Field survey on the volcanic activity of a crater lake, Katanuma in Naruko Volcano (2023-2025 Leader: GOTO Akio)

Trans-boundary expansions of prehistoric humans and cultures in the Ryukyu Islands (2024-2026 Leader: SANO Katsuhiro )

The Migration and Cultural Forms of Muslims- A Study on the Muslim minority Floating Population in contemporary China (2024-2026 Leader: Alimtohte SHIHO)

Economic corridors and border regions in Northeast Asia: An anthropological study focus on border trades (2025-2026 Leader: TERAO Moe )

Do “Newcomers” Improve Local Well-Being? Exploring the Impact of Foreign Residents in Japan’s Non-Metropolitan Areas (2025-2026 Leader: TENG Yuanyuan )

Digital Preservation of Photographic Documents from Post-Soviet Uzbekistan (2024-2025 Leader: ISOGAI Masumi)

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Regional Cultural Research: The Case of Shichigahama, Miyagi Prefecture (2024-2026 Leader: DELANEY Alyne)

Species diversity and endemism of terrestrial gastropods in Korea (2025-2025 Leader: KIMURA Kazutaka)

International Comparative Studies on War Memories (2023-2026 Leader: ISHII Yumi)

Russian exodus after the War in Ukraine and the inter-ethnic relations in Mongolia (2023-2025 Leader: TAKAKURA Hiroki)

An Anthropological study on the phase of memorial services for the war dead of the Battle of Okinawa (2024-2025 Leader: OCHI Ikuno)

Studying On-Site Subjectivities in the Japanese Colonial Rule (2025-2026 Leader: ZHANG Xiaorong)