Independent Study Project Titles
2007-08
  • Yōkai in Japanese Society : A Study of Yōkai from the Edo Period to Contemporary Japan
  • The Recycling of Household Waste in Japanese
  • Selfish Young People in Japan
  • Economic Bubble - A Comparison between Chinese Present Situation and Japan in 1980’s
  • Kanji Learning Strategies
  • Longevity Relating to Diet
  • Corporate Governance in Japan-Comparison of experiences in U.S. Taiwan and Japan
  • Japanese Education Facing Challenge
  • When Words and Norms Collide : Speech Difference in Gender and Role
  • The Portrait of Japanese Youth in Japanese Film
  • Dialectal Variation in Modern Japan
  • Influence of China and Korea on Japanese Buddhist Art
  • Samurai of Kyushu
  • Mobile Information Technology in Japan
  • Feminine Characters in Haruki Murakami’s Work
  • The Pragmatics of Keigo
  • Japanese Reading Education
  • Comparing Secondary Education in the Subject of Computer Science in Japan and Germany
  • The Contemporary Tendency of the Japanese Education Reform
  • Aspects of Shinto and Buddhism
  • Traditional Japanese Residential Architecture
  • Japanese Firms Organizational System : A Worldwide Valid Model?
  • Recent Trend in Groupism seen in Japanese Elementary Education: Singapore Education in Comparison
  • A Comparative Study of the “Hidden Curriculum” in Japanese and Swedish High Schools
  • Keitai: The Japanese Communication Revolution
  • Geisha in Modern Japan
  • Tomboys and Androgynous Girls: Defining "Femininity" in Shojo Media
  • Place Marketing in Kyushu
  • The Public and Private Sector in Japanese and American Healthcare
  • Body Image, Diet, and the Influence of the West on the Japanese Female Obsession with Thinness
  • The Hikikomori Phenomenon Finding a Way out
  • The Case Study of the North Korean Abduction of the Japanese
  • Japan's Bid for a Permanent Seat in the United Nations Security Council
  • The New Religious Movements of Japan
  • The Interaction of Economy and Politics in Sino-Japan Relationship
  • Introduction to Natural Language Processing of Japanese Language using an Implementation of an Information Retrieval System on Japanese Festivals
  • European Influence on Religion in Kyushu: The "Kakure Kirishitan" Case
  • The Influence of Meiji Restoration toward Current Japan’s Journalism
  • Suicide in Japan
  • The Russo-Japanese War: the Pivotal Chapter
  • From Army to Self-Defense Force
  • Entrepreneurship in Japan – Strategies and Success Factors to Compensate a Difficult Starting Situation
  • Overcoming Cultural Barriers in Project Management
  • The Korean Economy in Crisis
  • Social Characters in Private Pension – Comparative Studies on Japanese Corporate Pension and Korean Retirement Pension
  • Uncovering the Roots : Exploring the Cultural Significance of Young Japanese Men’s Hairstyles
  • Designing and Implementing a Smart Home System
  • 2006-07

  • Sustainable Development of Tourism
  • Relationship Between Self-monitoring, Conformity, and Prosocial Behaviour: A Cross-cultural Study
  • A State Without an Army?
  • Food and beverage market in Japan
  • Poetry as Power: Examining the Cultural Power of Poetry as a Historical Narrative
  • Religion and Politics in Japan
  • Japan’s Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol
  • Japanese Cinema: the International Approach
  • Urban Life in Japan: In Relation with Works of Murakami Haruki and Postmodernism
  • Eating Habit in Japan
  • China Policy of Ikeda Cabinet and International Relations in East Asia in the Beginning of 1960s ­---- A case study on Chou Hung-ching incident
  • Dazaifu and Hakata’s Role in Japanese Foreign Interactions, 664-1300
  • Hydrogen Energy - Metallic Alloy for Hydrogen Storage
  • Yakuza-Myth versus Reality
  • Traditional Japanese Music : Shamisen
  • Molding Men
  • Censorship’s Impact on the Modern Film Industry
  • α-glucosidase Inhibition by Natural Resources
  • Phosphoproteomics: A Look at Cell Signaling in the Basidiomycete
  • Nagasaki Chinese Quarter A Study on Two Large Scale Riots in 1827 and 1835
  • Three Heroes of Japan’s Sengokujidai (Warring Period) and their management strategy
  • Getting a job in Japan
  • Relations between Fukuoka and Bordeaux
  • Women’s Career Opportunities in Japan Part II
  • Anime: A Phenomenon in Singapore?
