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• Legal Philosophy
• International Law
• Legal Theory
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Shun Kaku is a Professor at Waseda University's School of Law, with prior roles as Associate Professor at Hokkaido University and visiting positions at the Max Planck Institute and University of Cambridge. He holds a Master of Law from the University of Tokyo and has contributed extensively to legal philosophy, international law, and global justice. Education: Doctoral studies at the University of Tokyo (Law and Politics), Master's in Law (University of Tokyo), and undergraduate in Law (University of Tokyo). Research Interests: Kaku explores the legitimacy of international law, legal pluralism, global justice, and the interplay between constitutional democracies and transnational legal systems. His work addresses challenges in reconciling state sovereignty with global governance and the moral foundations of international legal orders. Scientific Awards: Recipient of the JALP Prize (2024) and Special Research Fellowship (Humboldt Foundation, 2016) . His publications span journals like Yearbook of World Law and edited volumes, including Reclaiming Philosophy of International Law (2022). Grants: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (2021-2025), JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (2018-2021), and earlier projects on environmental treaty implementation and global legisprudence. Labs/Teams: Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams on environmental treaties and legislative reform projects. Leads internal research at Waseda on the repositioning of rule of law in global legal orders.

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• Antitrust Law
• Economic Criminal Law
• Competition Policy
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Hiroshi Nakazato is Associate Professor of Economic Law at Waseda University Faculty of Law , Tokyo, where he has taught since April 2025 after a 27-year career with the Japan Fair Trade Commission. A leading voice on Japanese antitrust enforcement, he studies the intersection of competition law with labour regulation, digital platforms, and public procurement. Education: LL.B., Waseda University School of Law (1995) LL.M., University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2002) Doctoral coursework completed, Waseda University Graduate School of Law (2020-2024) Research interests span antitrust law, economic criminal law, freelancer-protection policy, cartel & bid-rigging offences, and platform regulation. His recent work explores how competition rules should apply to collective action by freelancers, algorithmic management by gig platforms, and sustainability-oriented cartels in fisheries and energy markets. Publications & media impact: He authors a steady stream of refereed articles, invited commentaries and high-profile press interviews on live antitrust scandals—ranging from the Tokyo-Olympics bid-rigging case to Google advertising restrictions and electricity-sector cartels—shaping both scholarly debate and enforcement practice. Grants & projects: He currently leads four JSPS Grants-in-Aid on (i) digital technology & new regulation, (ii) expanding antitrust enforcement, (iii) labour/competition law interface, and (iv) criminal-law responses to global market misconduct (total ≈ ¥50 m). Public service: Chairs the Chiyoda and Taito Ward bid-monitoring committees, advises the national Freelance League, and serves as secretary of the Japan Economic Law Association, maintaining a unique bridge between academy, government and civil society.

• Economic History
• International Financial History
• Monetary Systems
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Kazuhiko YAGO is a Professor at Waseda University's Faculty of Commerce, specializing in Economic History and International Financial History. His academic journey includes a docteur en histoire from Université Paris X (1996), MA in Economics from Yokohama National University (1986), and BA from the University of Tokyo (1992). He has led extensive research on international financial institutions, particularly the OECD, IMF, and Bank for International Settlements (BIS), focusing on policy evolution, crisis management, and cross-border economic thought. His research interests center on International Financial History and comparative economic systems, examining monetary cooperation, development finance, and historical institutional dynamics. Key projects include studies on the Wicksellian Tradition at BIS , OECD's role in post-war monetary systems , and historical structures of Northeast Asian financial infrastructure . He has directed JSPS-funded research on World Bank lending, OECD working groups, and Euro-currency markets. YAGO's scientific awards include Le Prix Shibusawa-Claudel (2000), recognizing his contributions to Franco-Japanese historical studies. He has served as Executive Director of the Socio-Economic History Society (2015–present) and held leadership roles in the Political Economy and Economic History Society . His teaching spans graduate and undergraduate courses in European Economic History and Policy Evaluation at Waseda University. He has published 16 peer-reviewed articles and 6 monographs, including The Financial History of the Bank for International Settlements (Routledge, 2012) and History of the IMF: Organization, Policy and Market (Springer, 2015). Current projects (2023–2028) analyze energy crises and global debt structures through historical economic linkages.

