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Publications Papers Misc. Presentations Works Media Coverage Awards

Books and Other Publications

  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Global Environmental Issues”. In High School Geography Exploration. 68-77. Teikoku Shoin. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Lifestyle, Culture, Ethnicity, and Religion”. In High School Geography Exploration. 202-211. Teikoku Shoin. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa”. In High School Geography Exploration. 270-277. Teikoku Shoin. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Sub-Saharan Africa NOW: Using Household Waste to Green Desertified Wastelands!”. In Illustrated Geography Materials: Regions of the World NOW 2025. (High School Geography Materials Collection). 147. Teikoku Shoin. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Harvesting Millet on Slash-and-Burn Fields (Zambia)”. In Illustrated Geography Materials: Regions of the World NOW 2025 (High School Geography Materials Collection) 52. Teikoku Shoin. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shiuchi, Shioya, A., Aoike, U., Noda, K., Nakade, M. 2025. Integrated Learning Time: Recommendations for Compost Lessons. 114. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Organic Circulation Project. September 24, 2025. (ISBN: 978-4910834504) [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Introduction”. In Integrated Learning Time: Recommendations for Compost Lessons. Oyama, S., Shioya, A., Aoike, U., Noda, K., Nakade, M.(eds) pp. 1-7. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Organic Circulation Project. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “The Mechanism of RIHN Compost (Dry Compost)”. In Integrated Learning Time: Recommendations for Compost Lessons. Oyama, S., Shioya, A., Aoike, U., Noda, K., Nakade, M. (eds). 23-39. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Organic Circulation Project. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi and Nakade, Michiko 2025. “To organize an One-Day Public Workshop”. In Integrated Learning Time: Recommendations for Compost Lessons. Oyama, S., Shioya, A., Aoike, U., Noda, K., Nakade, M. (eds). 69-78. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Organic Circulation Project. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi, and Shioya, Akiyo 2025. “Conclusion: Buds We Hope Will Grow”. In Integrated Learning Time: Recommendations for Compost Lessons. Oyama, S., Shioya, A., Aoike, U., Noda, K., Nakade, M. (eds). pp. 97-101. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Organic Circulation Project. [in Japanese]
  • Shioya, Akiyo 2025. “How to Structure Compost Lessons Using Food Waste”. In Integrated Learning Time: Recommendations for Compost Lessons. Oyama, S., Shioya, A., Aoike, U., Noda, K., Nakade, M. (eds). pp. 41-56. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Organic Circulation Project. [in Japanese]
  • Shioya, Akiyo 2025. “The Spread of Compost Lessons: Towards Inquiry-Based Learning”. In Integrated Learning Time: Recommendations for Compost Lessons. Oyama, S., Shioya, A., Aoike, U., Noda, K., Nakade, M. (eds). pp. 57-67. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Organic Circulation Project. [in Japanese]
  • Shioya, Akiyo 2025. “The World of Markets and Female Merchants: Those Called ‘Mothers’ of the City”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. Fujimoto, T., Yatsuka, H., Kirikoshi, H., (eds.) 360-364. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Shioya, Akiyo 2025. “The Art of Eating Without ‘Poison’: Regional Food Culture and Cassava Processing”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. Fujimoto, T., Yatsuka, H., Kirikoshi, H., (eds.) pp. 164-168. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Shioya, Akiyo 2025. “The Benefits of Palm Wine”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. Fujimoto, T., Yatsuka, H., Kirikoshi, H., (eds.). 317. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya 2025. “Slow-Cooked Home Cusine: Chilenba wa Kwipika”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. Fujimoto, T., Yatsuka, H., Kirikoshi, H., (eds.) 2-3. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya 2025. “Longing for the Hot Land: Zambia's National Staple Food”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. Fujimoto, T., Yatsuka, H., Kirikoshi, H., (eds.). 96-100. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya and Kirikoshi Hitomi 2025. “Fresh Vegetable Salad in the Sahel: Lettuce Grown in Semi-Arid Niger.” In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. Fujimoto, T., Yatsuka, H., Kirikoshi, H., (eds.). pp. 240-244. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Hara Masaya, 2025. “Lunch in Zambian Cities: Everyday Urban Life Seen Through Meal Scenes”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. Fujimoto, T., Yatsuka, H., Kirikoshi, H., (eds.). 379-383. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Ushiku, Haruka 2025. Chapter 26, Column 12, Chapter 57. In 57 Chapters to Understand Ghana [2nd Edition]. Yamada, S., and Mizobe, Y. (eds.). Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Ushiku, Haruka 2026. The Village of Basketry: Changes and Continuities of a Local Industry in Northeastern Ghana. Kyoto University Press & Trans Pacific Press. (Scheduled for publication in February 2026)
  • Aoike, Utako 2025. “Our Lives and Waste”. In Integrated Learning Time: Recommendations for Compost Lessons. Oyama, S., Shioya, A., Aoike, U., Noda, K., Nakade, M. (eds.). pp. 9-22. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Organic Circulation Project. [in Japanese]
  • Yabe, Naoto 2024. “The Lehman Shock”. In The Economic Geography Society (eds.) Dictionary of Economic Geography. pp. 180-181. Maruzen Publishing. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2025. “Part 4: Sharing Grandma's Keepsakes—Becoming Part of the Bena Family”. pp. 90-91. The Fieldwork: Worlds Expanding from 129 People's Surprises, Confusion, and Joy. Kyoto University Press. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi., Takahashi, Norito, and Habuchi, Kazuyo 2025. People Challenging Sustainable Lacquer Production: Their Techniques and Social Networks. Hirosaki University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Regional Action Course. Hirosaki University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Regional Action Course Artisan Group. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “The Dynamic Pursuit of New Horizons: The Transformation of the ‘Zongo’ Immigrant Community and Farmland Acquisition in Ghana”. In Who Governs That Space? Anthropology of Frontier Spaces. 263-284. Nakanishiya Publishing. [in Japanese]
