The Bulletin VOLUME 01March 2014

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Director 01 Focus 01-03 Recent Events 03-06 Awards 06-07 New Colleagues from 2012 07-09 Publications 09-10 CCenter forNEAS Northeast Asian Studies 2012-13 Letters 10-12 Editorial 12

Director The Mission of the Center for Northeast Asian Studies

The two decades since the end of the Cold War has Japan and South Korea sought been an era during which Northeast Asia became their security. Then what did the increasingly visible. Six nations, including the Siberian and region gain after the end of the Far Eastern parts of Russia, China, Mongolia, North and cold war regime? Now again we South Korea, and Japan, are part of this vast region occu- see the establishment of Russian pying almost half of the continent. Yet from the historical and Chinese political hegemony point of view, what was most notable about past twenty on the continent along with eco- years of this region was the recurrence of regional geo- nomic cohesion between them political currents that have their roots in the seventeenth and the maritime powers. Rela- century. The ascendency of Czarist Russia in the north tions among the region’s nations OKA Hiroki, and the establishment of the Daiqing dynasty of China in are growing closer and demo- the Director of CNEAS the south, accompanied by the decline of the traditional graphic transfer over their bound- power of the nomadic tribes of Inner Asia and the mari- ary lines is increasing. But the Northeast Asia emerging time power of premodern Japan, ushered in an era of from these changes is still unstable, as reflected in recent domination of the region by the two gigantic empires. territorial disputes and ethnic confrontations. The conse- On December 19, 2012, CNEAS as the secretariat, With the arrival of modern imperialism in the second half quences of globalization are also unpredictable. organized a symposium of the Third Division of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twen- The issues of the Northeast Asian region, as shown in （Humanities and Social Sciences）of the Council of the tieth century, the region was buffeted by the breakdown this Bulletin, range over a wide spectrum of academia, Directors of National University Affiliated Research Insti- of the old geopolitical order and wars between nation making the interdisciplinary approach to research indis- tutes and Centers was held at the Westin Sendai hotel. states. Later, during the years of the Cold War, the region pensable. The growing need for the advancement of The Council is an organization created for the purpose came under the strong grip of the Soviet Union and com- Northeast Asian regional studies encourages us to mobi- of promoting scholarly research in Japan through close munist China and was sealed off from advances by the lize the capacities of scholars throughout the world. This communication and cooperation among the presidents outside forces of American sea power under which is the mission of CNEAS. and directors of research institutes and centers affili- ated with national universities throughout Japan. Its predecessor organization included inter-university Focus research institutes in addition to the national those that lead university-level research in each field in Siberian Ethnology and Edo-Period Castaway Accounts university-affiliated research institutes, but in 2004, fol- this country. lowing the incorporation of the national universities, This council has three divisions, for science and engineer- On February 16, 2013, at the invitation of the privately enous peoples of the islands as well as Russian settlers the inter-university research institutes became separate ing, for medicine and the biological sciences, and for the organized Ishinomaki Wakamiya-maru Castaway Society, and were taken to St. Petersburg via Kamchatka penin- from the Council, and mutual liaison was promoted. humanities and social sciences. In academic year 2012- in the first-floor hall of the Ishinomaki Kahoku Building, sula, the Sea of Okhotsk, Yakutsk, and Irkutsk. Later they Today, the Council has 63 research institutes and 28 2013, CNEAS took up the post of secretariat for the third Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, I presented a lecture on crossed the Atlantic and the Pacific on the ship carrying research centers affiliated with 29 national universities division and planned the symposium held annually under “Siberian Ethnology as Seen From the Records of Cast- Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov, a prominent figure in from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary the auspices of the Council. While the Council itself is aways: History and the Present.” Japanese-Russian diplomatic relations, and returned to Medicine in Hokkaido on the north to the University of composed of these three divisions the research activities Tsudayu and the other crew of the Ishinomaki Japan in 1804. Of the crew of 15 who had accompanied the Ryukyus in Okinawa at the south, and they are of the institutes and centers are not clearly divided along Wakamiya-maru are known to have been the first Japa- Tsudayu, only 4 returned alive. home to more than 3,300 scholars. The fields of those lines. In recent years, interdisciplinary research nese to go around the world by ship. After leaving Ishino- The record of their travels is preserved in the Kankai ibun research of the affiliated institutes and centers are very straddling multiple fields and research merging the per- maki in 1793, the ship suffered an accident and drifted to [Strange Tales of Circumnavigation] and other writings. diverse, including the natural sciences, humanities, and spectives of the humanities and natural sciences through the Aleutian Islands. There they encountered the indig- The Kankai ibun contains quite a large number of social sciences, and the members of the Council are liaison between the humanities/social sciences and 01 The Bulletin CNEAS Vol.01

accounts of an ethnographical accounts obtained from the castaways by rangaku（Dutch and topographical nature, so I learning） scholar Otsuki Gentaku of the Sendai domain. also spoke about the value of The question of how such ethnographical information ob- this and other documents tained from castaways was written down is a subject from the point of view of cul- worthy of study in the history of cultural anthropology. tural anthropology today. This lecture was made possible by the Society’s chair- I had known about the sojourns man, Kimura Seichū who took an interest in my book in Siberia of Edo period cast- Gokkan no Shiberia ni ikiru [Life in Arctic Siberia: Shinsen- aways including Daikokuya sha, 2012] and the connection provided by CNEAS pro- Kodayu（1751‒1828）, but this fessor HIRAKAWA Arata, who is also vice-chairman of the time I read the accounts of Tsu- Society. I was nervous about speaking to the audience of dayu and his crew and was about 30 members who were much more informed quite surprised to find much of value from a documentary about the castaways than am I, but the question-and- point of view. I am particularly interested in how they ob- answer session was very lively and I thoroughly enjoyed tained such a wealth of ethnographical information and this opportunity to speak.（TAKAKURA Hiroki how it was recorded. The Kankai ibun is a report of oral

