GRADUATE SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION STUDIES
- International Development Studies Course (Master’s Program)
- International Security Studies Course (Master’s Program)
- International Development Studies Course (Doctoral Program)
- International Security Studies Course (Doctoral Program)
- Purpose and basic policy on educational research
- Guideline on Graduate School Entrance Examination 2023
International Development Studies Course (Master’s Program)
Topics of master’s theses (for 2021)
- Utilization of big data for the company
- Islamophobia in China ―Comparative study with Western countries-
- A Study on the Influence of Influencers’ Word-of-Mouth Advertising Evaluation on Users’ Product Evaluation ―Focusing on the attributes of word-of-mouth advertising content by influencers―
- Research on strategy of revitalizing northeast China through the collaboration of “Live commerce” and “One Village One Product”
- The study of suprer -preferential policies of overseas students in china —from the perspective of local College students in China―
- A study on the development and challenges of the Chinese film industry
- Parent-child relationships under pressure from expectation mechanisms ―From the Perspective of Pursuing Chinese Style Education―
- Development of the Esports Industry in Japan
- The role of new media in China’s social development ——Centered on the role of weibo in public opinion dissemination——
- Japanese renewable energy policy implementation towards international climate change agreement
- A Study on the Use and Reuse of Water Resources in Xi’an, China.
- A Study on Job Hunting Activities of Chinese Students in Japan ―Focus on the recruitment system of Japan-China graduates and the willingness of oversea students who return to their home countries―
- A Research on China’s cross-border EC market ―The Country-of-Origin Effects and Consumer Characteristics―
- Research on environmental regulations and corporate responses in China ―Focusing on the case of the Hebei iron and steel industry―
- Quality education for public school and present condition in Nepal
- Research on the development of cashless society in both Japan and China ―Focusing on case analysis of major payment platforms―
- Can the Ikebukuro Chinatown Concept be Realized?
- Research on the Structure of China’s Endowment Insurance
- A comparative study between disaster management of tourism in Indonesia and Japan
- Taiwan’s Frozen Edamame Industry -A Study on Imported Frozen Edamame from Taiwan in the Japanese Edamame Market-
- A Research on the Development and Effectiveness of Introducing EC in China’s Poverty Alleviation
Credits and Degrees
Master’s Program |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Requirements for completion |
Number of credits to be obtained |
|||
Economic Development Field |
Required |
Economic development seminar |
No credits granted |
At least 30 credits in total |
Compulsory elective |
Economic development |
At least 14 credits |
||
Elective |
Area Studies A & B |
At least 6 credits |
||
Elective |
Common to each field |
At least 6 credits |
||
Research guidance |
master’s thesis |
Requirements for completion |
Number of credits to be obtained |
|||
---|---|---|---|---|
Area Studies A Field |
Required |
Area Studies A seminar |
No credits granted |
At least 30 credits in total |
Compulsory elective |
Area Studies A & B |
At least 12 credits |
||
Elective |
Economic development |
At least 8 credits |
||
Elective |
Common to each field |
At least 6 credits |
||
Research guidance |
master’s thesis |
Degrees can be received by obtaining credits in classes provided in Japanese or English.