  • Fujimoto, Takeshi, Yatsuka, Haruna, and Kirikoshi, Hitomi (eds.) 2025. 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi, 2025. “Sorghum as Staple Food: Diverse Sorghum Dishes in Niger's Hausa Region”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. 169‐173. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi, 2025. “West Africa's Mayanka and Suya: Professional Butchers and Popular Skewered Meat”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. 181-185. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Haruna, Yatsuka and Kirikoshi Hitomi, 2025. “Sticky Dishes Beloved in Africa Too: A Comparison of East and West”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. 250-254. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “Shea Butter and Palm Oil: Two Vegetable Oils Supporting Ghanaian Food”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. 265-268. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “Yaji: West Africa's Spice Mix – A Long-Kept ‘Secret’ Spice of Hausa Society”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. 269-273. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “The Trade of Kola Nuts: A Luxury Item Bridging Forest and Savanna”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. 286-290. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “Reevaluating Immigrant Food Cultures: ‘Zongo Taste’ Spreading in Ghana's Capital”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. 265-269. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “Urban Meals and Food Delivery”. In 65 Chapters to Understand Africa Through Food Culture. 284-286. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “Cocoa and Kola Nuts: Tree Crops Supporting Cocoa Production”. In 57 Chapters to Understand Ghana. 76-80. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “Bridge Between Savanna and Forest: The Zongo People Connecting North and South”. In 57 Chapters to Understand Ghana. 268-272. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Shimizu, Takao, and Nakao, Seiji (eds.) 2025. In 64 Chapters to Understand Burkina Faso. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Nakazawa, Mei 2024. “Women Without Bananas: Economic Inequality Caused by Land Shortages in Rural Areas”. In 62 Chapters to Understand Uganda [2nd Edition]. Yoshida M., and Shiraishi S., (eds.). pp.164-168. Akashi Shoten. [in Japanese]
  • Saito, Miho 2025. “Blurred Boundaries: Worlds Created by Human Multifacetedness”. In The Fieldwork: Worlds Expanding from 129 People's Surprises, Confusion, and Joys” The Ecological Anthropological Society (eds.). 214-215. Kyoto University Press. (Peer-reviewed) [in Japanese]

Papers

  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Can Humankind Incorporate Cities into the Earth System? Wisdom and Daily Practices Amidst Anxiety about the Future”. In Series: Designing Future Society 1: Earth Environmental Studies of Inclusion and Justice. Taniguchi M. (ed.). pp. 143-157. Kokinshoin. [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya, Nakazawa, Mei, and Kurosaki, Ryugo, 2024. “An Attempt at Winter Cassava Cultivation in Gunma Prefecture”. Agricultural Technology and Culture 33: 1-14. (Peer-reviewed) [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya 2025. “The Effectiveness of Online-Based International Understanding Field Learning in University Education: A Practice Report from Kobe University's GSP Program in the Faculty of International Human Sciences”. Hyogo Geography 70: 53-59. (Non-peer reviewed) [in Japanese]
  • Aoike, Utako 2025. “Materials and Reports: Special Feature - Laws Regulating Plastics and Civic Life in Africa ‘The Penetration of Plastic Bags and the Difficulty of Regulation in Niger’”. African Studies 108: 31-36. November 2025. (Non-peer reviewed) [in Japanese]
  • Kosaka, Y., Keothoumma, K., Khamphilavong, K., Kattiyalath, A., Nguyen, K. D. 2024. “Drivers for switching from gathering wild paddy field plants to growing them in gardens as vegetables in the Lao People's Democratic Republic”. Economic Botany. 78(4). 341-353. (Peer-reviewed)
  • Moonkawin, J., Schneider, M.Y., Fujii, S., Yasui, H., Nguyen, V-A., Pham, A. N., Echigo, S., and Harada, H. 2025. “Impact of GHG mitigation measures in sanitation service chains: A focus on septic tanks and sewers”. Water Research 288. 1-12. (DOI :10.1016/j.watres.2025.124618)
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “The Role of Decentralized Domestic Sanitation Infrastructure in Achieving Global Sanitation”. Journal of Waste Management and Resource Recycling 36(3). 209-215. (DOI: 10.3985/mcwmr.36.209) [in Japanese]
  • Sakamoto, Takuto 2025. “Quantitative Text Analysis in International Relations Research: Current Status and Prospects”. International Relations Research (40): 1–17. (Invited) [in Japanese]
  • Sakamoto, T., Matsuoka, T. and Ito, H. 2025. “The Security Council in Its Entirety: Unveiling 80 Years of Deliberation through the UNSC Meetings and Speeches Dataset”. APSA Preprints (February 26, 2025).
  • Hanibuchi, T., Muranaka, A., Yabe, N., Yamauchi, M., Nakaya, T., Uesugi, M., Nozaki, K., Matsuda, S., Tanimoto, R., Yamamoto, R. and Koohsari, J. M. 2025. “A survey dataset on residents’ attitudes and behaviors in major cities in Japan: Geo-social survey for Urban Lifestyle Preferences (GULP)”. Data in Brief. 61. 11859. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111859) (Peer-reviewed)
  • Yabe, Naoto 2025. “Lithuania and its Third City, Klaipėda”. E-journal GEO. 20(1): 68-79. (https://doi.org/10.4157/ejgeo.20.68) (Non-peer reviewed) [in Japanese]
  • Liu, J., Liang, S., Shi, Y., Fujimaki, H., Araki, R., Eneji, A.E., Muhammad, I., Liu, X., and Ping An. 2025. “Salinity stress effects on cell wall components and pectin localization in spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)”. Plant Growth Regulation. June 23, 2025. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-025-01347-x) (Peer-reviewed)
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “The Reality Surrounding Accra's ‘Plastic River’: Ghana's Initiatives and Actual Conditions Regarding Plastic Waste”. African Studies 108: 41–45. (Non-peer-reviewed) [in Japanese]
  • Kataoka, Yoshimi and Nakao, Seiji, 2025. “Adjusting Expectations in the Application and Review Process: Creating ‘Interdisciplinary’ Research Through Researchers' Peripheral Work”. Annual Report on Science, Technology, and Society 34: 29–53. Annual Report: Science, Technology and Society 34: 29-53. [in Japanese]
  • Cristofaro, D. and Nakao, Seiji 2025. “Crossing Borders, Counting Coins: Taxation and Multiple Currencies at the Haute Volta/Gold Coast Border in the Early Twentieth Century”. African Economic History 53(1), 89-118.
  • Suzuki, Kanako, Hide, Kenta and Kani, Takeo 2024. “Effects of Plastic Mulch Use and Phosphate Application on Growth and Seed Yield of Scarlet Runner Bean (Phaseolus coccineus L.)”. Agricultural Extension Research 29(2):45-53. [in Japanese]
  • Nakazawa, Mei, 2024. “Population Dynamics and the Increase in Generations-Skipping Households in Rural Southern Uganda”. Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Japan Society for International Development and the 2024 Joint Conference of the Human Security Society of Japan, 244-250. (Peer-reviewed) [in Japanese]
  • Nakazawa, Mei, Hara, Masaya, and Kurosaki, Ryugo 2025. “Recreating the Taste of Home: The Reality of Cassava Consumption in Gunma Prefecture”. Setsunan Sociology (Under Review) [in Japanese]
  • Nakamura, R., Maeno, A., Kaji, H., Negoro, M., Morisato, K., Kanamori, K. and Schaller, J. 2025. “Silicon mobilization by leaf mass loss: patterns with silicon condensation state”. Soil Advances 4: 100072 (Peer-reviewed)
  • de Tombeur, F., Plouzeau, L., Shaw, J., Hodson, M., Ranathunge, K., Kotula, J., Hayes, P.E., Tremblay, M., Coq, S., Stein, M., Nakamura, R., Wright, I.J., Lambers, H., Violle, C., and Clode, P. 2024. “Anatomical and trait analyses reveal a silicon-carbon trade-off in the epidermis of sedges”. Plant, Cell & Environment 48: 2396-2410 (Peer-reviewed)
  • Murao, Rumiko 2025. “Places Created by Former Refugees' Economic Activities: Focusing on Refugee Settlements and Resettlement Areas in Zambia under Regional Integration Policy”. September 2025, Japanese Journal of Ethnology 90(2): 278-293. (Peer-reviewed) [in Japanese]
  • Murao, Rumiko 2025. “Field Report from Rural Northwest India”. Pacific Rim Civilization Studies 9: 80–91. Non-peer reviewed. [in Japanese]
  • Ishida, Y., Yamanashi, Y., Yayou, K., and Kohari, D. 2025. “Effect of brushing on heart rate variability in Malayan tapirs: Does brushing contribute toward alleviating puncture stress?”. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research 13(3): 132-140. July 2025.
