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External Activities

Academic activities

Kyoto University
Assistant to the Executive Director (2010-2013)
Assistant to the President (2008-2010; 2013-2014)
MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
Expert advisor, The Council for Science and Technology (2017.4-2019.2)
Science Council of Japan
Chair of Multicultural Coexistence Section (2017-)
Member of Physical Anthropology Section (2006-present)
Member of Cultural Anthropology Section (2006-present)
Member of Area Studies Foundation Development Section (2014-2020)
Chief secretary of Anthropology Section (2006-2009)
Vice chair of Multicultural Coexistence Section (2006-2016)
Member of the executive committee to reexamine the concepts of race and ethnicity (1996-2000)
Japanese Association for Overseas Japanese Studies
President (2022-2024)
Executive Director (2020-2022, 2024-present)
Member of Executive Board (2000-2016)
Editor in chief of the 20th anniversary anthology (2009-2011)
Editorial board member (1996-1998)
Japanese Association for American Studies
Vice-president (2020-2022)
Executive board member (2004-2010, 2016-2020, 2022-)
Board member (2004-2010, 2010-2016)
Editorial board member (2000-2004)
Other activities
American Anthropological Association
American Ethnological Society
American Sociological Association
Association for Asian American Studies
Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology, member of committee of international relations (2008-2012)
National Institutes for the Humanities transdisciplinary Projects, member of Executive Board (2022-present)

Multiculturalism in Japan

Exhibition-Curated
Permanent Exhibition
“From Abroad to Kobe: Towards Multicultural Coexistence,” at Kobe Center for Overseas Migration and Cultural Interaction
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Local Governments / NGO / Various committees
2023-
A member of Kobe city mayor’s office committee to evaluate building contractors activities.
2010-present
The chairperson of the council of Foreign Residents’ Multicultural Coexistence in Hyogo.
2022-
A member of Multilanguage Center FACIL, NPO Takatori.
2006-2022
A director of Multilanguage Center FACIL, NPO Takatori.
2004-2011
The vice-chairperson of Management Committee of Hyogo International Association.
2006.10
The principal investigator (part-time) of Academic Exchange Department of Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute.
2006.8
The representative for “the seminar of multicultural society,” Academic Exchange Department of Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute.
2004-2006
The representative for “the seminar of multicultural symbiosis”, 21st century civilization research committee.
2004-2005
A member of the project of the verification and proposal after 10 years of reconstruction, Hyogo reconstruction planning section.
2003.4-2004.3
The vice president of “Multicultural Children’s Center,” Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education Secretariat Human Rights Education Div.
2003-2004
A member of the gathering for new international strategy of Hyogo
2003.2-2003
A member of the committee for developing the curriculum of Ashiya International Secondary School, Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education.
2002.4-2004.3
A member of the workshop for researching the position of Japan in the global society, Hyogo International Association.
2002.4-2003.3
A member of the subcommittee for enhancing safety net for foreign citizens, Hyogo International Association
2002.4-2003.3
A member of “Multicultural Children’s Center,” Hyogo Prefectural Board of Education Secretariat Human Rights Education Div.

Gender equallity

2014.7.1-2
Drafted “Shinagawa Proposal 2014” at APRU’s Asia-Pacific Women in Leadership (APWiL) Special Workshop hosted by Kyoto University.
2010.2.23
Gave the keynote speech ‘Jyosei kara‚ Minority kara‚ Shuen kara umareru – Atarashii hasso no kanosei wo motomete [Seeking possibility of new idea created by women‚ minority‚ and other factors]’ at the “Kickoff Symposium: Sustainable Support for Female Researchers – Promotion of Gender Equality in Tsukuba Science City.”
1998-1999
The representative for “Research for improving the environment of the University of Tsukuba as gender-equal society” of the gender-equal project of University of Tsukuba.
1997
Started the “Woman teacher forum” with colleagues in University of Tsukuba.

Japan-US Relations

2016-present
The American Studies Foundation, board member
2004-2005
“Mapping Asian American Scholars” at the request of Japan Foundation.
2005
Japanese-American Leadership Program “Practicing Multicultural Coexistence: From Minorities Perspectives” / Coordinator, Chairperson (co-sponsored by Hyogo International Association) (in Kobe)
Report (jump to “publications”)
2004
Japanese-American Leadership Program “Asian American Diversity: Building Coalitions” / Coordinator, Chairperson (in Kyoto)
Report (jump to “publications”)
2003
Japanese-American Leadership Program “Nikkeijin Komyuniti kara mita Gendai Amerika Shakai to Shimin Katsudo (Contemporary Society and Civil Society in the United States: Through the Eyes of the Japanese American Community)” / Coordinator, Chairperson (in Tokyo)
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