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Projects underway

FY2011

(Apr. 2011 - Mar. 2014)
No.	Research Theme	Core Institute, Coordinator (Japan)	Partner Countries	Core Institute (Partner)	Coordinator (Partner)
1	Establishment of Research and Educational Network for Science of Sustainable Fisheries in Southeast Asian Marine Community	Fuculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University ARAI Katsutoshi Professor	THAILAND	Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Secretariat	MATSUMOTO Kenji Deputy Secretary General
			MALAYSIA	Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Marine Fisheries Resource Development and Management Department (MFRDMD)	ISA Mohd Mahyam Department Chief
			THE PHILIPPINES	Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Aquaculture Department (AQD)	TOLEDO D. Joebert Department Chief
			SINGAPORE	Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Marine Fisheries Research Department (MFRD)	EONG Soon Yeap Department Chief
2	Interdisciplinary Study on Poverty based on Capability Approach	Network for Education and Research on Asia, The University of Tokyo IKEMOTO Yukio Professor	VIETNAM	Vietnam National University Hochiminh City	TRAN Dinh Lam Director
			LAOS	National Academy of Politic and Public Administration (NAPPA)	MANGNOMEK Thongsalith Vice President
			CAMBODIA	Royal University of Agriculture (RUA)	SANARA Hor Deputy Head
			THAILAND	Khon Kaen University	ROENGTAM Sataporn Associate Professor
3	Development of international network on health risk assessment in urban area	Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science, The University of Tokyo FUKUSHI Kensuke Associate Professor	VIETNAM	Hue University	HOP Van Nguyen Professor
3			BANGLADESH	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology	RAHMAN Mafizur Professor
4	Research platform for East Asian vertebrate species diversity and formation of specimen network	The Kyoto University Museum MOTOKAWA Masaharu Associate Professor	CHINA	Guangzhou University	WU Yi Professor
			KOREA	Seoul National University	LEE Hang Professor
			VIETNAM	Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology,Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources	NGUYEN Truong Son Researcher
5	Towards the development of an ‘oasis of peace’ through the institutionalization of a research network in southern Africa	Osaka University HAWKINS Virgil Associate Professor	ZAMBIA	University of Zambia (UNZA)	PHIRI Bizeck Professor
			SOUTH AFRICA	University of the Free State	SOLOMON Hussein Professor
			TANZANIA	Centre for Foreign Relations	SHAHARI Riziki Lecturer
6	Networking for Earth Resource Engineering in Asia and Africa and Fosterage of Earth Resource Young Researcher	Kyusyu University WATANABE Koichiro Professor	ALGERIA	University of Science and Technology Houwari Boumedian	KOLLI Omar Professor
			EGYPT	Nuclear Materials Authority	IBRAHIM Mohamad Professor
			INDONESIA	Padjadjaran University	MEGA Rosana Associate Professor
			THAILAND	Chulalongkorn University	PINYO Meechumuna Associate Professor
			MALAYSIA	University of Sains Malaysia	KAMAR Ariffin Associate Professor
7	The eco-epidemiology of forest and zoonotic malaria	Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University NAKAZAWA Shusuke Assistant Professor	VIETNAM	Khanh Phu Malaria Research Unit・Health Department・Khanh Hoa Province, Medical Committee of Netherland Vietnam	MARCHAND Ron Program Adviser
8	Sustainable development of novice researchers who will contribute evidence based midwifery for the promotion of maternal child health inTanzania	St. Luke's College of Nursing HORIUCHI Shigeko Professor	TANZANIA	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Science（MUHAS）	LESHABARI Charles Sabalda Professor
9	Islam and Multi-culturalism: A Fundamental Research Project for Constructing Symbiosis with Islam	Organization for Islamic Area Studies, Waseda University SAKURAI Keiko Professor	MALAYSIA	The Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya	AKHIR Muhammad Nasrudin Executive-Director
10	Promotion of the SR Sciences through the Collaboration with SESAME	High Energy Accelerator Research Organization ADACHI Shinichi Professor	JORDAN	Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East	TOUKAN Khaled Director