  • Martin, T., Wallacea, O., Lemasson, A., Wayman, J., Farmer, H., Newbol, J., Pullen, K., Plowman, A., Yamanashi, Y., Delfour, F., Ward, S., Oaten, G., Petrovan, S., Smith, R., Sutherland, W., and Bowkett, A. 2025. “Husbandry and management interventions for the conservation and welfare of captive animals – a systematic evidence map”. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research 13(3): 152-163. July 2025.
  • Gao, J., Yamanashi, Y. and Tanaka, M. 2025. “Touchscreen Tasks for Cognitive Testing in Domestic Goats (Capra hircus): A Pilot Study Using Odd-Item Search Training”. Animals, July 2025.
  • Yamanashi, Y., Ikkatai, Y., Honjo, M., Tokuyama, N., Akami, R., Wilson, D.A., and Buchanan-Smith, H.M. 2025. “A comparison of attitudes towards animal welfare between British and Japanese zoo visitors: Where and when do cultural differences diverge?”. PLOS ONE 20(4): e0320241-e0320241. April 8, 2025.
  • Yamanashi, Y., Katsuno, R., Yamada, K., Konno, B., Yamami, N., Hayashi, M., Enari, H., Hashimoto, N. 2025. “Current Status of Efforts for Primates Conservation and Welfare Improvement: Report from the Free Session at the 40th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Primatological Society”. Primatological Research. 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Y., Kashiwagi, N., Ban, K., Anzai, W., Kako, T., Kawase, K., Hagiwara, S., Ikkatai, Y., Uchikoshi, A. 2025. “Focusing on Euthanasia Procedures and Science Communication”. Report from the 1st Animal Welfare Research Department Symposium. Journal of Zoos and Aquariums 66(4). 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Yumi 2025. “Considering Through Dialogue ‘Interaction’ Activities in Zoo”. Museum Research 59(11) November 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Asakura, Y. 2025. “Estimation on Remediation Efficiency to Heavy Metal Contents in Soil Using Portulaca oleracea in Djibouti”. Journal of Arid Land Studies (submitted) (Peer-reviewed) [in Japanese]

Misc.

  • Oyama, Shuichi 2024. “Quick-Decomposing, Non-Putrid Dry Compost Using Rice Bran and Chicken Manure”. Modern Agriculture, December 2024 issue, pp. 230-233. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2024. “Embedding People and Cities in the Earth Ecosystem”. KyotoU Future Commons: 125 solutions for Our Global Society. 140. October 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2024. “Compound Eye Commentary: Turning Chance into Necessity”. Kyoto University Newspaper, Page 7, November 16, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Embedding people and cities in the Earth ecosystem”. KyotoU Future Commons: 125 solutions for Our Global Society. 140. February 2025.
  • Ushiku, Haruka 2025. “Book Review: ‘Stories of Making Things with African Artists & Artisans’ by the Africa Understanding Project”. https://afric-africa.org/japan/books/culture/books196/ [in Japanese]
  • Ushiku, Haruka 2025. “Forms of Collaboration in Export-Oriented Local Industries in Northeastern Ghana: Using ‘Equality’ as a Starting Point”. Journal of the Japanese Ecological Anthropology Society Newsletter 30: 129-137. [in Japanese]
  • Ushiku, Haruka 2025. “Gathering and Selling: Youth and Money”. Afric Africa https://afric-africa.org/essay/country/ ghana-essay/colours_10/ [in Japanese]
  • Noda, Kentaro 2025. “Starting from the Ground Up”. Quarterly MURYO. April 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Aoike, Utako 2025. “Is Garden Sand Waste? - Everyday Practices of Trash Disposal in Niamey, Niger”. Journal of the Japanese Society for Ecological Anthropology Newsletter 30: 138-145. [in Japanese]
  • Kosaka, Yasuyuki 2025. “Considering Vegetation Change in Southeast Asia Using Herbaceous Plants as Indicators”. BIOSTORY 43: 96-101. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Promoting Problem-Solving Water and Sanitation (WASH) Research Based on Fieldwork in Asia and Africa”. Journal of the Water Environment Society of Japan. 48(A)(3): 79-82, March 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2025. “Fieldwork + Discussion in Area Studies”. The Potential of Fieldwork as an Exploratory Activity 3:37-47 (non-peer reviewed) [in Japanese]
  • Hayama, S., Shiraishi S., Kondo, F., Shinaga, Y., Matsui, A., Takashima, K., Hayashi, H., Sasaki, A., Furukawa, Y., Izumi, N., Suwa, J., Takahashi, N. 2025. “Multidisciplinary Examination of the Significance of Fieldwork as a Method in Area Studies”. Journal of the Regional Future Creation Center 11: 65-69 (non-peer reviewed) [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “Book Review: Sakai, Shinzo. Encounter and Coexistence of the Other: An Anthropological Biography of a Muslim Saint in West Africa”. Annual Report Anthropological Research 16: 224-229. [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “The History of the Formation of Knowledge about Africa in Africa and Japan”. Africa 65(1): 40-43. [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “Intergenerational Equity, Interregional Equity, and Securing Local Communities”. Report on Technical Study for Improving the Sustainability of Sewage Systems in Fiscal Year 2024. Pacific Consultants and Japan Society of Civil Engineers Joint Proposal Group. [3-48]-[3-52] [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “The Ethics of Global Sanitation”. Technical Study Report on Enhancing the Sustainability of Sewage Systems, Fiscal Year 2024. Pacific Consultants and Japan Society of Civil Engineers Joint Proposal Group. [3-89]-[3-92]. [in Japanese]
  • Matsuura, N., Iwai, Y., Maruyama, J., Kirikoshi, H., Yatsuka, H., Murao, R., Inoue, M., Kamei, N. 2025. “Pioneering New Approaches to African Area Studies through the Integration of Research and Practice: Through Trial and Error in 20 Years of NPO Activities”. Report from the 61st Annual Forum of the Japan Association for African Studies, May 2025, In African Studies 107:45-57. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Yumi and Yasui, Saki 2025. “How to Climb the Stairs of Adulthood: The Cases of Niini and Gentarou”. Monkey 9(3). December 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Yumi 2025. “MIKKE Room: A Place That's Fun, But Doesn't Stop at Just Being Fun”. Monkey 9(4). March 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Yumi 2025. “Understanding the World and Ourselves Through Animals”. Monkey 10(2). September 2025. [in Japanese]

Presentations

  • Oyama, Shuichi 2024. “The Problem of Desertification in Africa and Its Countermeasures”. Hanshin Senior College, Department of International Understanding, 4th Year Students (Morning), Hanshin Senior College, Department of International Understanding. Takarazuka City. October 4, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2024. “Coup d'états and Terrorism in West Africa's Sahel: The Second Decolonization”. Hanshin Senior College, Department of International Understanding, 3rd Year Students (Afternoon), Hanshin Senior College, Department of International Understanding. Takarazuka City. October 4, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2024. “What We Take from Nature, We Return to Nature”. MIRATUKU Social Innovation Academy. NPO MIRATUKU Online. October 8, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, S., Noda, K., Maehata, T., Aoike, U. 2024. “RIHN Compost—Mix It, Observe It, Smell It!” RIHN Open House, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. November 3, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi and Nakade Michiko 2024. “Let's Make Compost from Food Waste! Unraveling the Mystery of How It Works”. Kyoto City Youth Science Center Future Scientist Training Program Autumn/Winter Lecture Series: Inquiry Course. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Lecture Hall. November 23, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2024. “Waste Saves the Earth: Toward Solving Food Production and Environmental Problems”. Kyoto University Hiroshima Alumni Association. Hiroshima Kyoto University Alumni Association Public Lecture. ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima. November 27, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, S., Noda, K., Shioya, A., Aoike U., and Membele G. 2024. “Creating an Organic Circulation System between Urban and Rural Areas in Sub-Saharan Africa: Applying a ‘Dry Compost’ Method Based on the Fermentation Process”. International Conference on Geographical Science for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems and Livelihoods under Global Environmental Change (GORILLA). December 4, Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda.
