Third Edition,2008

The Tohoku University
21st Century COE Program
Gender Law and Policy Center (GELAPOC)

Address : 19th Floor of AER building, 1-3-1, Chuo, Aoba-ku, Sendai City, 980-6119, Japan
Telephone : +81-(0)22-723-1965
Facsimile : +81-(0)22-723-1966
E-mail : 21coe@law.tohoku.ac.jp
From 1st of March 2008
New Address: School of Law Katahira 5th Building, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku,
Sendai City, Miyagi, 980-8577
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Facsimile : +81-(0)22-217-6133
E-mail : gelapoc@law.tohoku.ac.jp
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The 21st century COE program

Gender Law & Policy Center

Message from the COE Program Leader

Professor

Miyoko TSUJIMURA
Graduate School of Law,
Tohoku University

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Established within the context of the 21st Century Centers of Excellence（COE）Program by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology, and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the principal
objective of the Gender Law and Policy Center（GELAPOC）has been to
promote research on a wide variety of gender issues in order to bridge the gap
between theory and practice within diverse legal, political and public policy
processes.
Among other contributions, the Center functions as a library, possessing
over 4000 books concerning gender, law and public policy, and moreover, it
serves as a networking and information hub that promotes collaboration amongst
scholars, researchers and decision-makers in Asian, European, and North
American academic institutions, local governments and Bar Associations.
The Center’s work focuses on six research themes or “clusters”, including:political participation, employment, family, sexuality, human security, andeducation policy, each of which fit within three conceptual approaches, notably,that of “Theory”, “Applied Research”, and “Policy Solutions”. This
multidisciplinary and inter-sectional structure has created a dynamic context for
research and intellectual inquiry. We have endeavoured to host over thirty
seminars each year, featuring a broad array of Japanese and international
speakers with expertise on gender issues. We have also hosted several national
and international conferences and symposiums in Sendai （September andNovember 2004, July 2006, July 2007）, in Kobe （June 2005）, in Paris（September 2005）, and in Tokyo（February 2006）.
Additionally, publishing the results of leading research on gender issues isalso a vital part of the Center’s activities. Since the launch of the Center, wehave produced quarterly newsletters, as well as Annual Reviews in both
Japanese and English, which are distributed to a number of academic andpractical institutions. We have also completed a 12 volume series of books ongender, law and policy-related issues.
The above-mentionned activities have focussed on the legal and politicalfactors impacting upon a complex range of gender issues, and has thereby
enabled the Centre of Excellence Program and the Gender Law and Policy
Center to make unprecedented contributions to knowledge and public policy
solutions in the service of gender equality.
The remarkable progress of our Center over the past 5 years has beenachieved thanks to the close collaboration with local public organizations,professional lawyers associations, as well as with universities and research
institutes from around the world. We will continue to work to establish
GELAPOC as one of the best research centers on gender, law and policy issues.
We wish to convey our sincerest gratitude to all those who have contributed tothese successes for their generous support and cooperation, and moreover, we
look forward to collaboration with you on related projects in the future.

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P ublications by the Program Members
The list below shows the representative works and publications by the program members.

Professor Miyoko Tsujimura

Leader of the Gender Law and Policy Center

Books
In English● 2007, eds. with Emi Yano, Gender and Law in Japan, Tohoku University

Press, Sendai● 2008, ed. International Perspectives on Gender Equality and Social

Diversity, Tohoku University Press, Sendai
In French● 2006, with Daniel Lachak (dir.), Egalité des Sexes: La Discrimination
positive en question, La Société de Législation Comparée
In Japanese● 1989a, Kenri to shite no senkyo-ken [ Suffrage as a Right ] , Keisou

Shobou, Tokyo● 1989b, Furansu kakumei no kenpou genri [the Constitutional Principleof the French Revolution], Nihon Hyouron-sha, Tokyo● 1992, with Kinjo, Kiyoko, Josei no kenri no rekishi [ History of

Women’ s Rights], Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo● 1997, Jyosei to jinken [Women and Human Rights], Nihon Hyouron-sha,Tokyo● 1999, Jinken no fuhen-sei to rekisi-sei [ Universality and Historical

Aspects of Human Rights], Soubun-sha, Tokyo● 2002, Shimin shuken no kanousei: 21 seiki no kenpou, demokurashii,

jendaa [ the Possibility of Citizen’ s Sovereignty: Constitution,
Democracy and Gender in the 21st Century], Yuushin-dou, Tokyo● 2003, Hikaku kenpou [ Comparative Constitutions ] , Iwanami Shoten,Tokyo● 2004a, Kenpou (2nd ed.) [ the Constitutional Law ] , Nihon Hyôronsha,
Tokyo● 2004b, ed. Sekai no pojitibu akushon to danjo kyoudou sankaku[ Positive Action around the World and Gender-equal participation ] ,COE Book Series, vol. 1, Tohoku University Press, Sendai● 2005a, Jendaa to hou [Gender and Law], Fuma Shobo, Tokyo● 2005b, eds. with Inaba, Kaoru, Nihon no danjyo kyoudou sankaku
seisaku [ Gender Equal Policies of Japan ] , COE Book Series, vol. 2,
Tohoku University Press, Sendai● 2005c, eds. with Yamamoto, Hajime, Jendaa hougaku seijigaku no
kanousei [ the Possibilities of the Studies of Law and Politics] , COE
Book Series, vol. 3, Tohoku University Press, Sendai● 2006, eds. with Shiyake, Masanori, Sin-kaisetsu: sekai kenpou-shuu[New Commentary: the World Constitutions], Sansei-dou, Tokyo● 2007, ed. Jendaa no kiso riron to hou [the Basic Theory of Gender andLaw] COE Book Series, vol. 10, Tohoku University Press, Sendai● 2008a, eds. with Hidenori Tozawa and Yuko Nishitani, Sekai no jendaa
byoudou: riron to seisaku no kakyou wo mezasite [ International
Perspectives on Gender Equality and Social Diversity ] , COE Book
Series, vol. 11, Tohoku University Press, Sendai● 2008b, eds. with Shoji Kawakami and Noriko Mizuno, Danjo kyoukou
sankaku shakai no tameni [Toward Gender Equality], COE Book Series,
vol. 12, Tohoku University Press, Sendai● 2008c, Jendaa to Jinken [Gender and Human Rights], Nihon Hyôronsha,
Tokyo● 2008d, Kenpou (3rd ed.) [ the Constitutional Law ] , Nihon Hyôronsha,
Tokyo● 2007b, ‘Egalité du Genre et la constitutionnalité de «Discrimination

Positive» in Gender Law and Policy Annual Review, vol. 4: 209-227
In Japanese● 2004, ‘Jendaa to kenpougaku’ [ Gender and Constitutional Studies ] in
Kenpou ronshuu: Higuchi Yoichi sensei koki kinen [Constitution
Theories: in Commemoration of Professor Yoichi Higuchi], ShoubunSha, Tokyo● 2005, ‘Jendaa hougaku kyouiku no igi to kadai’ [ Significance andChallenges of Gender Law Education ] in COE Book Series, vol. 4,
Tohoku University Press, Sendai: 195-212● 2006a, ‘Jendaa to jinken’ [ Gender and Human Rights ] in COE Book
Series, vol. 5, Tohoku University Press, Sendai: 5-39
● 2006b, ‘Kazoku, kokka, jendaa wo meguru hikaku kenpou-teki kousatu’[A Thought of Comparative Constitution on Family, State and Gender]
in COE Book Series, vol. 6, Tohoku University Press, Sendai: 7-42
● 2006c, ‘Gendai kazoku to kokka, jendaa’ [ The Modern Family, Statesand Gender] in Houritsu Jihou, vol. 78, No. 11● 2007a, ‘Danjo kyoudou sankaku: kenpou-teki igi to kadai’ in Jurist,
vol. 1333● 2007b, ‘Senkyo to quota-sei’ [ Election and the Quota System ] in
Hougaku Ronsou, vol. 79, Nos. 4-5, Meiji University● 2007c, ‘Seiji, gyousei to pojitibu akushon’ [ Politics, Governance andPositive Action] in Tamura and Kanai eds. Pojitibu akushon no kanousei[The Possibility of Positive Action], Nakanishi-ya Shuppan, Tokyo● 2007d, ‘Heiwa, jinken, jendaa’ [ Peace, Human Rights and Gender ] in
COE Book Series, vol. 7, Tohoku University Press, Sendai: 217-233● 2007e, ‘Seiji sankaku to jendaa’ [Political participation and Gender] in
COE Book Series, vol. 8, Tohoku University Press, Sendai: 5-42
● 2007f, ‘Koyou, shakai hoshou to jendaa byoudou: kenpou riron-teki
kousatu’ [Employment, Social Welfare and Gender Equality: Thinking
in Theory of Constitution ] in COE Book Series, vol. 9, Tohoku
University Press, Sendai: 93-120

Translation● 1996, Marie-Olympe de Gouges, by Olivier Blanc, (French), Editions

René Viénet, Paris, to Onna no jinken sengen: furansu kakumei toOranpu do Guuju no shougai (Japanese), Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo

Invited Presentations
Abroad● 16 September 2005, presentation for the Symposium on Sex Equalityand ‘Positive Discrimination’ co-organised by the Gender Law and
Policy Center with the Comparative Legal Analysis the Society ofComparative Legislation, Paris● 23 March 2006,《Les transformations du role des femmes au Japon: La
signification de trois donnees statistiques dans les domaines de lapolitique，de la famille et du travail》, lecture for the Department ofLaw, University of Milan● 6 September 2006,《Egalite du Genre et la constitutionnalite deDiscrimination Positive》, lecture for the Department of Law,
University of Otawa● 16 September 2006, ‘Genre equality and the constitutionality of the
Positive Discrimination’, speech for a round-table of The World
Congress of Constitutional Law, Helsinki
In Japan● 1 October 2006, the keynote speech for the Symposium towards

ArticlesIn English● 2007, ‘Women's Political Participation in Japan: Legal Challenges to theIntroduction of Positive Action’ in Gender Law and Policy Annual
Review, vol. 4: 37-46● 2008, ‘Gender Equality and the Constitutionality of « Positive
Discrimination »’ , in Miyoko Tsujimura (ed.), International
Perspectives on Gender Equality & Social Diversity (above)
In French● 2007a, ‘Les transformations du rôle des femmes au Japon: La

signification de trois données statistiques dans les domaines de lapolitique, de la famille et du travail» in Gender Law and Policy Annual
Review, vol. 4: 193-208