FY2010

(Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2013)
No.	Research Theme	Core Institute, Coordinator (Japan)	Partner Countries	Core Institute (Partner)	Coordinator (Partner)
1	Developments of Academic Bases of Nuclear Data researches in Asia	Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University AIKAWA Masayuki Professor	INDIA	Bhabha Atomic Research Center	GANESAN Srinivasan Section Head
			CHINA	China Institute of Atomic Energy	GE Zhigang Director
			KOREA	Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute	LEE Young-Ouk Laboratory Head
2	Establishment of Integrative Research Base by Humanities and Sciences on Valorization of Useful Plants for Regional Development in North Africa	The Alliance for Research on North Africa, University of Tsukuba KASHIWAGI kenichi Assistant Professor	TUNISIA	Sfax University	Hamed BEN DHIA Professor
			MOROCCO	Univesity of Cadi Ayyad	Abdellatif HAFIDI Professor
			EGYPT	Cairo University	Hany EL-SHEMY Professor
			ALGERIA	Houari Boumedine University	Benali BENZAGHOU President and Professor
3	Development of bio-engineering by vegetation and for wetlands as a solution of environmental and natural disaster problems for expanding urban fringe zone in Asia	Institute for environmental Science and technology, Research Management Bureau, Saitama University TANAKA Norio Professor	SRI LANKA	University of Moratuwa	MANATUNGE Jagath Senior Lecturer
4	Frontier of Comparative Studies of Asian Societies	RICAS, Institute of Oriental Culture, The University of Tokyo SONODA Shigeto Professor	KOREA	Korea University	Yoon In-jin Professor
			CHINA	Chinese Academy of Social Sciences	LI Peilin Director and Professor
			TAIWAN	Academia Sinica	HSIAO Michael Hsin-huang Director and Professor
			SINGAPORE	National University of Singapore	TAN Ern Ser Associate Pfofessor
5	Research collaboration for conservation and sustainable utilization of wildlife resources	Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University IDANI Gen'ichi Professor	GHANA	University of Ghana	Boniface B. KAYANG Senior lecturer
6	Creation of Research Hub for Sediment Disasters and River Environment in Mountainous Area	Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University NAKAGAWA Hajime Professor	CHINA	Tsinghua University	Guangqian WANG Director
			TAIWAN	National Cheng Kung University	Chjeng-Lun SHIEH Director
			KOREA	Kangwon National University	Sun-Hong MIN Professor
7	Establishment of crop stress science network for increase of food production in Eastern Africa	Research Institute for Bioresources, Okayama University YAMAMOTO Yoko Professor	KENYA	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology	Hunja MURAGE Lecturer
8	Construction of Network on Education and Research for School Health, Safety and Environment with Consecutive Development of Young Researchers in Asia	Institute of Human Culture Studies, Otsuma Women's University OHSAWA Seiji Director	THAILAND	Tribal Museum, Ministry of Social Development and Human Security	THAWORN Foofuang Researcher
			MYANMAR	Thingangyun Education College	DAW Mya Mya Aye Vice Director
			NEPAL	Katmandu University	WAGLEY Prasad Mana Dean
9	Development of effective method for early diagnosis and treatment of intractable disease utilizing characteristic biologically active natural products and enzyme	Graduate School of Meiji Pharmaceutical University SAKURABA Hitoshi Professor	THAILAND	Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University	Khanit SUWANBORIRUX Associate Professor
			INDIA	All India Institute of Medical Sciences	Yogender Kumar GUPTA Professor
			PHILIPPINES	University of the Philippines	Gisela Padilla CONCEPCION Professor
10	Academic bases to transfer depurative techniques for heavy metal-polluted tube well water	Chubu University KATO Masahi Professor	BANGLADESH	Dhaka University	SHEKHAR Hossain Uddin Professor
			VIETNAM	Hanoi University of Technology	LY Bich Thuy Lecturer
			MALAYSIA	University Malaysia Sabah	Mohammad Zahirul HOQUE Senior Lecturer
11	Protection and Public Use of the Cultural Heritage in Africa	National Museum of Ethnology, National Institute for the Humanities TAKEZAWA Shoichiro Professor	MALI	Direction of the Cultural Heritage, Ministry of Culture	SANOGO Klessigue Director