  • Membele, G., Aoike, U., Noda, K., Oyama, S., and Hampwaye, G. 2024. “Making Cities Clean and Healthy through Organic Circulation between Urban and Rural Areas in Zambia”. International Conference on Geographical Science for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems and Livelihoods under Global Environment Change (GORILLA). December 4, Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda.
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2024. “Potatoes in the Andes and People's Livelihoods”. Hanshin Senior College, Department of International Understanding. Takarazuka City.December 24, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2024. “Is Life in African Rural Areas Poor?”. Hanshin Senior College, Department of International Understanding. Takarazuka City. December 24, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Understanding the Structure of Global Environmental Issues.” Kyoto Seika University Introduction to Global Environmental Studies 3: Global Environmental Studies through Design Thinking. Kyoto Seika University Shunjūkan. January 27, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “The Social Commons Capital of Cities Under Scrutiny: Urban Waste Problems and Food Production Issues in Rural Areas”. Kyoto University Institute for the Future of Humankind and Society, Social Commons Capital and Future Endowed Research Division, ‘Designing Future Societies and Social Commons Capital’. Kyoto University Inamori Memorial Hall, Medium Conference Room. February 13, 2025.
  • Oyama, Shuichi and Yasura, Takeshi 2025. “Dancing with All: An Ecology of Empathy”. Exhibition Related Event RIHN DAYS Talk Event: Researcher-Artist Cross Talk “Compost House: Energy Exchange Relations.” Kanazawa 21st Century Museum Lecture Hall. February 15, 2025, 14:00-15:00. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi and Nakade, Michiko 2025. “How Should We Handle Food Waste?”. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Media Roundtable 2024 Second Session. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Lecture Room. February 20, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Environmental Culture Creation Program Seminar: What is Culture for Global Environmental Issues?”. Organic Circulation Project. Institute for Advanced Studies on Global Change, Lecture Room. April 2, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, S., Noda, K., Nakade, M., Yamanashi, Y., 2025. “Let's Investigate the Power of Poop! Composting Experiment: Turning Vegetable Scraps Back into Soil”. Kyoto City Zoo ‘Introduction to Wildlife Science (3)’. Kyoto City Zoo Lecture Room. April 13, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Forests, Greenery, and Food Cultivated by Animals”. Kyoto City Zoo ‘Introduction to Wildlife Science (4): Animals Creating Soil and Forests’. Kyoto City Zoo Lecture Room. April 13, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi and Noda, Kentaro, 2025. “Introduction to the Organic Circulation Project”. RIHN Booth Exhibition “Hello from Satellite RIHN: Exploring the Future Through Dialogue with Researchers.” The 3rd Japan International Art Festival. Osaka/Kansai Expo Venue EXPO Messe “WASSE.” July 5, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Thinking from Africa and Kyoto: What is Necessary for the Sustainability of Urban Civilization and Agriculture?”. IFAD Youth Club Japan Seminar. Zoom Online. September 12, 2025. What is Necessary for the Sustainability of Urban Civilization and Agriculture." IFAD Youth Club Japan Seminar. Zoom Online. September 12, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Composting and a Circular Society in Integrated Learning Time (Inquiry-Based Lessons)”. Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education ‘Global Environmental Studies Lecture Series’. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Lecture Room. September 26, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Desertification Issues in Africa and Countermeasures”. Hanshin Senior College, International Understanding Department, 4th Year Students (Morning), Hanshin Senior College, International Understanding Department. Takarazuka City. October 3, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Is Life in African Rural Areas Poor?”. Hanshin Senior College, Department of International Understanding, 1st Year (Afternoon), Hanshin Senior College, Department of International Understanding. Takarazuka City. October 3, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Shioya, Akiyo and Oyama, Shuichi 2024. “Potential for organic material circulation in Uganda: The case of food waste in Kampala and surrounding area”. International Conference on Geographical Science for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems and Livelihoods under Global Environment Change (GORILLA). December 4, Hotel Africana, Kampala Uganda.
  • Shioya, Akiyo 2025. “Urban Agriculture in Uganda—Activities of Eating, Producing, and Not Discarding”. Public Symposium “Local Food Systems in Kokubunji and Africa—Agriculture in Daily Life”. Tsuda College Faculty of Liberal Arts, Department of Multicultural and International Cooperation, March 2, 2025 (Invited Presentation, Non-Peer Reviewed) [in Japanese]
  • Shioya, Akiyo, Noda, Kentaro, and Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Resource Recovery of Organic Waste in Kampala, Uganda: Utilization of Food Waste and the Expansion of Pig Farming”. The 62nd Annual Conference of the Japan Association for African Studies, Kyoto University, May 18, 2025. (Non-peer-reviewed, oral presentation) [in Japanese]
  • Shioya, Akiyo, Aoike, Utako, and Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Learning Organic Circulation with Children”. Summer Training Session for Teachers, Ide Elementary School, Ide Town, Kyoto Prefecture, July 20, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya 2024. “Cassava and Corn: Staple Food Choices in a Multiethnic Rural Community in Zambia”. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Joint Research Project “African Food Culture Research: Approaching the Changing Reality,” 2024 Second Workshop (17th African Food Culture Research Workshop). Online. December 8, 2024. (Non-peer-reviewed, oral presentation) [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya 2025. “Cassava Cultivation and Utilization in Ora Town, Gunma Prefecture: Its Spread to Temperate Japan”. Ethno-Ethnology Research Society 110th Regular Meeting: Unraveling the Mystery of Cassava. Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. April 26, 2025. (Non-peer reviewed, oral presentation) [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya and Nakao Hitomi 2025. “Cassava Cultivation and Utilization in Semi-Arid Regions of Africa”. Ethnobotanical Research Society 110th Regular Meeting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Cassava. Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. April 26, 2025. (Non-peer-reviewed, oral presentation) [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya 2025. “Examination of Cassava Tuber Harvesting Methods and Land Productivity in Northwestern Zambia”. 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Tropical Ecology. Kyushu University Ito Campus, Nishi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. June 28, 2025. (Non-peer-reviewed, oral presentation) [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya 2025. “Potential for Regional Revitalization through New Crop Cassava: The Case of Ora Town, Gunma Prefecture”. 2025 Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Geographical Society. Hirosaki University, Hirosaki City, Aomori Prefecture. September 20, 2025. (Non-peer-reviewed, Oral Presentation) [in Japanese]
  • Noda, Kentaro 2025. “Monkeys Eating Charcoal and Social Change”. Kyoto Seika University, Introduction to Global Environmental Studies 3: Global Environmental Studies through Design Thinking. Kyoto Seika University, Shunjūkan Room 208. January 27, 2025 (2 periods (14:40-17:50)). [in Japanese]
  • Noda, Kentaro 2025. “Understanding the Cycle of Life: Learning Composting - Considering the Organic Cycle”. Hōnenin Forest Center Open Room, Hōnenin Forest Center. May 31, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Noda, Kentaro 2025. “Hello from Satellite RIHN: A Research Institute Where Dialogue Begins”. Kyoto City University of Arts Building 7F, March 19-25, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Noda, K., Shioya A., Aoike U., Oyama S., and Membele G. 2024 “Towards Organic Circulation: Visions and Challenges at Compost Research Center Lusaka”. International Conference on Geographical Science for Resilient Communities, Ecosystems and Livelihoods under Global Environment Change (GORILLA). December 6, Hotel Africana, Kampala Uganda.
