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While ICT's progress is remarkable, we need not only to develop technology, but also need to adopt and properly use it for society and economy.
This seminar discusses digital technology policies with focusing on human beings, aiming at realization of sustainable better life and better culture in the year of 2050, with viewpoints of better and more adoption of technology, and with long-term global vision.

This seminar aims to pursue the cutting-edge of public administration research. Reading the English literature, students will first learn what cutting-edge public administration research is. Given the literature review, students are asked to select a vital issue with public administration and then develop a research approach toward the issue under the supervision of the instructor.

Another activity of this seminar is fieldwork. Specifically, the seminar engages in Fujisawa City Promotion Project in which the instructor serves as a committee member. It will also implement observations in Yamanashi, Niigata, or Aomori where the population declines.

This research group explores communication strategies for consumers and organizations on various topics, mainly in marketing/consumer studies and science and technology (policy).

Our activities include (1) research projects based on the students' problem awareness and (2) original business contests in collaboration with companies and organizations. The following are examples of research projects.

(1) Research projects based on students' problem consciousness

Examples of past projects:
Marketing Communication
a) SFC's marketing
b) Digital marketing strategy
c) Corporate branding
d) Diffusion of innovation
e) SNS marketing
f) Social listening & mining
Regional Design
a) Regional development
b) Tourism business
c) Advertising business

Students will be assigned to one of the above projects and spend considerable time designing plans, conducting and managing surveys, and struggling with data. Students will spend significant time developing the project, executing and managing the research, and working with the data. Since students are the main organizers of the research group, they are expected to speak and act proactively.

Projects to be implemented after next semester
Marketing Communications
a) Corporate branding
b) SNS marketing
c) Web marketing

(2) We will hold our business contest cooperating with companies and organizations and propose measures to address the issues.

Examples of past contests
a) Marketing strategy for a museum
b) Product sales strategy for a chemical manufacturer
c) Marketing strategy for a cosmetics manufacturer
d) Growth strategy for a beverage manufacturer
e) New route development for an airline company
f) Proposal of measures for regional development utilizing local resources

This course is designed to instruct students who wish to write their papers on Legal Policies.

Social Produce in the Society5.0

We examine the structure and challenges of the Japanese government and the Diet. In addition, we observe Japan society through the classical performing arts of Japan.

Task & Games-Based Design for Language Learning & Teaching

This course will examine current theories and practices in materials design relative to task-based language learning, with a focus on games-based approaches to learning. We will examine aspects of curriculum design from needs to materials selection & design for use in second and foreign language teaching purposes.


This class is intended for those interested in second language teaching and those who are interested in and want to work in the field of applied linguistics as language educators or researchers. Prior knowledge of second language acquisition, teaching, or other relevant fields is recommended, but not required.


The course will utilize a mix of online lecture and in-person discussion and groupwork that is designed to explore new perspectives in teaching and task design. Student participation and preparation is essential to success in the class.


NOTE: This class will incorporate a hybrid style of instruction. Students will meet regularly on-campus each week (provided it is safe to do so), supplemented by online lectures, readings, and assignments. Those who are unable to participate in person on-campus can and should join via Zoom or other online platforms, though in-person attendance is highly recommended.

Research in Second Language Learning & Teaching: Ecological & Sociocultural Approaches to Task-Based Learning

This course will examine the interaction between second language acquisition and the learning environment with a focus on task-, project-, and games-based language teaching. The fall seminar looks more closely at theories of learning and research methods, though pedagogy and practical applications will also be explored. We will examine aspects of second language acquisition relative to sociocultural theory, including ecology & semiotics, sociolinguistics, activity theory, values-realizing, and dynamic approaches to assessment and teaching.

This class is intended for those interested in second language teaching and those who are interested in and want to work in the field of applied linguistics as language educators or researchers. Prior knowledge of second language acquisition, teaching, or other relevant fields is recommended, but not required.

The course will be held primarily in the classroom in a face-to-face format, supplemented through online collaborative and individual task-based projects. This class adopts a traditional seminar-style of instruction, with student-led discussions and engagement with the material. To that end, participation and preparation are essential to success in the class.

Research in Second Language Learning & Teaching: Task-Based Research Methods

This course will examine approaches to conducting and interpreting research in the field of Task-based Language Teaching and Learning. The class is intended for those interested in second language teaching and those who want to work in the field of applied linguistics as language educators or researchers.
The content of the class will explore topics in research design and methods using tasks for foreign language learning purposes. Topics will cover a variety of areas, including both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis, with a focus on classroom- and practical-based research applications for teachers and educators. Students will be expected to design their own task for research purposes, collect pilot research, and analyze and report results.

This course will adopt a traditional seminar-style of instruction, with student-led discussions and engagement with the material. To that end, participation and preparation are essential to success in the class.

Second Language Teaching: Games-Based Learning

This course will survey second and foreign language teaching methods with a focus on task- and games-based approaches and research. This class is intended for those interested in second language teaching and those who want to work in the field of applied linguistics as language educators or researchers.

The content of the class with introduce task-based teaching, but then focus on a specific and recent aspects of task-based learning using games. Topics for the class will cover a wide number of second language learning areas, including pragmatics, motivation, acquisition, assessment, and more, integrating both research-based and practical (i.e., teaching) applications for the material.

The course will be a mix of lecture, discussion, and groupwork that is designed to introduce new ideas, discuss and think through concepts from a contextualized and student-based perspective of second language teaching, and engage in content through hands-on activities. Student participation and preparation is essential to success in the class.