Focus Symposium linking Sendai and Florence

Public Lectures: Preservation of Cultural Heritage by Sci- of cultural treasures. After ence and Technology: Experience from the 3.11 Earth- introducing his research con- quake and Tsunami and Flood in Florence. ducted at the University of This was a program of lectures held by CNEAS, with sup- Florence relating to preserva- port from the Istituto Italiano di Cultura-Tokyo, at the tion of cultural artifacts that Sendai Chamber of Commerce and Industry on 10 March began following 1966 flooding 2012. The event was held in conjunction with“Spirit of in Florence, he spoke about Tohoku University,” Tohoku University’s one-year anniver- the case, in which he himself sary commemoration of the Great East Japan Earthquake, was involved, of using radar to inviting overseas researchers connected with the univer- explore the theory that an- sity for a program dedicated to recovery from the other painting was hidden be- disaster.Many historic buildings and cultural properties neath a work Battle of Anghi- On December 19, 2012, CNEAS as the secretariat, were lost in the tsunami at the time of the March 2011 ari by Leonardo da Vinci. organized a symposium of the Third Division Earthquake and great effort has been invested in their sal- Kaori Fukunaga of the National Institute of Information （Humanities and Social Sciences）of the Council of the vage and restoration. Like Japan, Italy is a nation of volca- and Communications Technology (NICT) talked about the Directors of National University Affiliated Research Insti- nic eruptions and earthquakes and is known for its active study and repair of early Rennaisance paintings at the tutes and Centers was held at the Westin Sendai hotel. research for the preservation of cultural treasures from Uffizi Gallery in Florence using terahertz waves that are The Council is an organization created for the purpose natural disasters. Following the tremendous damage midway between the wavelength of electronic waves and of promoting scholarly research in Japan through close resulting from the flooding of the Arno River in 1966, Flor- light. Motoyuki Sato introduced the electronic wave tech- communication and cooperation among the presidents ence has become a city with a great accumulation of nology being used at CNEAS for archaeological site pres- and directors of research institutes and centers affili- experience in the preservation of cultural treasures. For ervation and in protection against fires and disaster mitiga- ated with national universities throughout Japan. Its these lectures, associate professor Massimiliano Pieraccini, tion. Akihiro Kaneda and Yosei Kozuma of the Nara Na- predecessor organization included inter-university of the University of Florence, with which Tohoku Univer- tional Research Institute for Cultural Properties reported research institutes in addition to the national those that lead university-level research in each field in sity has an academic exchange agreement, was invited to on cases of the application of technology for preservation university-affiliated research institutes, but in 2004, fol- this country. speak. He presented specific examples of ways science of cultural properties in Japan.（SATO Motoyuki） lowing the incorporation of the national universities, This council has three divisions, for science and engineer- On February 16, 2013, at the invitation of the privately enous peoples of the islands as well as Russian settlers and technology have been mobilized for the preservation the inter-university research institutes became separate ing, for medicine and the biological sciences, and for the organized Ishinomaki Wakamiya-maru Castaway Society, and were taken to St. Petersburg via Kamchatka penin- from the Council, and mutual liaison was promoted. humanities and social sciences. In academic year 2012- in the first-floor hall of the Ishinomaki Kahoku Building, sula, the Sea of Okhotsk, Yakutsk, and Irkutsk. Later they Today, the Council has 63 research institutes and 28 2013, CNEAS took up the post of secretariat for the third Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, I presented a lecture on crossed the Atlantic and the Pacific on the ship carrying research centers affiliated with 29 national universities division and planned the symposium held annually under “Siberian Ethnology as Seen From the Records of Cast- Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov, a prominent figure in Focus Symposium Held in Mongolia from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary the auspices of the Council. While the Council itself is aways: History and the Present.” Japanese-Russian diplomatic relations, and returned to Medicine in Hokkaido on the north to the University of composed of these three divisions the research activities Tsudayu and the other crew of the Ishinomaki Japan in 1804. Of the crew of 15 who had accompanied In September 2012, an international symposium on Mon- emy of Sciences, and the symposiums have been spon- the Ryukyus in Okinawa at the south, and they are of the institutes and centers are not clearly divided along Wakamiya-maru are known to have been the first Japa- Tsudayu, only 4 returned alive. golian history was held in the Mongolian capital of Ulan sored jointly by CNEAS and the Academy’s Institute of home to more than 3,300 scholars. The fields of those lines. In recent years, interdisciplinary research nese to go around the world by ship. After leaving Ishino- The record of their travels is preserved in the Kankai ibun Bator. The symposium was the fifth in a series held about History or Institute of International Studies. Researchers research of the affiliated institutes and centers are very straddling multiple fields and research merging the per- maki in 1793, the ship suffered an accident and drifted to [Strange Tales of Circumnavigation] and other writings. every two years since 2003. Tohoku University has an from the Inner Mongolia Normal University participated diverse, including the natural sciences, humanities, and spectives of the humanities and natural sciences through the Aleutian Islands. There they encountered the indig- The Kankai ibun contains quite a large number of academic exchange agreement with the Mongolian Acad- since the third symposium held in 2007, with the audi- social sciences, and the members of the Council are liaison between the humanities/social sciences and 02 The Bulletin CNEAS Vol.01

ence including people from the Russian republics of Burya- center on research on Siberia’s Buryatia instead. tia and Kalmykia. Along with CNEAS, the Institute of His- In October 2012, I attended a meeting in Beijing spon- tory of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and the Inner sored by Renmin University. In Beijing as well, one of the Mongolia Normal University Institute for Mongolian Stud- languages of the presentations was Mongolian and the ies co-organized the 2009 symposium, and the Inner Mon- scholars invited from Mongolia gave their presentations golia Normal University Institute for Mongolian History and in Mongolian. The student who came to meet me after I Culture was the third co-organizer of the fifth symposium flew into the airport at Beijing was a Han Chinese but held in 2012. Participants from Japan were not limited in said he was majoring in Tibetan history and studying the university professors and research faculty of linstitutes, the Tibetan language. I heard that there are Han stu- but graduate students were also encouraged to present dents who speak Mongol and I got a sense that there is their papers at the symposium. The research presenta- some change in the language environment involving tions were all given in Mongolian and a collection of Mongolian studies in China today. This sort of“localiza - papers presented at the symposium was published in tion” of research is in a way quite perfectly natural, but it Mongolian. seemed to me that it might be necessary to consider the Among the participants in the 2012 symposium on the significance of that trend in the context of international theme“The Qing Dynasty and Mongolians” were two uni- research exchange, including that with Europe and the versity faculty members and four doctoral degree stu- United States.（OKA Hiroki） dents from four universities in Japan. Although unin- tended, I turned out to be the only Japanese participant̶ the rest being ethnic Mongolian. Quite a number of Mon- golian scholars and students are studying Mongolian his- tory in Japan today. Mongolians in Mongolia, China, and other countries have taken the lead in what may be called international Mongolian studies. When I visited the St. Pe- tersburg branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies （Russian Academy of Sciences） a few years ago, a Russian specialist told me that in their European division, Mongo- lian studies was on the wane, with research tending to

