Administrative Structure
Board of Advisors
Deputy Director-General,
Planning and Coordination

Institutional Research Unit
Public Relations Unit
International Publications Unit
Director-General

Research Department

Deputy Director-General,

Research

Council for Research Strategy
External Research-Evaluation Committee

Financial Information
BudjetIncome(Fiscal Year 2020)

Category

Amount (Yen in thousands)

Subsidy for Operation
Self Revenue

1,436,463
19,379Total Earnings

1,455,842

External Sources of Funding(Fiscal Year 2019)
Category

Amount (Yen in thousands)

Fund for Promotion of Academicand Industrial Collaboration
Grants-in-Aids
for Scientific ResearchDonations for Research

5473,25668,520
10,210RIHN Center

Planning and Collaboration Section

Administrative Office

Accounting Section
Operation and Auditing Division

Boards and Committees*As of July 1st, 2020

Board of Advisors Oversees personnel, planning, administration and operation of the institute
ASAOKA Mie
IKEYA Kazunobu
KADA Yukiko			
KOBAYASHI Tadashi
KONO Yasuyuki			NAGAO Seiya			
NIIKAWA Tatsuro
TAKENAKA Chisato			

MALLEE, HeinTANIGUCHI Makoto
SAIJO Tatsuyoshi
SUGIHARA Kaoru
HAYASHIDA Sachiko
TAYASU Ichiro
OKADA Saeko

President, Kiko Network
Professor, National Museum of Ethnology
A Member of the House of Councilors
Former Governor of Shiga Prefecture
Professor Emeritus, Osaka University
Vice President, Kyoto University
Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies,Kyoto University
Director, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology,
Kanazawa University
Professor, Graduate School, Doshisha Univesity
Professor, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences,
Nagoya University

External Research-Evaluation Committee

Deputy Director-General, RIHN
Deputy Director-General, RIHN
Specially Appointed Professor, RIHN
Specially Appointed Professor, RIHN
Professor, RIHN
Professor, RIHN
Associate Professor, RIHN

External review of research project proposals

Domestic
KAWABATA Zen'ichiro
Emeritus Professor, RIHN
KONDO Akihiko
Professor, Center for Environmental Remote Sensing / Department of Environmental Remote Sensing,
Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, ChibaUniversity
SUMI Akimasa
Project Professor, The University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives / Professor Emeritus, theUniversity of Tokyo / Former President, National Institute for Environmental Studies
TANAKA Masaru
Director, Moune Institute for Forest-Sato-Sea Studies / Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
TODA Takao
Vice President for Human Security and Global Health, Japan International Cooperation Agency
UCHIBORI MotomitsuEmeritus Professor, The Open University of Japan/ Emeritus Professor, Hitotsubashi University
YUMOTO Takakazu
Director, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University

Overseas
BAI, Xuemei
Professor, Urban Environment and Human Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society,
Australian National University, Australia
CHABAY, Ilan
Head of Strategic Science Initiatives and Programs; Scientific Project Leader of the Knowledge,
Learning, and Societal Change Alliance (KLASICA) and Global Sustainability Strategy Forum (GSSF)
Projects Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS) Potsdam, Germany / Adjunct
Professor, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, U.S.A.
LU, Yonglong
Research Professor and Co-Director, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, China
NAGENDRA, Harini
Professor of Sustainability / Member of Curriculum and Pedagogy Committee / Member of ResearchCouncil, Azim Premji University, India
ROMERO LANKAO, Patricia
Senior Research Scientist, Transportation and Hydrogen Systems Center, National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL), U.S.A. / Institute Research Fellow, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation,
University of Chicago, U.S.A.
SHRIVASTAVA, Paul
Chief Sustainability Officer / Director, Sustainability Institute / Professor, Management andOrganization, Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
WONG, R. Bin
Distinguished Professor of History, Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
ZHANG, Shiqiu
Professor, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, ChinaCouncil for Research Strategy Oversees research strategy, personnel, project, and evaluation system
YASUNARI Tetsuzo
MALLEE, HeinTANIGUCHI Makoto

Director-General
Deputy Director-General
Deputy Director-General

SAIJO Tatsuyoshi
SUGIHARA Kaoru
HAYASHIDA SachikoSpecially Appointed Professor
Specially Appointed Professor
Professor

