RESEARCH
Grants:
April 2008―March 2012 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant for Young Scholars (B)
(2008-2011) Project Title: The Politics of Representation and
Memory concerning Aging in Post WW2 Japan
April 2005―March 2008 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant for Young Scholars (B)
(2005-2007) Project Title: The Politics of Representation in the US
Medical and Welfare Systems for the Elderly
April 2002―March 2003 The Univers Foundation, Grant for Establishing a Wealthy and
Vibrant Aging Society (2001)” Project Title: The Politics of US
Welfare Policy concerning the Elderly and the Identity of Elderly
Citizens
April 2001―March 2003 ”A Japan-United States Comparative-analysis of the Citizen
Commercialization of Social Services for the Elderly”．Monbu
Kagakusho (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology) for Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research．
Encouragement of Young Scientists (A) [Research carried out by
individual researchers under 38 years of age. Duration: 2 years.
Grant: \3,000,000 per project]．
Sep. 2000―Nov. 2001 “Aging Projection in an Aged Society―Horizons of Aging and
Bio-Technology”. The Japan Securities Scholarship Foundation
[Duration: 1 year 2 months. Grant: \1,000,000]．
April 1997―March 2000 “Identity and Dying in Old Age.” Monbu Kagakusho (Ministry of
Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) for
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research．Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellows Research conducted by JSPS
fellows [Duration: Up to 3 years]．
April 2002―March 2003 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant for publishing research
achievement (2001) Project Title: Sociology of Aging and Frailty
