Japan Language Institute Faculty

Professors

Photo Name Research Interests
Name: Kenji Yokota Research Interests: Linguistics, Japanese Language Education, Linguistic approaches to non-native Japanese grammars, Second language acquisi…

Associate Professors

Photo Name Research Interests
Name: Hiroaki Hatano Research Interests: Japanese language education, Japanese linguistics, Japanese language pedagogy, Phonetics and Phonology, Speech science, …

Assistant Professors

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Name: Aki Kubo Research Interests: Japanese linguistics and pedagogy, second language acquisition, sociolinguistics
Name: Saki Ozawa Research Interests: Japanese Language Education, Cultural Anthropology, Folklore Studies

Lecturers

Photo Name Research Interests
Name: Kiyoko Aduayom-Ahego Specialized Field: Japanese Language Education, Politeness
Name: Osamu Ito Specialized Field: Japanese Language Education, Sociology
Name: Yoko Kanome Specialized Field: Japanese Language Education, Business Japanese
Name: Naoko Magara Specialized Field: Japanese Language Education
Name: Ayaka Maki Specialized Field: Japanese linguistics, French linguistics, Japanese language education, Foreign language education
Name: Mayumi Ohashi Specialized Field: Japanese language education for business
Name: Kaoru Onishi Specialized Field: Second-language acquisition, e-learning
Name: Satoko Osono Specialized Field: Japanese language education
Name: Akari Osumi Specialized Field: Japanese Pedagogy, Applied Linguistics
Name: Yutaro Saito Specialized Field: Japanese Language Education, Japanese Phonology
Name: Ranrei Sato Specialized Field: Japanese Applied Linguistics
Name: Sae Shibata Specialized Field: Japanese Language Education
Name: Emiko Suda Specialized Field: International Communication
Name: Mari Takano Specialized Field: Pronunciation and Accent, Business Japanese, Teaching methods
Name: Masafumi Takeda Specialized Field: Educational Technology
Name: Tomomi Watanabe Specialized Field: Japanese Language Education, Sociolinguistics
Name: Ririko Yonekura Specialized Field: Japanese Language Education
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