Senior Advisor

Emeritus Professors

TACHIMOTO Narifumi

NAKANISHI Masami
WADA Eitaro
HIDAKA ToshitakaNAKAWO Masayoshi

Honorary Fellow
VAN DER LEEUW, Sander Ernst

RIHN Staff

Director-General		Deputy Director-General (Planning and Coordination)		
Deputy Director-General (Research)

Administrative Office

Administrative Director

HIGASHI Hideaki

General Affairs and PlanningSubsection
Head
ZENIZUKA Rie
Chief
NAKAOHJI Yu
Clerk
KOGISO Ayana
Clerk
KOHO Sayaka
Personnel Subsection
Head
TANINAKA Kiyohisa
Chief
MIMOTO Natsuko
Clerk
NAGATA Satoko
Clerk
NAKANISHI Keita
International Affairs Subsection
Head
FUJIKAWA Takeshi

Professor
Associate Professor
Administrative Director

TACHIMOTO Narifumi
SATO Yo-Ichiro
MOJI Kazuhiko
KADA Ryohei

NAKANO Takanori
SATO Tetsu
KUBOTA Jumpei
NAKASHIZUKA Tohru

YASUNARI Tetsuzo
MALLEE, HeinTANIGUCHI Makoto

MIZUI Yoshitake

Planning and Collaboration Section
Head

FUKUSHIMA Yoshihiro
AKIMICHI Tomoya
KAWABATA Zen’ichiro
OSADA Toshiaki

TAYSU Ichiro
OKADA Saeko
MIZUI Yoshitake

Collaboration Unit
Head
SAKAMOTO Kohei
Research Planning Subunit
Head
BIVONE Junko
Clerk
SAWAMURA Takahiro
Cooperative Research Support Subunit
Head
SAKAMOTO Kohei
Chief
YOSHINO Akiko
Information and Library Subunit
Chief
YAMASHITA Takayoshi

Accounting Section

Operation and Auditing Division

HeadSAITOU Hiroshi
Deputy Head SHIGEMITSU Kazuo
Specialist
SUNADA Akinobu
Financial Planning Subsection
Head
TSUJIMURA Hanako
Facility Management Subsection
Head
ISHII Hiroya
S.A.Specialist ZUI Zoujin
Accounting Subsection
Head
HONDA Takayuki
Procurement Subsection
Head
HARUOKA Junichiro
Clerk
KARIYA Midori

Head
KIMURA Makoto
Specialist
SUNADA Akinobu
Auditing Subunit
Head
TSUJIMURA Hanako

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Research Department
Program Directors
MALLEE, Hein
SAIJO Tatsuyoshi
SUGIHARA Kaoru
TANIGUCHI Makoto

HABU Junko

Social Science
Future Design
Economic History,
Environmental History
HydrologyHAYASHI Hiroaki

Professors
HAYASHIDA Sachiko Atmospheric Environmental Science,		Remote Sensing
SAKAKIBARA Masayuki Earth and Environmental Sciences,		Transdisciplinary Research
YAMAUCHI Taro
Human Ecology
Industrial Ecology,
Environmental Economics
Archaeology, GIS, Open Science
Hydrology
Environmental Sociology
Ecology

Assistant Professors
ONISHI Yuko
OTA Kazuhiko
LEE, Sanghyun

Biogeography, Macroecology
Japanese Environmental Ethics
Agricultural Water Management

Specially Appointed Professors
SAIJO Tatsuyoshi
SUGIHARA Kaoru

Future Design
Economic History,
Environmental History
Forest Ecology
Historical Anthropology

Visiting Professors
FUJII Shigeo

YONEMOTO ShoheiVisiting Associate Professors
ENDO Aiko

Marine and Coastal Policy,
Fishery Economics
NAKAGAWA Yoshinori Qualitative Research, Future Design
Medical Anthropology
NISHI Makoto
OKUDA Noboru
Ecological Science
SHIMIZU Takao
Archaeology, Ethnology
TERADA Masahiro
Environmental Humanities,
History/Meta-history
WATANABE Kazuo
Area Studies
WONG, Grace
Forest and Natural Resource
Economics, Development Studies

Senior Researchers

Specially Appointed Assistant Professors
AIBA Masahiro
NAKAO Seiji

MIZUNO Kosuke
NAKATSUKA Takeshi
SHIBATA Akira
SHINJO Ryuichi

Associate Professors
KANEMOTO Keiichiro		
KONDO Yasuhisa
KOZAN Osamu
MCGREEVY, Steven R.
YOSHIDA Takehito

