Ongoing Cooperative Research Projects
    
    
      (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research by the Japan Society for the
      Promotion of Science)
    
    
      Headed by Hayashi Tadayuki: “A Comparative Study of
        Political
        Changes in Latin
        America and Central and Eastern Europe: Comparative Dynamic Analysis of
        the Processes
        of Democratic Consolidation” (2009–12) 
      Headed by Matsuzato Kimitaka: “Resurgence of Religions in Russia:
        Public Roles,
        Life Histories, and Spatial Dynamism” (2009–11) 
      Headed by Matsuzato Kimitaka: “Transnational Politics in the
        Black Sea
        Rim: Unknotting
        Religions, States, and Minorities” (2009–11) 
      Headed by Mochizuki Tetsuo: “A Comprehensive Study of the Volga
        as a
        Cultural Area
        and Her Images” (2009–11) 
      Headed by Naganawa Norihiro: “Empire and the Hajj: A View from
        Russia’s
        Muslim
        Regions, 1865–1914” (2010–12) 
      Headed by Nomachi Motoki: “A Comprehensive Study of the Kashubian
        Syntax”
        (2010–12) 
      Headed by Tonai Yuzuru: “Development of Theology in the Russian
        Orthodox Church
        and Filaret (Metropolitan of Moscow)” (2010–12) 
      Headed by Uyama Tomohiko: “Comparative History of Empires in the
        Contexts of
        Modernization and Globalization” (2009–12) 
      Headed by Wolff, David: “Northeast Asia in the Cold War: New
        Materials
        and Perspectives”
        (2009–12) 
      Headed by Aoshima Yoko: “Uniting Peoples in the Peripheries of
        the
        Russian Empire:
        A Comparative Study on Educational Policies toward the Educational
        Districts” (2009–12) 
      Headed by Goto Masanori: “Anthropological Study of the History of
        Divination and
        of Its Practice in Chuvash, Russia” (2009–11) 
      Headed by Hoshino Masashi: “Regional Income Polarization in
        China: A
        Comparative
        Analysis of East Asia and BRICs” (2009–10) 
      Headed by Itani Hiroshi: “The Historic Transition of Urban Spaces
        in
        the Peripheral
        Areas of the Soviet Union: Russian Far East, Ukraine, and Central Asia”
        (2010–11) 
      Headed by Kiyama Katsuhiko: “Archaeological Research on the Mohe
        Tribes
        in the Far
        East” (2008–12) 
      Headed by Koshino Go: “Comparative Study on Historical Novels in
        Russia, Ukraine
        and Belarus” (2009–2011) 
      Headed by Miyamoto Mari: “Political-Anthropological Study on the
        Environmental
        Governance and the Restructuring of the Value Systems of Rural
        Societies in Bhutan”
        (2010–13)