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Language and culture are not inseparable. Thus, language immersion week allows students to experience the Indonesian culture through language based activities through the program. Activities are designed thematically to ensure that students are capable to use Indonesian language. The activities are done to improve Indonesian language skills in a fun and supportive atmosphere. Students are encouraged to have culture encounter online or off line with Indonesian students or community.

This project will be carried out to gain a deeper understanding about people living in different cultures and societies through interaction and dialogue with local people in Indonesia.
There are two main activities. One is to pay attention to various social issues related to religions, especially Islam, in Indonesia, which has the world's largest Muslim population. The other is to learn about the diversity of Indonesia by visiting both Jakarta as a capital city, and Makassar in Sulawesi island. In particular, we will visit to educational institutions for youth and Islam-related organizations. I hope the exchange and interaction between the participants from SFC and young people who are about the same ages as them will be the foundation for future academic collaboration and networking between both countries. In addition, the participants will touch and experience the local people’s lives by visiting to and conducting interviews with them.
During the project, the participants will work in groups. Each group will set a theme, conduct a 10-day fieldwork, and make a presentation on the final day.
The expected participants are the students in Nonaka lab and who take Malay-Indonesian classes, however, those who are interested in and highly motivated, are also welcomed. (If the number of applicants exceeds the capacity, priority will be given to Nonaka lab’s members and those who have taken the Malay-Indonesian courses.)
Please contact in advance if you are not a student in Nonaka lab and in any Malay-Indonesian language class.
The participants are required to attend the pre-orientation in the 3-5th period of Feb 6.

This special research seminar examines how second languages (L2) are used in context. To be specific, we will survey how learners use L2 in speech acts, storytelling, discourse and conversation activities. In so doing, we will consider learners' first languages, proficiency level and learning environment as possible factors influencing their performances.
The lecture and discussion will be conducted mainly in Japanese, but a majority of the articles assigned for the course will be in English. The seminar will be open to both Japanese and foreign students at graduate or undergraduate level. It would be beneficial to have a basic understanding of the theories of second language acquisition (SLA). We will have guest speakers' lectures during this summer seminar.
Prior to the start of the seminar, each participant should prepare themselves by reading all the assigned articles. We will assign readings to seminar participants one week prior to the start of the seminar. Participants are expected to familiarise themselves with those articles so they can actively contribute to discussions in the seminar.
As a final project, students will design a pilot study, identifying relevant background literature and appropriate methods for the collection of data. They will present the above on the last day of the seminar.

This lecture will enhance the understanding of the essence of social marketing and its trends.

Mainly from the fields of sports psychology and ergonomics, we will examine basic human behavioral characteristics through eye movement measurements, behavioral analysis, and subjective evaluation methods in various environments. In the class, we will analyze the current situation, construct the experimental environment, plan the research conditions, conduct and analyze the experiment, and present and critique the research.

This course is designed to improve the data analysis skills of Kuwabara Kenkyukai students. It is intended to provide an introduction to rational decision-making based on data after understanding and evaluating data. This course focuses on multivariate analysis techniques for classification purposes. Topics covered include quantitative and qualitative data representation and summary statistics, correlation and principal components, factor analysis, and covariance structure analysis.

The focus is on mastery of concepts and interpretation of data and statistical analysis results rather than detailed computational techniques.

Public biology databases have expanded rapidly throughout recent years, having significant impact on the progress of modern biology. Bioinformatics is an essential tool when managing those data and have potential in being applied to various biology topics. Through the project, students will become able to understand and utilize practical data science skills, producing reproduceable and reliable research results using open-source tools. The project will help students acquire basic knowledge and skill of bioinformatics throughout the use of tools such as Unix Shell and RStudio.
Throughout the project, students will apply the acquired bioinformatics skills to their individual research projects. Topics cover a variety of topics relating to urban microbiome, microbiology of the built environment (MoBE), antimicrobial resistance (AMR), biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs), mobile genetic elements (MGEs) such as plasmids and viruses, zoonotic pathogens responsible for the emergence of infectious diseases in both humans and animals, one health, and cancer. The projects aim to utilize bioinformatics to make discoveries or solve issues related to each student’s research question.

September 1st of this year marks the 100-year since the Great Kanto Earthquake. Large earthquakes of magnitude (M) 8 at the Sagami Trough are thought to occur on a cycle of about 200 years, and past data show that M7 earthquakes frequently occur in the last 100 years, which means that a M7 earthquake directly below the Tokyo metropolitan area could occur at any time

In this project, we will learn how to mitigate the possibility of being a victim of an earthquake (crisis management as software) and how to take care of the mental state of each individual.
Except for hardware disaster prevention such as seawall construction and earthquake-resistant design, crisis management can be generally classified into technical skills and non-technical skills (soft skills). For example, in the aviation industry, where aircraft accidents have long been studied, it has become clear that soft skills, such as the ability to communicate with the co-pilot and cabin crew, play an extremely important role in ensuring safe operations, in addition to technical skills such as piloting skills. The same has been pointed out in the analysis of medical accidents. Non-technical skills, which are often overlooked in crisis management, are an important element in organizational crisis management.

In this project, we will study technical and non-technical skills using the airline industry as an example, and aim to gain a deep understanding of the fact that safety is ensured by both wheels and that "safety culture" is at the root of safety culture, and to become human resources who can take charge of safety culture themselves. The course also aims to provide practical training in Psychological Fast Aid (PFA), which can be regarded as first aid for the mind in the event of a disaster.

We will build a software system that acquires sensor data such as images, sounds, and acceleration from real space and people, and processes them intelligently. Students will build, evaluate, and write a paper on a software system that acquires and intelligently processes sensor data such as images, sounds, and acceleration from real space and people. Students will participate in research projects conducted by their supervisors. Students will participate in research projects conducted by their supervisors to promote practical research and development.

