Administrative Structure
Board of Advisors
Deputy Director-General, Planning and Coordination
Institutional Research Unit
Public Relations Unit
International Publications Unit
Director-General

Research Department
RIHN Center

Planning and Collaboration Section

Administrative Office

Accounting Section

Deputy Director-General, ResearchCouncil for Research Strategy
External Research-Evaluation Committee

Financial Information
BudjetIncome(Fiscal Year 2018)

Category

Amount (Yen in thousands)

Subsidy for Operation
Self Revenue

1,430,680
18,645

Total Earnings

1,449,325

External Sources of Funding(Fiscal Year 2016)
Category

Amount (Yen in thousands)

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

83,796
99,570
3,862(Fiscal Year 2017)

Category

Amount (Yen in thousands)

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

123,661
178,949
9,350* Fund for Promotion of Academic and Industrial
Collaboration is the sum of contract researchexpenses.

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Operation and Auditing Division

Boards and Committees*As of May, 2018

Board of Advisors
Oversees personnel, planning, administration and operation of the institute
ASAOKA MiePresident, Kiko Network
IKEYA Kazunobu
Professor, National Museum of Ethnology
KADA Yukiko
Former Governer of Shiga Prefecture /Former President, Biwako Seikei Sport College
KANZAWA Hiroshi
Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
KOIKE Toshio
Director, Global Centre of Excellence for Water
Hazard and Risk Management

KONO Yasuyuki
Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies,
Kyoto University
NIIKAWA Tatsuro
Professor, Graduate School, Doshisha
Univesity
NOE Keiichi
Professor Emeritus & President-appointed
Extraordinary Professor, Tohoku University
OTSUKI Kyoichi
Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu
University

MALLEE, Hein
Deputy Director-General, RIHN
TANIGUCHI Makoto
Deputy Director-General, RIHN
NAKASHIZUKA Tohru
Program Director, RIHNSAIJO Tatsuyoshi
Program Director, RIHNSUGIHARA Kaoru
Program Director, RIHNTAYASU Ichiro
Professor, RIHNISHII Reiichiro
Associate Professor, RIHNMCGREEVY, Steven R.
Associate Professor, RIHN

External Research-Evaluation Committee
External review of research project proposals
Domestic
KAWABATA Zen'ichiro
Professor Emeritus, 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, Chiba
University
SUMI Akimasa
Project Professor, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S) / Professor Emeritus,
the University 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 Motomitsu
Professor, The Open University of Japan
WADA Eitaro
Member of the Japan Academy / Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

Overseas
BAI, Xuemei
Professor, Urban Environment and Human Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society,
Australian National University, Australia
BINDER, Claudia
Professor, Laboratory for Human-Environmental Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS), IIE - ENAC EPFL, Switzerland
LU, Yonglong
Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
ROMERO LANKAO, Paty
Senior Scientist, Research Applications Laboratory, Climate Science and Applications Program,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, 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.
VAN DER LEEUW, SanderProfessor, School of Human Evolution and Social Change / School of Sustainability, Arizona 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, China

Council for Research Strategy
Oversees research strategy, personnel, project, and evaluation system
YASUNARI Tetsuzo
MALLEE, HeinTANIGUCHI Makoto
NAKASHIZUKA Tohru

Director-General
Deputy Director-General
Deputy Director-GeneralSpecially Appointed Professor

SAIJO Tatsuyoshi
SUGIHARA Kaoru
TAYASU Ichiro
ISHII Reiichiro

Specially Appointed Professor
Specially Appointed Professor
Professor
Associate Professor

Senior Advisor

Emeritus Professors

TACHIMOTO Narifumi

NAKANISHI Masami
WADA Eitaro
HIDAKA Toshitaka
NAKAWO Masayoshi

FUKUSHIMA Yoshihiro
AKIMICHI Tomoya
KAWABATA Zen’ichiro
OSADA Toshiaki

MCGREEVY, Steven R.
KATSUHIRA Hiroshi

TACHIMOTO Narifumi
SATO Yo-Ichiro
MOJI Kazuhiko
KADA Ryohei

Associate Professor
Director, Administrative Office

NAKANO Takanori
SATO Tetsu
KUBOTA Jumpei

RIHN STAFF
DIRECTOR-GENERAL		DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL (Planning and Coordination)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL (Research)

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICEYASUNARI Tetsuzo
MALLEE, HeinTANIGUCHI Makoto

ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR

PLANNING AND COLLABORATION SECTION
HeadHIGASHI Hideaki
Deputy Head KITA Yoshifumi
General Affairs and Planning
Subsection
Head
BIVONE Junko
Clerk
KARIYA Midori
Clerk
KOGISO Ayana
Clerk
MASUDA Maho
Personnel Subsection
Head
NAGATA Yukihiro
Clerk
MATSUKI Takeyuki
Clerk
NAGATA Satoko
International Affairs Subsection
HeadZENIZUKA Rie