Recent Events Fiscal 2012 Visiting Seminar “Japan and Asia” On December 19, 2012, CNEAS as the secretariat, The“Japan-Asian Studies Seminar” which begun in The afternoon session was a lecture on“Myth and Sha- organized a symposium of the Third Division 2009 between the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, manism: Japan, Ainu and Siberia” by Professor Yamada. （Humanities and Social Sciences）of the Council of the Tohoku University and the Department of Humanities, There are points in common between Japan and Sibe- Directors of National University Affiliated Research Insti- Novosibirsk State University was conducted for the ria in terms of traditional religion, and it was the Ainu tutes and Centers was held at the Westin Sendai hotel. fourth time in 2012. The seminar was held in 2012 by that provided the link between them. It is thought that The Council is an organization created for the purpose Associate Professor KUBO Shun’ichi of the Graduate changes happened in the musical instruments used in of promoting scholarly research in Japan through close School of Information Sciences and Associate Professor shamanistic rituals from bows to drums（Siberia） and communication and cooperation among the presidents YAMADA Hitoshi of the Faculty of Arts and Letters. juzu rosaries（northeast Japan） as they were transmit- and directors of research institutes and centers affili- From CNEAS, vice president OKA Hiroki, associate pro- ted from the Ainu. During the talk, Yamada showed ated with national universities throughout Japan. Its fessor TAKAKURA Hiroki, and I participated. videos of shamanistic rituals in the Tohoku region and predecessor organization included inter-university The lectures were held on November 14 on the theme actual recordings of Ainu songs, which he knew would research institutes in addition to the national those that lead university-level research in each field in this time of“Reality and the Power of Imagination as be of particular interest to the Russian students in his university-affiliated research institutes, but in 2004, fol- this country. Reflected in Myth and Subculture.” During the morning audience. Both lectures were well attended with audi- lowing the incorporation of the national universities, This council has three divisions, for science and engineer- session Professor Kubo spoke on“Catastrophes and ences of more than 50. In addition to students from the the inter-university research institutes became separate ing, for medicine and the biological sciences, and for the Japan’s Pop Culture.” War, nuclear explosions, earth- departments of Humanities, Foreign Languages, and from the Council, and mutual liaison was promoted. humanities and social sciences. In academic year 2012- quakes, and other catastrophic events are frequent Management, Novosibirsk State University, Japanese- Today, the Council has 63 research institutes and 28 2013, CNEAS took up the post of secretariat for the third topics of Japanese manga. In response to the earth- language students from Novosibirsk Educational Uni- research centers affiliated with 29 national universities division and planned the symposium held annually under quake and tsunami disaster of March 2011 and the versity and Novosibirsk State Technical University from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary the auspices of the Council. While the Council itself is nuclear power plant accident that ensued from it, he attended as well. Freshmen and sophomores from the Medicine in Hokkaido on the north to the University of composed of these three divisions the research activities In September 2012, an international symposium on Mon- emy of Sciences, and the symposiums have been spon- gave an overview of the status quo of manga and Department of Humanities were numerous in the audi- the Ryukyus in Okinawa at the south, and they are of the institutes and centers are not clearly divided along golian history was held in the Mongolian capital of Ulan sored jointly by CNEAS and the Academy’s Institute of [manga/anime] stories of past catastrophes. By provid- ence for this event, but a Russian teacher of Japanese home to more than 3,300 scholars. The fields of those lines. In recent years, interdisciplinary research Bator. The symposium was the fifth in a series held about History or Institute of International Studies. Researchers ing specific examples from manga and anime, Kubo language undertook to interpret both lectures into Rus- research of the affiliated institutes and centers are very straddling multiple fields and research merging the per- every two years since 2003. Tohoku University has an from the Inner Mongolia Normal University participated made his subject matter easily accessible for students sian, in order to make them comprehensible even to diverse, including the natural sciences, humanities, and spectives of the humanities and natural sciences through academic exchange agreement with the Mongolian Acad- since the third symposium held in 2007, with the audi- as well as scholars. Japanese-language beginners. There was lively dialogue social sciences, and the members of the Council are liaison between the humanities/social sciences and 03 The Bulletin CNEAS Vol.01

and Russians,”“The Spread of Shinto Outside of Japan,” and“A Comparison of the 1960s Student Movement in Japan, the United States, and France.” The Tohoku Univer- sity faculty members asked each student questions and offered advice. Partly because the reports were close to their own areas of research, professors Yamada and Takakura provided particularly detailed advice. The 2012 sessions marked the end of the“Japan-Asian Studies Seminars.” There is as yet no specific plan for what kind of joint project will be undertaken between Tohoku University and Novosibirsk State University. Prior to the opening of the Seminar, on November 13, between the students and lecturers, indicating that Novosibirsk State University Vice President Mikhail good mutual understanding was achieved. Lavrentyev, Professor Alexandre Brodnikov, vice dean of On November 15, fourth- and fifth-year students pre- the Faculty of Humanities, Professor Elena Voiteshek, sented reports of the content of their graduation theses, chief of the department of Oriental Studies, and the vis- and the faculty members from Tohoku University offered iting Tohoku University faculty members discussed pos- advice for the students’ research. This kind of session has sibilities for about an hour. They agreed to continue to been conducted yearly, giving each student about five discuss specific ideas for projects on both sides. minutes to present a report of his or her research. In the As it happened, Tohoku University was sponsoring a 2012 seminar there were four fourth-year students’ and Japan-Russia university fair at about the same time as the seven fifth-year students’ reports. The student reports Japan-Asian Studies Seminar. The coincidence of these were mainly about the humanities, but gave an impression events had a significant impact, helping to bring the exis- of approaches to Japanese studies from diverse perspec- tence of Tohoku University into the awareness of people tives, as illustrated by a sampling of their report titles:“The in Novosibirsk. We expect that interchange between Ethno-psychological Impact of the Great East Japan Earth- both students and faculty of both universities will quake,”“The Development of Stereotypes of Japanese become livelier from now on.（SHIOTANI Masachika）

