6 Nobel Laureates in Japan since 2000 are from NU.
NU is a research-intensive university:– Receiving the most significant government grants
Top Global University Project
Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Univerisities

14 graduate schools, 9 undergraduate schools, 3 research institutes
and 19 research centers
More than 16,500 students ( 2,643 international – 15% ofstudent body) *As of May 1, 2013

– Ranked 3rd and 4th among Japanese universities in terms ofnumber of patents registered in the United States and in Japan(2000–2009)

Over 350 academic exchange partners worldwide– Comprising over 20 research institutes

13 overseas offices in China, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand,

Ranked 20th university in Asia (QS2014)

Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Germany,United States.

About Nagoya
Located in central Japan along the Pacific coast, the city of Nagoya has a population of
2.3 million people and is the country’s third largest metropolitan area. The Nagoya regionis the hub of Japanese business and industry, a vital part of the country’s economic
strength. Corporate offices, manufacturing plants, and research and design centers aswell as over 100 global enterprises are headquartered in the Greater Nagoya area.
The city boasts an advanced urban infrastructure. A network of six subway, three railway
and numerous convenient bus lines enable easy travel throughout the city. Downtown
Nagoya is only a short subway ride from the main Nagoya University campus. By
Shinkansen bullet train, Tokyo is an accessible 1.5 hours and Kyoto only 1 hour away.
Nagoya incorporates vibrant urbanity andunique cultural heritage within an attractive
natural environment. The city is surroundedby mountains and sea which provide outdoor
and cultural activities throughout the year.
Beyond campus, visitors exploring Nagoya
can enjoy diverse experiences including:viewing sakura cherry blossoms in spring andmomiji maple leaves in autumn, sampling local
cuisine such as kishimen and misonikomi
udon noodles, discovering hidden traditional
streetscapes and visiting historical sites suchas Nagoya Castle and Atsuta Shrine.

Overview of the Center
Name : Global Media Research Center
Affiliation : Graduate School of Languages and Cultures, Nagoya University
Establishment : April 2015
Parent Organization : Media Professional Studies Program
Address : G lobal Media Research Center Office, Room 301, Liberal Artsand Sciences Building (North Wing), Nagoya University, Furo-cho,
Chikusa-ku, Nagoya-shi, 464-8601, Japan
Email : gmrc@lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp

NagoyaAichi Prefecture

TokyoKyoto

NAGOYA UNIVERSITY JAPANFacts and Figures of Nagoya University

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES AND CULTURESGLOBAL MEDIARESEARCH CENTERThe Global Media Research Center conducts practicaland advanced media and communication research inorder to understand the present circumstances ofglobal communication, including such questions as how
information is produced, distributed and consumed
within such a dynamic global environment and how theseprocesses relate to the formation of the images of actors
including states, private enterprises and NPOs withininternational society.

NAGOYA UNIVERSITY JAPANGLOBAL MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
Message from the Director

Staff
Core Faculty

It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the Global Media Research Center (GMRC). As the first

Directorof its kind in Japan, the Center was launched in April 2015 by the Media Professional Studies

Toshiya Nakamura (Professor)

I earned my PhD in Political Science from the University of Melbourne, Australia in 2009. I havebeen a visiting scholar at the Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS), Tokyo (2003), andat the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) in Vienna (2008). My principal
field of research is international relations with a focus on the foreign and security policies of Japan
and Germany as well as interactions between media and politics. My current research interests
center on the role of national images in international relations, especially in the public diplomacyof the above two countries.

Program in the Graduate School of Languages and Cultures at Nagoya University.

Since the Media Professional Studies Program was founded in 2003, we have not only
undertaken research aimed at exploring theories of media and communication and media
practice, but also provided educational courses at the Master and Doctoral level in close
cooperation with newspaper, broadcasting and other media-related companies in the central

Coordinator

Japan region. We have aimed at developing graduates with a strong sense of social ethics,

I earned my PhD at the School of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Melbourne
in 2010. My dissertation examined the history of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN), with a particular focus on its early formative years. Before coming to Nagoya University
I worked at the Graduate School of Law and the Faculty of Law at Kobe University. My current
research interest is Japan’s foreign policy toward ASEAN in the 1970s. I especially focus on whatkinds of signals the Japanese government sent to the regional countries to achieve multilateralpolitical cooperation with them.

profound knowledge and practical skills who can perform a leading role at the forefront oftoday’s highly sophisticated information society. Nearly one hundred of our graduates are now
successfully playing an active part in journalism, broadcasting, publishing, advertising and public
relations. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the broader community for the warm

Nobuhiro Ihara (Associate Professor)

support it has shown to our Program.

Akiko Ogawa (Associate Professor)
I received a BA in Sociology from Nagoya University and an MA in socio-informatics and a Ph.D ininterdisciplinary information studies from University of Tokyo. I have worked as an announcer for ChubuNippon Broadcasting and have previously taught at Aichi Shukutoku University. My primary researcharea is community media, which I investigate from the perspective of social inclusion. I am currently
researching Digital Storytelling as a practice through which people can share their experiences andthoughts. For the past seven years I have also been involved in the Media Conte Project, conducting
dialogic, collaborative and game-like digital storytelling workshops with diverse groups of people.

The Global Media Research Center is a new venture that builds on our achievements since
the foundation of the Media Professional Studies Program twelve years ago. During this time,the emergence of new digital media such as social media has brought about enormouschanges worldwide. As the global distribution of information has dramatically grown due to thedevelopments of information and communication technology, it is essential for all the actors
including states, private enterprises, NPOs, NGOs and individual citizens to be able to exert their

Concurrent Faculty

influence in the world, and in order to do so they have got to possess the necessary skills toMasataka Kawamura (Professor, Media Professional Studies Program)effectively communicate their messages and positions not only domestically but internationally.

I graduated from the Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo in 1975. I worked for many years
as a program director and a producer for NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), but my work
included not only making TV programs but also promoting cross-media communication such as
via print publications related to broadcasting contents or international co-production. In London
and New York I was engaged in promoting TV JAPAN, an international Japanese TV service. My
research interests include comparative studies of broadcasting and the social history of media.

In response to the rapidly changing environment of traditional and new media and internationalsociety, the Center aims to provide a major platform for media and communication studies
and to undertake interdisciplinary research aimed at exploring global communication with anemphasis on international images. We shall be hosting a number of events including International
Symposia, International Public Lectures and Professional Lectures that feature prominentinternational and local researchers and practitioners.

Edward Haig (Professor, Media Professional Studies Program)Throughout our work, we aim to be recognized as

I have an MSc in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Aston University, UK) and PhDs
in Ecology (University of London, UK) and Linguistics (Lancaster University, UK). My current
research interests include the language of ecology / the ecology of language; the ideological useof language in Japanese and English news media; the interrelations between public and private
discourses of youth, crime and class; and the language of radio broadcasting. The two main
theoretical and methodological tools that I use in my research are systemic functional linguistics
and critical discourse analysis.

a core research platform in Asia. We welcome yourcooperation, support and any suggestions you may
have for us.

Toshiya Nakamura, Ph.D.
Director of the Global Media Research Center

Affiliated Faculty
Tetsuo Yamada (Visiting Professor, Editor in Chief of the Tokyo Shimbun newspaper)
Yoshihiko Kuribayashi (Visiting Professor, Professor of Nagoya Bunri University)