  • Japanese Culture in Miyazaki Hayao's Anime
  • Japanese Imperial Succession: Gender Issues
  • Supply Chain Management in Japan
  • Nuclear Energy and Safety in Japan
  • Japanese-ness: Architectural Identity in an International Fukuoka
  • Development of biochip for Surface Plasmon Resonance based Biosensor for Proteomics and its Application
  • Visual Kanji Dictionary
  • Cosmetics Market in Japan
  • Characteristics of wine market in Japan : How to make French wines more competitive on the Japanese market?
  • Comparative Study on Chaebol, Zaibatsu Keiretsu : Focusing on Those roles on Innovation System
  • The status of career planning among Japanese female undergraduates
  • Japan´s Labor Market - in Social and Economical Dynamics
  • Honne and Tatemae in Japanese Society
  • Christianity in Nagasaki
  • Freeters
  • Anthrax : Grave reality or Overexaggerated threat?
  • Economic Relationship and Movement of People between Japan and South America
  • How the 90’s economic crisis transformed Japanese society
  • Japan and Environmentalism
  • To construct a harmonious society : A report on environmental technology in Japan
  • Social Health Services for Illegally Staying Foreigners
  • Western Celebrities

    in Japanese Commercials
  • Society through Orbit Eyes
  • Winter sports and successful German companies in Japan
  • A Model of Economies in Aging Societies
  • 2005-06 The Films of Akira Kurosawa as Discussions of Ethical Relativism and Japanese Cultural Nationalist Aesthetics
    Comparison of Tertiary Education between Japan and the United States
    A Comparison between the Japanese and the Belgian Educational System
    Chemical Communication Study of Select Cnidarians
    Changed Circumstances that Affect the Contract - A Comparative Study-
    International Litigation and Arbitration in Japan -Procedure of Evidence Gathering
    Katakana and English in Japan
    The North Korea Effect: The Influence of North Korea on US – Japan Relations
    JAPAN SINCE 1945 - Article 9: to Change or Not to Change? (That is the Question.)
    Mercury Contaminant as Sources of the Environmental Pollution Fermentation and Fermented Foods
    Would it be Possible on the US' part to make Japan its staunch ally?
    The Failure of Japanese Economic Policy
    The Case Study of Japanese Corporate Governance
    THE MAIN BANK SYSTEM IN JAPAN
    The SDF in the 21st Century:
    A Scenario for Possible Engagement
    Japan’s Decreasing Population: Challenges and Solutions
    Shinto and Japanese Passage of Life
    Suicides in Japan
    Emoticon
    Text Messaging in Japan and Postmodernism
    Successful Organizational Culture in Japanese Companies, concerning dismissal issues
    Ritual Propriety and Polite Language by Japanese College Students
    Green Chemistry and SCWO in Japan
    Housings for the elderly in Japan
    Comparative studies on MMORPG culture between Japan and Korea
    From Eating Habits: How Family Relationship and the Society Changes - Case Study of Japan and Hong Kong
    Future Earthquake in Japan - an analysis of likely factors affecting the scale of economic losses
    Comparasion of Consumptive Patern between China and Japan - III
    English Language Education Policy in Japan
    Comparative Studies on Foreign Language Acquisition
    Japan’s Digital Camera Industry
    Women and Perceptions of Romance in Contemporary Japan
    Japanese Non-Government Organizations and Protection of Human Rights in Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking.
    The Popularity of Young Girls in Media of Contemporary Japanese Society
    Gender in Japanese Commercials
    Women in the Floating World
    The population and the economy in Japan
    What role does sport play in the Japanese education system?
    Brand Management
    2004-05 Korean Wave (Han-ryu) Phenomenon and Strategy of Culture Industry Development
    Japanese Contemporary Architecture: Metabolism
    Free Trade Agreement between Korea and Japan
    The Educational Channel of NHK; Utilization of Television for Education
    Japanese Popular Culture and Its Influence in Thailand
    Popularity of Japanese Comics and Animations among Teenagers and Adults
    Japanese Methods of Punishment and the Prison
    Educational Institutions for Western Studies in Tokugawa Japan
    Bunraku a Cultural Icon of Japan
    Is Yosano Akiko really the pacifist she is thought to be?
