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To learn about legal practices through observing of the trials and visiting to bar association halls. Also, by analyzing important judicial precedents, students will learn the roles and functions of law in actual society.

To learn about legal practices through observing of the trials and visiting to bar association halls. Also, by analyzing important judicial precedents, students will learn the roles and functions of law in actual society.

Yakushima is an island located in the south of Kyushu with a circumference of 160 km. It is a rare island with seven mountains over 1,800 m, including Mt. Miyanoura (1,936 m), the highest peak in Kyushu, and vegetation ranging from the laurel forest zone to the subalpine zone. This varied natural environment supports rich biodiversity. In this class, students will understand the natural environment of Yakushima and study its biota.

One of the most important characteristics of life is that it is active and continues to be active. By acting, living systems interact with the environment and maintain their own existence in the environment. In this project, we will use computer simulations to explore the dynamic behavior of living systems and to understand their operating principles.

This project will conduct research on the theme of how individuals, who are both residents and workers, should be proactively involved in industrial promotion as a survival strategy for local governments, and what role they should play in the success or failure of industrial promotion as a whole. Through this theme, we aim to delve into one specific relationship to understand the theme of this study group, "Considering the future of the relationship between individuals, organizations, and society with regard to work. Specifically, 1) each group will conduct preliminary research on the target municipality based on learning from previous studies, 2) fieldwork will be conducted by actually visiting the municipality in question to grasp actual conditions that cannot be seen through desktop research, and 3) a final report will be written. The target municipalities will be decided in the future.

The structure of rural society in China varies among North, Central, and South China. However, it has not yet been fully examined as to what differences exist at the village level and how to analyze regional disparities. This seminar will extract village data from the local historical literature and analyze the differences between villages with a focus on the following five points: (1) the number of households and population, (2) relationship between families and villages, (3) land ownership, (4) distance between villages, and (5) economic condition and geographical environment.

Students are required to read basic reference s on the politics and economics of rural society during the period from the 1930s to the 1950s , and attend the discussions on Chinese social transformation.

Re-design design proposals designed using analog methods in the design studios and other design studios that have been taken in the past using algorithmic design methods.

We will focus on economic policy. In particular, our focus is 1) industrial policy, ii) trade policy, and iii) national security policy. After studying industrial and trade policies, we will measure the effectiveness of those policies by looking at empirical studies. Then, we will be studying what national security policy is, what kind of policy tools are being used globally. As an example, we will analyze Japanese economic policies regarding semiconductors.

This special research project is mainly carried out as fieldwork for participants of Research Seminar B(2) 'German Studies' and Research Seminar B(1) 'Rethinking the Modern Family'. The fieldwork is carried out on-site by visiting sites and facilities, and collecting literature in the field under the guidance of the course coordinator.

This project provides students with an opportunity to econometrics and time series analysis to real economic data. Paying special attention to the applied side of econometrics/time series, we will be using state-space models and VARs for forecasting and decomposition. Each student will analyze financial markets, macroeconomics, and so on.

Actual construction of the landscape designed in "SBC Practice (Landscape)" in the spring semester of 2023

Oze National Park is located in Gunma, Tochigi, Niigata, and Fukushima prefectures, and is a relatively new national park that was separated from Nikko National Park in 2007. The park is characterized by mountainous areas such as Mt. Shibutsu and wetlands such as Ozegahara. Ozegahara, in particular, is a wetland relatively close to the Tokyo metropolitan area, where visitors can enjoy wetland plants such as Asian skunk cabbage, attracting many tourists. In recent years, however, the number of visitors has been declining, characterized by the fact that elderly people account for the majority of visitors. In this project, participants will study the natural environment of Oze National Park and discuss its conservation and tourism as a means of regional development.

We will research rural landscape as a regional asset by surveying the landscape of rural villages, interviewing local residents, and talking to the local government in Kamiyama-cho, Nasai-gun, Tokushima Prefecture.
As the concept of "cultural landscape" suggests, a landscape is an expression of the overall system that includes the natural environment of the area and the livelihood of its inhabitants, and its preservation requires "dynamic conservation" to maintain and pass on the system that makes the landscape possible. However, the system itself has not been visualized in an easy-to-understand form, nor have methods and value criteria been established to determine what is to be preserved in the local landscape. Careful investigation, analysis, examination, and discussion are necessary to understand the local landscape.
Kamiyama is known for the beauty of its mountainous rural landscape of terraced rice paddies, terraced fields, and farmland along the Ayukuro River, but with plans to attract satellite offices of IT companies and a private technical college, rapid changes in the local landscape are expected. Currently, the town is considering formulating its first landscape plan.
In this project, with the cooperation of the Kamiyama Tsunagu Public Corporation, we will stay in Kamiyama to conduct a landscape survey of the area and prepare basic data for the study of the landscape plan. Through the survey, the participants will also learn fieldwork methods.

