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Annual Meeting

The 98th Annual Meeting of JSS Program in English

Nov. 15, 2025 9:30~12:30

Social Welfare, Health, Medical Care (4)

Chair: Koichiro Kuroda (Ryukoku University)
Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1403

1 The Function Performed by Palliative Care Units during the COVID-19 Crisis Shimane University Ryosuke Morooka
2 Statistical Instruments of Disability as a Health Problem: Reconfiguration of the Concepts of Health and Disability Concerning Social Statistics on Persons with Disabilities National Institute of Population and Social Security Research Kenjiro Sakakibara
3 Diet, Disparity, and Depression: Animal-Derived Food Consumption and Psychological Well-being among Older Adults in Urban and Rural China Beijing Foreign Studies University Boyu Si
4 Mid-Career Entry of Women into Social Work: Insights from Interviews with Faculty Members at Training Institutions Tokyo Metropolitan University Chinatsu Wakabayashi
5 The conversion of suspension to resurgence of active recommendation for HPV vaccination University of Occupational and Environmental Health Hiroyuki Taneda

JSS-TSA Joint Session

Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1202

1 Between Systems: A Comparative Study of Disability and Long-Term Care Services in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan Soochow University Yi-Chun Chou
2 Care Provision in Authoritarian and Democratic Regimes: Ideas, Interests, and Institutions in the Long-Term Care Policy Development in Three Chinese Societies National Taiwan University Shih-Jiunn Shi
3 The Paradoxes of Care Ethics: Multi-layered Precarities of Migrant Live-in Care Work in Taiwan National Dong-Hwa University Li-Fang Liang
4 The “Egg donation” and women’s choice: How the medical technology changes the perspective of women’s bodies and action in Japan Meiji Gakuin University Azumi Tsuge
5 Reorganizing Social Welfare in the Japanese Welfare Regime 2000-2025 Tokyo Online University Koichi Hiraoka

JSS Travel Award Session “Crises and Beyond: Diversity, Equality and Intersectionality(1)”

Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1201

1 Quantifying Social Capital: A Formal Methodology for the Analysis of Access to Information While on the Move University of Cambridge Andrew Fallone
2 Intersecting Mobilities: Rethinking Class, Gender, and Rural–Urban Inequality in Chinese Student Migration to Japan University of Osaka Rinko Arai
3 Rewriting Uncertainty: Narratives of Risk and Belonging among Chinese Highly Skilled Migrants in Japan during COVID-19 Ochanomizu University Jie Zhang
4 Bordered intimacies, queer aspirations: Vietnamese LGBTQ+ students navigating transnational education as affective escape Duy Tan University Thinh Mai Phuc

Committee for Promoting International Research Activities’ Thematic Session

Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1101

1 社会学の国際化を考える——葛藤と連帯の経験から 大阪大学人間科学研究科 藤阪 希海
2 ラバトで1960年の東京を発表すること——戦後都市の抗議行動と「異邦人」として居合わせたデモ 筑波大学人文社会系 特別研究員(PD) 桐谷 詩絵音
3 Representing Japan Abroad: A British Scholar’s Perspective on Disaster Preparedness and the Internationalisation of Japanese Sociology 熊本大学 アンドリュー ミッチェル
4 研究の国際化と計量社会学——中堅研究者の経験から 東京大学 多喜 弘文

Nov. 15, 2025 15:00~18:00

Gender, Sexuality (5)

Chair: Chika Shinohara (Momoyama Gakuin University)
Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1405

1 How large Japanese companies employ new female hires: Toward clarifying gender inequality in employment ○Ochanomizu University Shoko Aikawa
Ochanomizu University Etsuko Saito
Ochanomizu University Kumi Yoshihara
Ochanomizu University Aya Wakita
2 The Impact of COVID-19 on Employment Status and Social Mobility of Chinese Highly Skilled Workers in Japan Ochanomizu University Jie Zhang
3 Workplace Environment and Mental Health Issues among Unmarried Women in Their Late 30s: A Qualitative Analysis of Personal Narratives Aoyamagakuin University Yusuke Tsukada
4 When the ‘Patient’ is Exclusively Male: Examining Gender Politics in Emergency Medical Training in Taiwan National Tsing Hua University Huilu Ngoo
5 Working behind Closed Doors: Gender-Based Violence Experienced by Female Instructors in English Schools in the Philippines Kobe University Yasuyuki Yamashita
6 Empowering Women Farmers in Sustainable Agriculture: A Case from Austria ○Jumonji University Yukiko Otomo
Health Science University Michi Tsutsumi
Kyoto Women’s University Hitomi Nakamichi
7 Gender Differences in the Continuation of Creative Activities after Graduating from Art Schools The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies Chiaki Inoue

Gender, Sexuality (2)

Chair: Natsuno Kikuchi (Nagoya City University)
Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1404

