Private University Strategic Research Foundation Formation Support Project (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)

Research on economic, social and cultural revitalization and conflicts caused by people-to-people exchanges in East Asia

This research focuses on Japan, China, and Korea, where two-way human exchange is becoming more active, and aims to clarify the positive and negative aspects of this exchange through multifaceted collaborative research on economy, culture, and society. The first pillar of the research, a business management approach, will clarify the contributions and problems of seconded foreign entrepreneurs and employees to the host society through comparative analysis. The second pillar, a humanities approach, will clarify the significance and challenges of studying abroad by investigating changes in intercultural understanding before and after studying abroad for students from both countries. Finally, the sociological approach will clarify the possibilities and challenges brought about by immigration within East Asia, especially the movement and settlement of highly skilled human resources such as professionals, entrepreneurs, and mass media workers. Through the above three interrelated research projects, we hope to contribute to the promotion of exchange and deepening mutual understanding within East Asia, and to use them to propose what should be done in the future.