    The Use of the Shamisen in the Takeshi Kitano’s Movie: Zatoichi
    Miyamoto Musashi and the Way of Swords
    Being a Working Women in Japan
    What is the Charm of LEXUS? – A Japanese Car Storms the World’s Luxury Car Market
    History and Memory in Japan
    The Case of Sexual Slavery
    The Socialist Movements in Japan and Korea
    The Video Game Industry in Japan
    The Case Study of Japan’s OVOP and Thailand’s OTOP
    Gift Giving in Japan
    Bread in Japanese Diet
    Policy of Separating Dispensing Practice from Medical Practice in Japan
    Building an East Asian Community
    Japan’s Role in the Changing World Order
    Japan’s Potentials and Limitations on Economic Recovery
    Influence of Confucianism on Japan Society (Comparing with Korea)
    English as Communication: Japanese English Education Problems
    Robotics and Mechatronics Development in Japan
    Pachinko in Japan
    Government with No Nation: Democratic Discourse and Popular Notions of Rights in 19th Century Japan
    The Secret of Japanese Longevity
    Electronic Commerce in Japan
    The Evolution of Foreign Identity in Japanese Media
    The Organization, the Group and the Worker: An Analysis of the Japanese Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Style
    2003-04
    • Japanese Elementary Education
    • Burakumin Discrimination and Human Rights in Japan
    • The Image of Hong Kong In the eyes of Japanese Youngsters
    • The Japanese Yakuza: Putting the Pieces Together
    • Response in Environmental Crisis
    • A Life as Seen Through Letters:Reflections and Inter-pretations of the Showa Emperor in his Final Days
    • Dialects in Kyushu and Japanese People’s Attitudes toward Them
    • Are the Japanese People Collectivists or Individualists?
    • The Role of China in Solving the Recent North Korea Nuclear Crisis
    • Reflections on the Architecture of Ando Tadao
    • Japanese Culture And Spiritual World Reflected In Clay Figurines
    • Human Trafficking and a Shamed Japan
    • Japanization: Importation of Japanese-style Management
    • Japan’s Lost Decade: An Inevitable Cyclical Phenomenon
    • How to Promote Thai Tourism to Japan
    • A Japan-Thailand Free Trade Agreement
    • Korea’s economic development in a regional context
    • Kanji-Part1: Basic Facts and Classroom Study
    • The Radioactive Legacy of the Atomic Bomb
    • Traditional Japanese Pottery in the Modern Context
    • LEGISLATIVE AND SOCIAL RESPONSES TO CHILDREN WHO KILL
    • The Making of the Meiji Constitution and The Power of the Oligarchy
    • Japanese Cinema: Tradition and Modernity
    • The Current Situations and the Success Factors of Japanese Animation Business
    • Manga’s Graphic and Linguistic Possibilities of Expression
    • Playing with Culture: An Argument for Video Games Arcades as Cultural Loci
    • College Student’s Usage of Mobile Technology in Japan
    • Decentralization in centralized countries: Japan and France compared
    • Comparison of Korean and Japanese Tea Ceremony
    • A Coincidence of Time and Culture: The Lucky Dragon V Incident
    • THE CONSUMER COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN JAPAN
    • The Struggle Over the Hinomaru and Kimigayo in Japanese Postwar Public Education
    • Melanin biosynthesis inhibitor from edible and medical mushrooms
    • Selective Staining of Phosphoprotein in SDS-PAGE
    • Josephson Current Suppression in a Superconducting Tunnel Junction with Gaussian Distribution Geometry
    • The Fast Level Set Method with the use of an Inertial Extension Velocity Field
    • Phosphorylated peptide synthesis Toward analyzing function of phosphorylated protein
    • Labeling of moving objects determined with the Fast Level Set Method
    2002-03
    • Contemporary Japanese Artists
    • Women in the Mass Urban Culture of 1920s Japan
    • Designing a Pleasant Urban Scenery
    • Ubiquitous Uniqueness -Evolution of Characters in Miyazaki Hayao’s Animation
    • Japanese money, banking and financial markets
    • Swords in Japanese Society (a cultural and historical perspective)
    • Shintoism and Buddhism in Japan
    • No Place Like Home: Regional Identities in Kyushu
    • The Comfort Women Controversy 1991-2003: An Unresolved Debate
    • Destructing Japanese Motherhood Ideology: Feminist and Historical Perspectives
    • Japanese and Rice-What rice means to Japanese through the issue of rice trade
    • Working Women in Japan
    • Japanese Comic Art and Animation: Is science fiction a window to the future or purely dismissible entertainment?