1 Identity, Intimacy, and Community of Non-Heterosexual Women in ‘Rural’ Areas: The Life Histories of Residents in the Tohoku Region Tohoku University, Graduate student Faculty of Arts and Letters Shunnosuke Ohmori
2 The Lived Realities and Intersectional Discrimination Experienced by Chinese Gay Men in Japan: An Analysis Based on a Web Survey Waseda University, Graduate School of Social Sciences Kaiyuan Dong
3 Nation, Capital, and Reproduction: The Formation of Queer Families and Homocapitalism in Post–Same-Sex Marriage Taiwan College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo Division of Diversity & Inclusion Genya Fukunaga
4 How to use “being gender” as interaction premise: Focusing on Mentions of Gender Categories in Conversation Meiji Gakuin University Major of Sociology Yahiro Henzan
5 「男の生きづらさ」の取り扱いについての論点整理と検討 General incorporated association UNLERAN Michitaka Ohtani
6 Navigating Gender Norms through In-person and Online Interviews: A Reflexive Account of Fieldwork among Nepali Migrants in Japan University of Tokyo, PhD candidate Gurung Binit
7 The Structure of Misogyny: Who considers what to be “male discrimination” or “female favoritism”? Musashi University Yuko Nakanishi

Culture, Social Awareness (1)

Chair: Mito Akiyoshi (Senshu University)
Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1403

1 MINGEI as a network: Consideration of social capital that utilises regional culture Meiji University Keiko Nakae
2 A Study on the Transformation of Bearers of Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Case of ‘Washi: The Traditional Craft of Handmade Japanese Paper’ Rikkyo University Guanhua Zhao
3 The Emergence and Diffusion of the Concept of the “China Model”: Focusing on the Discursive Practices of Online Users in “Utopia” Kyoto University, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Liang Zhang
4 The Cultural Hierarchy of Music in China: Social Stratification, State Influence, and Generational Change National Taipei University of Technology Gordon C Li
5 Assessing Multicultural Awareness and Attitudes in Japan: Development of the JMAAS Nishikyushu University Nicole Sonobe
6 Robotic Drawing and Embodiment: Human-machine Collaborative Artistic Practice Goldsmiths, University of London Tomoko Tamari
7 Corporate Reputation, Symbolic Struggle Hakuhodo Inc. Yasunori Mori

Education (2)

Chair: Emi Kataoka (Komazawa University)
Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1209

1 A Study of Gender Bias in Early Childhood Care and Education: Focusing on the Relationship between Practitioners and Parents ○Ochanomizu University Ryoko Kodama
Tokyo Seitoku University Mariko Ishiguro
Ochanomizu University Kaoru Kuroiwa
Gakushuin University Midori Takahashi
Ochanomizu University Machiko Tsujitani
2 The Research of Educational Achievement of Immigrant Children Doshisha University Akira Nakahara
3 Teaching and Learning regarding ‘Unity in Diversity’ in Society: A Case Study of Life Orientation Textbooks of Lower Secondary Education in the Republic of South Africa The University of Osaka Masayasu Sakaguchi
4 Rethinking Educational and Career Choice Through Cultural Processes and Symbolic Boundaries: Toward a New Theoretical Framework Graduate School of The University of Tokyo Biao Zhou
5 The making of Scientist in School Science Textbooks: A case study of a regional State in India VFSTR,HYDERABAD Aniruddha Naik

Discrimination, Minority

Chair: Yuki Tsubasa (Toyo University)
Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1208

1 The role of the Kawasaki Fureaikan in the development of a Japan with less prejudice, discrimination and hate Hosei University Ph.D. Candidate Alexandra Roland
2 Building Inclusive Disaster-Resilient Communities in Japan: A Case Study of Kumamoto City Kumamoto University Andrew Neil Mitchell
3 Blending In or Standing Out: Navigating Anti-Chinese Discrimination in Japan and the United States Rice University graduate student Shoei Cho
4 Transformation from Majority to Minority: A Case Study of Muslim Converts in Contemporary Germany The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Department of Religious Studies Tomoyuki Wada
5 Reconsidering of housing welfare The graduate school of university Social sciences Satoshi Kanai

JSS Travel Award Session “Crises and Beyond: Diversity, Equality and Intersectionality(2)”

Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1201

1 Authoritarian Ecologies and Gendered Exclusions: Populist Crisis Governance in India, Turkey, and the United States Humboldt-University Devrim Eren
2 Faculty Burnout and Gender Inequity in the Wake of Multiple Crises: A Local Ethnography Caraga State University Jefferson Cuadra
3 Not so beneficial islanders: the planned/unplanned relocation and embankment politics of the Climate displaced communities of the ‘Global south’: case studies from India University of Delhi Madhurima Chatterjee
4 Climate Injustice and Intersectionality: A Study of Displaced Women and Children in Coastal Nigeria Olabisi Onabanjo University Oludele Solaja