Making furniture designed in SBC Practice (Architecture A) in the fall of 2021.

In this project, we are going to explore the method for the student-coaches who want to motivate the athletes to lead them achieve their own goals with the psychological approach. The research targets enrolled in this attempt are the students who take charge of coaching for the sport team members of SFC. The student-coaches apt to be caught in dilemmas because they are not the managers but also not the players. They do not have much power as the managers have, and they are on an equal footing with the players. However, they are required to instruct the team members. Given these circumstances with the dilemmas, what kinds approaches effective for student-coaches to get the players motivated? We are going to pursue the efficacious methods through the practical examinations.

This special research project is comprised of the following three activities:
(i) Conduct a 3 nights/4 days fieldwork at Ueda city, Nagano Prefecture,
(ii) Co-write a new development proposal for the city under population decline,
(iii) Prepare for a presentation at the Public Policy Forum, the policy competition hosted by the Public Policy Studies Association Japan (PPSAJ).

In this project, we will conduct research on the development of assessments to identify the causes of children’s poor school performance. Conventional achievement tests have tended to be used to uniformly measure each child and rank them within a class, or to score and grasp their level of understanding of each unit. In reality, however, there is great diversity in children's learning. This project explores the development of assessments that will allow teachers to visualize children's difficulties in learning from multiple perspectives. The majority of activities will be conducted in person, but online classes will be used as needed and appropriate. The ultimate goal will be for groups to develop assessments for upper elementary and middle school students. The final session will be presented in the classroom.

This is a special class where you will spend three days immersed in Arabic with native Arabic speakers and TAs. The goal is not only to improve language skills, but also to deepen understanding of Arab culture through various workshops.

One of the most essential characteristics of life is that it is active and continues to be active. By acting, living systems interact with the environment and maintain their existence in the environment. In this project, we will use computer simulations to explore living systems' dynamic behavior and understand their operating principles.

In this research project, students who have learned the basic concepts, ideas, methods, and transition of social marketing will work on specific product development while conducting various surveys, research, and development activities with the support of government agencies, companies, and social welfare corporations with which they have cooperative relationships.

This program is designed for beginners in electronics and programming, which are the elements of mechatronics, to acquire more advanced skills through practice.

Guided fieldwork course in Ghana. You will be guided through the process of creating a research (budget) plan, fund raise, write an interview guide/questionnaire, implement a survey, monitor and evaluate the fieldwork/survey/research you have conducted.

This course will provide a chance to acquire advanced skills for mechatronics.
The goal is to acquire basic skills in February and more advanced skills in March, and to make a prototype with acquired skills.

Research on deep learning-based autoregressive and generative models has made remarkable progress in recent years. Moreover, it is being applied not only by researchers but also by artists, musicians, and performers in creative manners. After a hands-on lecture, students will work in groups to create their artworks/music in this seminar.

This Special Research Project B aims to acquire the outstanding skills necessary to explore the perception science of spatial and textural information. In particular, we will focus on developing practical skills and understanding the fundamentals of psychophysical measurement methods and mathematical psychology. We will deal with perceptual and cognitive phenomena such as space perception, shitsukan perception, vection, perception and motion, and memory. We will touch on mathematical model construction and mathematical models using differential equations and linear algebra.
- Candidate cases to be handled
Seno, T., Sawai, K. I., Kanaya, H., Wakebe, T., Ogawa, M., Fujii, Y., & Palmisano, S. (2017). The oscillating potential model of visually induced vection. i-Perception, 8(6), 2041669517742176. https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669517742176
Rioul, O., & Guiard, Y. (2012). Power vs. logarithmic model of Fitts’ law A mathematical analysis. Mathématiques et sciences humaines. Mathematics and social sciences, (199), 85-96.
Kim, J., & Anderson, B. L. (2010). Image statistics and the perception of surface gloss and lightness. Journal of Vision, 10(9), 3. https://doi.org/10.1167/10.9.3
London, I. D. (1950). An ideal equation derived for a class of forgetting curves. Psychological Review, 57(5), 295–302. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0058996
Mori, M. & Watanabe T. (2018). Anisotropy in gaze perceptional space. The Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science, 37(1), 29-40. https://doi.org/10.14947/psychono.37.3 (In Japanese)