Recent Events Symposium on Networking Research lustitutions

On December 19, 2012, CNEAS as the secretariat, The“Japan-Asian Studies Seminar” which begun in The afternoon session was a lecture on“Myth and Sha- organized a symposium of the Third Division 2009 between the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, manism: Japan, Ainu and Siberia” by Professor Yamada. （Humanities and Social Sciences）of the Council of the Tohoku University and the Department of Humanities, There are points in common between Japan and Sibe- Directors of National University Affiliated Research Insti- Novosibirsk State University was conducted for the ria in terms of traditional religion, and it was the Ainu tutes and Centers was held at the Westin Sendai hotel. fourth time in 2012. The seminar was held in 2012 by that provided the link between them. It is thought that The Council is an organization created for the purpose Associate Professor KUBO Shun’ichi of the Graduate changes happened in the musical instruments used in of promoting scholarly research in Japan through close School of Information Sciences and Associate Professor shamanistic rituals from bows to drums（Siberia） and communication and cooperation among the presidents YAMADA Hitoshi of the Faculty of Arts and Letters. juzu rosaries（northeast Japan） as they were transmit- and directors of research institutes and centers affili- From CNEAS, vice president OKA Hiroki, associate pro- ted from the Ainu. During the talk, Yamada showed ated with national universities throughout Japan. Its fessor TAKAKURA Hiroki, and I participated. videos of shamanistic rituals in the Tohoku region and predecessor organization included inter-university The lectures were held on November 14 on the theme actual recordings of Ainu songs, which he knew would research institutes in addition to the national those that lead university-level research in each field in this time of“Reality and the Power of Imagination as be of particular interest to the Russian students in his university-affiliated research institutes, but in 2004, fol- this country. Reflected in Myth and Subculture.” During the morning audience. Both lectures were well attended with audi- lowing the incorporation of the national universities, This council has three divisions, for science and engineer- session Professor Kubo spoke on“Catastrophes and ences of more than 50. In addition to students from the the inter-university research institutes became separate ing, for medicine and the biological sciences, and for the Japan’s Pop Culture.” War, nuclear explosions, earth- departments of Humanities, Foreign Languages, and from the Council, and mutual liaison was promoted. humanities and social sciences. In academic year 2012- quakes, and other catastrophic events are frequent Management, Novosibirsk State University, Japanese- Today, the Council has 63 research institutes and 28 2013, CNEAS took up the post of secretariat for the third topics of Japanese manga. In response to the earth- language students from Novosibirsk Educational Uni- research centers affiliated with 29 national universities division and planned the symposium held annually under quake and tsunami disaster of March 2011 and the versity and Novosibirsk State Technical University from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary the auspices of the Council. While the Council itself is nuclear power plant accident that ensued from it, he attended as well. Freshmen and sophomores from the Medicine in Hokkaido on the north to the University of composed of these three divisions the research activities gave an overview of the status quo of manga and Department of Humanities were numerous in the audi- the Ryukyus in Okinawa at the south, and they are of the institutes and centers are not clearly divided along [manga/anime] stories of past catastrophes. By provid- ence for this event, but a Russian teacher of Japanese home to more than 3,300 scholars. The fields of those lines. In recent years, interdisciplinary research ing specific examples from manga and anime, Kubo language undertook to interpret both lectures into Rus- research of the affiliated institutes and centers are very straddling multiple fields and research merging the per- made his subject matter easily accessible for students sian, in order to make them comprehensible even to diverse, including the natural sciences, humanities, and spectives of the humanities and natural sciences through as well as scholars. Japanese-language beginners. There was lively dialogue social sciences, and the members of the Council are liaison between the humanities/social sciences and 04 On December 19, 2012, CNEAS as the secretariat, organized a symposium of the Third Division （Humanities and Social Sciences）of the Council of the Directors of National University Affiliated Research Insti- tutes and Centers was held at the Westin Sendai hotel. The Council is an organization created for the purpose of promoting scholarly research in Japan through close communication and cooperation among the presidents and directors of research institutes and centers affili- ated with national universities throughout Japan. Its predecessor organization included inter-university research institutes in addition to the national those that lead university-level research in each field in university-affiliated research institutes, but in 2004, fol- this country. lowing the incorporation of the national universities, This council has three divisions, for science and engineer- the inter-university research institutes became separate ing, for medicine and the biological sciences, and for the from the Council, and mutual liaison was promoted. humanities and social sciences. In academic year 2012- Today, the Council has 63 research institutes and 28 2013, CNEAS took up the post of secretariat for the third research centers affiliated with 29 national universities division and planned the symposium held annually under from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary the auspices of the Council. While the Council itself is Medicine in Hokkaido on the north to the University of composed of these three divisions the research activities the Ryukyus in Okinawa at the south, and they are of the institutes and centers are not clearly divided along home to more than 3,300 scholars. The fields of those lines. In recent years, interdisciplinary research research of the affiliated institutes and centers are very straddling multiple fields and research merging the per- diverse, including the natural sciences, humanities, and spectives of the humanities and natural sciences through social sciences, and the members of the Council are liaison between the humanities/social sciences and

The Bulletin CNEAS Vol.01 sciences/engineering or medicine/biological sciences are （Executive vice president of Tohoku University, in charge being sought in all sorts of activities of research. In con- of research and environmental safety）, three lectures trast to university faculties and departments, which need were presented as follows: to maintain the educational systems based on estab- lished research frameworks, the university-affiliated insti- （1）Associate Professor SUGIURA Motoaki, Institute of Devel- tutes and research centers have the flexibility to engage opment, Aging, and Cancer, Tohoku University:“Under - in this kind of liaison and collaboration. They can by their standing the Mysteries of the Mind through Non-invasive nature develop interdisciplinary research and so those Brain Activity Measurements” that advocate linkages between the humanities and sci- （2）Professor KONO Yasuyuki, Center for Southeast Asian ences are quite numerous. There are, at the same time, Studies, Kyoto University:“Merging the Humanities and Sci- voices pointing out the difficulties of conducting research ences in Area Studies: Developing Research on a Sustainable within this new framework. The Division 3 Symposium Humanosphere introduced research being conducted between （3）Associate Professor SHIRAIWA Takayuki, Institute of Low humanities/social sciences-related scholars and those in Temperature Science, Hokkaido University:“Liaison Among other fields, offering a chance to consider the nature of Different Fields toward the Construction of Environmental cross-disciplinary research and we arranged for lectures Science: Efforts in the Pan-Okhotsk Maritime Region” on the theme of“networking research institutes” by The lectures were followed by comments by CNEAS As- scholars affiliated with institutes who work in collabora- sociate Professor TAKAKURA Hiroki and a general discus- tion between various fields and the humanities. sion moderated by CNEAS Director SATO Motoyuki About 80 participants including the presidents of 14 （chairperson of Division 3 and vice chairperson of the institutes and centers attended the symposium. After a Council both for AY 2012-2013）.（SATO Motoyuki） greeting by ITO Sadayoshi of Tohoku University