    • The Extradition of Fujimori
    • Sino-Japanese economic relationship in the 1990’s
    • The Crusade of Brakumin
    • Japanese Women’s Empowerment -via Participating in NGOs
    • Abduction?Abductees issues on Japanese Newspapers
    • Employment and gender stratification in the new economy
    • Play Along, Get Along: Perspectives on Japanese Early Education
    • An Insight Into Computer Generated Imagery
    • Understanding and Designing Internet Application
    • Analysis of Arm Muscle Dynamics for Application in Humanoid Robotic Systems
    • Fabrication of A Thermal-Bubble-Actuated Micro pump with Bubble Valve
    2001-02
    • Taste Sensing and Microfabication Techniques
    • The Japanese Economy Entering the 21st Century :The Paradox of a Wealthy Economy Facing Major Recession
    • Lafcadio Hearn and Japanese Myth
    • The Art of Japanese Ceramics
    • Okinawa : The Identity Crisis
    • The Impact of Japanese Colonial Rule on the Development of Capitalism in Taiwan
    • English Education in Japan
    • Myth and History: An Analysis of the Mimana Nihonfu on the Early Yamato State
    • Calculation of the Heat Transfer Coefficient of a Carbon Dioxide Adsorbent
    • Samurai
    • Japanese Economy: Late 1800’s to the Present
    • Long-term Care Insurance System
    • Japanese Corporate Finance – Past, Present and Future
    • Modern Corporate Structure and Its Influence on Women’s Working Conditions
    • Japan’s Banking System Crisis
    • Minority Struggles and Geographical Issues in Contemporary Japanese Society
    • Newspaper Culture in Japan and Their Student Readers
    • The Reform of the Juvenile Law
    • To Recover Japanese Economy
    • Molecular Phosphate Sensor
    • Bio-world and Japan’s Prospect in the Bio-world
    • Comparative Study of the Public Action in Japan and in France
    • Globalization
    • Healthcare reform in Canada and Japan: A Comparative Study
    • The Future of Nuclear Power in Japan
    • Comparative Perspectives of Japanese Colonialism:- the Cases of Korea and Taiwan
    • Analysis of Gas Permeability through a Gamma-Alumina Membrane Support Tube
    • Strict Liability in the Product Liability Laws of the UK & Japan: A Wider Look
    • Corporate Governance in Japan
    • Urban Development in Early Modern Edo
    • The Impact of Western Thought on Japanese Literature of the Taisho era as seen through the works of Arishima Takeo and Nagai Kafu
    • The Economy of Modern China
    • The Economy of Modern Japan
    • A Historical Survey of and a Culturalist View on Japan’s Security Policy and Japan’s Security Treaties with the U.S. from 1951 until 1972
    2000-01
    • Interpretations of Japan in the Global Community through Popular Coding - messages in and reactions to contemporary film and quotidian signs
    • The Status of Women in Japan - views of contemporary college students
    • Japanese and Korean Women Writers from the Meiji to the Colonial Era
    • Japanese Corporate Strategy Down-under
    • Post-1985 Japanese Politico-economic Reforms
    • A Comparison of Women in Japanese and American Consumerism
      Unit 731 - the secret and the shame
    • Japan's ODA to African Countries
    • The Volunteer Initiative in Elderly Care in Japan
    • The Effect of the Asian Economic Crisis on Japanese SMEs
    • A Cultural Perspective on Filipino Workers in Japan
    • Japanese E-commerce
    • Modern Japanese Society through the Eyes of Buddhist Communities
    • The Impact of Ijime on Suicide Rates in Japanese Schools
    • Comparison of Japanese and American Literature
    • Differences between the Trade Regimes of Japan and the US Evident in Keiretsu
    • Manga - what does it represent to Japanese society?