Realisation of Gender Equal Society in Miyagi Prefecture of the
National Women Councillor Summit, Sendai● 15 October 2006, presentation for a symposium on Gender Equal
Participation in Natural Science of the Tohoku University ‘Mori no
miyako’ Women Scientists Support Program● 30 October 2006, presentation for a symposium on Future of Scienceand Society through Gender Perspective of the Science Council of Japan● 29 July 2007, ‘Women’ s Political Participation in Japan: Legal
Challenges to the Introduction of Positive Action’, speech forInternational Symposium on International Perspectives on Gender
Equality and Cultural Diversity, the Gender Law and Policy Center,
SendaiPresentations for annual conferences of the Japan Association of Genderand Law (from the 1st in 2003 to the 4th in 2006)

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The 21st century COE program

Gender Law & Policy Center

Professor Noriko Mizuno

Sub-leader of Gender Law and Policy Center

Books
In Japanese● 2006, ed. Kazoku: Jendaa to Jiyuu to Hou [Family: Gender, Freedom

and Law], COE Book Series, vol. 6, Tohoku University Press, Sendai● 2008, eds. with Miyoko Tsujimura and Shoji Kawakami, Danjo

Kyoudou Sankaku Shakai ni mukete: Seisaku Teigen [Toward Gender
Equality], COE Book Series, vol. 12, Tohoku University Press, Sendai

ArticlesIn English● 2007, ‘Family and the Family Law in Japan,’ in M. Tsujimura and E.
Yano (eds.), Gender and Law in Japan, Tohoku University Press,
Sendai: 147-155
In Japanese● 2003, ‘Nihon ni okeru kazoku no kannen’ [The Concept of Family inJapan] in Nichi-Futsu Hou Gakkai [Japan-France Law Association] ed.
Nihon to Furansu no Kazoku-kan [Perceptions about Family in Japanand France (La notion de famille au Japon et en France)], Yuhikaku,
Tokyo: 32-62● 2004a, ‘Chakushutsu hinin, fushi kankei fusonzai kakunin, ninchi
mukou no kanren’ [Co-relation between Denial of Child’s Legitimacy,
Confirmation of Nulla Bona Fide Paternity, Invalidation of Child’ s
Legitimization] in Hougaku Seminar, vol. 591: 16-19● 2004b, ‘Jinkou seishokuni okeru minpou to kodomo no kenri’ [The Civil
Code and Children’s Rights in Artificial Reproduction] in Yuzawa andUtsuki eds. Hito no Hou to I no Rinri [The Law of Humans and the
Ethics of Medicine], Shizan-sha, Tokyo: 201-231● 2004c, ‘Kazoku-hou wo meguru Nihon no kadai to sensin kakkoku no
genjou: sengo “kazokuhou” no sai-kouchiku ni mukete’ [The Challenges
in Japan and the Current Situations in Developed Countries surrounding
Family Law: towards Reconstruction of the Post-war ‘Family Law’] inSekai no Roudou [The World’s Labor], vol. 54, No. 3: 12-19● 2005a, ‘Furansu minpouten no 200-nen: Kazoku’ [The 200 years of theCanon of French Civil Code: Family] in Hikaku Hou Kenkyuu[Comparative Law Studies], vol. 66: 171-179● 2005b, ‘Jinjisoshou-hou seitei to katei saiban-sho ni okeru rikon funsou
no tenbou’ [The Establishment of the Personal Affairs Proceedings Law
and Perspectives of Divorce Disputes at the Family Court] in Jurist, vol.
1301: 11-16● 2005c, ‘Furansu ni okeru rikon jiken shori tetsuzuki’ [The Procedure ofDivorce Cases in France] in Kazoku <Shakai to Hou> [Family: “Society
and Law” ], vol. 21: 90-100● 2005d, ‘Shisha no touketsu seisi wo mochiita seishoku hojo iryou ni yoritanjou sita ko kara no shigo ninchi seikyuu wo mitometa jirei’ [A Case
Study: Acknowledgement of Child’s Legitimization Born after its
Father’s Death by the Auxiliary Reproductive Medicine Using Frozen
Sperms] in Hanrei Times, vol. 1169: 98-105● 2005e, ‘Konin-gai no danjyo kankei no ippou-teki kaishou ni yoru fuhou
koui no seihi (Saikou-sai 2004 nen 11 gatsu 18 nichi hanketsu
hyoushaku)’ [A question on illegality in unrequited dissolving of aheterosexual relationship out of wedlock] in Jurist [Special Issue on
Commentaries on Important Judgments during the FY 2004]: 78-79● 2005f, ‘Souzoku zaisan no torihiki anzen ni okeru “souzoku to touki”
hanrei to hyouken riron’ [Judicial Precedents on ‘Inheritance andRegistration’ and the Theory of Appearance on Secure Exchange of
Inherited Property] in Torasuto 60 kenkyuu sousho: Shitaku to
Shintaku-hou no Hirogari [Trust 60 Research Book Series: the Extensityof Trust and Trust Law]: 195-219● 2006a, ‘Shintaku to souzoku-hou no soukoku: Tokuni iryuu bun wo
chuusin to shite’ [Rivalry between Trust and the Inheritance Law:surrounding Distributive Share] in Torasuto 60 kenkyuu sousho:
Henkaku-ki ni okeru Shintaku-hou [Trust 60 Research Book Series: theTrust Law in the Period of Transition]: 103-147● 2006b, ‘Seishoku hojo iryou to hou’ [the Auxiliary Reproductive
Medicine and Law] in Hou no Shihai [the Rule of Law], vol. 141: 49-62● 2006c, ‘Shisha no touketsu seisi wo mochiita seishoku hojo iryou’ [theAuxiliary Reproductive Medicine Using Frozen Sperms of the Dead] inAnnual Review of the Gender, Law and Policy Center, Tohoku University
the 21st Century COE Program, vol.3: 147-155

03● 2006d, ‘Kyoudou souzoku ni kakaru fudousan kara shouzuru chinryouseiken no kizoku to nochi ni sareta isan bunkatsu no kouryoku(Saikou-sai 2005 nen 9 gatsu 8 nichi hanketsu hyoushaku)’ [TheAttribution of a Rent Income Claim over Co-inherited Immovables andthe Efficacy of Delayed Partition of the Property] in Hanrei Hyouron[Critiques on Court Precedents], vol. 572: 202-206● 2006e, ‘Nihon no rikon tetsuzuki ni tsuite’ [The Procedure of Divorce inJapan] in Keesu Kenkyuu [Case Studies], vol. 286: 55-96● 2006f, ‘Jinkou seishoku wo kangaeru: Umarete kuru chiisana inochi no
shiten kara’ [A Thought on Artificial Insemination: from a Perspective of a
Small Life yet to be Born] in Annual Review of the Gender, Law and Policy
Center, Tohoku University the 21st Century COE Program, vol.3: 50-63● 2006g, ‘Seishoku hojo iryou ni okeru oya no jiko kettei to ko no fukushi’[Parents’ Self-determination and the Children’s Welfare in the Auxiliary
Reproductive Medicine] in Suzumura et al. eds. Koukyou Tetsugaku:
sedai kan kankei kara kangaeru koukyou-sei [The Public Philosophy:
Thinking the Nature of the Public in between Generations], Tokyo
University Press, Tokyo: 105-119● 2006h, ‘Kongaishi koseki kisai henkou seikyuu jiken’ [A Claim for Change
of a Record of a Child Born out of Wedlock in the Family Registration] in
Kokusai Jinken [International Human Rights], vol. 17: 93-98● 2006i, ‘Naien jun-kon riron to jujitsu-kon no hogo’ [The Theory of
Cohabitation as Quasi-marriage and Protection of De-facto Marriage] inHirohaka Toshio sensei sanju kinen ronbun-shuu [A Commemorating
Anthology of the 80th Birthday of Professor Hironaka, Toshio],
Soubun-sha, Tokyo:611-639● 2006j, ‘Zadankai: Kazoku-hou no kaisei ni mukete (jo/ge) – mimpou
kaisei iinkai no giron no genjou’ [A Discussion towards the Family Law
Revision (1st and 2nd parts): the Current Situation of the Discussion
among the Committee for the Civil Code Amendments], in Jurist, vols.
1324 and 1325: 102-134; 102-132● 2006k, ‘Kazoku to Jendaa’ [Family and Gender] in Mizuno ed. Kazoku:
Jendaa to Jiyuu to Hou (above)● 2007a, ‘Koseki to Minpou’ [The Family Registration and the Civil Code]in Minpou no Souten [Disputes in the Civil Code], Yuhikaku,
Tokyo:308-309● 2007b, ‘Konin-hou: Oyako-hou no kokusai-teki doukou’ [The Marriage
Law: the International Trend in the Law on Parent-Child Relationships]
in Minpou no Souten [Disputes in the Civil Code], Yuhikaku, Tokyo:
310-311● 2007c, ‘Seishoku hojo iryou to ko no kenri’ [the Auxiliary Reproductive
Medicine and the Rights of the Child] in Houritsu Jihou [The Current
Topics of Law], vol. 988: 31-36● 2007d, ‘Oyako kankei fusonzai kakunin seikyuu to kenri ranyou’(Saikou-sai 2006 nen 7 gatsu 7 nichi hanketsu hyoushaku) [Demand for
the Confirmation of Nulla Bona Fide Paternity/Maternity and Abuse of
the Right to the Demand] in Jurist [Special Issue on Commentaries on
Important Judgments during the FY 2006]: 87-88● 2007e, ‘Moraru harasumento kara mita rikon hou no genjou to kadai’[The Current Situation and Problems of the Divorce Law in View ofMorral Harrasment] in Hashimoto, Tomoko et al. Q&A Moraru
Harasumento [Q&A Moral Harrasment], Akashi Shoten, Tokyo: 208-214● 2007f, ‘Hatan-shugi-teki rikon no dounyuu to kakudai’ [The Introductionand Spread of the Idea of No-Fault Divorce] in Jurist vol. 1336: 19-25● 2007g, ‘Sinzoku-hou, Souzoku-hou no tokushu-sei ni tsuite’ [On theSpecificities of the Family Law and the Inheritence Law] in Hirai
Yoshio Sensei Koki Kinen Minpou-gaku ni okeru Hou to Seisaku [Lawand Policy Making in Civil Law: The 70th Birthday Memorial
Publication of Professor Yoshio Hirai], Yuhikaku: 745-769● 2008, ‘Koseki jou no “chakushutsu-shi” ni taisuru fubo no ko kara no
jitsu-oyako kankei fusonzai kakunin seikyuu to kenri ranyou’(Saikou-sai 2006 nen 7 gatsu 7 nichi hanketsu hyoushaku) [Demand andAbuse of the Right to Demand of a Child for the Confirmation of Nulla
Bona Fide Paternity/Maternity between Her/His Parents and AnotherChild Born in the Wedlock: a Commentary on the Supreme Court
Judgments on 7. 7. 2006], in Shihou Hanrei Rimaakusu [Remarks on
Private Law Precedents] Vol. 36: 75-78