Recent Events Symposium, February, 2013

Folk Performing Arts and Festivals in Local Reconstruction: The Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster on Intangible Folk Cultural Assets as the current state of their recovery. Session 1 of the symposium opened with an explana- tion of the purpose of the symposium and report of the survey by Professor Takakura Hiroki. This was fol- lowed by reports on the affected folk cultures and recovery efforts by researchers in charge of different regional areas: Professor Okada Hiroki（Kobe University） from the viewpoint of cultural anthropol- ogy; Professor Kimura Toshiaki（Tohoku University） from the viewpoint of religious studies; Professor Kiku- chi Akira（Kyoto University） from the viewpoint of folk- The CNEAS 2012 fiscal year Symposium, co-sponsored lore studies; Numata Ai（Tohoku Gakuin University）, by Tohoku Gakuin University and the Tohoku Univer- from the viewpoint of students, and Kotani Ryusuke sity Faculty of Letters with support from the Yomiuri （Miyagi prefecture） from the viewpoint of local gov- Shinbun and the Kahoku Shinpo newspapers, was held ernment administration. at Tohoku University’s Sakura Hall on the Katahira In Session 2, which was moderated by Tohoku Gakuin campus in Sendai. Based on a survey of intangible cul- University professor Masaoka Nobuhiro, discussion tural assets affected by the March 2011 disaster, it followed comments offered by Kikuchi Kensaku（Agen discussed local recovery efforts from the viewpoint of for Cultural Affairs, cur- folk performing arts and festivals. rently in charge of folk cul- The results reported at the symposium, drawn from a ture administration）, Saito Miyagi-prefecture commissioned project,“Survey of Saburo（Miyagi Prefecture, Intangible Folk Cultural Assets Affected by the Great Yamamoto-cho Board of East Japan Earthquake,” included the influence of the Education）, and Numakura disaster on festivals, kagura shrine dances, and annual Masaki（in charge of the events in the communities in the disaster zone, as well Hakusan shrine on Oshika 05 On December 19, 2012, CNEAS as the secretariat, organized a symposium of the Third Division （Humanities and Social Sciences）of the Council of the Directors of National University Affiliated Research Insti- tutes and Centers was held at the Westin Sendai hotel. The Council is an organization created for the purpose of promoting scholarly research in Japan through close communication and cooperation among the presidents and directors of research institutes and centers affili- ated with national universities throughout Japan. Its predecessor organization included inter-university research institutes in addition to the national those that lead university-level research in each field in university-affiliated research institutes, but in 2004, fol- this country. lowing the incorporation of the national universities, This council has three divisions, for science and engineer- the inter-university research institutes became separate ing, for medicine and the biological sciences, and for the from the Council, and mutual liaison was promoted. humanities and social sciences. In academic year 2012- Today, the Council has 63 research institutes and 28 2013, CNEAS took up the post of secretariat for the third research centers affiliated with 29 national universities division and planned the symposium held annually under from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary the auspices of the Council. While the Council itself is Medicine in Hokkaido on the north to the University of composed of these three divisions the research activities the Ryukyus in Okinawa at the south, and they are of the institutes and centers are not clearly divided along home to more than 3,300 scholars. The fields of those lines. In recent years, interdisciplinary research research of the affiliated institutes and centers are very straddling multiple fields and research merging the per- diverse, including the natural sciences, humanities, and spectives of the humanities and natural sciences through social sciences, and the members of the Council are liaison between the humanities/social sciences and

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peninsula, Miyagi prefecture）. The discussions lively at the symposium venue, explaining the survey pro- exchanged among the researchers, the local adminis- cess and showing the areas surveyed by each tration, and the local representative. The symposium research team, drew the interest of many who drew considerable public interest and was attended attended.（INAZAWA Tsutomu） by an audience of more than 160. The exhibits set up

