July 25, 2012
To whom it may concern
Fukushima University
Dean of Faculty of Administrationand Social Sciences
Prof. Midori Tsuji

Open Call for Application for Full-time Position

1. Available position:
2. Teaching duties:

Associate Professor or Lecturer
Lectures and courses of Japanese Constitutional Law

3. Qualifications for application:(1) Applicants should be able to be in charge of lectures and courses of JapaneseConstitutional Law.
(2) Applicants should hold a Master’s degree (including Master’s degree candidates
who will graduate next March) or have an outstanding record equivalent to aMaster’s degree (including holders of the degree of Doctor of Law (specializedoccupation), or degree candidates who will graduate next March).
(3) Applicants should have published academic works, or expect to publish at least
one research paper (see below).
(4) Applicants should be under 40 years of age as of April 1, 2013. The purpose ofsetting of the age limitation is to attempt to procure teaching staff who will becommitted to a long-term, tenured career.
(5) Applicants should be able to conduct classes in Japanese and live in Fukushima
City or in its environs if hired.
4. Application materials:(1) A Curriculum Vitae
In Japanese, with photography, telephone number and e-mail address; please use
forms available on the market.
(2) A list of research publications (one of which should be marked as the main work.
A Master’s thesis may be included).
(3) One copy or offprint of each publication, and one extra photocopy of all
publications and intended publications in the list of (2).
As to articles yet to be published, please submit an official certificate of intent
to publish. Submit a photocopy of Ph.D. Diploma if a Ph.D. thesis is included inthe list.
(4) A summary of the main paper mentioned in (2) above in Japanese ((less than2,000 Japanese letters (“moji”) on A4 paper).
(5) An essay on Future Research Plan ((less than 2,000 Japanese letters (“moji”) onA4 paper).

(6) A syllabus for a Lecture course in Japanese Constitutional Law, consisting ofthirty 90-minute lessons, and your pedagogical aims for the course.
5. Application deadline:

October 1, 2012.

6. Starting (hiring) date:

April 1, 2013.

7. Application Address:
Send by registered mail. On the envelope, write ‘Application for Constitutional
Law Position.’
Dean of Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences,
Fukushima University
1, Kanayagawa, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima Prefecture, 960-1296, Japan
8. Contact information:
Office of General Affairs, Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences
Phone: +81-24-548-8253, Fax: +81-24-548-5174
9. Screening Procedure:
Candidates may be invited for an interview during the screening process. Please
note that transportation and other related costs will not be provided. Applicationmaterials will not be returned.

Additional information
1) The successful applicant will be a member of the Public Law committee inDepartment of Law, within the Faculty of Administration and SocialSciences, and will at the same time be a member of a broader, inter-faculty“Research System” (to be determined at a later date).
2) Lectures and seminars on Japanese Constitutional Law are conducted
through the Department of Law.
3) In addition to the above-mentioned second-year lecture and third/fourth-year
seminars, the successful candidate will be expected to conduct classes forfirst- or second-year students. These will be decided at a later date.
4) Fukushima University also provides evening courses for mature students(entitled a “Liberal Arts Course in Modern Society”). The successful
applicant will bear teaching responsibilities for this evening course.
5) In the event that a candidate is hired as an Associate Professor, he or she
may also be asked to supervise graduate-level work in the field of “Public
Policy and Regional Administration.”
6) This announcement has also been made public on the University’s homepage(http://www.fukushima-u.ac.jp/ & http://www.ads.fukushima-u.ac.jp/).