• Public economics
• Labor economics
• Health economics
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Akira Kawamura is a Professor at Waseda University's School of Human Sciences, Faculty of Human Sciences, with concurrent appointments in the Graduate School of Political Science and Graduate School of Human Sciences. His academic work focuses on public economics and labor economics with specialized expertise in health economics and social security policy. Kawamura maintains active roles across multiple academic units including the School of Human Sciences (Online Degree Program) and the Global Education Center. His research interests center on the economic analysis of healthcare systems, long-term care insurance, and social security policy in Japan. Kawamura extensively utilizes administrative data from Japanese government sources, particularly the Comprehensive Survey of Living Conditions and National Health and Nutrition Survey. His work frequently examines the intersection of health status, labor force participation, and social welfare policies, with significant attention to aging populations in Japan's super-aged society. He has conducted influential research on child welfare economics, using panel data from Adachi Ward to analyze remedial education programs and the relationship between financial support and academic performance. Kawamura's publication record demonstrates consistent scholarly output with 14 papers indexed in Scopus showing 191 citations and an h-index of 7. His recent work (2022-2025) shows increasing focus on pandemic impacts on elderly healthcare utilization, health checkup programs' effects on self-employed workers, and the relationship between unemployment rates and child neglect. His research methodology primarily employs advanced econometric techniques including difference-in-difference propensity score matching and instrumental variable approaches. As an educator, Kawamura teaches courses including Social Security Policy, Data Science for Social Security, Applied Econometrics for Policy Evaluation, and Introduction to Health Science and Social Welfare across undergraduate, graduate, and online degree programs. He serves as Principal Investigator on multiple research grants including JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research projects examining healthcare systems and long-term care sustainability.

• Econometrics
• Applied Econometrics
• Regression Discontinuity Design
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Yoichi ARAI is an Associate Professor at the School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, specializing in econometrics and applied economic analysis. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, San Diego, and has established himself as a leading researcher in regression discontinuity designs, cointegration analysis, and program evaluation methodologies. Dr. ARAI's educational background includes a doctoral degree from UC San Diego, one of the world's leading institutions for econometric theory. His academic journey has positioned him at the intersection of theoretical econometrics and practical policy evaluation. Dr. ARAI's research focuses on econometrics and applied econometrics , with particular expertise in regression discontinuity designs, bandwidth selection methods, cointegration testing, and program evaluation. His work bridges theoretical developments with practical applications in labor economics, education economics, and monetary policy. His research has significantly advanced methodological approaches for causal inference in non-experimental settings, particularly through innovations in regression discontinuity frameworks and treatment effect estimation. His contributions have been instrumental in developing more robust statistical tests for identifying assumptions in fuzzy regression discontinuity designs and optimizing bandwidth selection procedures for both sharp and fuzzy regression discontinuity estimators. Analysis of Dr. ARAI's publication record reveals a strong trajectory of methodological innovation in econometrics, particularly in regression discontinuity designs and cointegration analysis. His recent work (2020-2025) focuses on high-dimensional extensions of regression discontinuity methods, optimal bandwidth selection, and testing identifying assumptions. Earlier work (2000-2015) established foundational contributions to cointegration testing with structural breaks and time series analysis. His research demonstrates consistent contributions to both theoretical econometrics and applied policy evaluation, with particular relevance to Japanese economic issues including educational upgrading of youth and labor market dynamics. Dr. ARAI has received recognition through substantial research funding, including multiple Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). His projects include "Development and Application of Policy Evaluation Methods Based on Dynamic Structural Models" (2024-2029), "Econometrics for Policy Evaluation and its Application" (2015-2019), and "Econometric Analysis of Program Evaluation and Its Application to Unemployment Insurance Policy" (2011-2015). As an educator, Dr. ARAI teaches advanced econometrics courses at both graduate and undergraduate levels, including "Research on Econometrics for Policy Evaluation," "Basic Data Analysis (Regression Analysis)," and "Applied Econometrics." His teaching emphasizes the practical application of econometric methods to real-world policy questions. He has supervised numerous research projects and contributes significantly to the academic community through committee memberships with the Japan Statistical Society, Japanese Economic Association, American Economic Association, and Econometric Society.

