Professor

Takahashi Tsuyoshi

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Faculty of Letters Department of Human Studies

Graduate School of Graduate School of Letters Sociology Major

Specialized field	Regional Studies
Research theme	Cultural exchange between Japan and China in the early modern period centered on Nagasaki, and in modern times centered on Chinese students studying abroad
Subjects in charge	Introduction to Chinese society and culture, Introduction to Chinese language studies, Chinese society and culture theory, Translation practice (Chinese-Japanese), etc.
Seminar Theme	Sino-Japanese cultural exchange/comparative research
Main career, work history, and academic background	March 1977: Graduated Faculty of Law, Soka University March 1980: Completed doctoral Graduate School of Law, Soka University Born in Hiroshima Prefecture. Graduated from Faculty of Law Graduate School of Law at Soka University. Completed the Master's Program in Law at the Graduate School of the same university. After graduating from the Institute of Asian Studies and the Japanese Language Department at the same university, he went on to Faculty of Letters. During graduate school, he was sent to study abroad at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He currently teaches at the graduate school as well. He also serves as the Deputy Director Distance Learning Division.
Affiliated academic societies and organizations	Japan Society for Contemporary China Studies

Specialized field	Sociology of Law, Family Law
Research theme	Modern Japan-China cultural exchange research Comparative Family Systems Studies
research content	So far, I have mainly been working on the following research themes: 1. Research on modern Japanese-Chinese cultural exchange, 2. Comparative research on family systems. For the former, I have dealt with one aspect of academic and educational exchange through Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, a geography Lecturer at Kobun Gakuin, where many Chinese students studying in Japan attended in the late Qing Dynasty, and his book "Human Geography." For the latter, I have been working on comparative research between Japan and China (including Hong Kong and Macau), focusing on divorce systems and customs, especially since the modern era.
Research and Education Policy	While summarizing the results of previous research, I will address various issues surrounding this research theme. At this stage, I plan to focus on "Modern Japan-China Cultural Exchange Research" and cover the following topics: 1. Reexamination from various magazines, 2. Reexamination from the China Education Inspection Team, 3. The role played by those who returned from studying in Japan, 4. The development of cultural projects in China and subsequent Japan-China relations. In particular, I would like to consider what "cultural comparison" is through the acceptance and friction between the two cultures of Japan and China.
Message	We would like students to select one or more subjects for comparative study of Japanese and Chinese culture that are related to the research themes they have been working on so far, and to keep them aware of the issues and continue to think about them on a daily basis.

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