Based on research about cultures of death and life, we seek to develop new clinical knowledge from the standpoint of the humanities addressing the needs of those working in medicine, health care, education and so on.

Dept. of General Culture, School of Humanities and Sociology

Project Leader：

Prof. ICHINOSE, Masaki

Under the ideal of co-existence, constructing a network of collaborative study in Asia, North America, Europe and the Islamic world and attempting to redefine human existence.

Dept. of Interdisciplinary Cultural Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

Project Leader：

Prof. KOBAYASHI, Yasuo

The purpose of our project is to evolve and develop Japan's legal research into a general research on norms as an interdisciplinary social science based on empirical studies through teaching and researching soft law.

Schools of Law and Politics

Project Leader：

Project Leader: Prof. IWAMURA, Masahiko

The focus of our research and education is set on Japanese open manufacturing (monozukuri). We aim to raise well balanced researchers, from both academic and industrial fields, who can conduct team-based field observations which lead to logical analysis and practical problem solving.

Dept. of Management, School of Economics

Project Leader：

Project Leader: Prof. FUJIMOTO, Takahiro