KANIE Norichika
KASUGA Fumiko
KAWASAKI Masahiro
KUSAGO Takayoshi
MANAGI Shunsuke

Environmental Anthropology,
Historical Ecology
Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer,
Sustainable Development Studies
Earth System GovernanceFood Safety Planning
Atmospheric Chemistry
Action-based Development Studies
Environmental Economics
Urban Engineering
Indonesian Area Research
Biogeochemistry, Paleoclimatology
Rural Development,
Biomass Carbonization
Petrology and Mineralogy,
Isotope Geochemistry
History and Philosophy of Science

Water Environment and Sanitation,
Micropollutants Contamination

FRY, Jacob Redman		
MASUHARA Naoki

Computational Sustainability,Environmental Economics
Public Administration Studies
and Energy Policy
NGUYEN, Tien Hoang Geoinformatics, Environmental		
Modeling and Mapping
RUPPRECHT Christoph D. D. Geography

TAHERZADEH, Oliver Ahrash Environmental Economics,		Global Food System
TAMURA Norie
Natural Resource Management
YAMANAKA Manabu Atmosphere-Hydrosphere Sciences

Researchers
FARABI-ASL, Hadi
Energy System Anlysis
Ecological Anthropology
HAYASHI Koji
HUANG, Wan Hui
Regional Environmental Studies, GIS
Area Studies
KAJITA Ryosuke
KATAFUCHI Yuya
Econometrics, Applied Econometrics
KIMIJIMA Satomi
Area Studies
KOBAYASHI Kunihiko International Environmental Law
KOBAYASHI Mai
Environmental Sociology
KUANG Xiaoxu
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
LEE, Jemyung
Regional Informatics, Rural Planning
MISRA, Prakhar
Environmental Remote Sensing,		Land Cover Change Modelling
NAKAHARA Satoe
Cultural Anthropology, Peace Studies
ODA Kimisato
Landscape Architecture,		Cultural Landscape
OSAWA Takamasa
Social Anthropology
SHAHRIER, Shibly
Future Design
SHINKAI Rika
Cultural Anthropology
SHIODERA Satomi
Forest Ecology
SHIRAI Yuko
Human Ecology,		
Livelihood Systems StudySPIEGELBERG, Maximilian Environmental Management
WIN THIRI KYAW
Neurology and Clinical Pharmacology
YAMADA Taiki
Graph Theory,		
Optimal Transport TheoryResearch Associates
ARAKI Hikaru
HONMA SakiITO Takafumi
IWASAKI Yumiko
KARATSU Fukiko
KATSURA Tomomi

KIMURA Ayako
KOBAYASHI Yuko
MATSUOKA Yuko
MYO HAN HTUNNAKAI Minami
SENDA Masako

SHIMAUCHI Risa
SUETSUGU Satoko
TAKATA Naoko
TAKEHARA Mari
YAMAMOTO Aya

RIHN Center
Director		
MALLEE, Hein
Deputy Director		 TAYASU Ichiro
Heads of Divisions
Laboratory and Analysis Division
Information Resources Division		
Collaboration Division		
Communication Division		
Future Earth Division 		Specially Appointed Associate Professor
LAMBINO, Ria

Research Fellow, NIHU Center for Transdisciplinary Innovation (Ecohealth)/
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

TAYASU Ichiro
KUMAZAWA Terukazu
ISHII Reiichiro
ABE Ken-ichi
MALLEE, HeinJIANG Hong-Wei

KIM, Satbyul
Ecological Anthropology
Social ScienceHydrology
Isotope Ecology, Isotope Environmental Science

Associate Professors
ISHII Reiichiro
KONDO Yasuhisa
KUMAZAWA Terukazu
MATSUMOTO TaeNILES, Daniel
SHIN Ki-Cheol

Theoretical Ecology
Archaeology, GIS, Open Science
Environmental Planning, Regional Informatics
Educational Technology
Geography
Petrology, Geochemistry, Isotope Geology

Assistant Professor
ONISHI Yuko

Biogeography, Macroecology

Institutional Research Unit
HeadMembers of UnitTAYASU Ichiro
YAMAUCHI TaroKANEMOTO Keiichiro
KONDO Yasuhisa