Master (International Development)
Courses and teachers in the master’s program (as of April, 2022)
Educational |
Class subjects |
Credits |
Teachers |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Economic development | ● | Demography | 2 | ARATAME Natsumi |
● | Development Economics (Economics and Contemporary Asia) | 2 | YAGUCHI Yue | |
● | International Trade Policy | 2 | SHIINO Kohei | |
● | Comparative Political System (Development and Democratization) | 2 | KAI Nobuyoshi | |
Transitional Economy Studies | 2 | DU Jin | ||
International Finance | 2 | TOKUHARA Satoru | ||
● | Development Cooperation (Theory and Strategy) | 2 | ITO Susumu | |
● | International Environmental Cooperation | 2 | HARASHIMA Yohei | |
Institution Development | 2 | SAHARA Takayuki | ||
Management of Development Project (Case Studies) | 2 | TOKUNAGA Tatsumi | ||
Development NGO | 2 | AIZAWA Yoshio | ||
Development Strategy (Growth,Poverty,and the Environment) |
2 | Not offered | ||
● | International Cooperation on Agriculture | 2 | Not offered | |
● | Local Development | 2 | UKEDA Hiroyuki | |
Seminar on Economic Development | 2 | All the supervising professors | ||
Area Studies A | ● | Studies on Chinese Economy | 2 | DU Jin |
● | Japan-China relations | 2 | OKADA Minoru | |
Studies on Chinese Industry | 2 | WANG Shuguang | ||
● | Southeast Asia Studies (Development and ASEAN’s Strategy) | 2 | YOSHINO Fumio | |
Korea Studies (History and People) | 2 | Not offered | ||
NIES Studies | 2 | MOON Daewoo | ||
● | South Asia Studies (Modern Economy) | 2 | SHIINO Kohei | |
Oceania Studies | 2 | TAKAHASHI RYO | ||
Latin America Studies | 2 | TAKESHITA Koujiro | ||
Europe Studies | 2 | YOKOYAMA Makio | ||
● | Japanese Economy | 2 | YOSHINO Fumio | |
Society and Culture in Japan | 2 | ARATAME Natsumi | ||
● | Japanese Studies (Social Structure, Social Change and Development) | 2 | Not offered | |
Seminar on Area Studies A | – | Each tutor | ||
Common to each field | ● | Research Methods (Quantitative Analysis) | 2 | Not offered |
● | Research Methods (Qualitative Analysis) | 2 | INADA Masaya | |
● | Project Planning and Evaluation Methods | 2 | SAHARA Takayuki | |
● | International Economics | 2 | TOKUHARA Satoru | |
Economic Theory | 2 | MOTEGI Hajime | ||
Joint Seminar | 2 | Multiple teachers | ||
Literature Reading 1 (English) | 2 | KAI Nobuyoshi | ||
Literature Reading 2 (Chinese) | 2 | Not offered | ||
Literature Reading 3 (Japanese) | 2 | TOKUHARA Satoru | ||
Methodology of Social Science Studies | 2 | SATO Heigo | ||
Sector Development Studies | 2 | Not offered | ||
● | International Japanese Culture (1) | 2 | Vassili MOLODIAKOV | |
● | Cross Cultural Communication | 2 | Pema GYALPO | |
SDGs and International Development | 2 | ISHIKAWA Kazuyoshi |
≪Notes≫
- *The class subjects with the ● mark are provided in both Japanese and English.
International Security Studies Course (Master’s Program)
Topics of master’s theses (for 2021)
- Transformation of alliances and creation of a new security community
- The value of the Northern Territories to Russia – Background to the difficulties in territorial negotiations –
- U.S. Economic Security for People’s Republic of China -Focusing on the policies adopted by U.S. since 2010s -
- A study of “ Hybrid Warfare” as discourse and its meaning – The threat of non-military means and its mythology –
- A study on the peace and stability o f the Taiwan Strait ―Focusing on “maintaining the status quo” of cross-strait relations―
- The Legacy of the Russian Empire Influencing Modern Russia ― Reconsideration through geopolitics, religion, history, and mentality ―
- A Consideration on the way to live in harmony with a minority –In terms of marriage and the interpretation of Islamic law in Muslim Filipino society–