Second Language Pedagogy: Teaching Methods

This course will survey second and foreign language classroom teaching methods, approaches, and research. This course is designed for those interested in language teaching & learning and will examine the major topics in the field of language teaching, including approaches to teaching different skills, language curriculum, and assessment. No prior teaching experience is required for participation in the course (though an interest in teaching is recommended).

The goal of the class is to examine language in use and the development of materials, assessments, and learning environments for teaching and research purposes, primarily for English as a foreign, international, or second language purposes. Class will be held in the classroom in a face-to-face format and supports a traditional seminar-style of instruction, with student-led discussions and engagement with the material. To that end, participation and preparation are essential to success in the class.

Research in Second Language Learning & Teaching: Testing & Assessment

This course will examine and familiarize students with the theoretical and practical issues involved in second language assessment. Activities and discussions will be centered around practical concepts for designing, analyzing, and interpreting tests for use in language contexts. The main topics of the course include test uses (large-scale and classroom-based), design and analysis, score reliability, validation, and fairness & ethics.

The above topics will be further considered in relation to current and historical approaches to second language pedagogy, examining test use and design in the context of curriculum development, task-based learning, and matching test design to target language uses. Regular weekly readings and online assignments prior to class are required to familiarize students with the content

This course will be held in the classroom and will adopt a traditional seminar-style of instruction, with student-led discussions and engagement with the material. To that end, participation and preparation are essential to success in the class.

This seminar will focus on environment and disaster risk reduction, with specific emphasis on examples from community development and community empowerment in Asia. Asia has the highest population and density, and the region has different crucial issues of high economic development, differential poverty, and environmental issues. To address this complex issue, it needs to be linked to human security, environmental management and disaster risk reduction. Since environment and disaster issues are interlinked, to address this problem in an integrated way, it is important to understand stakeholder participation. This seminar will aims at learning on community empowerment and community development and its relation with environment and disaster risk reduction.

This seminar will focus on different issues of environment, disaster and development in Asia

This seminar will focus on environment and disaster risk reduction, with specific emphasis on examples from community development and community empowerment in Asia. Asia has the highest population and density, and the region has different crucial issues of high economic development, differential poverty, and environmental issues. To address this complex issue, it needs to be linked to human security, environmental management and disaster risk reduction. Since environment and disaster issues are interlinked, to address this problem in an integrated way, it is important to understand stakeholder participation. This seminar will aims at learning on community empowerment and community development and its relation with environment and disaster risk reduction.

This laboratory lecture will be a computer science-based adventure and challenge. The activity consists of three phases, but only the first phase will be conducted in this lecture. In the first phase, students will (a) understand elementary computer systems, (b) learn elementary programming, and (c) investigate technology trends.

(a) For elementary computer systems, students are required to read the following textbook independently.

1. Thomas H, Cormen, Charles E, Leiserson, Ronald L, Rivest and Clifford Stein: Introduction to Algorithms, The MIT Press, 2022.
2. Remzi H, Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau, Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces.
3. Avi Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan: Database System Concepts. McGraw-Hill, 2019.
4. M. van Steen and A. S. Tanenbaum, Distributed Systems, 4th ed., distributed-systems. net, 2023.
5. Randal E. Bryant and David R. O'Hallaron: Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective
6. Gerhard Weikum and Gottfried Vossen: Transactional information systems: theory, algorithms, and the practice of concurrency control and recovery. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc.
7. Natural Language Processing with Transformers: Building Language Applications With Hugging Face
8. David Diez, Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel, Christopher Barr, and OpenIntro: OpenIntro Statistics.

(b) In order to learn elementary programming, students are required to solve competition programming problems using AtCoder. The students must solve the problems given to them.

(c) Students are required to select interesting articles from ACM, IEEE, Nature, Science, and other journals, understand the contents of the articles, and present them. The presentation must be an attractive talk that the audience will find “interesting.”

Note that the second phase is to conduct incremental research and get acceptance from a journal (if you publish 2 journals, you can earn PhD at Keio University), and the third phase is to write a paper that can withstand rigorous peer review by top conferences/journals. These will be conducted individually with the faculty.

We read the following book about transaction processing.

Gerhard Weikum and Gottfried Vossen. 2001. Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA.

Research into Quantum Computing and Quantum Internet. Theory, simulation, programming of real quantum computers, quantum networking experiments.
We also work on Quantum Education and support the domestic and international Quantum Community.

We read the following book about transaction processing.

Gerhard Weikum and Gottfried Vossen. 2001. Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA.

We read the following book about transaction processing.

Gerhard Weikum and Gottfried Vossen. 2001. Transactional Information Systems: Theory, Algorithms, and the Practice of Concurrency Control and Recovery. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA.

We read the following book about transaction processing.

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 3/E (CS:APP3e)

We read the following book about transaction processing.

Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective, 3/E (CS:APP3e)

In this seminar which will be held in English, we will deal with current or historic social, cultural, political and economic developments with a focus on German-speaking or other European countries, possibly in comparison with third countries. Students choose individual research topics after consultation with peers and teacher in class, regularly report about their progress and get feedback. All students are expected to do a final presentation in class and to write a seminar paper (in English or German). There is particular interest in Film, Literature, Society, Gender, Language Education, Politics, European Union, but other areas are possible, please consult with teacher. Students’ research topics in former semesters included migration, social movements or animal rights, for example. Students taking this seminar should be interested in exchange with others and in practicing their academic skills. The seminar will take place on campus.

This seminar, conducted in English, focuses on international relations, international security and contemporary European politics.

This seminar, conducted in English, focuses on international relations, international security and contemporary European politics.