Awards

Associate Professor TAKAKURA Hiroki Receives 27th Daido Life Foundation Encouragement Award for Area Studies（2012） Cited for his“pioneering researchers of outstanding achievement both in Japan and development of new and overseas. The Encouragement Award is presented dimensions of Siberian to researchers who have opened up new avenues in area studies,” Professor the field of area studies. Takakura was recognized Professor Takakura received the award at a ceremony by the award for his lead- held at the Daido Life Insurance Company headquar- ership role in cultural an- ters in Osaka on July 13, 2012. thropological fieldwork in The Daido Life Foundation defines area studies as“aca- Siberia and theoretical ob- demic research in the humanities, social sciences, or servations through com- natural sciences that endeavors to clarify human affairs parison with other regions, in developing regions or in peripheral or marginal the high level of his efforts to introduce the field inter- regions through empirical methods closely based in the nationally, and his leadership in the organization of target area itself.” In addition to this prize, the Founda- interdisciplinary and joint research. tion engages in the translation into Japanese and publi- The Daido Life Foundation Award for Area Studies was cation of contemporary literary works of other Asian founded in 1986 by the Daido Life Foundation to honor countries and the translation into other Asian lan- researchers who have contributed to“global-scale area guages and publication of Japanese literary works. It studies,” which is the most fundamental field of en- also helps to build schools as an education support as the current state of their recovery. deavor in cultivating international mutual understand- program and engages widely in cultural exchange and Session 1 of the symposium opened with an explana- ing. Since its inception, the prize has been awarded to education support through area studies. tion of the purpose of the symposium and report of the survey by Professor Takakura Hiroki. This was fol- lowed by reports on the affected folk cultures and Professor SATO Motoyuki Receives the 2012 IEEE GRSS Education Award recovery efforts by researchers in charge of different regional areas: Professor Okada Hiroki（Kobe CNEAS Professor SATO Motoyuki was awarded the ncouver, Canada, as a result of the impact of the University） from the viewpoint of cultural anthropol- 2012 Education Award presented by the Geoscience March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that hit ogy; Professor Kimura Toshiaki（Tohoku University） and Remote Sensing Symposium（GRSS） of the Insti- the Tohoku area. Professor Sato pursues his research from the viewpoint of religious studies; Professor Kiku- tute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers（IEEE） at through conference and research activities in IEEE chi Akira（Kyoto University） from the viewpoint of folk- the international conference IGARSS2012 held in GRSS relating to environmental assessment in Nort- The CNEAS 2012 fiscal year Symposium, co-sponsored lore studies; Numata Ai（Tohoku Gakuin University）, Munich, Germany, on July 23, 2012. The prize is heast Asia by Tohoku Gakuin University and the Tohoku Univer- from the viewpoint of students, and Kotani Ryusuke awarded to GRSS members who have exhibited ex- ■http://www.grss-ieee.org/about/awards/grs-s-education-award/ sity Faculty of Letters with support from the Yomiuri （Miyagi prefecture） from the viewpoint of local gov- ceptional achievement in education and training of ■http://www.grss-ieee.org/about/awards/ Shinbun and the Kahoku Shinpo newspapers, was held ernment administration. researchers in the field of research on remote sens- at Tohoku University’s Sakura Hall on the Katahira In Session 2, which was moderated by Tohoku Gakuin ing. Sato, who was the sole recipient for 2012, was campus in Sendai. Based on a survey of intangible cul- University professor Masaoka Nobuhiro, discussion recognized for his energetic efforts in training tural assets affected by the March 2011 disaster, it followed comments offered by Kikuchi Kensaku（Agen researchers through graduate education, intensive discussed local recovery efforts from the viewpoint of for Cultural Affairs, cur- courses, and other activities̶including overseas ac- folk performing arts and festivals. rently in charge of folk cul- tivities in China and Russia̶in the field of ground- The results reported at the symposium, drawn from a ture administration）, Saito penetrating radar and microwave remote sensing. Miyagi-prefecture commissioned project,“Survey of Saburo（Miyagi Prefecture, Professor Sato played a major role in activities to Intangible Folk Cultural Assets Affected by the Great Yamamoto-cho Board of invite the IEEE GRSS annual international symposium East Japan Earthquake,” included the influence of the Education）, and Numakura to Sendai for its 2011 IGARSS and was active in disaster on festivals, kagura shrine dances, and annual Masaki（in charge of the preparations as general chairman of the Symposium events in the communities in the disaster zone, as well Hakusan shrine on Oshika Committee, although ultimately it was held in Va- 06 On December 19, 2012, CNEAS as the secretariat, organized a symposium of the Third Division （Humanities and Social Sciences）of the Council of the Directors of National University Affiliated Research Insti- tutes and Centers was held at the Westin Sendai hotel. The Council is an organization created for the purpose of promoting scholarly research in Japan through close communication and cooperation among the presidents and directors of research institutes and centers affili- ated with national universities throughout Japan. Its predecessor organization included inter-university research institutes in addition to the national those that lead university-level research in each field in university-affiliated research institutes, but in 2004, fol- this country. lowing the incorporation of the national universities, This council has three divisions, for science and engineer- the inter-university research institutes became separate ing, for medicine and the biological sciences, and for the from the Council, and mutual liaison was promoted. humanities and social sciences. In academic year 2012- Today, the Council has 63 research institutes and 28 2013, CNEAS took up the post of secretariat for the third research centers affiliated with 29 national universities division and planned the symposium held annually under from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary the auspices of the Council. While the Council itself is Medicine in Hokkaido on the north to the University of composed of these three divisions the research activities the Ryukyus in Okinawa at the south, and they are of the institutes and centers are not clearly divided along home to more than 3,300 scholars. The fields of those lines. In recent years, interdisciplinary research research of the affiliated institutes and centers are very straddling multiple fields and research merging the per- diverse, including the natural sciences, humanities, and spectives of the humanities and natural sciences through social sciences, and the members of the Council are liaison between the humanities/social sciences and

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Professor ISHIWATARI Akira Recognized for Contributions to JSPS On August 22, 2013, fields often far distant from his own areas of expertise a ceremony was held and performing the exacting task of assessing and to present awards to commenting on them.“I was not confident of having JSPS-appointed performed a task that deserves an award,” he screening committee demurred, but commented that“since I did pass a members who had number of sleepless nights in order to meet the candidly and dedicat- deadline, I will gratefully accept the award.” He received edly reviewed pro- a certificate and impressive folding-plaque with the JSPS posals for the Japan logo（Photo）, Ishiwatari mentioned his awareness of the Society for Promotion heavy responsibility of giving judgment on the careers of Science fellowships, and CNEAS professor ISHIWATARI others, the result of which could so greatly affect their Akira was among those selected to receive an award. futures. Recalling the frustration and bitterness he felt Twenty scholars were chosen this time from throughout upon his own failure to pass entrance examinations or Japan（representing about 3 percent of all the screening to win research grants, he could not help feeling guilty committee scholars）. Ishiwatari, along with three other to be on the screening committee side. Still, he says, Tohoku University recipients（two from the Graduate recalling his own experience,“there were cases in School of Science and one from the Institute of Multidis- which I failed but eventually I understood it as valuable ciplinary Research for Advanced Materials [IMRAM]）, lessons,” so he hopes that those who did not receive received the certificate of the award and commemora- JSPS grants will not be discouraged but move onward tive plaque on August 22 from Tohoku University Direc- toward their sought-after goals. See the CNEAS website tor ITO Sadayoshi at the administrative headquarters of for this notice at Tohoku University at the Katahira campus. ■http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/2012/08/award20120827-01.htm Ishiwatari recalled the virtually superhuman task he faced in reviewing the documents of dozens of applicants in

New Colleagues from 2012

Division of Regional Ecosystem Studies Division of Geoscience and Remote Sensing CHIBA Satoshi, Professor TAKAHASHI Kazunori, Assistant Professor Ecology and evolution, conservation Ground penetrating radar（GPR） biology Observing subsurface conditions is The research in my laboratory is an important task in dealing with focused on understanding the mecha- many environmental issues. My nisms that regulate biological diversity research seeks to develop and pro- on various spatial and temporal vide tools to probe the subsurface in scales. I use insect, amphibian, crusta- a non-destructive manner by means cean, land and marine mollusk, and of electromagnetic methods. My cur- trematode parasite, and other organism as model systems rent interest is the use of GPR in the identification of soil to clarify the evolutionary origins of biological diversity in properties. Northeastern Asia.

