The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Staff Members

DEGUCHI Masayuki (Masa)
DEGUCHI Masayuki (Masa)DEGUCHI Masayuki
Department of Cultural Research・Professor
Research Specialization
Individual Research Projects
Personal website http://www.r.minpaku.ac.jp/deguchi/deguchiindex.html ［2 Apr 2013 updated］

Academic Qualifications:

B.A. Sociology, Osaka University (Summa Cum Laude ) 1979

Employment:

  • 1979-1982 Suntory Limited
  • 1982-1995 Program Officer, Suntory Foundation
  • 1991-1992 International Philanthropy Fellow, The Johns Hopkins University
  • 1992-1995, Secretary General, the Suntory Foundation
  • August 1995- Professor, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)
  • July 2003- Professor, National Museum of Ethnology

Research Topics:

  1. Third sector research
  2. Civil society
  3. NPO and NGO
  4. Philanthropy
  5. Linguapolitics ( original )

Recent Research Interests:

Masa has launched his study on corporate philanthropy. After international philanthropy fellow at Johns Hopkins University, he got interest in nonprofit organizations (NPOs). He has engaged in “impact analysis” of Comparative Nonprofit Project. He explores CACOP (Cases Collected by Practices) Method. According to this method, Masa pointed out that giving to government was, in Japan, more than philanthropic support to NPOs.
Masa also develops linguapolitics instead of geopolitics. He emphasizes linguapolitical border more than national border in an era of internet. He is currently president-elect, 82 countries' association, International Society for Third Sector Research (ISTR) and expected to be president in 2005.
** You can reach him at +81-6-6878-8544 / e-mail:deguchi@idc.minpaku.ac.jp / website **

Geographical Areas of Interest:

Asia and Pacific, USA

Books in Japanese:

1993
Philanthropy (In Japanese). Maruzen.
1996
(With M. Homma) Volunteer Revolution. (In Japanese). Toyokeizaisimposya.

Books in English:

2005
Why Can International NGOs Be “Global”? : A New Approach Named “Linguapolitics”. 4th ISTR Asia Pacific Reginal Conference, Civil Society and Social Justice Acharya Insitute of management and Science, pp. 73–74.
2005
Country 90 and Carbon 60. ISTR 13: 2.
2005
Knowledge Implies Practice. ISTR 14: 2.
2005
The West Meets the East. ISTR 15: 2.
2005
H. K. Anheier and A. Regina List (Masayuki Deguchi is one of contributors) A Dictionary of Civil Society, Philanthropy and the Non-Profit Sector, Routledge.
2005
Why Can International NGOs Be “Global”? : A New Approach Named “Linguapolitics”. ISTR Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2005 Bangalore, pp. 1–21. India.
2003
The Role of Volunteering and Nonprofit Sector in Building Stronger Communities. Tokyo: Transart.
2002
(With K. Nakajima) Science of Superstrong Field Interaction. N.Y.: American Institute of Physics.
2001
The Distortion between Institutionalized and Noninstitutionalized NPO: New Policy Initiative and the Nonprofit Organizations in Japan. In H. K. Anheier, J. Kendall (eds.) Third Sector Policy at the Crossroads: An international nonprofit analysis, pp. 277–301. London and New York: Routledge.

Main Papers:

2007
(With G. P. Dhakal Ph.D.) Role of Nonprofit Organizations and Local Governments to Educate Non-Japanese Children in Japan. Hawaii International Conference on Education January 6–9, 2007, pp.1–15.
2006
Linguapolitics. ISTR 14 (4): 2.
2006
Good-by “Pluto” and Hello “ISTR 2.0”. ISTR 14 (3): 2.
2006
Linguapolitical. Issues in Global Civil Society’s Networking. ISTR Seventh International Conference “Civil Society and Human Security: Raum Jai” Bangkok, Thailand, 9–12 January, 2006.
2004
(With F. Layman) The Role of Arm’s Length’s Distance between Arts and Culture’s Nonprofit Organizations and Government in Japan. Coming Soon on the Web of NGO-JICA Japan Desk at Buenos Aires, pp. 1–23.
2003
Civil Society and Civic Service: Linguapolitical Issues on Japan’s Civic Service Programs for the International Community. Civic Service: Impacts and Inquiry, pp. 1–32. An International Symposium September 24 26, 2003 George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
2003
What Should Be Done about Language Issues in International Exchange?. In K. Kaku and K. Hirano (eds.) Japan and international Intellectual Exchanges in the 21st Century, pp. 174–179. Tokyo: The Japan Times.
2003
“Lingua-political” Situation Dividing Globalization into Continentalization and Oceanization in an ERA of Internet Civil Society. In M. Deguchi (ed.) The Role of Volunteering and the Nonprofit Sector in Building Stronger Communities, pp. 101–116. Tokyo: TRANSART.
2002
Great Economist Alfred Marshall and Its Influence by Mechanics. Information 5 (1): 59–67. International Information Institute.
2002
Possibilities of Merger and Acquisition of Universities beyond National Boarders in an Era of Internet Linguapolitical Perspective.
2000
Not for Profit: A Brief Hitory of Japanese Nonprofit Organization. Look Japan 45 (526): 18–20.
1999
The Role of Philanthropy and Votes of the Heart. The Inaugural Asian Third Sector Research Conference, pp. 1–19.
1998
A Comparative View of Civil Society: Civil Society in Japan and America: Coping with Change. US-Japan Society.
1998
The Aftermath of the Kobe Earthquake: New Policy Initiative and the Nonprofit Sector in Japan. 1998 The Sokendai Scope Working Paper 13.
1998
Japanese Givers showed by the Prize for the Machikadono (CIVIC) Philanthropist. A Case Study Through a New Methodology named CACOP METOD. Presenting paper to The International Society for the Third Sector.
1997
IMOSS ni yoru firansoropi Kenkyu ni kansuru ichi kosatsu. (In Japanese). The Sokendai Scope Working Paper series 1.
1996
Aiding and Unabetted. Look Japan 42 (486): 19–20.
1995
Japan’s Non-Christian Tradition of Philanthropy. Echoes of Peace 47: 6–8. Tokyo: Niwano Peace Foundation.
1994
Comparison of Japanese and American Philanthropy. CGP, Summer 5: 6–9. Tokyo and New York.

Other Social Activities:

Honors:

1988
Takahashi Kamekichi Award
1995
ESP Okita Saburo award

Presentations:

2006
“Grant-Making Foundations in Japan: Today and Tomorrow.” The Israeli Center for Third Sector Research, March, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
2005
“Toward Studies for Nongovernmental Organizations.” Vivekabnanda Insitute for leadership Development(VILD), University of Mysore, India
2005
“Philanthopy.” The Inauguation of the Centre for Studies on Philanthropy, Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of management, NITTE, India
2005
Mobilizing for peace, June, SOKENDAI.
2005
“New trend on Civil Society Sudies in Japan.” May, Harvard Univ., USA.
2005
“Networking of Friendship and Associational Revolution in Japan.” April, AJJ, Osaka.
2005
“First European Conference of the EMES and ISTR.”
2005
“Religous NGOs and the International Aid System: Exploring Religious NGO Roles, Relations and Impact In Development.”
2005
“War and Peace: Approach from Social Sciences and Humanities.” 15 March, Graduate University for Advanced Studies.
2004
“From Geopolitics to a New Concept of ‘Linguapolitics’: Issues in Global Information Age.” The Third International Conference on Information in Tokyo, 26–29 November.
2004
“Who Are Givers? Why Did They Give?: Cacop Method Reveals Japanese Philanthropists.” Contesting Citizenship and Civil Society in a divided World, 11–14 July.
2003
(With F. Layman) “The Role of Arm’s Length’s Distance between Arts and Culture's Nonprofit Organizations and Government in Japan.” The Third ISTR Asian Pacific Conference, 24–26 October, Beijing.
2003
“ISTR–Why Are We Here? Why Will We Discuss? Toward Cross-Fertilization from the Point of Linguapolitics.” The Third ISTR Asian Pacific Conference, 24–26 October, Beijing.
2003
“Civil Society and Civic Service: Linguapolitical Issues on Japan’s Civic Service Programs for the International Community.” Civic Service: Impacts and Inquiry. An International Symposium, 24–26 September, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.