Book Review
In Japanese● 2004, ‘Matsukawa Tadaki cho, Minpou, Sinzoku, Souzoku’ [The Civil

Code, the Relatives and Inheritance by Matsukawa, Tadaki] in Shosai no
Mado vol. 538: 55-59

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Professor Sadafumi Kawato

Sub-leader of Gender Law and Policy Center

Books
In Japanese● 2004, Senkyo seido to seitou shisutemu [Electoral Systems and Party
Systems]. Tokyo: Bokutakusha● 2005, Nihon no kokkai seido to seitou seiji [Japanese Diet and Party
Politics]. Tokyo: The University of Tokyo Press● 2007, eds. with Yamamoto, Hajime, Seiji sankaku to jendaa [Political
Participation and Gender], COE Book Series, vol. 8, Tohoku University
Press, Sendai

ArticlesIn Japanese● 2004a, ‘Kokkai chuushin-shugi to giin-naikaku-sei’ [Parliamentary

Supremacy and Parliamentary Cabinet System in Japan], Leviathan, vol.
35: 131-145● 2004b, ‘Renritsu seikenka ni okeru kokkai un-ei no henka’ [Changes inLegislative Process under Coalition Governments] in Gendai Nihon
Seitou Shiroku [History of Contemporary Japanese Party Politics] Vol.
5, Daiichi Houki Shuppan, Tokyo: 105-160● 2005a, with Masuyama, Mikitaka, ‘Kenryoku yuugou to kenryoku
bunritsu no rippou katei teki kiketsu’ [Fusion and Separation of Powers
in the Japanese Legislative Process] Nenpou Seijigaku [The Annuals ofJapanese Political Science Association] 2005-I: 181-200.
● 2005b, ‘Senkyo seido no henkaku to seiji e no eikyou’ [Revision of theElectoral Systems and Its Effects on Politics] in RESEARCH BUREAU,
no. 1: 24-33● 2006, ‘Kokkai seido no keisei, henyou to sono seiji-teki kiketsu’[Creation, Transformation, and Political Outcomes of Legislative
Institutions] Hokudai Hougaku Ronshuu [The Hokkaido Law Review],
vol. 57, no. 2: 209-229● 2007, ‘Nihon ni okeru josei no seiji shinshutsu’ [Women’s Political
Advancement in Japan] in Kawato and Yamamoto eds. Seiji sankaku tojendaa (above): 245-263

Professor Hajime Yamamoto
Articles● Yamamoto H.,《Les trois temps pour la liberté du pouvoir constituant》,

in La Constituiton et le temps, Alexandre Viala(sous la coordination de),pp.13-25, L’Hermès, 2003.
● Hajime YAMAMOTO, “Réflexions sur la notion de discrimination en
droit japonais,” in M.Tsujimura et D.Lochak(Dir.), Egalité des Sexes: La
Discrimination Positive en Question,(Société de Législation Comparée,2006), pp. 77-102

Associate Professor Sayaka Dake

Lecturer Shigeto Tanaka
Articles● Abe M, Hamamoto C, and Tanaka S., Reconciling Work and Family:

Issues and Policies in Japan, International Labour Office, Geneva, 2003
● Tanaka S., “Principal Earner and Accommodator in Household: an

Illustration of Gender Stratification Process in Contemporary Japan”
in:Gender Law and Policy Annual Review 1, pp.25-48 (2004)● Tanaka S., A Cross-National Comparison of the Gender Gap in TimeUse: Reanalyzing Data from Japan and Six Western Countries,The
Annual Reports of Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku
University, 53, pp.152-137 (2004)

Associate Professor Emiko Kubono
Articles● KUBONO, Emiko ‘Tensions between legal, biological and social

conceptions of parentage- JAPAN’, in Ingeborg Schwenzer ed., Tensions
between legal, biological and social conceptions of parentage,
pp.221-232 (Intersentia, 2007)● KUBONO, Emiko ‘Merits and Limits of Criminalization of Family
Law- Japan’, in Bill Atkin ed., International Survey of Family Law
2007, pp.175-179 (Family Law, 2007)

Associate Professor Yuko Nishitani
Articles● Nishitani Y., “Mancini and the Principle of Nationality in Japanese

Private International Law,” in: FS Erik Jayme zum 70. Geburtstag(2004), ed. by Heinz-Peter Mansel, Thomas Pfeiffer, Herbert Kronke,
Christian Kohler, Rainer Hausmann, pp. 627-641.
● Nishitani Y., “Enforcement of Return and Access Orders in CrossBorder Cases in Japan,” Judges’ Newsletter 2004 [published by thePermanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International
Law], pp. 34-39.
● Nishitani Y., “Divorce of Brazilian Nationals in Japan,” in: ZJapanR/J.
Jap. L., Vol. 18 (2004), pp. 215-229.
● Nishitani Y., “Die Reform des Horei (2) - Der Vorentwurf vom 22. März
2005 -,” in: ZJapanR/J. Jap. L., Vol.19 (2005), pp. 251-263.
● Nishitani Y. “Die Reform des Horei (3) - Das Gesetz” Hô no Tekiyô nikansuru Tsûsoku Hô “vom 15. Juni 2006 -,” in: ZJapanR/J. Jap. L., Vol.
21(2006), pp. 229-230.
● Yoshiaki Sakurada/Yuko Nishitani/Eva Schwittek “Die Novellierungdes japanischen IPR - Eine kurze Einfürung zum neuen
Rechtsanwendungsgesetz -,” in: ZJapanR/J. Jap. L. 22 (2006) (imDruck).
● Nishitani Y. “International Child Abduction in Japan,” in: Yearbook of
Private International Law (2006) - Special Edition in Memory ofProfessor Sarcevic.
● Nishitani Y. “Cross-Border Child Abduction between Canada andJapan,” Gender Law and Policy Annual Review 4 (2006), pp.47-72

Articles● Sayaka DAKE, “Le droit japonais et les mesures destinées à favoriserl'égalité des sexes en matière d'emploi et de sécurité sociale,” in
M.Tsujimura et D.Lochak(Dir.), Egalité des Sexes: La Discrimination
Positive en Question,(Société de Législation Comparée, 2006),
pp.149-163.
● Sayaka DAKE, “Présentation du système japonais de pensions:problématiques actuelles,” Revue Française des Affaires Sociales, n°1(2007)

Associate Professor Hidenori Tozawa
Articles● Hidenori Tozawa, “Richard-Coudenhove Kalergi and Japan,” in: Willyvan de Walle et al eds. (2005), Japan & Belgium, Four Centuries of
Exchange, Commissioner-General of the Belgian Government for the2005 World Exposition.

Listed are only the publications originally written in English, French or
German. Not included Japanese expertises.

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Gender Law & Policy Center

COE Program Faculty Members
PROFESSOR, TSUJIMURA Miyoko（Program Leader）
Theory of Consitutional Law; Theoretical and Historical
Research on Women’s Rights

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, NISHITANI Yuko（C Cluster）
The Principle of Party Autonomy and Its Restriction in
Private International Law; Recognition and Enforcementof Foreign Legal Judgements

PROFESSOR, KAWATO Sadafumi

PROFESSOR, TSUBONO Yoshitaka（Program Subleader / Lead Researcher: A Cluster）（Lead Researcher: D Cluster）

Political Science; Theoretical and Empirical Research on
Parliamentary Politics; Analysis of Parties and Elections;
Political Research Methods

Medicine and Health Policy

PROFESSOR, MIZUNO Noriko

PROFESSOR, KABASHIMA Hiroshi（Program Subleader / Lead Researcher: C Cluster）（D Cluster）

Family Law; Succession Law; Family Registry System

Gender Issues in Jurisprudence

PROFESSOR, INABA Kaoru（A Cluster）
National Public Administration ; the Local Autonomy
Law; Public Service Law; the State Redress Law

PROFESSOR, UEKI Toshiya（Lead Researcher: E Cluster）
International Law; Law of International Organizations;
Law of International Responsibility

PROFESSOR, YAMAMOTO Hajime（A Cluster / C Cluster）
Comparative Constitutional Law; French Consitutional
Law

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, TOZAWA Hidenori（E Cluster）
International Relations; International History; The
European Union

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DAKE Sayaka

PROFESSOR, HIRATA Takeshi（E Cluster）
European Political History; Western Europe（Lead Researcher: B Cluster）

Pension Law in Aging Societies

LECTURER, TANAKA Shigeto

PROFESSOR, IKUTA Kumiko（B Cluster, Faculty of Arts and Letters）（Lead Researcher: F Cluster, Faculty of Education）

Sociology

PROFESSOR, YOSHIDA Masashi（B Cluster）
Trial Procedures; Criminal Law and Employment Law in
the Edo to Meiji Periods

PROFESSOR, YOSHIHARA Kazushi（B Cluster）
Monitoring Systems of Cooperate Management in
Publicly Held Corporations; Deregulation and its Limits;
Corperation Law

PROFESSOR, KAWAKAMI Shoji（C Cluster）
Modern Contract Law; Consumer Law; Civil Law
regarding Senior Citizens; Laws on Medical/Health
Issues; History of Private Law

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, KUBONO Emiko（C Cluster）
Civil Law; Family Law; Parent-child Relationship05

Philosophy of Education; Gender Issues in Education

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, ASHIDATE Masami（F Cluster）

Intellectual Property Law; Copyright; the Unfair
Competition Law

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, MATSUSHIMA Kisa
（F Cluster, Faculty of Engineering）

Gender and Education in Engineering(Former-Members)Professor, TOSA Hiroyuki（E Cluster : 2003）
Professor, OZAKI Kuniko（E Cluster : 2003）
Professor, HAYAKAWA Shinichiro（C Cluster : 2003-2004）
Professor, NAM Kijeong（E Cluster : 2004）
Professor, SAITO Toyoji（D Cluster : 2003-2005）
Professor, ARIKAWA Tsunemasa（D Cluster : 2003-2005）

TOHOKU UNIVERSITY

COE Fellows
NIIMURA Towa（A, 2003-2004）
Constitutional Law

LEE Sun Hee（C, 2006-2008）
Cultural Policy and Gender

Isabelle GIRAUDOU（A, 2004-2005）
French Public Law and Gender Isssues

TIEMUERGAOLITAO（C, 2007-2008）
Family and Gender

IKEDA Josuke（A, E, 2006-2008）
International Ethics, Global Justice and Gender Issues

YANO Emi（D, 2004-2008, Institute of International Advanced
Interdisciplinary Research）

Criminology and Gender Issues; Victimology

TAKEDA Kaori（A, 2007-2008, JSPS Research Fellow）
Contemporary Japanese Politics and Gender

