Responding to Real Society

FY2018 Project period：3 years（October 2018 to September 2021）

Affiliation is information at the time of the selection.
*1 Core-Researcher and affiliation replaced on October 24, 2019
*2 Extend the research period until March 31, 2022

Openly recruited research（67 applications, 8 adopted）

Research Area A：Empirical research for designing policies that take ethical perspectives (such as intergenerational equity, sustainability, and social safety) into consideration

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Interfamilial Succession or M&A? A Survey of Family Firms in Okinawa	UCHIDA Ichihiro	Professor, Faculty of Economics, Aichi University	Progress Report（PDF/287KB）
Creating fundamental concepts of society and value based Techonology and Brain science *2	MATSUURA Kazuya *1	Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, Toyo University	Progress Report（PDF/345KB）

Research Area B：Study on Achieving Social Diversity for LGBT and Sexual Minorities

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Building the support system to make a family of LGBT parties by the assisted reproductive technology and the adoption *2	NINOMIYA Shuhei	Professor, College of law, Ritsumeikan University	Progress Report（PDF/184KB）

Research Area C：Reconstructing multicultural communities in a depopulating society

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Shrinking Strategy with Dignity for Rehabilitation and Revitalization of Community *2	ATSUMI Tomohide	Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University	Progress Report（PDF/220KB）
Heritage and Diversity in Local Communities: Perspectives from the Frontier of Demographic Change *2	KUMAGAI Yoshitaka	Director, Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Collaboration, Akita International University	Progress Report（PDF/191KB）
Unveiling the charm of Japanese mountainous towns that attract and support population inflow: A transdisciplinary action research in Yamanashi prefecture *2	TAKAHASHI Yasuo	Researcher, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Area, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies	Progress Report（PDF/222KB）
Multiculturalism through the dynamics of practices and policy: Osaka's model of participation of migrants and its policy proposal *2	TAKAYA Sachi	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University	Progress Report（PDF/132KB）

Research Area D：Interdisciplinary research on forgetting with construction of social corresponding base

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Cognitive / economical evaluations on web-systems including human memory characteristics *2	MORITA Junya	Associate Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka University	Progress Report（PDF/822KB）

FY2015 Project period：3 years（October 2015 to September 2018）

Affiliation is information at the time of the selection.
*1 Extend the research period until March 31, 2019
*2 Extend the research period until December 31, 2018

Topic-Setting research

Research Area：Interrelationship between institutions, culture, public spirit, and socioeconomic systems

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
The Effects of Institutions and Culture on Social Norms and Public Morality: Laboratory and Field Experiments *1	SASAKI Masaru	Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University	Progress Report（PDF/509KB）

Research Area：Formation of an “illness culture” and analysis of its present-day significance—Considering the history of societal development

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
History of Medicine and the Present Society: Contextualization of the Past Measures against Infectious Diseases and Construction of Dialogues between Medical Historians and the Contemporary Agencies	SUZUKI Akihito	Professor of History, School of Economics, Keio University	Progress Report（PDF/276KB）

Openly recruited research（57 applications, 9 adopted）

Research Area A：Interrelationship between institutions, culture, public spirit, and socioeconomic systems

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Process design for public decision making in complex situations involving conflicts between individual profit and public benefit *1	OHNUMA Susumu	Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University	Progress Report（PDF/792KB）
Modeling and Implementation Study of Effective and Sustainable Disaster Tradition	SATO Shosuke	Assistant professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University	Progress Report（PDF/689KB）
Project on the Impact and Effectiveness of Poverty Reduction Programs for Children and Adolescents	ABE Aya	Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University	Progress Report（PDF/120KB）
A Study of Interconnectedness between Konbu Culture in Japan and Economic Connections of the Places for Producing Konbu in Hokkaido *2	SAITO Takayuki	Lecturer, The Faculty of Rehabilitation and Care, Seijoh University	Progress Report（PDF/215KB）
Research on the Society with Empathy and Creation of New Industry by Social Business	YAGI Tadashi	Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Doshisha University	Progress Report（PDF/253KB）

Research Area B：Building an anxiety-free care system in a shrinking society; Establishing a lifeline infrastructure