  • Noda, K., Aoike, U., Oyama, S., Membele, G. 2025. “Using Urban Food Waste to Fight Droughts and Climate Change: Activities and Challenges in Choma, Zambia”. 11th World Conference on Ecological Restoration, October 4, Hyatt Regency Denver, Colorado, USA.
  • Aoike, U., Oyama, S., Ashida M., and Mamane I. 2024. “Cleaning the city, restoring the land to mitigate conflicts for Niger’s future generations”. INDOWS International Symposium "Infrastructures of Coexistence in the Indian Ocean World” Kyoto University, December 13, 2024 (invited).
  • Aoike, Utako 2024. “Niger's Preserved Food Culture—Dried Goods Moving Between Urban and Rural Areas”. Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Joint Research Project “African Food Culture Research: Approaching Its Changing Reality” 2024 Second Workshop (17th African Food Culture Research Workshop) Online. December 7, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Aoike, Utako 2025. “Designing Waste”. Kyoto Seika University, Introduction to Global Environmental Studies 3: Global Environmental Studies through Design Thinking. Kyoto Seika University, Shunjūkan Room 208. January 6, 2025 (2 periods (14:40-17:50)). [in Japanese]
  • Aoike, Utako 2025. “Fires and Climate Change in Arid Cities: A Study of Frequent Fires in Niamey, Niger”. The 62nd Annual Conference of the Japan Association for African Studies. Kyoto University. May 18, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Aoike, Utako and Noda, Kentaro 2025. “Concentration of Organic Waste in Urban Zambia and Fertilizer Shortages in Rural Areas”. 30th Annual Conference of the Ecological Anthropology Society, Hirosaki University, Aomori. March 23, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Aoike, Utako 2025. “A Chronicle of Life in Sand: The Intimate Daily Lives of People and Sand in Niger”. The 36th Annual Conference of the Japanese Society of Desert Science. Hirosaki University. (Poster Presentation) June 7, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Tsuchiya, Yuichiro, 2025. “NIMBY and Environmental Conflicts over the Location of ‘Nuisance Facilities’—From the Perspective of Environmentalism”. Organic Circulation Project Research Group. July 15, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Goto, S., Nyambe, A., Nyambe, I., Harada, H. 2025. “Benefits and Challenges of the Work Environment of Pit Emptying Workers: A case study in an Informal Peri-Urban Settlement in Lusaka, Zambia”. The 19th IWA Conference on Sludge Management, October 22, 2025.
  • Naing, W., Minli, C., Harada, H. and Nyambe, I., Nyambe, A. 2025. “Tracing fecal contamination from environment to stored drinking water: A structural equation model analysis in peri-urban Lusaka”. The 25th Annual Conference of the Environmental Technology Society, October 20, 2025.
  • Harada, H., Banda K., Sano D., Asada Y., Nakao S., Yamauchi T., Wutyi N. 2025. “An Approach to Improve Water and Sanitation through Participatory Risk Visualization in Unplanned Settlements in Zambia”. 25th Annual Conference of the Environmental Technology Society, October 20, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “The Significance of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene in Asia and Africa”. Science Council of Japan Kinki Regional Conference Academic Lecture “Social Sustainability and Water Issues”. September 13, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Challenging Water and Sanitation Issues in Africa.” Kyoto University Open Campus 2025, August 8, 2025 [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Engineers Considering Participatory and Interdisciplinary Approaches through Problem-Solving Water and Sanitation Research”. 10th Short Talk, Kyoto University Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) “Building an Ecological Future for Child-rearing in the Contact Zone of African Hunter-Gatherers and Agro-Pastoralists”. August 1, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Sugiyama, A., Yoshida, Y., Harada, H., Banda, K., Miura, T., Kadoya, S., Asada, Y. 2025. “Field Survey on Microbial Contamination Associated with Waterborne Diseases in a Low- income Settlement of Lusaka, Zambia”. WET2025 (Water and Environment Technology Conference 2025), July 6, 2025.
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “SPLASH and its participatory approach for WASH improvement”. 13th Zambia Water Forum and Exhibition (ZAWAFE), June 11, 2025.
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Rethinking the Value of Water and Sanitation to Achieve Environmental Sanitation”. Japan-Africa Society 62nd Annual Conference Public Symposium, May 18, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Naing, W., Yoshida, Y., Banda, K., Nyambe, A. and Harada, H. 2025. “A trial workshop for community-led self-visualization of fecal contamination in peri-urban Lusaka”. 59th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Water Environment, March 19, 2025.
  • Sugiyama, A., Yoshida, Y., Harada, H., Banda Kawawa, Miura, N., Asada, Y. 2025. “Microbial Contamination Survey of Tap Water Intended for Drinking in the Peri-urban Area of Lusaka City, Zambia”. The 59th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Water Environment, March 17, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Yoshida, Y., Takahashi, K., Banda, K., Hidenori, H. 2025. “Variations in Drinking Water Quality and Their Impact on Diarrhea Risk in Cholera Outbreak Areas of Zambia”. The 59th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Water Environment, March 17, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2024. “Water and Sanitation in Asia and Africa: The Value of Sanitation”. University Faculty Visit Lecture, Takashima High School, Shiga Prefecture, December 19, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Goto, S., Nyambe, A., Nyambe, A. and Harada, H. 2024. “Working Conditions of Pit Emptiers in an Unplanned Peri-Urban Community in Lusaka, Zambia”. “International Collaborative Education Program for Cultivating Highly Innovative Human Resources for SDGs in Africa.” 5th International Joint Conference, December 16, 2024.
  • Goto, S., Nyambe, A., Imasiku Nyambe, I., Harada, H. 2025. “Services and benefits received by pit emptiers: a case study in an unplanned peri-urban settlement in Lusaka, Zambia”. International Society for Sanitation Studies Annual Conference 2024, November 26, 2024.
  • Naing, W., Yoshida, Y., Nyambe, A., Banda, K., Harada, H. 2025. “Preliminary workshop to self-visualize fecal contamination of the neighbor environment in peri-urban Lusaka”. International Society for Sanitation Studies Annual Conference 2024, November 26, 2024.