During the program period, participants will learn practical research methods through the implementation of practical research projects that apply advanced technologies. The fields of study will be robotics, web, AR/VR, and video production, but students who wish to work in other fields may consult with us on an individual basis. At the beginning of the semester, students will set specific project goals and conduct individual or team research projects, presenting the theme, survey, interim presentation, final presentation, and term paper.

Mainly from the fields of sports psychology and ergonomics, we will examine basic human behavioral characteristics through eye movement measurements, behavioral analysis, and subjective evaluation methods in various environments. In the class, we will analyze the current situation, construct the experimental environment, plan the research conditions, conduct and analyze the experiment, and present and critique the research.

This special research project is an introductory subject to Korean Studies. Needless to say, it is essential to understand Korean from the perspective of regional research to study South Korea and its extended areas. On the other hand, learning Korean may further develop into the study of the language itself, that is, the study of Korean. In this project, for those who have taken Korean language, we will specifically learn the pattern of developing Korean language into (1) area studies and (2) the pattern of developing it as research on the language itself.
Although the full-time faculty members of the Korean language laboratory have different research fields, we will explain how they face Korean and conduct daily research as a research tool and as a research target, with episodes. A mini-lecture by graduate students (master's and doctoral) is also planned.
Lectures by guests invited from outside include (1) graduates who learned Korean at SFC as beginners and are still active in society using Korean, and (2) former full-time teachers who were in charge of Korean language education at SFC. (3) Researchers who practice language and regional studies have been on the stage so far. In this project, we will watch some interesting Korean movies and deepen our understanding of Korea in recent years through movies.
Students will carry out group work when their intellectual curiosity about Korean society has increased. Students who have similar interests will form a group, conduct research activities, and then give a group presentation. After having a discussion with all participants, prepare and submit a personal research report.
Through a series of work, it is our hope that students will be able to rediscover the significance and goals of learning Korean and discover each "way" that will lead to further research activities.

During the program period, participants will learn practical research methods through the implementation of practical research projects that apply advanced technologies. The fields of study will be robotics, web, AR/VR, and video production, but students who wish to work in other fields may consult with us on an individual basis. At the beginning of the semester, students will set specific project goals and conduct individual or team research projects, presenting the theme, survey, interim presentation, final presentation, and term paper.

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.

Social firms have proven to be beneficial for people with disabilities in terms of employment opportunities and healthy lifestyles. However, these new initiatives face many challenges in terms of involving local stakeholders, job matching, commercialization, and expansion of sales channels. While social farms are secluded and rich in nature, they are also required to revitalize the community as a place for people of diverse backgrounds, health tourism, and slow-living community development, rather than a closed life within the community. Therefore, this project aims to create a better town where the diversity of people can coexist by conducting on-site surveys and working with social farm operators to solve the issues.

This special project will conduct interview surveys regarding health, the status of physical activity, sports implementation, and the role sports play in　community formation. Through this interview survey, this project will discover social issues by contacting people of various backgrounds.
Then, through group discussions and advice from practitioners, we will accept a variety of ideas, learn a series of processes from the creation of ideas
necessary for social implementation to the planning and execution of new projects.

The goal of this course is to help students understand the role of the judiciary.

Resesign of Social Business System and Business Model

We will build a software system that acquires sensor data such as images, sounds, and acceleration from real space and people, and processes them intelligently. Students will build, evaluate, and write a paper on a software system that acquires and intelligently processes sensor data such as images, sounds, and acceleration from real space and people. Students will participate in research projects conducted by their supervisors. Students will participate in research projects conducted by their supervisors to promote practical research and development.

The aim of this project is to deepen sensorimotor physiological studies. In the first half, we will review various types of articles and try to find core of these studies, interpret their methodologies, and sophisticate your own research ideas. In the second half, we will construct analyzing programs using Matlab software. Note that the project is basically performed online, but some students will come to K2 campus and do recordings together with the faculty.

Mainly from the fields of sports psychology and ergonomics, we will examine basic human behavioral characteristics through eye movement measurements, behavioral analysis, and subjective evaluation methods in various environments. In the class, we will analyze the current situation, construct the experimental environment, plan the research conditions, conduct and analyze the experiment, and present and critique the research.

This course focuses on a study of legal issues toward robot symbiotic society. Students will be able to understand of the research regarding 'Communicative intelligent systems towards a human-machine symbiotic society'. Communicative intelligent systems will enable various home appliances and robots to operate autonomously and to establish a symbiotic relationship with humans by using conversation to confirm each other's intentions and desires. Through lectures and exercises, students will acquire the latest knowledge in this new academic field, and discuss and analyse new legal issues.

Drug therapy is one of the major therapeutic methods in cancer treatment. While various anticancer drugs have been developed, we always confront the issues of drug refractory or acquired drug resistance. Hence, it is warranted to discover biomarkers that can predict the effect of drugs in advance. In this project, we will search for genes which expression levels correlate with the sensitivity to anticancer drugs using cancer cell line databases.
Students will learn how to use cancer cell line database (CellMinerCDB and others). Through these analyses, students will learn how anti-cancer agents act, and about DNA repair.

For those who can use Arduino and Processing to prototype interactive objects, this course will provide the skills to design and build prototypes using machine tools: 3D CAD, printed circuit board prototyping, and advanced motor control.
The goal is to acquire basic skills in February and more advanced skills in March, and to make a prototype with acquired skills.

In this course, students will learn how to describe their ongoing activities in a multilingual and multicultural society and Japanese language education using qualitative research methodology and to disseminate the results of their research. Students are expected to prepare for this class by doing the assignments based on the assigned books and giving presentations on their research topics. Discussions will be held in class based on each student's presentation.