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Standard Evaluating Comprehensive Plan for Medical Care and Long-Term Care --- from two viewpoints of utilizing home *1	KATO Tomoyuki	Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University	Progress Report（PDF/476KB）
Development of indicators for sustainable livelihood in regional communities	OHNISHI Takaaki	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo	Progress Report（PDF/481KB）
Development of the safe and trusted care system and life infrastructure in local communities under the depopulation *1	SAMUTA Hikaru	Professor, Institute of Human and Social Sciences, Kanazawa University	Progress Report（PDF/380KB）
Research for Developing and Socially Implementing Livelihood Support through a Multigenerational Collaboration Model	FUJIWARA Yoshinori	Research Team Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital and Institute of Gerontology	Progress Report（PDF/755KB）

FY2013 Project period：2 years（October 2013 to September 2015）

Affiliation is information at the time of the selection.
*1 Extend the research period until March 31, 2016
*2 Extend the research period until March 31, 2019

Topic-Setting research

Research Area：Structure of Japanese Society Based on Dynamic Trends of a Population

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
A Policy Evaluation and Recommendation for the Measures for Declining Birth Rate in Japan *1	ABE Masahiro	Professor, Faculty of Economics, Chuo University	Progress Report（PDF/79KB）

Research Area：The Ideal Method of Social System Enabling Appropriate Correspondence for an Emergency

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
A Social Scientific Research on Effective and Prompt Measures for a National Emergency *1	SAITO Makoto	Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University	Progress Report（PDF/138KB）

Openly recruited research（58 applications, 11 adopted）

Research Area A：Creation of the Regional Potential by the Enhancement of Humanities and Social Science for Tourism

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Border Tourism: Local Initiatives and the Making of a Region *1	IWASHITA Akihiro	Professor, Slavic-Eurasian Research Center, Hokkaido University	Progress Report（PDF/106KB）
A Demonstrative Research of the Establishment of Academic Tourism by Utilizing and Circulating Private Cultural Assets *1	ANDO Mina	Researcher, Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts	Progress Report（PDF/67KB）
A Study of Academic Regional Tourism Based on Academic Resources and Knowledge *1	HORII Hiroshi	CEO, Academic Research Unit, AMANE.LLC	Progress Report（PDF/242KB）

Research Area B：Evaluation Analysis on a Regulatory Reform

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
Current Status and Issues regarding Regulatory Reforms toward Expanding Employment Opportunities in Bankruptcy Law and Labor Law	IKEDA Hisashi	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University	Progress Report（PDF/67KB）
The future of the public-private mixed provision of health care in the context of pressures of the deregulation reform	KATO Tomoyuki	Professor, Graduate School of Law, Hokkaido University	Progress Report（PDF/103KB）
Benefit Analysis on Regulatory Reform of Property Market by Abolishing the Protection Rule of Short Time Tenancy *2	FUKUI Hideo	Professor, Graduate School of Policy Studies, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies	Progress Report（PDF/190KB）

Research Area C：Evaluation on the Social and Economic Effects of Education Policy

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
An Empirical Study of the Effects of Educational Investment and Cognitive Development of Children on their Outcomes as Young Adults Including Motivation to Learn, Employment, and Earnings *1	AKABAYASHI Hideo	Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University	Progress Report（PDF/107KB）

Research Area D：Scientific Practice on an Enforcing the Endogenous Activity of the Community and Specialist towards Realization of Convivial Society

Research Themes	Core-Researcher	Affiliation	Progress Report
A Barrier-Free Mental Health Care by Development of Internet-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy and a Support Network *1	SHIMOYAMA Haruhiko	Professor, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo	Progress Report（PDF/46KB）
Urban Planning Centered Around Hospitals *1	ITO Yukiko	Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Tokyo Gakugei University	Progress Report（PDF/114KB）
Developing a Culture of Care in a Mutually Supporting Local Community: A Clinical Philosophy Project *1	HAMAUZU Shinji	Professor, Graduate School of Letters, Osaka University	Progress Report（PDF/131KB）
A Study on Roles as Disaster Prevention Revival Resources of the Social Welfare for the Elderly-People Facilities in the Stricken Areas *1	OTSUKA Takehiko	Professor, Department of Architecture, Akashi National College of Technology	Progress Report（PDF/144KB）