NAKASHIMA Kiyomi（E, 2003-2008）
International Organization’s Law and Gender Issues

HASEGAWA Tamako（B, 2004-2005, JSPS Research Fellow）
Labor Law

KAMINO Tomoya（E, 2005-2007, JSPS Research Fellow）
International Politics, Humanitarianism and Human
Rights, and Gender Issues

SHIBATA Yojiro（B, 2005-2007）
Social Security Law

AOYAMA Kaoru（E, 2006-2008）
Labour, Migration, and Gender

HATAKEYAMA Ryo（C, 2004-2005）
Legal History and Gender Issues

INUZUKA Noriko（F, 2004-2007）
Gender and Education Policy

SASAKI Kumi（C, 2005-2006）
Constitutional Law and Gender

KAMEI Akane（F, B, 2007-2008）
Human Capital and Gender Issues

COE Visiting Fellows
Jackie STEELE（A）
Republicanism, Feminism, and Parliamentary Democracy

Cornelia VECCHIO（A）
Constitutional Law and Gender

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The 21st century COE program

Gender Law & Policy Center

The Role of the Gender Law and Policy Center (GELAPOC)
in the Promotion of Gender Egual Society
The COE Gender Law and Policy Center strives for the world's highest standards
in Research and Education on gender-related Legal and Policy Studies

A Network for Asian, European and North American Institutions
Researching the theoretical foundations
for creating a gender equal society

Six research clusters
H Political Participation
H Employment & Social Welfare
H Family
H Physical Liberty & Sexuality
H Human Security
H Gender & Education

Producing gender-sensitive researchers,
lawyers, and policy professionals
u Younger researcher support projectu COE fellow, research assistant systemu Short-term overseas program

Collaboration with Law School
and Public Policy School of
Tohoku University

Collaboration with the Internet
School of Tohoku University
and other Faculties

The 21st Century Centers of Excellence（hereafter, COE）Program is a national government initiative that aims
to advance innovative research on humanity via the natural and social sciences. As a means of pursuing the full
implementation of the “The Basic Law for A Gender Equal Society,” adopted in 1999, the 21st Century COE Program
launched the Gender, Law and Policy Center（GELAPOC）in 2003 with five main objectives:（1）to develop, as an
emerging academic field, law and policy-related studies that focus on gender issues,（2）to strengthen thegovernment’s gender equality action plan with both theoretical reflection and policy-level solutions,（3）to provide
resources and training for the development of educators and researchers with expertise in gender issues,（4）tobecome a privileged site of intellectual exchange and expert-level reflection for educators, practitioners, civil servantsand lawyers, and（5）to act as a networking and information hub that promotes collaboration amongst scholars,
researchers, students and decision-makers in Asian, European, and North American academic institutions.
The Center incorporates an inter-disciplinary approach to research focusing on the intersections of gender issues,law, and politics. Each of its researcher fellows is simultaneously engaged in social inquiry that focuses on one ofthree streams（Theory, Applied Research, and Policy Solutions）, as well as upon one of six thematic research clusters（Political Participation, Employment and Social Welfare, the Family, Physical Liberty and Sexuality, Human Security,
Gender and Education）. These research clusters span a wide range of issues implicating both the public and private
spheres, as well as topics of a domestic, comparative, and/or international nature. Each of the streams and researchclusters is spearheaded by Japanese and/or foreign nationals employed as faculty staff, COE research fellows, and/or（post）
graduate research assistants. The principle activities of the Center include the publication of books and/or
results of ongoing research, library services, international academic exchanges, and organization of numerous researchseminars, conferences and symposiums.
GELAPOC has had the privilege of developing a variety of collaborative relationships and academic/professional
exchanges with overseas universities and institutions such as the Centre on Governance, University of Ottawa（Canada）, the University of Paris, 7（France）, University of Milan（Italy）, Ewha Womans University（Republic ofKorea）, and the Columbia Law School, Columbia University（United States）, as well as with a variety of local
municipal and prefectural authorities and professional lawyers associations in Japan. Internal to the university, theCenter benefits from extensive inter-disciplinary collaboration with a rich diversity of faculties and departments,
including the Faculty of Law and School of Law, the School of Public Policy, the Internet School of Tohoku
University, as well as the newly founded Institute for International Advanced Research and Education. Finally, theCenter has been pleased to support the realization of overseas research and fieldwork by offering short-term
placements at its Paris and New York offices to associated faculty members, research fellows, and graduate students.
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TOHOKU UNIVERSITYCOE Office GELAPOCThe Gender Law and Policy Center (GELAPOC) under the 21st Century Center of Excellence (COE)
Program launched satellite bases which function as Japan’s representative resource centers for gender law
and politics/policy. These bases are expected to be vigorously utilized and achieve significant research andeducational outcomes by linking and working with other institutions including local municipalities, bar
associations, and national and international research centers.
The goals of these bases are: to realize gender equal society by 21st century Japan and theinternational community, by investigating necessary theoretical issues centered around studies of law andpolitics; to globally disseminate the outcomes of GELAPOC’s research and education on gender law andpolicy; and to contribute to specific policy practices by making connections with local municipalities andlegal associations, among others. GELAPOC, which conducts research in the same manner, is currently
situated in a building that also houses El Sole Sendai, or the Sendai Gender Equal Opportunity
Foundation, run by the city of Sendai. GELAPOC functions as an office of post-doctoral COE fellows, a
network hub, and a library of gender law and policy, all at the same time.
From 1 March 2008, the COE office moves to Tohoku University Katahira Campus, continuing its
reseach activities as a part of the School of Law (For new address, see the front page).

Overseas Offices
The Center had two overseas offices in Paris and New York from February 2004 to September 2007. They
were frequently used by faculty, researchers and graduate students wishing to advance their research throughexchanges with European, North American and international institutions and/or NGOs based in these cities.

Entrance of the Paris Office

COE Paris Office

COE New York Office

Tohoku University
Gender Law and Policy Center,
Bureau Annexe,
5 rue Dupleix,
75015, Paris.
Tel: +33（0）1 4734 0603

Tohoku University
Gender Law and Policy Center,
The Lyric
255, West 94th Street,
New York, NY, 10025.
Tel: +1 646 682 9071

Columbia University

COE NY Office

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The 21st century COE program

Gender Law & Policy Center

COE Publications
The Program is publishing a 12-volume series of books on Gender, Law and Policy Studies, as a joint initiativewith Tohoku University Press. The aim of this series is to promote gender equality by providing the highest level oftheoretical expertise, in conjunction with up-to-date information on leading developments in gender-sensitive
practices worldwide. The first three volumes provide an overview of the field of gender law and policy studies, andinclude presentations given at the 2004 International Symposium in Sendai, while the following six books focus oneach of the research clusters respectively. The last three volumes will focus on the theory and practice, andrecommendations for insitutionalizing gender equality, with the final volume providing the concluding discussions
and reflections flowing from the 2007 International Symposium.
The Annual Reviews compile a variety of academic expertise in an accessible format. Most of the articles are
the products of annual seminars, conferences and symposiums, and are published in the Japanese, and in foreign
languages（French, Korean）with a predominance of English language articles. Updates as to the Center’s eventsand activities are also listed in our quarterly newsletter, and on the Center’s multilingual website.

COE Book Series【Gender Law and Policy Research Series】
Vol. 1-12 (Language : Japanese) , Tohoku University Press■Vol.1■Vol.2■Vol.3

Gender-Equal Society
and Positive Action

Japanese Policy toward
Gender Equality

Miyoko TSUJIMURA(ed.), 2004

Miyoko TSUJIMURA &Kaoru INABA (eds.),
2005

Possibilities of Gender
Legal Studies andGender Politics

ISBN 4-925085-85-9

ISBN 4-86163-006-1

ISBN 4-86163-009-6■Vol.4■Vol.5■Vol.6

Gender and Education :From Historical andTheoretical Studies to
Policy Implementation

Sexuality and Law

Gender, Family and Law

Toyoji SAITO &Hideo AOI (eds.), 2006

Noriko MIZUNO (ed.),
2006

ISBN 4-86163-019-3

ISBN 4-86163-030-4

ISBN 4-86163-039-8■Vol.7■Vol.8■Vol.9Gender in International
Law and International
Relations

Political Participation and
Gender

Employment, Social
Welfare and Gender

Sadahumi KAWATO &Hajime YAMAMOTO(eds.), 2007

Sayaka DAKE &Shigeto TANAKA (eds.),
2007

ISBN 978-4-86163-048-4

ISBN 978-4-86163-053-8

ISBN 978-4-86163-060-6■Vol.10■Vol.11■Vol.12The Basic Theory of
Gender and Law

International
Perspectives on Gender
Equality & Social Diversity

Toward Gender Equality

Miyoko TSUJIMURA &Hajime YAMAMOTO(eds.), 2005

Kumiko IKUTA (ed.),
2006

Toshiya UEKI &Hiroyuki TOSA (eds.),
2007

Miyoko TSUJIMURA(ed.), 2007

ISBN 978-4-86163-063-7■Newsletters09

Miyoko TSUJIMURA,
Hidenori TOZAWA, &Yuko NISHITANI (eds.), 2008
ISBN 978-4-86163-063-7

Miyoko TSUJIMURA,
Shoji KAWAKAMI, &Noriko MIZUNO (eds.),
2008
ISBN 978-4-86163-073-6■Pamphlets（Japanese, French, and English）

TOHOKU UNIVERSITY

Publication in English and French■Gender & Law in Japan
Miyoko TSUJIMURA ＆ Emi YANO (eds.), 2007
Tohoku University Press
ISBN 978-4-86163-064-4

This Volume aims to introduce the myriad practicalchallenges of realizing gender equality in Japan. At thesame time, it is meant as a comprehensive critique ofthe relative lack of progress on gender equality inJapan, despite its international status as an economic
powerhouse and longstanding membership within the
club of established or ‘advanced’ democracies.

Table of Contents
Preface
Miyoko TSUJIMURA
Chapter 1 : Law and Praxis for Gender-equal Society
Miyoko TSUJIMURA
Chapter 2 : Japanese Implementation of International
Gender Equality Law : Monitoring via the Convention on
the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Women
Kiyomi NAKASHIMA
Chapter 3 : Gender and Japan's International Policy
Josuke IKEDA
Chapter 4 : Japanese Law and Policy against Human
Trafficking
Tomoya KAMINO
Chapter 5 : B e y o n d t h e F i x e d I d e n t i f i c a t i o n s o f"Victim" or "Criminal" : A New Look at Debates and the
Policies Surrounding Trafficked Women in Japan
Kaoru AOYAMA■International Perspectives on
Gender Equality & Social Diversity
Miyoko TSUJIMURA (ed.), 2008
Tohoku University Press
ISBN 978-4-86163-078-1

This Volume is a collection of the English papers
presented at the International Symposium with thesame title on July 2007.
The symposium's primary objectives are to explore thetheoretical and practical aspects of gender equality andto provide prospects for bringing together different
cultures and countries, various academic fields and to
bridge theory and practice and thus to provide a usefulacademic tool.