- The Logistics of the British and Japanese Armies in the Invasion of Malaya
Credits and Degrees
Master’s Program |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Requirements for completion |
Number of credits to be obtained |
|||
National Security and Crisis Management Field |
Required |
National security and crisis management seminar |
No credits granted |
At least 30 credits in total |
Compulsory elective |
National security and crisis management |
At least 14 credits |
||
Elective |
Area Studies A & B |
At least 8 credits |
||
Elective |
Common to each field |
At least 4 credits |
||
Research guidance |
Master’s thesis |
Requirements for completion |
Number of credits to be obtained |
|||
---|---|---|---|---|
Area Studies B Field |
Required |
Area Studies B seminar |
No credits granted |
At least 30 credits in total |
Compulsory elective |
Area Studies A & B |
At least 12 credits |
||
Elective |
National security and crisis management |
At least 10 credits |
||
Elective |
Common to each field |
At least 4 credits |
||
Research guidance |
Master’s thesis |

Master (National Security)
Courses and teachers in the master’s program (as of April, 2022)
Educational |
Class subjects |
Credits |
Teachers |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
National security and crisis management | Security Studies (Theory, Policy, Strategy, and Evaluation) | 2 | MORIMOTO Satoshi | |
Law of International Security | 2 | USAMI Masayuki | ||
Law of National Security | 2 | MARUMO Yuichi | ||
Security Studies (Arms Control and Confidence Building) | 2 | SATO Heigo | ||
International Conflict Studies | 2 | ENDO Tetsuya | ||
International Organization | 2 | TANAKA Kiwako | ||
Crisis Management | 2 | ENDO Tetsuya | ||
Overseas Risk Management (Nation and Intelligence) | 2 | HAGA Soichiro | ||
International Intelligence Management | 2 | HIGUCHI Keisuke | ||
International Security Cooperation | 2 | BANSHO Koichiro | ||
Security Studies (Nuclear Strategy and Nuclear Deterrence) | 2 | ARIE Koichi | ||
International Relations | 2 | SATO Heigo | ||
Japanese Military and Diplomatic History | 2 | AKIMOTO Tiaki | ||
Theory of Military Strategy | 2 | FUKUDA Takeshi | ||
Seminar on National Security and Crisis Management | – | Each tutor | ||
Area Studies B | Studies on Chinese Politics | 2 | MOMMA Rira | |
Taiwan Studies | 2 | MOMMA Rira | ||
East Asia Studies | 2 | TAKESADA Hideshi | ||
SouthEast Asia Studies | 2 | OGASAWARA Takayuki | ||
Europe Studies | 2 | Not offered | ||
Korean Peninsula Studies | 2 | ARAKI Kazuhiro | ||
● | South Asia Studies | 2 | TAKEUCHI Yukifumi | |
Middle East Studies | 2 | NAKANISHI Toshihiro | ||
Islam Studies | 2 | TACHIBANA Toru | ||
South west Asia Studies(with Focus on SAARC) | 2 | Pema GYALPO | ||
America Studies | 2 | KAWAKAMI Takashi | ||
Russia Studies | 2 | NAGOSI Kenrou | ||
Seminar on Area Studies B | – | Each tutor | ||
Common to each field | ● | Research Methods (Quantitative Analysis) | 2 | Not offered |
● | Research Methods (Qualitative Analysis) | 2 | INADA Masaya | |
● | Project Planning and Evaluation Methods | 2 | SAHARA Takayuki | |
● | International Economics | 2 | TOKUHARA Satoru | |
Economic Theory | 2 | MOTEGI Hajime | ||
Joint Seminar | 2 | Multiple teachers | ||
Literature Reading 1 (English) | 2 | KAI Nobuyoshi | ||
Literature Reading 2 (Chinese) | 2 | Not offered | ||
Literature Reading 3 (Japanese) | 2 | TOKUHARA Satoru | ||
Methodology of Social Science Studies | 2 | SATO Heigo | ||
Sector Development Studies | 2 | Not offered | ||
● | International Japanese Culture (1) | 2 | Vassili MOLODIAKOV | |
● | Cross Cultural Communication | 2 | Pema GYALPO | |
SDGs and International Development | 2 | ISHIKAWA Kazuyoshi |
≪Notes≫
- The class subjects with the ● mark are provided in both Japanese and English.
