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

Research Theme List

General Research

  1. A Basic Study of Folk Culture in North Korea (2009-2013): ASAKURA Toshio
  2. Subgrouping Languages: Examining Genetic Relationships and Their Implications in Human History (2009-2013): KIKUSAWA Ritsuko
  3. Comparative Ethnographic Studies on Conflicts in Post-independence Oceania (2009-2013): NIWA Norio
  4. Anthropological Studies of Suffering and Care (2009-2013): UKIGAYA Sachiyo
  5. Plant Materials in Changing Value Judgments and Social Interactions (2009-2013): OCHIAI Yukino
  6. The Anthropology of "Democracy" in Rural Societies of Asia and Africa (2009-2013): MASAKI Katsuhiko
  7. Shared Visual Anthropology: Sharing the Way of Filmmaking (2009-2013): MURAO Seiji
  8. An Anthropological and Historical Study of Ethnic Cultural Resources and Politics in South China (2010-2013): TSUKADA Shigeyuki
  9. Mirabilia Mundi: “Wonders of the World” in Comparative Perspective, Focusing on the Middle East and Europe (2010-2013): YAMANAKA Yuriko
  10. New Approaches to Family Studies in Anthropology (2010-2014): KOIKE Makoto
  11. Immigrant Communities and Immigrant Languages in Japan (2010-2014): SHOJI Hiroshi
  12. Cross Cultural Studies of Handlooms and Textiles (2010-2014): YOSHIMOTO Shinobu
  13. A World without Borders: Researching the Middle Eastern System of Human Relations (2010-2014): HORIUCHI Masaki
  14. Reconsidering Japan's “Modernization” in Comparison with other Asian and African Societies (2010-2014): KAWADA Junzo
  15. A Comprehensive Analysis of Overseas Anthropological Studies of Japan (2010-2014): KUWAYAMA Takami
  16. Japanese Native Anthropology: Folkloristics among Cultural Movements from the 1930s to the 1960s (2010-2013): SHIGENOBU Yukihiko
  17. Cataloguing Umesao Tadao's Archived Materials on Inner Mongolia for Academic Research(2010-2014): KONAGAYA Yuki
  18. Crossroads of Palestinian Nationalism and Zionism (2010-2015): SUGASE Akiko
  19. Practices and Emotions: A New Perspective of Development Anthropology (2010-2014): SEKINE Hisao
  20. The Anthropology of Identification and Migration (2010-2015): CHEN Tien-Shi
  21. An Anthropological Study of NGO Activities: A New Perspective on Social Relationships in the Age of Global Assistance (2010-2015): NOBUTA Toshihiro
  22. The Anthropology of Materiality Focusing On Physicality, Sensuality and Ontology (2010-2015): FURUYA Yoshiaki
  23. An Anthropological Study of Street-Wisdom and the Generation of Locality (2010-2015): SEKINE Yasumasa
  24. A Comparative Ethnographic Study of the Discourse and Social Dynamics of ‘Inclusion’ in Nepal (2010-2015): NAWA Katsuo
  25. “An Anthropological Study of the Transformation of South Asian Performing Arts in the Age of Globalization” (2010-2015): MATSUKAWA Kyoko
  26. Exploring Methodolgies for Understanding ‘The Lives of Children’ in the Contemporary Fields of Health, Medicine and Social Welfare (2010-2015): MICHINOBU Ryoko
  27. The Modernity of Voices: The Comparative Study of Gramophone Records Distributed in Taiwan, Shanghai and Japan (2010-2015): LIOU Lin-Yu

Junior Researchers

  1. A Cross-Regional Study of Diversity within the Islamic World through the Use of Visual Descriptions and Films (2010-2013): YOSHIMOTO Yasuko
  2. Rethinking Hyphenated Anthropology: An Ethnographic Approach to Modes of Response (2010-2013): IWASA Mitsuhiro
  3. The Revival of Religion: Multicultural Situations, Transbordering, and Religious Practices in Inner Asia (2010-2013): FUJIMOTO Toko
  4. A Comparative Ethnographic Study of the Life-World of Return Migrants: Focusing on the Concepts of ‘Return’ and ‘Home’ (2010-2014): NAGURA Kyoko
Past Inter-University Research Projects