    • How Labor Management Relations in Japan are Changing
    • The Social Structure of Tokugawa Japan - the role and influence of yomihon
    • Propaganda in Early Twentieth Century Japan
    1999-00
    • Japanese Mythology, Particularly Shinto, in Comparison with Mythology
    • Lean Manufacturing - a case study in the communications industry
    • Japanese Military Preparedness
    • Japanese Economics - an analysis of the deregulation of the financial sector and market trends towards internationalization
    • Prototyping and Possible Integration of an Information System
    • Environment and the Meat/Fish Industry in Japan
    • The History and Future of the Home Computer Industry in Japan
    • The Future of Internationalization - multilingual speech synthesis and recognition
    • Longevity of the Japanese People - why and the impeding effects of the westernization of lifestyles
    • Sociological Analysis of Otaku
    • The Use of Katakana in Japan
    • A Study of Nationalism in Japan
    • Japanese Symbols and Culture
    • Patterns of Strategic Communication in the Japanese Language and Culture
    • The Impact of Market Access and Investment Restrictions on Japanese Pension Funds
    • Forms of Confession in Japanese Literature - the I-novel
    • Immigration and Citizenship in Japan - a sociological perspective
    • Corporate Governance - a critical review of the ways and efficiency of monitoring capital companies
    1998-99
    • Japanese Language Between Sexes - women's emotionality and indiscretions of speech
    • Policies and Implementations for the Aged Society
    • The Japanese Health Care System and its Implications on the Drug Market
    • Images of the Japanese in American Film
    • Understanding Colonial Korea
    • The Internet in Japan - past, present and future
    • Psychology
    • Publication and Censorship in Japan
    • The Struggle for Power - a comparison between the Warrior Period in Japan and the Three Kingdoms Period of China
    • Kanpo Medicine - overview and recent impact on medical society
    • Comparative Study of International Reporting on Tok-do
    • North Korea's Nuclear Issue
    • Japan-Russia Stalemate - the case of the Northern Territories
    • An Analysis of the US-Japan Civil Aviation Treaty and Other Issues Facing
    • Commercial Aviation on Japan
    • Foreign Language Education in Japan and the US
    • Kanji
    • Japanese-only Taste
    • The Effects of Japanese Culture on Food
    • Japan Sets Out for Total War
    • The Future of APEC
    • The Japanese Employment System
    • US-Japan Relations - the case of the semiconductor industry
    1997-98
    • Japanese Architecture - post-modern/contemporary urbanism
    • Supersonic Jet Impingements on a Flat Plane
    • Tradition in Japanese Theatrical Devices
    • Japan - its unexplained success
    • Daily Life in the Tokugawa Period
    • Scientific Research in the Field of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
    • Society's Influence on the Organizational Structure of Large Japanese Companies
    • International Trade Relationship between the US and Japan
    • Japanese Economics
    • Women in Japan
    • The Japanese Attitude towards Work
    • How Japan's Future Role in East Asia is Dependent upon the Revision of its Security Alliance with the United States
    • The Japanese Colonial Empire
    • Bushido
    • Harmonious Change - the history and development of Japanese music and its social and religious implications
    • Religion in the Mind of Japanese People (Today)
    • History of Christianity in Japan (1549 to the Present)
    • Study of Environment-friendly High-performance Diesel Engines
    • The Future of Sogo Shosha in Japan
    • Economic Development of Japan and the Role of Government
    • The Differences at the Same Point of History in the History Textbook for
    • High School Students in Korea and Japan
    • The History of Acupuncture in Japan
    • Shingonshu - theory and practice of Kukai's philosophy and its impact on society
    1996-97
    • An Inside Look at the Japanese Automotive Parts Industry
    • Japanese Management Banking
    • Japanese Banking - economic continuity in the wartime and peacetime eras
    • The Empty Choice - changes in Japanese voters' perception of the New Frontier Party
    • The Relationship between State and Religion in Japan
    • The Expansion of Japan's Alcoholic Beverage Market
    • The Burakumin - finding solutions to a complex problem
    • Contemporary Japanese Literature - Shimizu Yoshinori's translation of Sushi and Ninja
    • Consumed by Darkness - the suicidal legacy of Japan's modern writers
    • Japanese ODA - keizai kyoryoku and political tool
    • Reviving the Asian Mystique
    • Weaving the Threads of Innovation
    • The Historical Development of Japan's Citizens' Movements
    • Japanese Cultural Indentity and National Character - it's relation to
    • practices of big enterprises in Japan
    • A Cross-cultural Study of Japanese and American University Students on Stress
    • A Comparative Overview of Health Care Systems in Japan and the United States
    • English Education in Japan
    • The Japanese Education System's Focus on the University Entrance Examination - a defence of 'Exam Hell'
    • Sony - the Japanese ccmpany and the international corporation
    • Microprocessor Education
    • Machine Translation
    • The Powerful Web of Soka Gakkai
    • The Role of the United States in the Provision of Humanitarian Assistance
    • The General Concepts of Shinto and Shrines
    • The Changing Computer Market in Japan
    • Eastman Kodak Co vs Fuji Film Co - an analysis of the Eastman Kodak Company's 301 Petition
    • Japan - understanding its industrialization and East Asian financial development
    • Marketing in Japan
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
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