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Global WASH Expansion Targets and Challenges and Prospects for WASH Systems”. JICA Global Environment Department Water Resources Group Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Study Session, October 18, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Sakamoto, Takuto, 2025. “Toward a Human-Centered Global Society: 30 Years of Human Security”. 323rd HSP Seminar “Human Security Lecture Series 1”. Tokyo, September 19, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Sakamoto, Takuto 2025. “Human Security from the Perspective of Pastoralists: Amidst Changes in Nature and Society”. 324th HSP Seminar “Human Security Lecture Series 2”. Tokyo, September 26, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Sakamoto, Takuto 2025. “How ‘Human’ Can the International Community Be?: A Challenge Using Quantitative Text Analysis”. The 3rd Global Studies Seminar, Tokyo, October 23, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Hirama, K., Yabe, N., Yokota K., Otsuka Y., Furuhashi K., Watanabe K., 2024. “Human Spatial Mobility Patterns Related to Crime Occurrence: Focusing on Street Crimes in the Sendai Metropolitan Area”. The 33rd Academic Research Presentation Conference of the Geographic Information System Society of Japan, Kyoto University, Uji City. October 26, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Yabe, Naoto and Wakabayashi, Yoshiki 2025. “Changes in Residential Preferences in Japan During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from a Multilevel Analysis”. The 2025 Spring Conference of the Geographical Society of Japan, Komazawa University, March 19, 2025. Proceedings of the Geographical Society of Japan 107: 269. [in Japanese]
  • Araki R., Miyazaki, H., and An, P. 2025. “How Do Silicon Dioxide Nanoparticles Alleviate Salt Stress During the Early Growth Stages of Sorghum and Rice?”. The 66th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists, March 14, 2025.
  • Sugiyama, Yuko and Kondo Fumi 2025. “Connecting Fragmented Food Culture Pools: Around the Initiative of ‘Traditional Cuisine’ in the Tsugaru Region”. 30th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Ecological Anthropology, Hirosaki University, Aomori. March 22, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2025. “Experiencing the Proximity of Production and Consumption in Tanzania and Aomori”. Tsuda College Public Workshop “Local Food Systems in Kokubunji and Africa—Agriculture in Daily Life.” Tokyo. March 2, 2025 (Invited Lecture). [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2024. “Hints for Implementing Feasible Regional Fieldwork in High Schools”. 2nd Session of “Aomori Creative Studies and Comprehensive Inquiry Time” (Reiwa 6). Teacher Training Council. December 10, 2024 (Invited Lecture). [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2024. “The Present Situation of West Africans: Recent Environmental and Political Changes”. Circle JOY Lecture: “The Trajectory of the INNA PROJECT in Ghana.” Hotaka Kaikan, November 15, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Matsuura, N., Iwai, Y., Maruyama, J., Kirikoshi, H., Yatsuka, H., Murao, R., Inoue, M., Kamei, N., 2025. “Pioneering New Approaches to African Area Studies through the Integration of Research and Practice: Through Trial and Error in 20 Years of NPO Activities”. Report from the Forum at the 61st Annual Conference of the Japan Association for African Studies, Kyoto University, May 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “Why from Akashina to Africa?—The Present of West African People”. Azumino Municipal Myoko Junior High School PTA Lecture, Azumino Municipal Akashina Junior High School, Azumino City. October 31, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kirikoshi, Hitomi 2025. “Me and West Africa: Seeing People Through Trees”. African Night ~Stories and Music from Africa~, LaLaLa INA, Ina City, Nagano. October 31, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “Sol’s Reports and Budget Problems in Upper Volta. The First Workshop on West African Financial, Colonial, and Socio-Economic History”. Kanazawa Kinro Plaza. October 19, 2025.
  • Kataoka, Yoshimi and Nakao, Seiji 2025. “The Performativity of ‘Meta-Narratives’ in Interdisciplinary Research: Examining the Methodological Possibilities of Laboratory Studies by Insiders”. The 14th Annual Conference of the Japanese Association for Science of Science, Taisho University Sugamo Campus, Tokyo. September 28, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “The Dawn of African History Research in Japan: On the Encounter (and Failure) Between Historiography and African (History) Studies.” Joint Research Meeting of the Kansai British History Research Group and the Kansai Branch of the Japanese Association for African Studies, Konan University Okamoto Campus Building 10, Hyogo. June 22, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “The Movement of Cowrie Shells in the Upper Volta River Basin of Inland West Africa in the Early 20th Century: On the Materiality of Money”. Third Plenary Meeting, MEXT Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) Academic Transformation Area Research 2024-2028 “Material Mind: Constructing a History of Co-Creation of Things and Minds,” Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, James Hall, June 15, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “The Institutional Foundations of Territorial Governance: Finance and Administration in the Aut-Volta Colony”. KAKENHI Collaborative Research “Reconstructing African State Theory” Workshop, Room 308, Building 2, Komaba Campus, The University of Tokyo, March 15, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “African Historical Narratives = Problems in Historiography Studies”. 6th Workshop “How Have Africans Narrated ‘African History’?—‘African Historiography’ Seen from Local African Histories,” National Museum of Ethnology, 4th Floor, Seminar Room 1, March 9, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “Dismantling the ‘1958 Myth’: A History of African Studies in Prewar and Early Postwar Japan”. 3rd Meeting, Research Group on “Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Political and Economic History of Colonial West Africa”. Asian Economic Research Institute, February 19, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “On the dissolution of Haute Volta in 1932.”, Kick-off meeting on the JSPS project “Globalizing the Study on West African Financial, Colonial, and Socio-Economic History in Japan: Overcoming divides through Knowledge Transfers and Dialogues”. Kanazawa University, January 13, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kataoka, Yoshimi and Nakao Seiji 2025. “How is the Experience of Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Perceived?—The Significance of ‘Metatextually’ Approaching Collaborative Research”. The 23rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies, December 1, 2024, The University of Tokyo. [in Japanese]
  • Nakao, Seiji 2025. “The So-called ‘Pacifism’ of Muslims in the Volta River Basin: On the Relationship between Islam and Politics Prior to the Colonial Period”. Symposium “Religiousness and ‘Politics’/'Society' in People's Lives in West Africa: On the Application of the Concept of ‘Laïcité’,” Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall, Kyoto University. November 9, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Saito, N., Koike R., Mori M., Suzuki K., 2025. “Selection of Green Manure Crops Suppressing the Development of Clubroot Disease in Brassicaceae”. The Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 2025 Niigata Conference, Niigata University, September 17-19, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Nakazawa, Mei 2024. “Population Dynamics and the Increase in Generational Skipping Households in Rural Southern Uganda”. The 35th Annual Conference of the Japan Society for International Development. Hosei University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. November 10, 2024. (Peer-reviewed, Oral Presentation) [in Japanese]
  • Nakazawa, Mei 2025. “Social Issues Considered Through Food: Case Studies from Japan and Africa.” 2025 Career Guidance Session. Kobe Kita High School, Kita Ward, Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. May 29, 2025. (Non-peer-reviewed, oral presentation) [in Japanese]
  • Nakazawa, Mei 2025. “The Actual State of Municipal Solid Waste Generation, Utilization, and Disposal in Rural Areas Near Cities in Southern Uganda”. The 35th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Tropical Ecology. Kyushu University, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. June 28, 2025. (Non-peer-reviewed, oral presentation) [in Japanese]
  • Nakazawa, Mei 2025. “Social Issues Hidden in Our Daily Lives: Thinking About Eating and Discarding”. 2025 Career Guidance. Kawanishi Ryokudai High School, Kawanishi City, Hyogo Prefecture. July 7, 2025. (Non-peer-reviewed, oral presentation) [in Japanese]
  • Saito, M., Matsunaga, M., Fukuizumi, H., and Nakamichi, M. 2024. “Effects of nocturnal outdoor enclosure access on space use and sleep-related behavior in captive giraffes”. 19th International Society for Behavioral Ecology Congress, Melbourne, Australia. October 1, 2024.