Nov. 16, 2025 9:30~12:30

Children, Youth, Middle Age

Chair: Satoshi Otaya (Ritsumeikan University)
Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1405

1 A social well-being study on the impact of childhood relationships and family on human development Asia University Sachio Ishida
2 Qualitative Research on University Students who Take a Leave of Absence or Repeat a Year: Focusing on the Differences in the Meanings of Their Experiences The University of Tokyo Doctorate Yuka Chikamori
3 What has the discourse of “want to do” brought to young people?: Focusing on changes in the social background Kwansei Gakuin University, Graduate School of Sociology Jin Watou
4 How was the Concept of “Seishun” Used?: Focusing on the Discourse of Fiction Writers’ Community Kumamoto Gakuen University Hiromichi Sagawa
5 Why do high school girls shorten the skirts of their uniforms? Meiji Gakuin University Keiko Aiba

Community (3)

Chair: Hideo Nakazawa (Sophia University)
Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1401

1 When waste materials become resources: The social process of value creation seen in the renovation of vacant houses Kobegakuin University Jun Matsumura
2 Governance of Industrial Resources: Comparative Regional Analysis of Porcelain Industry in Japan Juntendo University Ariko Ota
3 “Local production for local consumption” of local sake and interregional relations Kindai University Ryuhei Tsuji
4 Understanding Japanese Civil Society Through a New Lens: Realities and Key Issues of the “Civic Commons” Concept Komazawa University Yanyan Li
5 Language inheritance of minority languages in Japanese: focusing on Uighurs living in Japan The Moralogy Foundation Abuduletifu Abudurexiti
6 Differences in the relationship between “children who moved out” and “children of ‘children who moved out’” regarding mountain villages: A Studey of Z village in Sakuma-cho, Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu City Shizuoka University of Art and Culture Shuichi Funato
7 The impact of national certification of Japanese language teachers on the management of local Japanese language classes Osaka Shoin Women’s University Jeeeun Oh

Area Studies

Chair: Chiho Ogaya (Ferris University)
Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1208

1 Filipino Migrant Domestic Workers in France and the Other Face of Their “Vulnerability”: The “Gray Zone” of Philippines’ Labor Migration Policy Prof. Emerita, Hitotsubashi University Ruri Ito
2 Migrants’ Strategy under Neoliberal Migration Policies: A Case Study from TITP and SSWP Hitotsubashi University Poonavich Sangmukda
3 Examining School Segregation through a Case Study of Children from “Gitan” Families Nagoya University Motoko Tsurumaki
4 The development and the background of “equality” and ”diversity” in the contemporary British society: Transitions of the social structure, ideals and operations in and around the contemporary legal systems Society of Authors Megumi Waters
5 The Transformation of Higher Education Governance from Neoliberal to Multi-Stakeholder Governance in Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom UC, Berkeley Keiko Yokoyama
6 Neoliberal Immigration Governance and the Urban Politics of Inclusion: The Case of Lewisham, London Doshisha University Naoki Yonekawa
7 Transnational Intersectional Experiences of Migrant Women in Canada: Navigating Gender, Race, and Legal Status Across Borders University of Manitoba Sally Ogoe

History, Social History, Life History (3)

Chair: Eiji Oguma (Keio University)
Room: East Lecture Building 1, 1207

1 The Development of the Concept of “Naturality of Population” in Japan Hosei University Karahari Yamada
2 An approach from the sociology of colonialism and the concept of multidirectional memory Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow PD Naoki Nishida
3 An Ethnography of Intimacy and Memory in Gion: Observing Urban Networks through a Centenarian Bar Kansai University Yuki Yasuda
4 A Study of New Perspectives in the Criticism of Masao Maruyama in the University Conflict: Focusing on the opposition to meritocracy (meritocracy) Ashiya University Graduate School Atsushi Yoshioka
5 Whom Do Repressors Target in Social Networks?: A Structural Network Analysis of the Forced Migration of Indigenous Tribes in Colonial Taiwan, 1931-1944 〇Academia Sinica Institute of Sociology Yen-Sheng Chiang
Yale University Hsiao Yuan

Nov. 16, 2025 10:00~13:00

Poster Session

Room: Faculty Building 3, Shared Meeting Room

13 Rethinking Civic Engagement: Participatory Budgeting as a Bottom-Up Response to Climate Inaction in Polish Cities 〇Poznan University of Life Sciences Department of Landscape Architecture Adam Chorynski
Poznan University of Life Sciences Iwona Pinskwar
Poznan University of Life Sciences Michal Krzyzaniak
Poznan University of Life Sciences Patryk Antoszewski
16 Feasibility of “Diversification” of School Lunch in Japanese Public Schools: A case study of Kurds living in Warabi City, Saitama Prefecture Setagaya Elementary School attached Tokyo Gakugei University Satoe Kon

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