International Development Studies Course (Doctoral Program)
Topics of doctoral theses
for 2021
- Public Services and Governance in Papua New Guinea – Empirical Approach Gained from PNG National High School Students Survey on Socio-Economic Development
- An Empirical research on asset securitization on the people’s republic of China’s financial reform
for 2020
- Infrastructure Development in Developing Countries: Choice between Public Finance and Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the Philippines
Credits and Degrees
Doctoral Program |
|
---|---|
|

Doctor (International Development)
Courses and teachers in the doctoral program (as of April, 2022)
Educational |
Class subjects |
Credits |
Teachers |
---|---|---|---|
Economic development | Advanced Study in Economic Development Ⅰ (Development Economics: Theory and Empirical Studies) | 2 | YAGUCHI Yue |
Advanced Study in Economic Development Ⅱ (Development Economics : International Trade,Investment, and Finance) | 2 | TOKUHARA Satoru | |
Advanced Study in Economic Development Ⅲ (Development Economics: Population and Urbanization) | 2 | ARATAME Natsumi | |
Area Studies A | Advanced Study in Area Study A Ⅰ(India : Industrial Development) | 2 | Not offered |
Advanced Study in Area Study A Ⅱ(Japan-China Relations) | 2 | OKADA Minoru | |
Advanced Study in Area Study A Ⅲ(ASEAN and Economic Development) | 2 | YOSHINO Fumio | |
Advanced Study in Area Study A Ⅳ (Chinese Macroeconomy) | 2 | DU Jin | |
International develop Studies Course Common subjects | Advanced Joint Seminar(Economies of Korea and Taiwan) | 2 | MOON Daewoo |
Advanced seminars (thesis guidance) | Advanced Seminar in Economic Development (Guidance for Research and Dissertation) | – | Each tutor |
Advanced Seminar in Area Study A (Guidance for Research and Dissertation) | – | Each tutor |
International Security Studies Course (Doctoral Program)
Topics of doctoral theses
for 2021
- Vietnam-China Demarcation of the Tonkin Gulf, The Only Maritime Demarcation of China
- Chinese Military Intervention: Rethinking Deterrence Theory
for 2020
- Multilateral Coercive Diplomacy and Denuclearization Agreements
- The Military Justice System of the Japanese Army : The balance between ‘command and control’, and ‘a fair system and human right’
Credits and Degrees
Doctoral Program |
|
---|---|
|

Doctor (National Security)
Courses and teachers in the doctoral program (as of April, 2022)
Educational |
Class subjects |
Credits |
Teachers |
---|---|---|---|
National security and crisis management | Advanced Study in National Security and Crisis Management Ⅰ (Alliance and National Security Policy) | 2 | KAWAKAMI Takashi |
Advanced Study in National Security and Crisis Management Ⅱ (Civil Security / History of Security) | 2 | ENDO Tetsuya | |
Advanced Study in National Security and Crisis Management Ⅲ (International Security Order and the United States of America) | 2 | KAWAKAMI Takashi | |
Area Studies B | Advanced Study in Area Study B Ⅰ (China: Political Regime and Defense Strategy) | 2 | MOMMA Rira |
Advanced Study in Area Study B Ⅱ (Indian Subcontinent: Races, Politics and religion) | 2 | Not offered | |
Advanced Study in Area Study B Ⅲ (Islam World: the Sharia and the State) | 2 | TACHIBANA Toru | |
Advanced Study in Area Study B Ⅳ (Southeast Asia: Comprehensive Region) | 2 | Not offered | |
Advanced Study in Area Study B Ⅴ (Korean Peninsula: the North-South Relationship) | 2 | ARAKI Kazuhiro | |
Advanced Study in Area Study B Ⅵ (America: Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy) | 2 | KAWAKAMI Takashi | |
Advanced Study in Area Study B Ⅶ (US-Japan Relations:Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy) | 2 | SATO Heigo | |
International Security Studies Course Common subjects | Advanced Joint Seminar Ⅰ (Security and Law) | 2 | MORIMOTO Satoshi |
Advanced Joint Seminar Ⅱ (Korean Peninsula: the History and International Relations) | 2 | Not offered | |
Advanced Joint Seminar Ⅲ (Taiwan: Taiwan-China Relations) | 2 | Not offered | |
Advanced Joint Seminar Ⅳ (US Military Base and Strategy) | 2 | KAWAKAMI Takashi | |
Advanced seminars (thesis guidance) | Advanced Seminar in National Security and Crisis Management (Guidance for Research and Dissertation) | – | Each tutor |
Advanced Seminar in Area Study B (Guidance for Research and Dissertation) | – | Each tutor |
Purpose and basic policy on educational research
Guidebook
Guideline on Graduate School Entrance Examination 2023
If you wish to take the examination in English, please be sure to contact the Academic Affairs Division(Graduate School) in advance.
Mail: web_gadm@ofc.takushoku-u.ac.jp
Tel : 0339477854