Preface
Miyoko Tsujimura

Table of Contents

1. Women's Status, Men's States
Catharine A. MacKinnon
2. Citizenship and Gender: Is Feminism compatible with
Nationalism?
Chizuko Ueno
3. Gender Equality in the Rule of Law in China
Zhu Xiaoqing
4. The UN, Gender, and Peacekeeping
Sandra Whitworth
5. Beyond Entrenchment: Race, Gender and the New
Frontiers of (Un)equal Protection
Kimberlé W. Crenshaw
6. New Dimensions in Law and Gender in Canada
Nathalie Des Rosiers

Chapter 7 : Family and the Family Law in Japan
Noriko MIZUNO

8. Italian Women's Political Participation
Susanna Creperio Verratti

Chapter 8 : Wo m e n ' s L i v e s i n F a m i l y a n d L o c a lCommunities : the Tohoku Region
Sunhee LEE

9. Gender Equality in Contract Law
Susan Emmenegger

Chapter 11 : The National Education Policy for Gender
Equality in Transition
Noriko INUZUKAISBN 2-908199-47-5

Table of Contents

7. Perspectives on Political Participation, human securityand ‘gender education': the Italian case
Marilisa D'Amico

Chapter 10 : Vi o l e n c e a g a i n s t Wo m e n i n J a p a n :Contemporary Challenges
Emi YANO

Miyoko TSUJIMURA et Danièle LOCHAK(eds.), 2006
Collaborating with the Société de Législation
Comparée in France, the Center hosted an international
symposium at the Hôtel de Beauvais, Paris on thetheme of positive discrimination, on 16 September,2005. The French and Japanese speakers presented
intellectually stimulating papers, the results of whichwere published in April 2006 in an edited collection
entitled, Égalité Des Sexes : La Discrimination
Positive En Question - Une Analyse Compatative.
[Société de Législation Comparée, 2006, 35Euros ]Chapter 6 : P o l i t i c a l P a r t i c i p a t i o n a n d G e n d e r"Electoral Opportunities under a Parallel (Mixed) System :Views of Women Elected to the Japanese House ofRepresentatives"
Jackie F. STEELE

Chapter 9 : Development and Problems of the Equal
Employment Opportunity Law
Yojiro SHIBATA■ÉGAITÉ DES SEXES :LA DISCRIMINATION POSITIVE ENQUESTION

10. Gender Equality in Family Law of Arab States aroundthe Mediterranean
Léna Gannagé
11. Gender Equality Legislation in Korea
Kim Sun Uk

PREMIÈRE PARTIE - LES PRINCIPES
Miyoko TSUJIMURA
Les paradoxes de la « discrimination positive » : notions etmesures de « positive action » en droit comparé
Danièle LOCHAK
Réflexions sur la notion de discrimination en droit
européen et français
Yoichi ITO
Les mesures positives en droit européen
Hajime YAMAMOTO
Réflexions sur la notion de discrimination en droit japonais

DEUXIÈME PARTIE - LES APPLICATIONS
Gwénaële CALVÈS
Le Conseil constitutionnel français et la réforme desretraites : une occasion manquée pour le développement ducontentieux de l'égalité entre les sexes (à propos de ladécision 2003-483 DC du 14 août 2003)
Janine MOSSUZ-LAVAU
La parité comme apport spécifiquement français à lathéorie et à la pratique de la « discrimination positive »Yasue NUKATSUKA
Parité versus droit constitutionnel universaliste? Une
réflexion à partir du cas français
Yuichiro MIZUMACHI
Une analyse réflexive des théories de la « positive action
de type procédural »12. Political Leadership for Promoting Gender Equality
Kuniko Inoguchi

Sayaka DAKELe droit japonais et les mesures destinées à favoriserl'égalité des sexes en matière d'emploi et de sécurité sociale

13. Gender Equality and the Constitutionality of « Positive
Discrimination »Miyoko Tsujimura

Isabelle GIRAUDOU
La magistrature française au miroir de sa féminisation : letrompe-l'oeil d'une parité spontanée

ReferenceBooks and Articles
Policy Documents

BIBLIOGRAPHIE SÉLECTIVE
ANNEXESINDEX THÉMATIQUE
INDEX DES TEXTES ET DE LA JURISPRUDENCE CITÉS■Gender Law and Policy Annual Review（in Japanese）（in overseas languages）

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International Symposium 2004
Comparative Perspectives on Gender Law & Politics
November 4-5,2004,Sendai International Center,Sendai

Panelists
Professor Daniel BORRILLO (Paris University X-Nanterre,France)"Law and European politics of gender and sexual orientation"
Professor KIM Sun Uk (Ewha Woman's University, South Korea)"New Directions in Feminist Jurisprudence"
Professor Frances OLSEN (University of California, Los
Angeles, USA)"Institutionalizing Feminist Legal Theory : The Example from theUnited States of America"
Professor KAINOU Tamie (Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan)"Gender Law Studies in Japan"
Dr. Janine MOSSUZ-LAVAU (Research director of the
National Center for Scientiﬁc Research, Paris, France)"Gender and politics in France : the law about parity"
Professor CHUN Kyung Ock (Sookmyung Women's
University, South Korea)"Gender Politics and Political Participation of Women in Korea"
Professor Clyde WILCOX (Georgetown University, USA)"The Contested Nature of Gender Politics in the US"
Professor Emerita Jane Roland MARTIN (University of
Massachusetts, Boston, USA)"In Search of Equality:The Missing Women in Higher Education"

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The first COE International Symposium,
entitled "Comparative Perspectives on Gender Law& Politics", was successfully held on Nov. 4th and
5th.
The International Symposium took place at
Sendai International Center with world's famous
experts in gender and law, politics, and education
invited from the United States, South Korea,
France, and Japan. The Symposium is one of themain events of our program besides the second
international symposium to be held in 2007.

International Symposium 2005
L’Égalité Des Sexes et la Discrimination Positive – Une Analyse Comparative
September 16, 2005, Hôtel de Beauvais, Paris
Collaborating with the Société de Législation
Comparée in France, the Center hosted anotherinternational symposium at the Hôtel de Beauvais, Parison the theme of positive discrimination. The French andJapanese speakers presented intellectually stimulating
papers, the results of which were published in April 2006
in an edited collection entitled, Égalité Des Sexes : La
Discrimination Positive En Question – Une Analyse
Comparative. The Center is in the midst of planning its
next international symposium to be held in Sendai in July
2007

Chair

Panelists

Chair
Professor David CAPITANT（Université de Paris I; Secrétaire général de la Société de Législation Comparée）

Panelists
Professor Miyoko TSUJIMURA（Tohoku University）
Professor Danièle LOCHAK（Université de Paris X-Nanterre）
Professor Hajime YAMAMOTO（Tohoku University）
Professor Gwénaële CALVÈS（Université de Cergy-Pontoise）
Dr. Janine MOSSUZ-LAVAU（Research Director, CNRS, CEVIPOF-Sciences Po）
Associate Professor Sayaka DAKE（Tohoku University）
Associate Professor Yuichiro MIZUMACHI（The University of Tokyo）

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International Symposium 2007

International Perspectives on Gender Equality and Cultural Diversity

July 29-31, 2007, Sendai International Center, Sendai
Purpose of this Symposium:
In many countries, there have been active efforts towards genderequality, together with vigorous theoretical research. This international
symposium aims to give an overview on the theories and policies inpromoting gender equality in Europe, the US and Asian countries. It
then hopes to clarify theoretical and policy related problems towards
constructing gender equal society in the diversity of the 21st century. It
seeks to envision effective solutions to the problems in the future world
by bridging theory and policy through wide perspective with the main
focus on studies of law and politics.

Welcome Speech by Professor Miyoko Tsujimura

Day OneProfessor Catharine A. MacKinnon(University of Michigan Law School, USA)

Professor Zhu Xiaoqing

Day OnePre-Meeting

Professor Catharine A. MacKinnon

Professor Yukiko Tsunoda (Meiji University)

Professor Zhu Xiaoqing

Professor Toshiya Ueki (Tohoku University)

Professor Chizuko Ueno

Professor Kazuko Takemura(Ochanomizu University)(Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China)

Professor Chizuko Ueno
(The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Comments by Professor Yukiko Tsunoda, Professor Toshiya Ueki,
Professor Kazuko Takemura

Day Three
Professor Kim Sun-Uk(Former Minister of Governmental
University, Republic of Korea)

Legislation,

Ewha

Women's

Dr. Kuniko Inoguchi(Former Minister of Gender Equality, Member of the House of theRepresentatives, Japan)
Comment by Professor Mutsuko Asakura

Discussion

Day Three

Professor Kim Sun-Uk

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Dr. Kuniko Inoguchi

Discussion

Professor Mutsuko Asakura(Waseda University)

Day Two: Panel One
Professor Marilisa D'Amico, Ms. Susanna Creperio Verratti(University of Milan, Italy)(Journalist)

Professor Kimberlé W.Crenshaw(Columbia/UCLA Law School, USA)

Professor Sandra Whitworth(York University, Canada)

Professor Sandra Whitworth

Professor Kimberlé W.Crenshaw

Ms. Susanna Creperio VerrattiComments by Professor Yasue Nukazuka, Professor Tomoko Arisawa,
Professor Hiroyuki Tosa
Professor Yasue Nukazuka(Kanto Gakuin University),
Professor Tokomo Arisawa(Osaka Gakuin University),and Professor Hiroyuki Tosa
(Kobe University)

Presentation by Professor Crenshaw

Discussion

Day Two: Panel Two
Professor Nathalie Des Rosiers

Professor Léna Gannagé(University of Ottawa, Canada)(University of Paris Ⅱ, France)

Professor Susan Emmenegger(University of Bern, Switzerland)Comments by Professor Hiroshi Nakasatomi, Professor Shoji Kawakami, Professor Noriko Mizuno

Professor Susan Emmenegger

Professor Nathalie Des Rosiers

Professor Shoji Kawakami andProfessor Noriko Mizuno(Tohoku University)

Associate Professor Hiroshi Nakasatomi(Fukushima University)

Professor Léna Gannagé
Discussion

Presentation by Professor Emmenegger

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Gender Law & Policy Center

The 21st century COE program

Seminars and Symposiums
2003 (October) - 2004 (March)
Seminar30/10/2003 F"Gender Education as a Problem" Professor IKUTA Kumiko (Faculty of Education)"Two Approaches for Curriculum Development of Gender Education"
Professor TANIGUCHI Kazuya (Faculty of Education)

