Foundation for the Advancement of Private Universities-sponsored Research Team Member on "Human Security in Developing Countries: A Comparison of Asia and Latin America" (2004-2006)
Visiting Researcher, Georgetown University Graduate School, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. (2003-2004)
Visiting Fellow, The Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.A.(1995)
Foundation for the Advancement of Private Universities-sponsored Research Team Member on "Japan in International Society and International Relations in Japan" (1995-1996)
Sabbatical Scholar, Campion Hall University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (1994)
Japanese Ministry of Education-sponsored Research Team Member on "Domestic Change and the International System" (1989-1992)
Visiting Scholar, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China (1988)
Visiting Scholar, Weixin, Hong Kong (1988)
Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A. (1987)
Visiting Researcher, Graduate School and Asian Studies Program, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. (1987)
Foundation for the Advancement of Private Universities-sponsored Research Team Member on "The Conditions of International Relations and Area Studies in Japanese Universities" (1982-1984)
United Nations University-sponsored Research Team Member on Endogenous Intellectual Creativity and the Emerging New International Order, with Special Reference to East Asia (1979-1982)
In the last few years, I have expanded my research interests from earlier topics of peace research and human rights research into related areas such as the following: refugees and the movement of people, human security, and religion in international relations. Also, in the field of basic research in international relations theory, I have examined issues of governance, international cooperation, transnational relations, and identity. In particular, I am continuing research on questions relating to religion and international relations (such as fundamentalisms, civilizational differences, cultural roots of international relations, foundations of international society). |
