candidate	Department of Ethnomusicology, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)	Gendai Hogaku - Contemporary Koto Music in the Intersection between Eastern and Western Music Culture

Poland

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
KANERT, Maciej Olaf	Ph. D. candidate	Adam Mickiewicz University, Jap. Studies Department	Everyday life in the Nara Period

Romania

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
KAZAR, Gheorghe	Curator	National Museum of Art of Romania	Hiroshige and his contemporaries

Russia

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BOGOLYUB, Nataliya Nickolaevna	Doctoral Candidate
DRAGUNOVA, Larisa Valentinovna	Science deputy director	The Activities Affairs Department of the State Activities of Sakhalin Region	Research on the history of public education on Sakhalin (1905-1945)
DROUJININE, Nikolai Lvovich	Lecturer	St. Petersburg?
GUREVICH, Tatiana Mikhailovna	Head of Chair of Japanese, Korean, Mongolian and Indonesian Launguages	Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)	The Comparative analysis of the Methods of Foreign Language
KIRJUKHINA, Natalya-Sergeyevna	Artist	Sakhalin Regional Organization of the Russian Union of Artists	Museum Exhibition Layout in Drawings
KUDRYASHOVA, Aleksandra Semenovna	Florist	JSC ' Sakhalin Shipping Company'	The research of the difference and similarity between 'Ikebana' and our flower arrangement
MISIKOV, Boris Ramazanov
MORGOUN, Zoia Fedorovna	Assistant Professor	The Institute of Oriental Studies, The Far Eastern State University	Japanese at the Russian far east (from XIX century till 1953)
NAOUMOVA, Inna Yuryevna	Assistant Professor	The FarEastern State University The Institute of Oriental Studies	Problems and outlook of Japanese small innovative entrepreneurship
PAVLOVA, Tatiana Leonidovna	Head of Chair of Pedagogics	Novosibirsk State Pedagogical UniversityChair of Pedagogics	Democratic transformations in contemporary educational field of Japan
ROON, Tatiana Petrovna	Vice-Director	Sakhalin Regional Museum	Looking Back the Past for the Future: A Comprehensive Surevey on the Sakhalin Indigenous Peoples
SANNIKOVA, Elena Sergeevna	Dotsent, Lecturer	Siberian Technological State University	Comparative Analysis of Japanese and Russian Management Systems
STRELTSOV, Dmitri Victorovich	Senior Researcher	Institute of Oriental Studies	Administrative Reform of the Japanese Government
TSEPENYUK, Pavel Arkadjevich
TSUPENKOVA, Inga Anatoljevna	Director	Yushno-Sakhalinsk Literaty-art Museum of the Book A.P.Chekhov. Island Sakhalin	A.P.Chekhov in Japan

Slovak

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
SYKORA, Jan	Assistant Professor, Head of Japanese section	Faculty of philosophy and Arts, Institute of East Asian Studies, Japanese section, Charles University	The Postwar economic growth and management of the Japanese-style corporation - from the point of accounting systems.
TUREKOVA, Vanda	Actress		Research of Butoh dance/Theatre - Trans cultural traveling investigation

Spain

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
MINGUEZ LOPEZ, Xavier	Lecturer	Faculty of education (Escola Universitaria de Magisteri Edetqnia)	The comprehension of audiovisual narrative

Sweden

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BOHLIN, Erik H.	Assistant Professor	Chalmers University of Technology	Japan's Telecom Policy Strategy
JONSVIK, Berit Linnea	Artist/Teacher	Form and Design, Dept. of Architecture, Chalmers	Concrete in Japan and Sweden

Switzerland

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BRAUEN, Martin,Andreas	Curator, Head of Department Far East and Himalaya	Ethnographic museum of University of Zurich	Bamboo in old and present-day Japan
FROEHLICH, Judith,Monica	Research Assistant	University of Zurich	The use of writing in madieval in land administration
HAENER, Christoph Felix	Doctoral Student	Zurich University, Inst. for East-Asian Studies, Dep. Japanese Studies	Recent developments of Japanese Labour Law and implications for Human Resource Management

U.K.

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BURLAND, Karen	Doctorate Student	The University of Sheffield	Training the Talented: an investigation into the life-transition from training to professional life in professional musicians
CRUMP, John Derek	Director	Scottish Centre for Japanese Studies, University of Stirling	Nikkeiren and Japanese Capitalism
KORNICKI, Peter Francis	Reader	University of Cambridge	Reading practices in seventeenth-century Japan
PINK, Andre	Guest Teacher	Queen Mary and Westfield College, London University	Kyogen and Commedia Dell'Art : Two Theatres of Actors and Laughter
SHIMAZU, Naoko	Lecturer	Birkbeck College, University of London	National Myths and the Russo-Japanese War : A Socio-Cultural History
VAN EYCKEN, Stefan Jan Marc	Assistant lecturer	Faculty of Music, The University of Edinburgh	Recent Developments in Contemporary Japanese Music

Ukraine

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
BONDAR, Alexander Ivanovich	Professor	Philological Department, Odessa Mechnikov University	The Japanese popular fairy-tales in the Ukraine

Uzbekistan

Name	Institution	Title	Project Title
KINDALOV, Vladimir Vladimirovich	Senior research fellow	Tashkent State of Oriental Studies	Japan's policy of foreign economic activity regulation
UMIROV, Vohid Saydievich	Head of the department	The Central Bank of Uzbekistan	Geoeconomics in Central Asia: The point of view in Japan, especially on legal regulation of international credit relations