Seminar7/11/2003 A"Gender Equality and Parity" Professor Olivier JOUANJAN (Strasbourg III University, France)"Gender Equality in French Law" Professor NUKATSUKA Yasue (Kanto Gakuin University)

Seminar18/11/2003 B"Gender Inequality and Equal Policy"

Seminar11/12/2003 C"La contractualisation de la famille"

Symposium
15/12/2003"Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against
Ms. Sjamsiah ACHMAD (Member of CEDAW)Women and Japan"

Professor TANAKA Sigeto (Faculty of Arts and Letters)

Professeur Nicolas MATHEY (l'Universite d'Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand I, France)

Panelists: Professor TSUJIMURA Miyoko, Professor MIZUNO Noriko,
Professor UEKI Toshiya, Professor SAITO Toyoji, Professor DAKE Sayaka
Seminar26/03/2004 A"Research Trends Regarding the Political Participation of the Women in the U.S.A"

Seminar15/1/2004 F"Minority and Gender"

Seminar23/1/2004 E"Canada's Foreign Policy on Human Security"

Seminar3/2/2004 E"Human Security : An Introduction"

Seminar
14/2/2004 C"Contractualization of Family" Professor OMURA Atsushi (The University of Tokyo)

Seminar9/3/2004 F"The Organization and Development Process of Fujin Jokai"

Professor AIUCHI Masako (Hokkaido Asai Gakuen University)
Professor LEE Inja (Faculty of Education)

Professor KATO Hiroaki (Daito Bunka University)

Professor MUSHAKOJI Kinhide (former Vice-Rector of the United Nations University)

Mr. SUDA Masashi (Graduate Student, School of Education)"The Review of Studies on the ‘Good wife, Wise mother’ Ideology"
Mr. OSAKO Akifumi (Graduate Student, School of Education)"Education on Gender in the Middle School Curriculum and University Student'sProfessor TANIGUCHI Kazuya (Faculty of Eucation)
Gender Consciousness"
and Ms. SATO Chihiro (Undergraduate Student, School of Education)
Seminar19/3/2004 A★Research Clusters"Work and Gender"

Mr. MIZUTANI Hideo (Lawyer)
Commentator : Professor DAKE Sayaka, Ms.HASEGAWA Tamako(Graduate Student, School of Law, and JSPS Research Fellow)

Political Participation Cluster

2004 (April) - 2005 (March)
Employment andSocial Security
Cluster

Gender and
Education Cluster

Human
Security Cluster

Seminar
2 8 / 4 / 2 0 0 4 B.D"Women's Bodies and Sexual / Reproductive Self-Determination Rights"

Seminar
20/5/2004 B"Two Forms of Positive Action : New Trends in Employment Eguity Policies"

Family Cluster

Professor WAKAO Noriko (Hiroshima Prefectural Women's University)

Professor MIZUMACHI Yuichiro (The University of Tokyo)"Indirect Forms of Sex Discrimination"
Ms. HARADA Izumi (Lawyer; Graduate Student of School of Law)

Physical Liberty andSexuality Cluster

Seminar28/5/2004 A"Two Dimensions of the Public Sphere and Liberty"

Seminar3/6/2004 C"A Surname System that Allows Different Last Names for Married Spouses"

Seminar17/6/2004 F"The Teaching Profession in Taiwan" Professor OGAWA Yoshikazu (Faculty of Education)"New Trends in American School Curriculum Since the 1980s"

A : Political Participation Cluster
B : Employment and Social Security Cluster
C : Family Cluster

Professor SAITO Junichi (Waseda University)

Professor Emeritus BAI Koichi (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

D : Physical Liberty and Sexuality Cluster
E : Human Security Cluster
F : Gender and Education Cluster

Professor TANIGUCHI Kazuya (Faculty of Education)

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TOHOKU UNIVERSITY

Seminar
2/7/2004 E"The Significance of the International Criminalization of Crimes against Humanity :International Protection of Human Rights through the International Criminal Procedure"
Mr. INOSE Takamichi (COE Teaching Assistant)"Internal Rules of the United Nations on “The Advancement of Women” and Judgments
Ms. NAKASHIMA Kiyomi (COE Fellow)
by International Administrative Tribunals"
Seminar
16/7/2004 A"Gender Equal Policy in Japan" Ms. NATORI Haniwa (Director, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Oﬃce)"The Quota System : Sweden, Argentina and France"
Professor IWAMOTO Misako (Mie University)

Seminar
22/7/2004 C"Family, Gender and Constitutionalism" Professor TAKEDA Mariko (Kinjogakuin University)

Seminar
8/9/2004 E"Gender in the Context of International Criminal Law"

Seminar
24/9/2004 F"From the Ideal of Gender Free Education towards the Ideal of Gender Sensitive Education"

Symposium
2 7 / 9 / 2 0 0 4"Law, Political Science and Gender"[Co-organized by Science
Council of Japan]

Professor SAKAMOTO Kazuya (Kyushu International University)
1/12/2003 GELAPOC Opening Celemony

Professor SAKAMOTO Tatsuro (Soka University)
Professor IWAI Yoshiko (Senshu University)(Waseda University)
Professor ASAKURA Mutsuko(Ochanomizu University)
Professor KAINO Tamie
Professor WAKAO Noriko (Hirosihima Prefecutural Women's University)(Bunkyo University)
Professor YAMASHITA Yasuko(Kobe University)
Professor TOSA Hiroyuki(Tohoku University)
Professor TSUJIMURA Miyoko

Seminar7 / 1 0 / 2 0 0 4 B.D"Domestic Violence and Legal issues"

Seminar14/10/2004 C"Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (1980)"

Seminar10/12/2004 B"Eliminating Sex Discrimination in Wages : Pay Equity Strategies"

Seminar20/12/2004 C"Sexual / Reproductive Self-determination, and Gender : The Changing Family"

Seminar20/1/2005 F"Gender Education in a Multicultural Society : The Case of University Elementary School in the U.S."

Dr. KOJIMA Taeko (Lawyer)
15/12/2003 Symposium

Dr.Hans van LOON (Secretary General, Hague Conference on Private International Law)

Professor ISHIRO Shunko (Tokohagakuen University)

Professor EHARA Yumiko (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

Lecturer SUEMATSU Kazuko (Tohoku University)"The Theory of Education in John Stuart Mill's ‘The Subjection of Women’"Mr. OKUI Genri (COE Research Assistant)

17-20/6/2004 Seoul"The Concept of ‘Individuality’ and ‘Motherhood’ in the Taisho Era Movement for
Mr. SATO Takaki (COE Research Assistant)Liberal Education"
Seminar26/1/2005 D"Dr. Dworkin's Arguments on Interpretation of Reproductive Health Rights"
Ms.HAYAKAWA Nozomi (COE Teaching Assistant)"Reproductive Freedom in Japanese and French Constitutional Theory"
Mr. SATO Yuichiro (COE Research Assistant)
Seminar28/1/2005 A"Have women changed Politics? : Gender and Politics in Japan and the USA"

Seminar3/2/2005 C"The Legal Protection of Same Sex Couples" Professor WATANABE Yasuhiko (Tohokugakuin University)

Seminar
15/2/2005 D"Pornography and Legal Regulation from the Viewpoint of Gender"

Seminar
1/3/2005 C"Spouses’ Title to Succession in France" Professor HATANO Hiroki (Osaka University)

Seminar15/3/2005 D

Professor OGAI Tokuko (Brigham Young University)

16/7/2004 Seminar by Ms. Natori Haniwa

Professor NAKASATOMI Hiroshi (Fukushima University)"Criminal Prosecution in Domestic Violence Cases “No-Drop” Policies (in U.S.)
and Japanese Criminal Justice System" Mr. SHIRAI Satoshi (COE Research Assistant)"What Can We Learn from DV Policies in Scandinavian Countries?"
Ms. YANO Emi (COE Fellow)

Seminar24/3/2005 C"Japanese Family Law and the NAKAGAWA School"
Professor KAJIMURA Taichi (Waseda University)

14/10/2004 Seminar by Dr. Hans van Loon

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Seminars and Symposiums
2005 (April) - 2006 (June)
Seminar28/4/2005 C"Family Law Perspectives on Artificial Insemination Using the Frozen Spermof a Deceased Husband"
Professor MIZUNO Noriko（Tohoku University）

Seminar19/5/2005 F"The Concept of an ‘Educated Person’ as Proposed by Jane Roland Martin:
Rethinking the Theoretical Foundations of Education"
Ms. OZAKI Hiromi（Graduate School of Education, COE Research Assistant）
Dr. INUZUKA Noriko（COE Fellow）"State Feminism and University Reform"
Seminar26/5/2005 C"Professional and Practical Issues in Family Law: Divorce Cases with Domestic
Violence and Abuse"
Ms. MICHI Ayumi（Lawyer, Japan Federation of Bar Associations, Research Oﬃce for Judicial Reform）

Symposium
4 / 6 / 2 0 0 5

Symposium at Kobe University: "Human Security and Gender"（By Science Council of Japan and co-organized by Japan Science Foundation and GELAPOC E Cluster）

Part 1 "Human Security and Gender: Politics and Law"
Chair : Associate Professor SHIMIZU Kosuke（Ryukoku University）
Discussant : Professor HATSUSE Ryuhei（Kyoto Women's University）
Panelists : Associate Professor HANOCHI Seiko（Chubu University）
Associate Professor KARUBE Keiko（Momoyama Gakuin University）
Associate Professor OKANO Yayo
（Ritsumeikan University）
4/6/2005 Symposium at Kobe University

Part 2 "Human Security and Gender From the Viewpoint of Regional Area Studies"
Chair : Professor OKAMOTO Mitsuo（Hiroshima Shudo University）
Discussant : Professor KUROKI Hidemitsu （Tokyo University of Foreign Studies）
Panelists : Associate Professor YAMAGISHI Tomoko（Meiji University）
Associate Professor TODA Makiko（Tenri University）
Associate Professor KARATANI Rieko（Kyushu University）
Coordinator : Professor TOSA Hiroyuki（Kobe University）
Seminar15/7/2005 A"Administrative Law and Gender"

Seminar21/7/2005 C"Legal Implications of Dissolution of Non-Marital Domestic Partnerships
between Men and Women"
Professor MIZUNO Noriko（Tohoku University）

Seminar26/7/2005 B"Assessing the Past 20 years of the Equal Employment Opportunity Law inJapan"
Professor ASAKURA Mutsuko（Waseda University）

Seminar28/7/2005 A"<Positive Discrimination> in France¬"

Seminar
1/8/2005 D"Gender Issues in Nursing"