• Psychiatry
• Clinical Psychology
• Psychosomatic Medicine
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Junichi Saito serves as Assistant Professor at Waseda University's School of Human Sciences, where he conducts research at the intersection of psychiatry, clinical psychology, and behavioral medicine. His work focuses on developing and implementing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) interventions for chronic medical conditions, particularly type 2 diabetes and erectile dysfunction, utilizing digital health technologies and ecological momentary assessment methods. Dr. Saito holds a Ph.D. in Human Sciences with specialized training in behavioral medicine. His educational background forms the foundation for his innovative approaches to integrating psychological interventions into physical healthcare settings. Research interests prominently feature Acceptance and Commitment Therapy , Ecological Momentary Assessment , and Digital Health interventions for chronic conditions. His work bridges psychosomatic medicine and behavioral medicine , with significant contributions to scale development for ACT processes including acceptance, defusion, and value clarification. Recent studies demonstrate his leadership in applying ACT to diabetes management and sexual health, addressing critical gaps in mental-physical health integration. Analysis of publication trends reveals a strategic evolution from foundational scale development (2015-2018) toward clinical implementation studies (2019-2024). His current work emphasizes smartphone-based ACT delivery for erectile dysfunction and diabetes management, reflecting growing emphasis on digital therapeutics and brief intervention formats suitable for real-world healthcare settings. Scientific recognition includes: The 21st Ikemi Award at the 64th Congress of the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine (2023) Travel Award for Outstanding Presentation at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine (2019) Dr. Saito actively mentors graduate students through thesis seminars in Behavioral Medicine and has secured competitive funding including a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (2017-2019) supporting his pioneering work on brief ACT interventions for diabetes management. His collaborative network centers around Professor Hiroaki Kumano, with whom he has co-authored over 15 publications. As an active member of Waseda University's Behavioral Medicine research ecosystem, Dr. Saito contributes to interdisciplinary projects connecting psychological science with clinical medicine, particularly through the Research Council within the Comprehensive Research Organization.

• Biology Education
• Secondary Science Education
• ICT in Education
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Yoichiro Kato serves as a Lecturer at Waseda University's School of Education while holding a concurrent teaching position at Waseda University Senior High School since 2010. Holding a Master's degree from Waseda University, he bridges secondary education practice with university-level pedagogy training through his course Teaching Methods in the Natural Sciences . His research focuses on transformative biology education methodologies, particularly through: ICT-integrated lesson development (iPad/ZOOM systems) Transparent skeletal specimen creation for anatomy instruction Marine biodiversity fieldwork curricula Hybrid (online/in-person) science teaching frameworks His 2022-2023 work pioneered 'high-flex' lesson formats combining Apple TV, capture boards, and real-time compositing to simultaneously deliver in-person and online instruction. Kato's publication history reveals an evolving research trajectory from physical specimen development (2014-2017) toward digital pedagogy (2021-2024), consistently targeting enhanced student engagement in secondary science through technological innovation. His projects demonstrate practical applications across geology (igneous rock analysis), zoology (vertebrate anatomy), and marine biology contexts. As principal investigator, Kato has secured competitive funding including: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (2021-2022) Waseda University Internal Special Research Projects (2014-2024) His 8+ conference presentations at national societies document iterative improvements to his teaching methodologies based on student feedback and classroom trials. Kato maintains active professional engagement through: Japanese Society for Biology Education Japan Society for Science Education His research projects frequently involve collaborative development with high school students and university teacher-trainees, emphasizing practical classroom implementation over theoretical frameworks.