Department of Research Projects Division of Geoscience and Remote Sensing TAKIZAWA Katsuhiko, Research Fellow LIU Hai, Research Fellow Religious studies Non-destructive testing My research explores the religious situ- My research topic is imaging and ation in present-day Mongolia, espe- quantitative characterization of sub- cially focusing on the influx of Evangeli- surface targets and structures using cal Christianity following the collapse of electromagnetic waves. Applica- the socialist system. I have attempted tions include utility detection, to illuminate the resilience and transfor- archaeological investigation, disaster mation of Mongolian society by analyz- mitigation, etc. ing this phenomenon as a historical consequence of the long- term religious repression during the socialist period. 07 On December 19, 2012, CNEAS as the secretariat, organized a symposium of the Third Division （Humanities and Social Sciences）of the Council of the Directors of National University Affiliated Research Insti- tutes and Centers was held at the Westin Sendai hotel. The Council is an organization created for the purpose of promoting scholarly research in Japan through close communication and cooperation among the presidents and directors of research institutes and centers affili- ated with national universities throughout Japan. Its predecessor organization included inter-university research institutes in addition to the national those that lead university-level research in each field in university-affiliated research institutes, but in 2004, fol- this country. lowing the incorporation of the national universities, This council has three divisions, for science and engineer- the inter-university research institutes became separate ing, for medicine and the biological sciences, and for the from the Council, and mutual liaison was promoted. humanities and social sciences. In academic year 2012- Today, the Council has 63 research institutes and 28 2013, CNEAS took up the post of secretariat for the third research centers affiliated with 29 national universities division and planned the symposium held annually under from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary the auspices of the Council. While the Council itself is Medicine in Hokkaido on the north to the University of composed of these three divisions the research activities the Ryukyus in Okinawa at the south, and they are of the institutes and centers are not clearly divided along home to more than 3,300 scholars. The fields of those lines. In recent years, interdisciplinary research research of the affiliated institutes and centers are very straddling multiple fields and research merging the per- diverse, including the natural sciences, humanities, and spectives of the humanities and natural sciences through social sciences, and the members of the Council are liaison between the humanities/social sciences and

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New Staff member from 2012

KOYAMA Christian Naohide, Research Fellow LU Koshun, Research fellow Radar remote sensing The theme of my research is My major focus of research interest “Analysis of the Co-benefits of is earth observation and quantita- Unified Policy on Global Warming tive geophysical parameter estima- and Reduction of Air Polluting tion by means of polarimetric syn- Substances.” Our research involves thetic aperture radar（PolSAR）. Cur- constructing econometric models of rently, I am participating in a NICT factors including global climate project on the development of fluctuations and air pollution and ground-based sensors for the non-destructive inspection conducting simulations of policy countermeasures to of damaged buildings. recommend what we believe to be the optimal measures for public policy on the assumption that the EOP (End of Pipe) emissions rights market regarding global warming emissions substances and air pollution emissions substances would be introduced.

Visiting Professor Visiting Professor Ulujibayar（ 2012.6.1-8.31） Magaly Koch（ 2012.9.1-11.30） Professor of the Department of Professor of Geology, Center for Mongolian Language and Litera- Remote Sensing, Boston University ture, Minzu University of China. I use remote sensing and geo- Field of Research: History of cul- graphical information systems tural relations between Mongo- （GIS） to analyze water resources lia and Tibet, Mongolian cultural and environmental changes in history, Mongolian philology. tropical regions. Scholars have At CNEAS, I conduct research high hopes for applying radar for on the theme of mutual contact between Mongo- earth-surface and underground measurements using lian and Tibetan languages and culture. the new satellite missions（SMAP, Tandem-L）and other technology for tropical and arid regions of the world. My research is important as it employs radar technol- ogy combined with optical sensors for groundwater monitoring.

Visiting Associate Professor Visiting Professor Andryan Borisov（2012.12.1-2013.3.31） Tumen Tsimidorotsiev（2013.1.1-1.31） Senior Researcher, Institute of the Vice director, Institute of Strength Humanities and Northern Indig- Physics and Material Science, Sibe- enous Peoples, Siberian Branch, rian Branch, Russian Academy of Sci- Russian Academy of Sciences ences（Ulan-Ude） Applications of （Yakutsk）. Subject of Research: microwave remote sensing. Civil Policy on Indigenous People The purpose of my research is to in Siberia in the Czarist Russia.I am explain phenomena originating in concerned with the issues of the frost heave phenomena, from small rule of the nomadic tribes of Russia (Buryats, Yakuts, to large scale, and elucidate natural as well as artificial Khakas, etc.). Through a case study of the Yakuts, I ex- seismic activity. Clarification of the phenomena of artifi- plain the structure and functions of self governance of cially induced earthquakes will be useful in preventing the Yakuts in relation to the problems of unification of cave-in accidents. I am also planning earth-surface mea- the state in the process of the Russian settlement of surements synchronized by satellite in order to clarify the Siberia. mechanism of earthquake occurrence brought on by plate techtonics in the Lake Baikal area. 08 The Bulletin CNEAS Vol.01

Visiting Professor Visiting Professor Altanzaya Laikhansuren（2013.4.1-7.31） CHEN Zhenghong（ 2012.10.1-11.30） Director of Research Department, Professor, Chinese Classics Professor, Mongolian State Univer- Research Institute, Fudan University sity of Education. Specialization: His- （Shanghai）. Field of Research; toriography, Mongolian history. My Chinese classics. Multi-color printing previous research focused on the techniques were developed from shabi, or serfs of Buddhist clergy in the end of the 16th to the 17th Outer Mongolia during the Qing dy- century in China. nasty (seventeenth to early twenti- My research themes are to analyze eth century). My current research is a historical study of East Asian court and private publications printed in color Buddhist society in Mongolia while at the same time focusing on two-color or multi-color woodblock printings gaining an understanding of the results of Japanese in Japan and Vietnam and to examine the features of research on Mongolian history. specific colors and symbols.

