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Social Collaboration 2026.06.03SDGs Outreach Workshops Conducted at Elementary Schools in Higashimatsushima City, an SDGs Future City
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Research Results 2026.06.01Book Announcement
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Research Results 2026.05.20Jeong Lab’s Victoria-Anne Flood (D3) and Colleagues Publish fMRI Study on Second Language Prosody Processing in Annual Review of Applied Linguistics
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News 2026.05.19Department of Contemporary Japanese Media and Gender Studies, Associate Professor or Senior Assistant Professor (Application deadline: 5:00 PM, Monday, August 31, 2026)
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Research Results 2026.05.14Book Announcement
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Awards/Recognition 2026.05.11Senior Assistant Professor Ryo Maie’s Co‑authored Paper Receives The 2025 Albert Valdman Award for outstanding publication
Education Curriculum
Three Research Areas (Taught in Japanese)
Regional Cultural Studies
Fostering a deep understanding of different cultures
Global Societal Studies
Fostering the ability to solve global problems
Language Studies
Fostering Communication Skills
Programs Taught in English
Graduate Program in Global Governance & Sustainable Development
G2SD Program
G2SD is an interdisciplinary program of GSICS, whose primary aim is to enhance one’s ability to advance global governance and sustainable development through a combination of critical reviews of theories and problem-oriented empirical studies.
International Graduate Program in Language Sciences
IGPLS Course
The IGPLS is an all-English graduate degree program. It consists of a 2-year Master’s program and a 3-year doctoral program covering a large range of fields including general, cognitive, applied linguistics and more.
Industry-University Joint Research Projects
Published Papers in High-Impact Journals
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"Neural mechanisms of attitudinal prosody in a second language: The impact of informal exposure."Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, published in May 2026.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0267190526100257CiteScore: 8.1 -
"Multiword sequences do not predict speaking proficiency in dialogue: A pair-level analysis."Modern Language Journal, published in April 2026.https://doi.org/10.1111/modl.70064CiteScore: 8.2 -
"The neural correlates of pausing behaviours in L2 writing."Journal of Second Language Writing, published in April 2026.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2026.101303CiteScore: 8.8 -
"Testing the three-stage model of second language skill acquisition."Studies in Second Language Acquisition 47(2), 617-649, published in April 2025.https://doi.org/10.1017/S027226312500021XCiteScore: 8.5 -
"Beyond form–meaning: Investigating the potential and limits of captioned video in building declarative and automatized vocabulary knowledge."Language Teaching Research, published in April 2026.https://doi.org/10.1177/13621688251413734CiteScore: 15.8
Research Projects
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The Neural Basis of Second Language Acquisition through Interaction with Others: Commonalities and Specificities of Oral and Written Language Acquisition
JSPS-KAKENHIResearcher:Hyeonjeong JeongResearch Category:Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) -
Laws and Realities of Cooperation and Sharing in the Middle East: Partnership and Property Sharing
JSPS-KAKENHIResearcher:Tomoki OkawaraResearch Category:Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) -
A Comparative Study of the Influence of Glossing on the Historical Development of Japanese and the Languages of Europe
JSPS-KAKENHIResearcher:Matthew ZiskResearch Category:Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) -
The International Maritime Order and Euro-American Empires: Anglo-American Hegemony and ‘Freedom of Navigation’
Research GrantsResearcher:Ryo IkedaGrants・Endowed:Murata Science and Education Foundation Grant -
Study on the Mechanisms of Marine Pollution and Solution Development in the Philippines: Focusing on the Reduction of Plastic Waste and Improvement of Recycling Rates
Research GrantsResearcher:Xiaoyue LiuGrants・Endowed:The Nakajima Foundation -
The Endowed Course “Project Risk Management II” was offered
Endowed Courses/LecturesResearcher:Jeongsoo YuGrants・Endowed:MS&AD InterRisk Research & Consulting, Inc.
International Joint Graduate Schools
International Graduate Program in Japanese Studies
The Birth of Japanese Studies at Tohoku University
International Joint Graduate Program in Resilience and Safety Studies
Innovative Resilience Research to Support the Global Community
Multimedia Hall
Research Ethics Review Documents