Collaboration Unit
Head
UEDA Yasutoshi
Research Planning Subunit
Head
YUKI Toshitake
Cooperative Research Support Subunit
HeadUEDA Yasutoshi
Clerk
SAWAMURA Takahiro
Information and Library Subunit
Chief
YAMASHITA Takayoshi

KATSUHIRA Hiroshi

ACCOUNTING SECTION

OPERATION AND AUDITING DIVISIONHeadKIMURA Makoto
Deputy Head KITAURA Toshiaki
Financial Planning Subsection
Head
TOJIMA Mitsuo
Chief
HONDA Takayuki
Clerk
KOHO Sayaka
Facility Management Subsection
Head
NAKAJIMA Kohei
S.A.Specialist ZUI Zoujin
Accounting Subsection
Head
SIHBUYA Hiroyuki
Procurement Subsection
Head
NONAMI Masatoshi
Clerk
NAKANISHI Keita

Head
KIMURA Makoto
Auditing Subunit
Head
TOJIMA Mitsuo
Chief
HONDA Takayuki51RESEARCH DEPARTMENTProgram Directors
NAKASHIZUKA Tohru Forest Ecology, Biodiversity
SAIJO Tatuyoshi
Future Design
SUGIHARA Kaoru
Economic History,
Environmental History

Professors
MIZUNO Kosuke
NAKATSUKA Takeshi
TAYASU Ichiro		
YAMAUCHI Taro

Indonesian Area Research
Biogeochemistry, Paleoclimatology
Isotope Ecology, Isotope
Environmental Science
Human Ecology

Associate Professors
KONDO Yasuhisa
MCGREEVY, Steven R.
OKUDA Noboru
YOSHIDA Takehito

Archaeology, GIS, Open Science
Environmental Sociology
Ecological Science
Ecology

NAKASHIZUKA Tohru Forest Ecology, Biodiversity
SAIJO Tatuyoshi
Future Design
SUGIHARA Kaoru
Economic History,
Environmental History

Visiting Professors

HABU Junko
HAYASHI Hiroaki
ISHIKAWA Satoshi

Earth System GovernanceFood Safety Planning
Atmospheric Chemistry
Natural Resource Management andGlobal Environmental Policy
KUSAGOU Takayoshi Action-based Development Studies
MORI Koichiro
Ecological Economics
NAKAGAMI Ken'ichi
Environmental Economics and Policy
OKABE Akiko
Architecture, Socio-cultural
Environmental studies
OMORI Yasuhiro
Visual Anthropology
RAMPISELA, Dorotea Agnes Soil and Water Management
SAKAKIBARA Masayuki Earth and Environmental Sciences
SHIBATA Akira
Rural Development,
Biomass Carbonization
SUZUKI Takami
Visual Anthropology
TANAKA Ueru
Agro-ecosystems Studies
YONEMOTO Shohei
History and Philosophy of Science

Visiting Associate Professors
ENDO Aiko

Specially Appointed Professors

FUJII Shigeo

KANIE Norichika
KASUGA Fumiko
KAWASAKI Masahiro
KOHSAKA Ryo

Water Environment and Sanitation,
Micropollutants Contamination
Environmental Anthropology,
East Asian Archaeology
Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer,
Sustainable Development Studies
Conservation Ecology,
Global Fisheries Science

KAMATANI Kaoru
KANEMOTO Keiichiro
KIKUCHI Naoki
KOZAN Osamu
MATSUDA Hirotaka
SHIRAIWA Takayuki
TAKEUCHI Kiyoshi
TERADA Masahiro
WATANABE Kazuo

Marine and Coastal Policy,
Fishery Economics
History
Industrial Ecology,
Environmental Economics
Environmental Sociology
Hydrology
Agricultural Economics,
Development Economics
Glaciology, Physical Geography
Anthropology, African Area Studies
History, Metahistory
Area Studies

Senior Researchers
MASUHARA Naoki		
TAMURA Norie

Public Administration Studies
and Energy Policy
Natural Resource Management

Researchers
FUJIYOSHI Lei
Isotope Environmental Science
HAYASHI Koji
Ecological Anthropology
HUANG, Wanhui
Regional Environmental Studies, GIS
IKEYA Tohru
Aquatic Ecology,		
Environmental Science
IMAIZUMI Aki
Agricultural Economics ,		Seed Supply System Analysis
ISHIBASHI Hiroyuki
Area Studies, Environmental Local		History
ISHIDA Takuya
Forest Environmental Science
ITO KeisukeJapanese History
KAJITA Ryosuke
Area Studies
KOBAYASHI Kunihiko International Environmental Law
KOBAYASHI Mai
Environmental Sociology
LAMBINO Ria
Adoracion Apostol Environmental		
Governance
LEE, Sanghyun
Agricultural Water Management
LI ZhenEarth and Environmental Sciences
NAKAO Seiji
Historical Anthropology
OSAWA Takamasa
Social Anthropology
OTA Kazuhiko
Japanese Environmental Ethics
RUPPRECHT, Christoph D. D. Geography
SHIBATA Rei
Forest Ecology
SHIODERA Satomi
Forest Ecology
SPIEGELBERG, Maximilian Environmental ManagementSUZUKI Haruka
Area Studies
TSUSHIMA Akane
Peleoclimatology
UEHARA YoshitoshiEcology
YAMANAKA Manabu Atmosphere-Hydrosphere Sciences