Seminar
15/9/2005 B"Litigation and Women in Japan: The Case of Sexual Harassment"

Seminar6/10/2005 C"Legal Protection of Abused Children and Family Assistance"

Seminar13/10/2005 F"Conversability and Education: Feminist Resistance against Neoliberalism,
Militarism, and Nationalism"

19-24/6/2005 Seoul

15/7/2005 Seminar By Professor Obata Junko

Professor OBATA Junko（Sophia University）

Professor Gwénaële CALVÈS（Univerisité de Cergy-Pontoise, France）

Ms. OMORI Kaori（Japan Science and Technology Agency）

Senior Lecturer Leon WOLFF（The University of New South Wales, Australia）

Associate Professor KUBONO Emiko （Tohoku University）

Professor Jennifer CHAN-TIBERGHIEN（British Columbia University,Canada）
Seminar26/10/2005 E"Globalization of Sexual Exploitation"

Seminar
4/11/2005 A"Gender Equity, Discursive Strategies and System Reform"

Ms. NAKAMURA Ayako （Graduate Student, School of Information Sciences）
Mr. KAMINO Tomoya（Graduate Student, School of Law; JSPS Research Fellow）

Associate Professor TAMURA Tetsuki （Nagoya University）

Seminar17/11/2005 C
Seminar25/11/2005 C

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Dr. SASAKI Kumi（COE Fellow）"Requirements of Living Together and Marriage"
Professor MATSUKAWA Tadaki（Osaka University）

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Seminar2/12/2005 C"Sexual Rights and Criminal Law"

Seminar3/12/2005 E"On the Beijing+10 United Nations Conference"

Symposium
3 / 1 2 / 2 0 0 5

2005 Conference of Japan Association of Gender and Law Co-organized by GELAPOC

Seminar15/12/2005 B"Legal theory of equality for part-time workers"

Seminar19/12/2005 D

Professor ARIKAWA Tsunemasa（Tohoku University; The University of Tokyo from April 2006）

Seminar
16/1/2006 E"Women's Organizations and Ethnic Conflicts in Contemporary Russia"

Seminar23/1/2006 D"Gender Rights and Politics in Germany"

Seminar27/1/2006 A"Feminism and Liberalism" Professor ISHIYAMA Fumihiko（Daitobunka University）

S e m i n a r
1 0 / 2 / 2 0 0 6

TOHOKU UNIVERSITY CENTENARY SEMINAR"Scientific Quest for Living, Aging and Dying"
Session 1: "Legal, Political and Sociological Studies on From Birth to Die"

Dr. MORIKAWA Yasutaka（Ryukyu University）

Professor YAMASHITA Yasuko（Bunkyogakuin University）
Ms. HAYASHI Yoko
（Lawyer）

Ms. ABE Mio（Graduate Student, School of Law）

Ms. Olga SOBKO（COE Research Assistant, Tohoku University）

Professor Ulrich LOHMANN（Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, ASFH-Berlin, Germany）

15/9/2005 Seminar By Senior Lecturer Leon Wolff

Professor MIZUNO Noriko
Professor SATO Yoshimichi
Professor TSUJIMURA Miyoko（Tohoku University）

Professor SUZUKI Iwayumi（Tohoku University）（Tohoku University）（Tohoku University）

Session 2: "Gender and Japan's Future of Family, Company and Society"
Keynote Speakers
Professor UENO Chizuko（The University of Tokyo）
DiscussantsSeminar
16/3/2006 F

Professor YASHIRO Naohiro（International Christian University）
Professor HASEGAWA Koichi（Tohoku University）
Professor TSUJIMURA Miyoko（Tohoku University）"Vers les études de la réception des idées de Rousseau sur les femmes par lesJaponais（es）das les anneés 70 et 80 : <Théorie de la Réception> et son
application aux études Rousseau en France"

13/10/2005 Seminar By Professor Jennifer Chen-Tiberghien

Ms. MUROI Reiko（Graduate Student, School of Education）"Gender in Francophone Postcolonial Society"
Mr. HIROMATSU Isao（Graduate Student, School of Arts and Letters）
Seminar30/3/2006 F"Confusion and Problems of ‘Gender Free’ Education: Reflecting on the
Theoretical Foundations of Education"
Ms. OZAKI Hiromi （Graduate Student, School of Education; COE Research Assistant）"Considering the Concept of <Home> in Education"
Mr. WATABE Yoshiki （Graduate Student, School of Education）"A Minority within a Minority: Women in Mechanical Engineering Education
and Research"
Associate Professor MATSUSHIMA Kisa （School of Engineering）"Gender in Francophone Postcolonial Society"
Mr. HIROMATSU Isao（Graduate Student, School of Arts and Letters）
S e m i n a r
8 / 6 / 2 0 0 6

TheorySeminar
16/6/2006 A

10/2/2006 Tohoku University Centenary Seminar, Tokyo"Republicanism, Feminism and Representative Democracy: Re-inventing theFoundations of Liberty"
Ms. Jackie STEELE（Doctoral Candidate, University of Ottawa / COE Visiting Researcher）"Analysis of the 2005 Nationwide Survey on Attitudes Towards the Roles of
Men and Women in Politics and Society"
Professor IWAMOTO Misako（Mie University）
Professor YAMADA Masahiro （Kwansei Gakuin University）
Professor KAWATO Sadafumi（Tohoku University）
Professor AIUCHI Masako（Hokkaido Asai-Gakuen University）
Professor MASUYAMA Mikitaka（Keio University）

Seminar29/6/2006 D"The Legal Rights of Victims of Sexual Violence in Korean Legal System"
Ms. SOH Eun Young（COE International Student）

21-26/3/2006 Professor Tsujimura’s Lecture at Univ. of
Milan, Italy

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Seminars and Symposiums
2006 (July) - 2007 (November)International
S e m i n a r
4 / 7 / 2 0 0 6"Citizenship, Diversity and Gender: Japan, Canada, and France inComparative Perspective"
PART I. CANADA SESSION"The Administration of Diversity and Gender in Canadian Cities"
Professor Caroline Andrew（University of Ottawa）"Women's Political Representation in the Canadian House of Commons and
the Quebec National Assembly" Professor Manon Trembley（University of Ottawa）"Women's Political Participation in Japan"
Professor Miyoko Tsujimura（Tohoku University）"Citizenship and Linguistic Policies in Canada in an Era of Globalization"
Professor Linda Cardinal （University of Ottawa）"Gender Perspectives on Cross-Border Child Abductions between Canada
and Japan"
Associate Professor Yuko Nishitani（Tohoku University）
Comments
Lecturer Juni'chiro Koji（University of Ottawa）
Visiting Professor Isabelle Giraudou（Tohoku University）
Professor Toshiya Ueki （Tohoku University）
International
S e m i n a r
1 4 / 7 / 2 0 0 6
8/6/2006 Seminar By Ms. Jackie Steele"Citizenship, Diversity and Gender: Japan, Canada, and France inComparative Perspective"
PART II. FRANCE SESSION"Unions and the Challenge of Feminism: evolution or the stagnation of adiscourse?"
Dr. Margaret Maruani（Research Group on Gender and the Labour Market in Europe, MAGE, France）"Urban Crises and Participatory Democracy in France"
Comments

Seminar20/7/2006 C

Dr. Henri Ray（Research Centre on Political Research. CEVIPOF, France）
Professor Hajime Yamamoto（Tohoku University）
Visiting Associate Professor Isabelle Giraudou（Tohoku University）"Elder Care and Emotional Labor from a Civil Law Perspective"
Ms. Lee Sihn Gem（Graduate Student of Law; COE Research Assistant）

S y m p o s i u m "National Symposium for Gender Equality in Miyagi"
1 / 1 0 / 2 0 0 6 * The GELAPOC participated this event as a supporter and especially by chairing two panels,
Panel One and Six

Panel Theme One"Further Promotion of Women's Participation in Politics",
Chaired by Professor TSUJIMURA Miyoko
Theme Six
"Peace and Human Rights",
Chaired by Professor YAMAMOTO Hajime

16/6/2006 Seminar By Professor Sadahumi Kawato

Symposium
14/10/2006"Gender Equality in Natural Science Studies"
Welcome by Vice President NOYA Kei-ichi
Presentations from Professor KOTANI Motoko（Tohoku University）（Tohoku University）

Professor ISHII Keiko（Tohoku University）
Associate Professor MATSUSHIMA Kisa（Tohoku University）
Professor TSUJIMURA Miyoko（Tohoku University）
Symposium
30/10/2006
7/2006 Professor Drude Dahlerup (Stockholm University)and Professor Tsujimura at IPSA in Fukuoka

Professor OSAWA Mari（The University of Tokyo）
Dr. WATANABE Miyoko （Toshiba Social Infrastructure Systems Company）
Professor NAKAMICHI Hitomi（Ehime University）
Comments from Professor emeritus SAKURAI Mariko （The University of Tokyo）
Professor KAWAGUCHI Akira（Doshisha University）
Visiting Professor TOYAMA Yoshikazu（Japan Women's University）
Coordinator Professor HIMEOKA Toshiko（University of Tsukuba）
Symposium
13/11/2006

1/10/2006 Lecture by Professor Tsujimura at “National
Symposium for Gender Equality in Miyagi”

19"Gender Perspective and the Future of Academism and Society"Welcome by Professor EHARA Yumiko（Tokyo Metropolitan University）
Presentations from Professor TSUJIMURA Miyoko（Tohoku University）"The Academic Frontier of Olympe de Gouges"
Co-Organised with Centre de Documentation Franco-japonais sur les Femmes
Presenters : Professor Christine Fauré（Directrice de Recherches au CNRS）
Professor Miyoko Tsujimura（Tohoku University）
Associate Professor Takahide Tahara（Mejiro University）
Lecturer Tomoko Takase（Meiji University）
Visiting Associate Professor Isabelle Giraudou（Tohoku University）

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Seminar16/11/2006 C"A Familism and the community of the Korea women-Analysis from thetraditional rite"
Dr. LEE Sun Hee（COE Fellow）

Symposium
18/12/2006"Dwindling Birthrate, Aging Society, and Gender Equality"（Organised by the Science Council of Japan; Co-organised by Tohoku, Hirosaki,
Miyagi-Kyouiku, Akita, Yamagata, Fukushima, Miyagi, Tohoku-Gakuin Universities, and the
Tohoku Support Division, the Science Council of Japan）* The GELAPOC engages this symposium as a supporter.