  • Saito, Miho 2024. “The Way of Life of Wild Giraffes: Aspects of Giraffes You Think You Know but Don't”. 10th Tokyo Metropolitan Zoo Africa Fair. Tama Zoological Park. November 8, 2024. (Invited Lecture) [in Japanese]
  • Saito, Miho 2024. “Introduction to Animal Behavioral Ecology: The Way of Life of Wild Giraffes”. High School-University Collaboration Program Lecturer, Shiga Prefectural Zeze High School. May 2, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Saito, Miho 2025. “The World Expanding from Observing Giraffes: From the Wild to Zoos, from Ethology to Ecological Anthropology”. Society for Animal Behavior and Management 2025 Annual Conference Summer School. September 16, 2025 (Invited Lecture) [in Japanese]
  • Sato Mizuna, Saito Miho, and Nishikawa Kanto 2025. “Effects of Castration on Social Behavior in Giraffes”. Japanese Society for Animal Behavior and Management, Aomori. September 18, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Murao, Rumiko 2025. “Research on Organic Matter Cycling and Combustion in Asia and Africa”. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature Organic Circulation Project Workshop, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. July 20, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Murao, Rumiko 2025. “Understanding and Conservation of the Dynamics of Agricultural Systems Becoming Heritage (Commentator)”. Kyoto University Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Joint Workshop, Lumie Osaka Umeda Conference Room, Osaka City. January 25, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Murao, Rumiko 2025. “Living in Refugee Settlements and Resettlement Areas: The Impact of Social Integration on Former Refugees in Zambia”. Japan-Africa Society Chugoku-Shikoku Branch Meeting, Tokushima University, January 11, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Yumi and Ikkatai, Yuko 2025. “Animal Welfare in Japanese Zoos and Aquariums”. ~Including an Introduction to the Toyota Foundation Project~ Understanding the World and Ourselves Through Animals. 2025. September 28, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Yumi 2025. “Animal Welfare in Japanese Zoos and Aquariums.”, ~Including an Introduction to the Toyota Foundation Project and Discussion~ Animal Welfare Science and Its Applications ~Addressing Common Challenges~ September 26, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Hoshino, S., Yamanashi, Y., Nishimoto, C., Ito F., Iwahashi N., Kamane H., Aramaki Y., Seo R., Fukuzumi H., Orito M., 2025. “Do Visitors' Emotions Toward Live-Feed Feeding Vary by Feed Type and Visitor Age? Using Kingfisher as an Example”. 2025 Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Animal Behavior and Management, September 18, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kakoi, Y., Narasaki, I., Umezu, A., Murakami, S., Yamanashi, Y., Shimada, T., Nejishima, H., Katayama, K., Shirai, M., Ichihara, A., Benno, R., Katsuno, R., Yamada, K., 2025. “The Impact of Animal Behavior Observation Events on Participants' Understanding and Interest”. Society for Animal Behavior and Management 2025 Annual Meeting, September 18, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Tozawa, A., Aizawa M., Wakamatsu H., Matsusaka T., Yamanashi, Y. 2025. “Behavioral Changes in Guinea Pigs (Cavia porcellus) Following Implementation of a New Interaction Program”. Society for Animal Behavior and Management 2025 Annual Meeting, September 18, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Yoshida, Nobuaki, Yamanashi, Yumi, and Matsusaka, Tomoko 2025. “Evaluation of Multimodal AI for Behavior Classification from Multi-view Videos of Ring-tailed Lemurs”. Society for Animal Behavior and Management 2025 Annual Meeting, September 18, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Y., Kudo H., Yamashita N., Nagai K., Fukuzumi H. 2025. “Preliminary Study on the Effects of Changing Feeding Conditions on the Behavior of Red-footed Tortoises and Red-eared Sliders”. Society for Animal Behavior and Management, September 18, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Yumi 2025. “Wildlife Pet Trade and Zoos/Aquariums”. Slow Loris and Marmoset Species Program Promotion Committee, Japan Association of Zoos and Aquariums, August 29, 2025. (Invited) [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Y., Kudo H., Akami R., Nakayama Y., Ban K., Tokuyama N., Tozawa A. 2025. “The Influence of Photographic Backgrounds on Perceptions of Animals and Pet Ownership Intentions: Using the Dwarf Galago and Hermann's Tortoise as Examples”. The 41st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Primatological Society, July 13, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Yumi 2025. “Evaluation and Practice of Animal Welfare”. Kagosui Animal Welfare Training, December 26, 2024 (Invited). [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Yumi 2025. “Evaluation and Practice of Animal Welfare: Focusing on Animals Living in Zoos and Aquariums”. 9th Animal Welfare Public Lecture, December 2024. (Invited) [in Japanese]
  • Sakurai, H., Tsumura, F., Yamanashi, Y., Hirata, S. 2025. “Analysis of Visitor Discourse Following Changes to the Educational Program Using Dwarf Hamsters at Kyoto City Zoo”. 26th SAGA Symposium, November 9, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Yasui, Saki, and Yamanashi, Yumi 2025. “Use of Finger-Based Electrocardiogram Monitoring in Western Gorillas”. 26th SAGA Symposium, November 9, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Yamanashi, Y., Toshiba, K., Akami, R., Asakawa, Y., Kioka, S., Nakayama, Y., Ban, K., Tozawa, A., Kudo, H., Honda, N., Tokuyama, N., 2025. “Development and Evaluation of Educational Materials for Considering the Use of Wild Animals as Pets”. The 26th SAGA Symposium, November 9, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Asakura, Yasuhiro 2025. “Estimation on Remediation Efficiency for Heavy Metal Contents in Soil Using Portulaca oleracea in Djibouti”. DT16 International Conference on Arid Land, November 10, 2025.

Works

  • Yasura, Takeshi, Oyama, Shuichi, and Aoike, Utako, Organic Circulation Project 2024. ‘(1) Termites Eating Shirts and Loincloths’, ‘(2) Termites Eating Sandals’, ‘(3) Compost House’. Dancing with All: An Ecology of Empathy. 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Kanazawa City. November 2, 2024 - March 16, 2025. [in Japanese]

Media Coverage

  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “A barren African Desert Transforming into Forest!? A Person Who Might Actually Save the Earth Using an Unbelievable Method”. “Bringing the Ultra-Rare Person!” (Masayasu Wakabayashi, Ayaka Hironaka, Wakana Matsumoto, Panther Mukai Satoru) January 13, 2025 23:15-45. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Knowledge Capital 11th World Omosiroi Award OMOSIROI RADIO SPECIAL”. FM COCOLO (DJs Namiko Ikeda, Masao Nomura, Guest Takuya Nomura) February 11, 2025, 16:00-17:00. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “About the ‘Urban-Rural Organic Circulation Project’ Progressing in Kyoto - Guest: Professor Oyama, Shuichi, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature”. Shofukutei Kohei's Hot and Warm Radio ‘Hot and Warm: This Morning's Listening Supplement’. April 1, 2025 7:15-7:30. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. Government of Japan Public Relations. International Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. “World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought”. The Government of Japan SNS (Facebook, X, LinkedIn). June 17, 2025.