Research Associates
HONMA Saki
KARATSU Fukiko
KATSURA Tomomi
KIMURA Ayako
KOBAYASHI Yuko

KURIU Harumi
MATSUOKA Yuko
MIZUMA Sakiko
NAKAI Minami
SENDA Masako

SHIMAUCHI Risa
TESHIMA Mika
WATANABE Kirie
YAMAMOTO Aya

RIHN Center
DIRECTOR
Deputy Director		

MALLEE, HeinTAYASU Ichiro

Core Program Director TANIGUCHI Makoto

JIANG Hongwei

Heads of Divisions

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

Laboratory and Analysis Division
Information Resources Division		
Collaboration Division		
Communication and Production Division

TAYASU Ichiro
SEKINO Tatsuki
ISHII Reiichiro
ABE Ken-ichi

Professors
ABE Ken-ichi
MALLEE, Hein
SEKINO Tatsuki
TANIGUCHI Makoto
TAYASU Ichiro

Ecological Anthropology
Social ScienceInformation Science
Hydrology
Isotope Ecology, Isotope Environmental Science

Associate Professors
ISHII Reiichiro
KONDO Yasuhisa
KUMAZAWA Terukazu
NILES, Daniel
SHIN Kicheol

ONISHI Yuko

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

TANIGUCHI Makoto

TAYASU Ichiro YAMAUCHI Taro KONDO Yasuhisa KUMAZAWA Terukazu

Specially Appointed SpecialistResearchersKAMAUCHI Hiromitsu
KATO Yoshikazu
MIMURA Yutaka
SAITO Yu
SHIMADA Nahoko
YABUSAKI Shiho
YOSHIMIZU Chikage

Ecocystem Ecology, Aquatic-terrestrial Interactions
Aquatic Ecology
Architectural History, Urban History, Historical GIS
Sedimentology
Study of Ecological Thought
Isotope Hydrology
Biogeochemistry

IWAMOTO Yoko
KISHIMOTO Sayaka
KURATA Junko
OKA Masami
UEDA Sachiko
YASUDA Akiko
YUZEN Natsuko

Urban History
International Collaboration Studies

Public Relations Unit
HEAD
Members of Unit

MALLEE, Hein

ABE Ken-ichi SEKINO Tatsuki YOSHIDA Takehito KUMAZAWA Terukazu
MCGREEVY, Steven R. NILES, Daniel KIM, Satbyul

Specially Appointed Associate Professor

OSHIUMI Keiichi

International Publications Unit
HEAD
Members of Unit

Cultual Anthropology

Biogeography, Macroecology

Institutional Research Unit
HEAD
Members of Unit

KIM, Satbyul

Human Ecology

Research Associates

Assistant Professor

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

SUGIHARA Kaoru

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

TOYAMA Mari

Science Communication

Specially Appointed Specialist
WADE Shin-ichi

Research Associate
KIMURA Aoi

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- RIHN-China 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 reorganized53

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

http://www.nihu.jp/

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 Public
Relations (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 ProjectsREKIHAKU: Constructing Integrated Studies of Cultural and Research Resources, and Renovating Sharing Infrastructures of		 Research Resources in Japanese History and Culture
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		 The Archives of the Dutch Factory in Hirado		 Insights into Japan-related Overseas Artifacts and Documents of the 19th Century in Europe through Research and Use		 Research, Conservation and Utilization of the Marega Collection Preserved in the Vatican Library		 Survey, Study and Use of the Japan-related Documents and Artifacts in North America		 Coordination between Projects to Make Effective Use of Research Results

54The NIHU Headquarters and six Inter-University Research Institutes

The four Inter-University Research Institute Corporations

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 Systems
nihuINT 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

http://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.
30th: “Rediscovering the Use and Value of Japan-Related Resources Recovered in the West”, Jun 2017
31st: “Ecohealth: Healthy Living and the Environment,” Feb 2018
32nd: “How Transdisciplinary Research Facilitates Informatics and Humanities Research”, Feb 2018
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, Jan 2018		 Joint lecture with Otemachi Academia, Mar 201855

Access
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.

RIHN

RIHN Prospectus 2018-2019
Managing Editor: MALLEE, Hein
Designed by OKAZAWA Rina

Front Cover photo:

Back Cover photo:

Women carrying leaves for compost, Bhutan

Fish Pen, Laguna de Bay, Philippines

Photo by Sonam Phuntsho, Jigme Dorji National Park

Photo By TERAMOTO Shun
Flying over RIHN in the autumn sky
Photo by WATANABE Kazuo56

June 2018