Titles of Master's Theses

Class of 2025

Division of Regional Cultural Studies

Department of European and American Studies

  • 公民権運動における黒人女性活動家の困難と貢献
    --Focusing on the case of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)--
  • ディケンズ『二都物語』とその翻案映画に見る女性表象の変遷
    --Focusing on the characterization of Madame Defarge and Lucie Manette--
  • 映画化によるコージー・ミステリの書き換え
    --Transformation of genre "conventions" in film adaptations of Agatha Christie's works--

Department of Asian and African Studies

  • 漱石と魯迅の比較文学的研究
    --Focusing on "Dreams" in "Ten Nights of Dreams" and "Wild Grass"--
  • 辜鴻銘に見る儒教文明における道徳の意義
    --Focusing on Eastern and Western perspectives and expectations for Japan--
  • 明代白話小説に見える「家人」について
    --Focusing on "Jin Ping Mei Cihua"--

Department of Contemporary Japanese Media and Gender Studies

  • 日系文芸雑誌『南加文藝』における女性文芸人の創作活動
    --Reading post-war migrants' perception of America from a gender perspective--
  • コロナ禍による日本人若年女性の性別役割分担意識の変化
    --From interview surveys with socialite women in their 20s in the restaurant industry living in Sendai--

Division of Global Societal Studies

Department of International Politics and Economy

  • UK and US Middle East policy in the Fourth Arab-Israeli War
    --Focusing on the UK-US conflict over Britain's "neutral" Middle East policy--
  • Potential analysis of biomass energy for the construction of a new energy supply system
    --Focusing on the case of wood biomass power generation business in the Tohoku region--

Department of International Environment and Resources Policy

  • The Influence of Past Experiences on Residential Decision Making
  • 日本における生態系を活用した防災対策に関する研究

Department of Multiculturalism

  • Girls deviating from "Kawaii"
    --The image of "Gothic Lolita" in Japanese subculture works--
  • Transformation of Japanese Nisei identity in British Columbia in the 1930s
    --Efforts of Japanese Nisei to coexist with other ethnic groups--

Division of Language Studies

Department of Theoretical Linguistics

  • Null Arguments in Vietnamese
  • Politeness in ELF Interactions among Japanese and Chinese University Students
  • A Comparative Study of Verb-Repetition Responses in Japanese and Chinese

Department of Applied Linguistics

  • Examining the effects of contextual diversity on L2 incidental vocabulary learning: A case of Japanese EFL learners

International Graduate Program in Language Sciences (IGPLS)

  • A Comparative Study of Null Arguments in Japanese and Uyghur
  • Beyond Linguistic and Cultural Barriers: Translanguaging Practices and Attitudes in and Around Japan's Brazilian Communities
  • The Historical Development of Non-native Transcription Systems for the Japanese Language
  • Different-Script Homophone Priming Effects with Chinese-Japanese Bilinguals: a Test of Integrated vs. Separate Phonological Representations
  • A Study on the Phenomenon of ‘Aimai Expressions’ and their Instruction in the Japanese as a Foreign Language Classroom
  • Discourse Analysis of Young Japanese: Communication between New Acquaintances

Class of 2024

Division of Regional Cultural Studies

Department of European and American Studies

  • The Civil War and Reconstruction in "Gone with the Wind"
    –Margaret Mitchell's view of history as seen in the depiction of Southern whites–
  • A Comparative Study of Narrative in the Novel "The Great Gatsby" and Its Film Adaptations
    –Using Gérard Genette's narrative theory–

Department of Asian and African Studies

  • Current Status and Issues of Emotional Education for Palestinian Refugee Children
    –A Case Study of Elementary and Junior High Schools in Palestinian Refugee Camps in Jordan–
  • Arguments surrounding women in early 20th century historical Syria
    –"Femininity" seen in the women's magazine "Hasna"–

Department of Contemporary Japanese Media and Gender Studies

  • Research on factors influencing the phenomenon of "childcare anxiety" among working mothers
    –Targeting women working and living in Sendai City–
  • Changes in the image of women in Japanese role-playing games
    –Focusing on heroines in Nintendo game series–

Division of Global Societal Studies

Department of International Politics and Economy

  • Problem analysis and policy recommendations for the plastic container and packaging recycling system
    –Focusing on the analysis of the actual situation at recycling sites–
  • Constructing an Effective Plastic Recycling Method of Food Containers and Packaging:
    A Case Study of Social Experiments in Supermarkets
  • Environmental Impact Assessment of the E-commerce Business:
    A Case Study on JD.com in China
  • Forecasting Lithium Battery volume and its recyclability:
    Focusing on Ternary Lithium Batteries and Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries in Vehicles
  • Britain and the Konfrontasi, 1963-1966:
    The China Factor in the UK's Policymaking
  • Characteristics and challenges of Chinese-affiliated recycling companies in Japan
    –Using plastic recycling as a case study–
  • An Integrated Approach of Solid Waste Management in Indonesia:
    Focusing on Plastic Waste Treatment within Municipal Level