TANIGUCHI Makoto
KUMAZAWA Terukazu
OKADA Saeko
NAKAO Seiji

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
WAKAMATSU Hisanori

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Human Ecology

Research Fellow, NIHU Center for Information and Public Relations/ . . . .
. Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Professors
ABE Ken-ichi
MALLEE, HeinTANIGUCHI Makoto
TAYASU Ichiro

Environmental Governance

FUJIYOSHI Lei
MIMURA Yutaka
SHIMADA Nahoko
SODA Katsuya
YABUSAKI Shiho
YOSHIMIZU Chikage

Isotope Environmental Science
Architectural History, Urban History, Historical GIS
Study of Ecological Thought
Forced Migration Studies
Isotope Hydrology
Biogeochemistry

Research Associates
KURATA Junko
NISHIWAKI Aki
OKA Masami
OKAMOTO Takako

Public Relations Unit
HeadDeptuty HeadMembers of Unit

Cultual Anthropology

Researchers

OTANI Michitaka
UEDA Sachiko
YASUDA Akiko
YUZEN Natsuko

International Publications Unit

MALLEE, HeinHIGASHI Hideaki

HeadMembers of Unit

SUGIHARA Kaoru

YASUNARI Tetsuzo
MALLEE, Hein
ABE Ken-ichi
NILES, Daniel

ABE Ken-ichi
MCGREEVY, Steven R.
YOSHIDA Takehito
KIM, Satbyul
KUMAZAWA Terukazu

Associate Professor 		

OKADA Saeko

Chief 			NAKAOHJI Yu

Specially Appointed SpecialistTERAMOTO Shun

Research Associate 		

KIMURA Aoi

Research Associate

SUGIMOTO Hayato

A Brief History of RIHN
1993 - Prime minister’s advisory panel on the Global Environment in 21st Century launched1995 - “On the Promotion of Global Environmental Studies” published by The Science Council of Japan
1997 - Report “On the core research institute for Global Environmental Studies”

published by MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

2001 - RIHN Established on the Kyoto University campus- HIDAKA Toshitaka, Director-General
2002 - RIHN relocated to the former Kasuga Primary School- The 1st RIHN Forum2004 - RIHN becomes a member of the National Institutes for the Humanities- The 1st RIHN Public Seminar2005 - The 1st RIHN Area Seminar
2006 - RIHN relocates to current facilities in northern Kyoto- The 1st RIHN International Symposium2007 - TACHIMOTO Narifumi appointed as the second Director-General- The Center for Coordination, Promotion and Communication established- First research projects concluded
2008 - The 1st Collaborative Symposium with the International Research Center for Japanese Studies
2009 - The Earth Forum Kyoto and Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto Award established2010 - Core Research Hub established- The RIHN Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Studies published2011 - RIHN 10 year anniversary and publication- GEC-Japan network established2013 - YASUNARI Tetsuzo appointed as the third Director-General- The Center for Coordination, Promotion and Communication reorganized into the Center for
Research Development and the Center for Research Promotion

2014 - Selected as Regional Center for Future Earth in Asia
2016 - 3 Research Programs and Core Program established and RIHN Center reorganized57

Inter-University Research Institute Corporation
National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU)

https://www.nihu.jp/en

NIHU carries out research on the human sciences and aims to create new value systems that will genuinely enrich our lives.
NIHU is one of the four inter-university research institute corporations in Japan. It consists of six inter-university research
institutes that specialize in humanities research. Each of the institutes is deeply involved in foundational research in their field asboth domestic and international research centers. The six institutes interact in a complementary fashion and carry out researchthat transcends the frameworks of traditional disciplines. They also cooperate with other research organizations domesticallyand internationally in their attempt to identify and solve modern day issues.

Research and Communications
In 2016, two new centers, the Center for Transdisciplinary Innovation (CTI) and the Center for Information and PublicRelations (CIP) were established to improve governance at NIHU.
The two Centers promote international collaborative research by building a research network around the six institutes. At thesame time, the Centers communicate their research globally and are committed to developing next generation scholars.

Center for Transdisciplinary Innovation (CTI)
CTI strengthens mutual cooperation between the six institutes and leads NIHU’s Transdisciplinary Projects that collaborate withuniversities and research institutions in Japan and overseas.