Welcome by Professor KANAZAWA Ichiro, Chair of the SCJ
Keynote addresses byProfessor INOGUCHI Kuniko（Sophia University and former Minister of Gender Equality）
Professor ASAKURA Mutsuko（Waseda University）

Panel Discussion
Chair: Professor TSUJIMURA Miyoko
Panelists: Professor ASAKURA Mutsuko（Tohoku University）

Professor INOGUCHI Kuniko
Ms. USHIO Yoko
（Fujisaki Institute for Comfortable Life）
Professor Emeritus. OGINO Hiroshi（Head of the Miyagi Center, The University of the Air）
Professor HARA Junsuke（Tohoku University）
Associate Professor YOSHIDA Hiroshi（Tohoku University）
Seminar31/5/2007 F"Application of Bourdieu Theory to Gender Issues: A Theoretical Study of
Reproduction on Inequality and Educational Features"

30/10/2006 Presentation by Professor Tsujimura at “Gender
Perspective and the Future of Academism and Society”

Ms. Akane Kamei（COE Fellow）"Landscape of the concept of gender in clinical psychology"
Ms. Rie Koshimichi（Graduate Student, School of Education; COE Research Assistant）
International
Symposium
29-31/7/2007"International Perspectives on Gender Equality and Cultural Diversity"[Day One] Professor Catharine A. MacKinnon（University of Michigan Law School, USA）
Professor Zhu Xiaoqing（Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China）
Professor Chizuko Ueno（The University of Tokyo, Japan）[Day Two: Panel One]
Professor Marilisa D'Amico（University of Milan, Italy）
Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw（Columbia/UCLA Law School, USA）
Professor Sandra Whitworth（University of York, Canada）[Day Two: Panel Two] Professor Nathalie Des Rosiers（University of Ottawa, Canada）
Professor Susan Emmenegger（University of Bern, Switzerland）
Professor Léna Gannagé（University of Paris Ⅱ）[Day Three] Professor Kim Sun-Uk

13/11/2006 Keynote Speech by Professor Christine Fauré（Former Minister of Governmental Legislation, Ewha Womans University, Republic of Korea）

Dr. Kuniko Inoguchi（Former Minister of Gender Equality, Member of the House of the Representatives, Japan）

5 / 1 0 / 2 0 0 7

Exhibition of ‘A New Horizon of Research on Gender and Law’ at the Tohoku
University Innovation Fair 2007 in Sendai

25/10/2007

Memorial Lecture for the Opening of the Tohoku University International
Advanced Research and Education Organization
By Mr. Kenzaburo Oe（Nobel laureate in literature）andProfessor Hideki Shirakawa（Nobel laureate in chemistry）

L e c t u r e
31/10/2007"‘Gender and Law’ in Gender Equal Society"

Open Seminar
12/11/2007

The Seminar Series of the Institute for International Advanced
Interdisciplinary Research (IIAIR), Co-organized with Gender Law & Policy
Center (GELAPOC)‘The Current Treatment in Correctional Institutions (Prisons and Juvenile
Training Schools) from a Gender Perspective’ , The 5th Seminar of the Institute forProfessor Miyoko Tsujimura

13/11/2006
Giraudou

Presentation by Visiting Professor Isabelle

International Advanced Interdisciplinary Research: Language, Human Beings and theFoundation of the Area of Social System; Co-organized with GELAPOC

1. Introduction : Assistant Professor Emi Yano（the Institute for International Advanced Interdisciplinary Research）
2. Treatment in Girl’s Training Schools : Ms. Masako Natori（The Director of Aoba Girls' Training School）
3. Treatment of Women in PFI Prisons : Mr. Satoru Yoshino（Correction Bureau of Ministry of Justice）
4. Treatment of DV Perpetrators in Northern Europe : Assistant Professor Emi Yano
5. Q&A Session
18/12/2006 Keynote Speech by Dr. Kuniko Inoguchi

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Seminars and Symposiums
2007 (November) - 2008 (March)
17/11/2007

The 6th Tohoku University Gender Equal Participation Symposium of‘Gender Equal Participation for Creating Innovation’
Keynote Speech:Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa（the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies）
Panel Discussion:Professor Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Mr. Tateo Arimoto（the Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society）
Professor Mariko Ogawa（Dept. of Arts and Humanities of Mie University）
Visiting Professor Yoshikazu Toyama（School of Science of Japan Womenʼs University）
Professor Yuko Harayama（School of Engineering of Tohoku University）

24/11/2007

Korea-Japan Academic Exchange of Law Studies
By the Korea Branch of the World Congress of Constitutional Law Sponsored by GELAPOC

Seminar28/11/2007 E"I DP Women and Political Participation: Theories and Policies"
Mr. Josuke Ikeda（COE Fellow）"CEDAW and Armed Conflicts"
Mr. Hiroki Horimi（Graduate Student, School of Law）

5/10/2007 Exhibition of `A New Horizon of Research on
Gender and Law’ at the Tohoku University Innovation Fair
2007 in Sendai

Seminar6/12/2007 C"How Witches Became Withes?"
Professor Shoji Kawakami（Tohoku University）"Establishment of Marriage and Legal Approach towards Cohabitation
within the Chinese Marriage Law"
Dr. Tiemuergaolitao（COE Fellow）

8 and 9/12/2007

The 5th Congress of the Japan Association of Gender and Law

Seminar14/12/2007 A"The Correlation between the Desire to be a Representative and Cultural
Factors" Ms. Kaori Takeda（Graduate Student, School of Law : JSPS Research Fellow（COE））

22/12/2007

Colloquiam “Transformation of Family and Diffused Sphere of Intimacy”
Section I: The Transformed Family
1. The Otaku Trend and a Focus on Fujoshi within the Disparate Society
Dr. Naoki ABE（Lecturer, Tokyo Fukushi University）

2. Family Diversification and Gender: Issues between Overlapping
Generations Caused by Cultural and Social Capital Transfer
Ms. Akane KAMEI（COE Fellow, Tohoku University）

3. Family and Gender of the Samurai Society in Premodern Japan
Ms. Rumi MATSUZAKI（Graduate Student, Tohoku University）

31/10/2007 Lecture by Professor Tsujimura in Institute ofInternational Advanced Research and Education
Organization

4. Reconsideration of the Uterine Family within Korean Society
Dr. Lee SunHee（COE Fellow, Tohoku University）

Section II: Diffused Intimacy
1. The Potential of Intimacy Mr. Tokihiko FUJIMOTO（Graduate Student, Doshisha University）
2. Intimacy and Expert Systems Dr. Teruhiko NAKAGAWA（Lecturer, Ryukoku University）
3. The Self-Help Group as a Quasi-Intimate Sphere
Dr. Masatake HONGO（Assistant Professor, Tohoku University）
1 2 / 1 / 2 0 0 8

Open Symposium of the Science Council Japan
Co-operated by the 21st Century COE Program of the Graduate School of Law, Tohoku
University“Demography and Gender: How to Tackle the Decline of Birth Rate”
Presenters: Hiroshi Kumejima（Professor at National Museum of Ethnology）
Mariko Sakurai （Honorary Professor at The University of Tokyo）
Chizuko Ueno
（Professor at The University of Tokyo）
Masako Amano（President of Tokyo Jogakkan Collage）
Makoto Asashima（Director at The University of Tokyo）
Yoko Kamikawa（Minister of State）
Mariko Ogawa（Professor at Mie University）
Toshiko Himeoka（Professor at Tsukuba University）
Miho Ogino（Professor at Osaka University）
Emiko Ochiai（Professor at Kyoto University）
Sawako Shirahase（Professor at The University of Tokyo）
Yumiko Ehara（Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University）
Atsushi Sugita（Professor at Hosei University）
Syogo Takegawa（Professor at The University of Tokyo）
Hiroko Nagano（Professor at Chuo University）

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2 6 / 1 / 2 0 0 8

Open Seminar on Gender Theories of the Sendai Gender Equal Opportunity
Foundation“Gender Equality around the World: the Cutting Edge of Research andPolicy Making”
Presenter : Mr. Josuke Ikeda（COE Fellow）

3 1 / 1 / 2 0 0 8

Open Symposium of the Science Council Japan“The Current Stage of Auxiliary Reproductive Medicine: In Search of Social
Consensus”
Presenters: Shigehiko Kamoshita （Honorary Professor at The University of Tokyo）
Toshihiro Aono
（President of Tokushima University）
Atsushi Omura（Professor at The University of Tokyo）
Takashi Igarashi（Professor at The University of Tokyo）
Shoei Yonemoto（Professor with Special Appointment at The University of Tokyo）
Koji Kugu（Lecturer at The University of Tokyo）
Sachiyo Suita（Professor at Kyushu University）
Kimiko Murofushi（Professor at Ochanomizu University）
Yoshimura Yasunori（Professor at Keio University）
Noriko Mizuno（Professor at Tohoku University）
Hisatake Kato（Professor with Special Appointment at The University of Tokyo）
Yoshiaki Sakurada（Professor at Kyoto University）
Miyoko Tsujimura（Professor at Tohoku University）
Kiyoko Nishi（Associate Professor at Sophia University）

11 and 14/2/2008

12/1/2008 Open Symposium of the Science Council
Japan “Demography and Gender: How to Tackle the
Decline of Birth Rate”

The Seminar Series of the Institute for International Advanced
Interdisciplinary Research (IIAIR), Co-organized with Gender Law & Policy
Center (GELAPOC)
Seminar Series of Language, Human and Social System Domain Platform
Tohoku University International Advanced Research and Education Organization
Co-organized by the 21st Century COE Program of the Graduate School of Law, Tohoku
University“Counsel for the injured party and Special representative for children”
Speaker:
Ms. Ghita Hadding-Wiberg（Attorney, Member of the Swedish Bar Association, Kingdom of Sweden）

Moderator/Translator:
Assistant Professor Emi Yano（the Institute for International Advanced Interdisciplinary Research）

Venues:On the 11th: Main Hall, 6F, Multi-media Education Wing, Tohoku University, Sendai
On the 14th: Tohoku University Tokyo Office
On the 15th: Embassy of Sweden, Tokyo
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11/2/2008 Presentation by Ms. Ghita Hadding-Wiberg

International Seminar“Gender Issues in Europe and Japan”
Associate Professor Lucie Guibault（Amsterdam University）
Visiting Associate Professor Isabelle Giraudou（Tohoku University）

From 1st of April 2008, “The 21st COE Program Gender Law and Policy Center” will continue towork as the Gender Law and Policy Center in the School of Law, Tohoku University, supported
by Tohoku University International Advanced Research and Education Organization.

New Address : School of Law Katahira 5th Building, 2-1-1, Katahira, Aoba-ku,
Sendai City, Miyagi, 980-8577
Telephone : +81-(0)22-217-6132
Facsimile : +81-(0)22-217-6133
E-mail : gelapoc@law.tohoku.ac.jp
Website : http://www.law.tohoku.ac.jp/gelapoc/
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School of Law, Tohoku University27-1 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8576, Japan
Tel. /Fax + 81-(0)22-795-3740