Department of International Environment and Resources Policy

  • Residential decision-making structure in aging areas of large metropolitan cities
  • Public Endorsement of China’s Social Credit System and Its Unexpected Impacts:
    A Qualitative Study Using Semi-structured Interviews

Department of Multiculturalism

  • Resident movement in the East Berlin border area due to the construction of the Berlin Wall
  • A study on the formation process of Shuzo Kuki's theory of "Iki"
  • The meaning of "dining scenes" in Hirokazu Kore-eda's films

Division of Language Studies

Department of Theoretical Linguistics

  • Contrastive study of consideration expressions in Japanese and Indonesian
  • A study on incomplete sentence expressions in modern Japanese
    –Focusing on "noni"–
  • Historical consideration of the metaphorical use of "Iro" (color)
    –In relation to the ancient Chinese "Se"–
  • Contrastive study of Japanese "no" and Chinese "de"
    –Focusing on noun-connection usage–
  • Visual word recognition in Japanese-Chinese bilinguals
    –Examination through phonological priming research–
  • A study of the semantic structure of compound verbs in Kanbun-kundoku
    –Focusing on the Early Heian annotations of the Saidai-ji Version of Konkomyo Saishoo-kyo–

Department of Applied Linguistics

  • Motivation for Japanese language learning in fans' online activities
    –Focusing on kanji acquisition–

International Graduate Program in Language Sciences (IGPLS)

  • An Analysis of the Sei-daku Distinction in the Tsugaru Dialect
  • The Effect of Interlingual Phonological Similarity on Cognate Processing in Chinese-Japanese Bilinguals
  • Brain Mechanisms for Decoding Attitudinal Prosody in the Second Language

Class of 2023

Division of Regional Cultural Studies

Department of European and American Studies

  • Evolution of Jewish Representation in "Oliver Twist" and Its Film Adaptations
    –From Charles Dickens' novel to Roman Polanski's film–

Department of Asian and African Studies

  • A Study of Classical Chinese Novels through the Description of Characters' Appearance
    –Focusing on the correlation between appearance and personality–

Department of Contemporary Japanese Media and Gender Studies

  • Changes in consciousness and its factors in career planning and life course selection for new working women
  • A study of Chinese anime pilgrims in Japanese anime pilgrimage
    –Analysis of tourism behavior through "SLAM DUNK"–

Division of Global Societal Studies

Department of International Politics and Economy

  • The Contribution of JICA’s Agricultural Projects to Poverty Reduction in Cameroon
  • Regional Security in the Pacific Islands:
    Securitization Dynamics amid Sino-US Rivalry
  • De-colonization of Southern Rhodesia and Britain's Cold War Policy
    –In relation to the situation in Southern Africa in the 1970s–
  • Normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China and US-China-Japan-Taiwan relations
    –Focusing on the Senkaku Islands issue–
  • A study on residual performance evaluation of batteries for next-generation vehicles
    –Focusing on the effect of vehicle usage conditions on battery performance–

Department of International Environment and Resources Policy

  • The Role of Disaster Memorial Facilities in Disaster Risk Reduction:
    Experiences from the Tohoku Region in Japan
  • A Study on the Promotion of Cooperative Behavior in Local Communities through Recalling Place Memory

Department of Multiculturalism

  • Narrative structure of fantasy in "imaginary worlds" created by Hayao Miyazaki
    –Based on Tolkien's "Secondary World" theory–
  • EU border policy and the rise of right-wing populist parties in Europe
    –Focusing on the case of the UK Independence Party (UKIP)–

Division of Language Studies

Department of Theoretical Linguistics

  • The use of youth slang "Yabai" and its implications for Japanese language education
  • Contrastive study of directional verbs in Japanese and Thai
    –Focusing on "Deru" and ʔɔ̀ɔk ‘exit’–
  • Japanese-Chinese contrastive study on subject omission
    –Focusing on anaphora in novels–
  • On the misuse of "ta" by Chinese learners of Japanese
    –Contrastive study of "ta" and Chinese "le"–

Department of Applied Linguistics

  • Functionalist analysis of Chinese inversion constructions
  • Acquisition of polysemous verbs by Chinese learners of Japanese
    –Focusing on "toru"–

International Graduate Program in Language Sciences (IGPLS)

  • Visual Word Recognition of Katakana versus Romaji Written Words for L2 Japanese Learners
  • A Cross-cultural Study of Politeness Strategies of Japanese and Balkan-Slavic Speakers:
    A Qualitative Meta-Analysis of the Existing Literature on this Topic

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