NIHU Transdisciplinary Projects
Institute-based Projects
REKIHAKU: Constructing Integrated Studies of Cultural and Research Resources, and Renovating Sharing Infrastructures of		 Research Resources in Japanese History and Cultures
NIJL: Project to Build an International Collaborative Research Network for Pre-modern Japanese Texts
NINJAL: A New Integration of Japanese Language Studies based on Diverse Language Resources
NICHIBUNKEN: Historical and International Research into Popular Culture to Pursue New Images of Japan
RIHN: Transformation towards Sustainable Futures in Complex Human-Nature Systems in Asia
MINPAKU: Info-Forum Museum for Cultural Resources of the World
Multidisciplinary Collaborative Projects
Change of Local Communities and Reconstruction of Community Cultures after Disasters in Japanese Archipelago
Rethinking Eco-health in Asia
Development of a Field of Comprehensive Bibliographical Studies from an Interdisciplinary Perspective
Network-based Projects
NIHU Area Studies		 Northeast Asia Modern Middle East South Asia
Japan-related Documents and Artifacts Held Overseas: NIHU International Collaborative Research and Utilization		 Insights into Japan-related Overseas Artifacts and Documents from 19th-century Europe, Research and Use: Developing the		 Foundation for International Collaboration in Transmitting Japanese Culture		 Research, Conservation and Utilization of the Marega Collection Preserved in the Vatican Library		
A Survey, Study and Use of the Japan-related Documents and Artifacts in North America: Socio-historical Approach to		 ‘Modern Overseas Material Informatics’		 Coordination between Projects to Make Effective Use of Research Results

58Four inter-university research institute corporations, and six inter-university research institutes specializing in humanities.

Center for Information and Public Relations (CIP)
CIP consolidates data related to human cultures by gathering information and research results from researchers affiliated withNIHU, and important documents and materials from the archives of the six institutes. The materials are made available to thepublic.
Advanced Collaboration SystemsnihuINT https://int.nihu.jp/?lang=en&
Comprehensive search engine for databases operated by the six NIHU institutes as well as other organizations.
Research Resource Databases and Publications
NIHU Repository		 Cloud-based NIHU repository giving users comprehensive access to research papers from the six NIHU institutes.
Researcher's Profile

https://nrd.nihu.jp/search?m=home&l=en		 Comprehensive database containing information on researchers throughout NIHU.
Portal site for Japanese Studies

https://guides.nihu.jp/japan_links		 English Resource Guide for Japanese Studies and Humanities in Japan.
NIHU Magazine

https://www.nihu.jp/ja/publication/nihu_magazine		 A bilingual (Japanese and English-language) publication that covers topics such as the latest research trends, results and activities at NIHU.
NIHU Symposiums
NIHU organizes symposiums for the general public in order to share the comprehensive human culture related research resources and results it has
accumulated.
36th: “Exhibiting Japan Abroad: Exploring the Significance of the ‘KIZUNA: Japan | Wales | Design Exhibition,’” Oct, 2019
37th: “Boundaries of the ‘natural’ and ‘supernatural’” Nov, 2019
38th: “Worlds of History Opened Up by Computers: Considering the Digital Humanities,” Jan, 2020
Industry-Academia Collaborations
NIHU collaborates with industry and other partners to give back its fruits of research to society.		 Joint symposium with Ajinomoto Foundation for Dietary Culture		 Joint lecture with Otemachi Academia59

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By City Subway
From Kyoto Station, take the Karasuma Line toKokusaikaikan Station (the last station), andtransfer to Kyoto Bus.

RIHN

By Kyoto Bus
From Kokusaikaikan Station, take bus No. 40, 50 or 52
to Chikyuken-mae.
RIHN is at the base of the hill on your left.

By Eizan Railway
From Demachiyanagi Station in Kyoto City,
take the Kurama Line.
Get off at Kyoto-Seikadai-mae Station.
RIHN is a 10-minute walk from the station.

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RIHN Prospectus 2020-2021

Front Cover photo:

Back Cover photo:

Manual Drying Process of Paddy Grain,

Bountiful Sea, Sumatra, Indonesia

Managing Editor: MALLEE, Hein

Pegu Region, Myanmar

Photo by ABE Ken-ichi

Designed by OKAZAWA Rina

Photo by MYO HAN HTUN
Flying over RIHN in the autumn sky
Photo by WATANABE Kazuo60

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August 2020