    ① 【Facebook】
    https://www.facebook.com/JapanGov/posts/pfbid0CagEe36Zf8tmMqUCvbhjG3gpQstEtvSpJLUt3sP1Goo4LQJsppzdN2Ghd9BAVdPMl
    ② 【X】
    (JapanGov)
    https://x.com/JapanGov/status/1934853554352869646
    (Japan)
    https://x.com/japan/status/1934853558182269350
    ③ 【LinkedIn】
    https://www.linkedin.com/posts/japangov_worlddaytocombatdesertificationanddrought-activity-7340619231153049600-LFi1? utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAD9frRMBqeYUjKMAwqSrgtKsEB8CJZUGeZo
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Halting Desertification with Waste: Oyama, Shuichi/ Professor”. Research Institute for Humanity and Nature/ Kyoto University Graduate School. NHK World Direct Talk. August 13, 2025.
  • Oyama, Shuichi (Garé Amadou) 2025. “Restoration of Degraded Lands in Niger. Using Household Waste to Fertilize Field Soils”. LE CANARD déchaîne. January 21, 2025. [in French]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Introducing Research on ‘Food Waste Processing’ and ‘Nitrogen Management’ that Returns Waste to Nature Without Burning It: At the RIHN Media Briefing”. Environmental News, Page 3 (Environment/Decarbonization & Energy), February 5, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi (Akira Fuyuki) 2025. “Great! Kansai SDGs: A Promise for the Future – Turning Food Loss Into Food Again – Project in Kyoto: From Waste to Compost, Fig Cultivation – Circular Projects Progressing in Kyoto”. Yomiuri Shimbun (Evening Edition), Page 2. March 19, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. “Greening Deserts with Garbage: Recycling to Save Humanitarian Crises”. Kosei Shimbun. October 2025 (Reiwa 7) Issue, Pages 14-15. Kosei Shimbun Digital Edition
    https://shimbun.kosei-shuppan.co.jp/interview/75750/ [in Japanese]
  • Shioya, Akiyo, and Aoike, Utako 2025. “Ide Elementary and Ujitawara Elementary Students: From ‘Food Waste’ to ‘Fertilizer’—Considering the Cycle of Life and Soil Differences”. Rakutai Shinpo. July 4, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Hara, Masaya 2025. “Living as an Uncle in a Zambian Extended Family (Episode: Associate Professor Masaya Hara)”. Kobe University Graduate School of Human Development and Environment Podcast Program.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxX01es-RU [in Japanese]
  • Tsuchiya, Yuichiro 2025. “The Core of Environmental Sociology: Considering Nuclear Power Issues Through Garbage” Yuichiro Tsuchiya × Yoichiro Tsunoda". 【AtoBtoC Knowledge Entertainment Talk 021】 [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Understanding Water: A Step Toward Sanitation - Cholera Prevention in Zambia: Activities of Kyoto University Researchers”. Asahi Shimbun, October 17, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “UNZA Commissions $443K Water Lab to Boost Sanitation and Hygiene”. Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, ZNBC Today, September 25, 2025.
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Toilet Issues in Developing Countries: Not to Be Pushed Aside”. Asahi Shimbun, August 26, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Spreading Cholera, Children Dying: A Researcher's 20-Year Struggle with the Toilet Problem”. Asahi Shimbun (Digital Edition), August 22, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Why Cholera Can't Be Stopped: Infrastructure Can't Keep Up, ‘Urgent Action Needed’”. Asahi Shimbun (Digital Edition), August 12, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Not ‘Teaching,’ but ‘Realization’: What Continues in Zambia's Cholera Prevention Efforts”. Asahi Shimbun (Digital Edition), August 12, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Japanese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Zambia Visits Our University”. Kyoto University Website, June 20, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “Toilets Are Merely the ‘Entrance’! The Front Lines of Global Sanitation Improvement Projects”. Japan Research Center Kikan “Ace” Spring 2025 Issue, No. 287, April 1, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2024. “Kick-off Symposium in Zambia (Kyoto Univ.) SATREPS ‘SPLASH Project’”. Government Communications Agency Co., Ltd., Bunkyo Sokuho, November 18, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2024. “Kyoto University's SATREPS SPLASH Project Kicks Off”. Bunkyo News, November 11, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2024. “Kyoto University Aims to Visualize Diarrhea Risk: New Project for Sanitation Improvement”. Nihon Suido Shimbunsha, Nihon Gesuido Shimbunsha, October 2, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2024. “SATREPS ‘SPLASH Project’ Kick-off Symposium Held in Lusaka, Republic of Zambia”. Kyoto University Website, October 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2025. “Canned ‘Agricultural Products’ Still Alive in the ‘Kingdom’ – Special Exhibition Now at Hirosaki University Museum”. Asahi Shimbun, August 8, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2025. “Learning Sustainable Agriculture – Hirosaki University Plant Urushi Trees”. Tsugaru Shinpo, June 3, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2025. “Agriculture Connecting to the Future: Hirosaki Univ., Kashiwa No., and Go No. Collaboration Sweat Through Urushi Tree Planting Experience”. Tsugaru Shinpo, June 1, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2025. “Learning Sustainable Lacquer Production: Kashiwa Agricultural High School × Gono High School × Hirosaki University Collaborative Program Begins”. Touou Nippo, May 7, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2025. “Learning Sustainable Agriculture: Hirosaki University, Kashiwa Agricultural High School, Gono High School Collaboration Experiences Urushi Seeding”. Tsugaru Shinpo, May 3, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2025. “Learning Sustainable Lacquer Production: Hirosaki University, Kashiwa Agricultural High School, and Gono Agricultural High School High School-University Collaboration STEAM Education Program”. Mutsu Shinpo, May 2, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Kondo, Fumi 2025. “Hirodai Detective Team 36: Connections Among Those Who Carry On Food Culture - How to Protect Local Food”. Mutsu Shinpo, November 25, 2024. [in Japanese]
  • Saito, Miho 2024. NHK World Radio (Swahili) Interview in Swahili. September 21, 2025.
  • Yamanashi, Yumi 2025. “Shaping Forms of Human-Animal Coexistence at Zoos”. Toyota Foundation JOINT https://www.toyotafound.or.jp/activity/evaluation/joint00_contribution16.html. June 2025. [in Japanese]

Awards

  • Oyama, Shuichi 2025. 11th World Omosiroi Award. Knowledge Capital Grand Front Osaka North Building 4F Knowledge Theater. February 22, 2025.
  • Oyama, Shuichi, Shimada, Sawahiko, and Tabareck, Ismail 2024. 33rd Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Nile and Ethiopian Studies Best Presentation Award Winner Essay “Potential for Dryland Agriculture and Waste Utilization in Djibouti: Utilization of Treated Sewage Water and Sludge, PET Bottles, and Used Clothing”. JANES Newsletter No.32-1: 2-3. (Japan Society for Nile and Ethiopian Studies) [in Japanese]
  • Oyama, Shuichi and Shioya, Akiyo. 2025. 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Desert Science, Oral Presentation Section, Excellent Presentation Award (2025. “Objectives of the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature's ‘Urban and Rural Organic Circulation Project’ – Characteristics of Sewage Sludge from Niamey and Djibouti and Its Agricultural Utilization”. 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Desert Science. Hirosaki University 50th Anniversary Hall, Aomori. June 8, 2025. [in Japanese]
  • Harada, Hidenori 2025. “WET Excellent Presentation Award: Field Survey on Microbial Contamination Associated with Waterborne Diseases in a Low-income Settlement of Lusaka, Zambia”. Japan Society for Water Environment, July 2025.
  • Harada, Hidenori 2024. Kyoto University Academic Day Grand Prize “Preventing Diarrhea in African Urban Slums through Water and Sanitation”. Kyoto University Academic Day Secretariat November 2024. [in Japanese]