• Applied Linguistics
• Foreign Language Education
• Speech Physiology
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Chikako Matsuura serves as Professor in the Department of Fundamental Engineering at Nagoya Institute of Technology, specializing in language education for engineering students. Her interdisciplinary work connects linguistics, music, and engineering to develop innovative approaches to English communication training for Japanese technical students. Her academic background includes: Master of Arts from Newcastle University (UK) Master of Arts from Nagoya University PhD coursework completion in Linguistics at Nagoya University Graduate School of Letters Graduation from Nagoya University Faculty of Letters, Department of Literature and Linguistics (1985) Professor Matsuura's research centers on the physical foundations of language learning, particularly how breathing, posture, and cultural background affect English communication for engineering students. She has pioneered teaching methodologies incorporating musical techniques like diction training to improve students' presentation skills, examining how Japanese language habits interfere with English expression. Her work reveals that Japanese students' kanji-based learning style creates challenges for oral English production, leading to physical habits that impede clear speech. She proposes solutions focused on body awareness and posture correction, bridging Bel Canto vocal techniques with language education. Analysis of her publications shows consistent development of a unique framework connecting physiological linguistics with engineering communication. Recent works demonstrate growing integration of music performance with language education through her Music Project, revealing how cultural differences in body usage affect vocal production across languages. Her research trajectory shows evolution from analyzing speech physiology to developing practical educational applications that help engineering students overcome cultural barriers in global communication. Professor Matsuura has secured significant research funding including Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research for projects such as 'Development of English presentation teaching methods for engineering students' (2009-2011) and 'Building a communicative English education system for engineers' (2003-2005). She has also contributed to academic literature through translations including Nathaniel Kreitman's 'Sleep and wakefulness'. She directs the Nagoya Institute of Technology Music Project, which has produced nine annual concerts exploring connections between music, language, and cultural expression. These events feature professional musicians alongside student performers and investigate how different cultural settings of the body lead to distinct musical and linguistic expressions, creating innovative educational programming that extends beyond traditional classroom settings.

• Organic Chemistry
• Materials Science
• Nanotechnology
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Katsuhiko Ono serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Life and Applied Chemistry at Nagoya Institute of Technology's Faculty of Engineering. His research bridges organic synthesis and materials engineering with emphasis on functional molecular design for electronic applications. Current investigations focus on boron-containing $$\pi$$-conjugated systems and supramolecular architectures. His academic foundation includes: Doctor of Science from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (1995) Master of Science from Shinshu University (1992) Bachelor of Science from Shinshu University (1990) Professor Ono's research program centers on structural organic chemistry and physical organic chemistry, particularly the development of boron-based chromophores for organic photovoltaics. His work explores regioselective functionalization of diketones via $$\text{BF}_2$$ complexes, $$\beta$$-ketoiminate dye synthesis, and $$\pi$$-extended semiconductor design. This integrates nanotechnology, solid-state chemistry, and bioorganic principles to create materials with tailored optoelectronic properties. Analysis of his 2015-2025 publications reveals consistent innovation in boron chemistry for renewable energy applications. Key trends include developing air-stable donor-$$\pi$$-acceptor dyes, mechanochromic $$\text{BF}_2$$ complexes, and n-type semiconductors using dioxaborin scaffolds. His approach combines synthetic precision with device-oriented characterization to advance organic electronics. His recognition includes: Nagoya Institute of Technology Staff Commendation (Excellent Award) (2009) Professor Ono has secured five consecutive Japanese Ministry of Education Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) from 2007-2022, totaling over 100 million yen for projects on non-fullerene acceptors, boron-based dyes, and molecular nanostructures. He actively mentors students through collaborative publications and serves on national committees including the Chemical Society of Japan's Tokai Branch Executive Committee. His laboratory maintains strong industry partnerships in photovoltaics and participates in the Central Japan Chemical Societies Federation, with recent media features on next-generation science leadership in Aichi Prefecture.