Deletion of Yoko Hirose

Comment: Could not find enough to establish notability under . Does not seem to pass  either. Could become notable in the future, but not there yet. The author apparently publishes primarily in English. Yet there are few entries and holdings based on WorldCat, and very few citations. As noted by Crusio, the grant is not enough to meet  criterion #2 (highly prestigious academic award or honor at a national or international level). Similarly, the fellowship is not a the level required to meet  criterion #3 (elected member of a highly selective and prestigious scholarly society or association; fellow of a major scholarly society for which that is a highly selective honor
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:BIO||WP:PROF||WP:PROF)

Comment: Meets  criteria, received a notable honor - the Akino Memorial Research Project on Central Asia from the UN University in Japan (''The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict over Karabakh'', p. 11). Japanese sites which mention: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies|TUFS, http://www.tufs.ac.jp/common/pg/pcs/globalcampus/index.php/event_report/32/ here and http://www.tufs.ac.jp/common/pg/pcs/gp/event/indexe.html here, http://www.digitalasia.sfc.keio.ac.jp/member2_en.html Digitalasia.sfc.keio.ac.jp, http://src-home.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/eng/calender-2007se.html Src-home.slav.hokudai.ac.jp
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:BIO)

Comment: per Crusio. The grant from the UN University in Japan appears to be basically a regular research grant, not of the kind that would satisfy criterion 2 of . There is relatively little in the record to indicate passing any of the other criteria of  (as Crusio notes, publishing papers and speaking at conferences are regular academic activities, done even by the most junior academics). It may be that we are missing some sources in Japanese that cover her work but somebody would still have to find and identify them
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:PROF||WP:PROF)

Comment: Relatively junior academic, associate professor. No indication that the award received is notable. The links given by Brandmeister show that she has been a speaker at a symposium, is a member of "Digital Asia Regional Reserch (sic) Center", and has presented a seminar at the Slavic Research Center of Hokkaido University. The references in the article show that she has published. All of these activities are normal for any academic, nothing shows that she's above the average. Perhaps she will become notable in a few years, but WP is not a |crystal ball
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:CRYSTAL)