Publications

The language of the following books is basically in ■CNEAS Monograph Series Japanese except showing the other language. Research results of CNEAS joint research projects and individual projects, irregular publication (in- house publications). ■Northeast Asian Monograph Series 46. Written Mongolian and Written Manchu Indices This commercially published series presents scholarly to the Dagur Vocabulary. KURIBAYASHI Hitoshi. monographs in Northeast Asian regional studies aimed at 2012. researchers and university students including general 47. Chinese Word-Index to the Secret History of the readers. Mongols. KURIBAYASHI Hitoshi. 1. An Anthropological Study on the Images of Ethnic 2012. Group in Contemporary China. Ed. SEGAWA Masahisa. 48. Written Mongolian Index to Kyoto: Showado, 2012. the Baoan Vocabulary. KURIB- 2. Arctic Pastoralist Sakha: Ethnography of Evolution and AYASHI Hitoshi. 2012. Micro-adaptation in Siberia. TAKAKURA Hiroki. Kyoto: 49. The Report on the Culture of Showado, 2012. Court Theatre during the Qing Dy- 3. Religion in Contemporary China: An nasty. ISOBE Akira. 2012. Ethnography of Belief and Societies. Eds. KAWAGUCHI Yukihiro and SEGAWA Masahisa. Kyoto: Showado, 2013. ■CNEAS Reports 4. Living with Invented Tradition: Local A series for such purposes as timely reports from Identity of Contemporary Japanese Soci- symposiums, cataloguing references, and promotion ety. KIM Hyeon-Jeong. Tokyo: Seikyusya, of exchange with national and international re- 2013. searcher communities since 2010 (in-house publica- ■CNEAS Books tions). A new series published for the purpose of sharing the 3. Passing on Our Historical Heritage to the Future. results of research intended rather for the general Eds. HIRAKAWA Arata and SATO Daisuke. 2012. reader, which has been published by Tohoku Univer- 4. Reviving the Memory of the Streets of Old Sendai: sity Press since 2011. The History of Tori-cho, Tsutsumi-machi, and the 1. Nomads of Siberia and Africa: Liveli- Kitayama area. Ed. HIRAKAWA Arata. 2012. hoods with Domestic Animals in the 5. 2011 Fiscal Year Report of Documentation Project Arctic and the Desert. TAKAKURA for“Investigation of the Damage to Folk Cultural Hiroki and SOGA Toru. 2011. Assets from the Great East Japan Earthquake and 2. Linkage of Earth in Northeast Asia. ISHI- Tsunami”. Eds. TAKAKURA Hiroki, TAKIZAWA Kat- WATARI Akira and ISOZAKI Yukio. 2011. suhiko and MASAOKA Nobuhiro. 2012. 3. Suspended Transportation and Isolated 6. Mengwen Daogang: Mongolian-Chinese-Manchu Region. OKUMURA Makoto Okumura, Triglot Dictionary of 1851. KURIBAYASHI Hitoshi. FUJIWARA Junko, UEDA Kyoko, KAMIYA Daisuke. 2013. 2012. 09 The Bulletin CNEAS Vol.01

7. Research Collaborations among Institutes: Pro- 9. 2012 Fiscal Year Report of Docu- ceeding of Symposium organized by the Section of mentation Project for“Investigation Humanity and Social Sciences in the Director Council of the Damage to Folk Cultural of University Research Institute and Center. Eds. Assets from the Great East Japan SATO Motoyuki Sato and TAKAKURA Hiroki. 2013. Earthquake and Tsunami” . Ed. 8. Shamanism as Physical Practice. Eds. KIKUYA TAKAKURA Hiroki, TAKIZAWA Kat- Ryuta and TAKIZAWA Katsuhiko. 2013. suhiko. 2013.

■Researcher’s initiative publication -The study of Mongolian Text in“ Sanhe-Yulu”, transcribed Masaki and ISHIWATARI Akira (Ed. the Geological Soci- in Manchu Script at the beginning of 19th century. Schin- ety of Japan). Tokyo: Kyoritsu Shuppan, Sep. 2012 bat. Sendai: Tohoku University Press, Feb 2012. -Anthropology of Men and Animals. Eds. OKUNO Kat- -Interview on Disaster Experience: 3.11 Earthquake for sumi, YAMAGUCHI Mikako and 90 persons in Tohoku University. Supervised by KONDO Shiaki. Tokyo: Shumpusha, TAKAKURA Hiroki and KIMURA Toshiaki. Tokyo: Shin- Sep. 2012. sensya, March 2012. -The Modernity of Japanese Gift- -Living in a harsh Siberia: Reindeer, Ice and Indigenous exchange,（Zoto）. YAMAGUCHI Peoples. Ed. TAKAKURA Hiroki. Tokyo: Shinsensya, Mutsumi. Sendai: Tohoku University April 2012. Press, Dec 2012. -Field Geology Series, Vol. 8, Magmatism. TAKAHASHI

Professor Elena Voytishek Head of the Department of Oriental Studies, Letters Humanities Faculty of Novosibirsk State University（Russia, Novosibirsk）

Information on Cooperation between the Department of Oriental Studies of Humanities Faculty of Novosibirsk State University（Novosibirsk, Russia） and the Center for Northeast Asian Studies of Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) Results and Prospects The Department of Oriental Studies of Humanities Center for Northeast Faculty of Novosibirsk State University has matured Asian Studies in 2008－ through many years to become an important part of 2012. Siberian Humanities researches. The Department of Together, we accom- Oriental Studies is involved in education and research plished a more than six- as to the history and the culture of the Far East coun- year project for studying tries̶China, Korea, and Japan. Today’s faculty repre- history, archeology, cu- sents a local orientalist school of highly professional lture and society of Japan historians, archeologists, ethnologists , philologists as an integral part of and art critics, who cover all areas of interest. It is Asian community. Every supported by various state organizations̶the Japan year teachers and other Foundation, the Korean Foundation, Hanban / Confu- staff from Novosibirsk cius Institute Headquarters, to name a few. In addi- State University and Tohoku University were arran- tion, there are much acknowledged Chinese, Korean, ging international seminars for interested researchers, and Japanese Centers founded and raised by the fac- teachers, administration and students of Novosibirsk. ulty to propagate Eastern languages and cultures. Many relevant lectures were delivered for the student As Japanologists we support strong relations with the listeners of the university only. At the Department of Center for Northeast Asian Studies of Tohoku Univer- Oriental Studies there have been delivered more than sity. It’s not only personal contacting for professional ten lectures on topical issues of modern orientalism; issues but also business partnership between our uni- there have been conducted several workshops and versities, which is regulated by Collaboration Agree- seminars, with representatives of different areas of ment, signed in 2004, and Association Agreement contemporary Russian-Japanese research taking part. concluded between the Oriental Department and Japanese lecturers most actively participated in sc- 10 The Bulletin CNEAS Vol.01

entific and educational seminars where NSU students New positive ideas and decisions will surely cement Figure caption: made reports on the topics of their diplomas and international relations and undoubtedly satisfy the Field measurements of soil conditions（a）, course papers. ambition of our collaboration team to be one of the optical satellite image showing moving Thus, we would like to further intensify and magnify recognized leaders in Asian studies in the world. sands（b）, satellite radar image revealing our interactions in the educational area and make it faults under the sand（c）, and ground mutually fulfilling. The curators of the Russian- based radar work confirming the nature Japanese cooperation project have come to an and arrangement of subsurface deposits agreement on further interaction in developing new （d & e）.（Image credit: ALOS/AVNIR-2 & programs to be used by Humanities students and ALOS/PALSAR provided by JAXA. Photo professors credit: Magaly Koch & Ahmed Gaber） Acknowledgement: This project, entitled“ US - Egypt Coopera- Research Associate Professor Magaly Koch tive Research: Assessing the potential of Letters Center for Remote Sensing natural resources for land use planning Boston University（USA） and development west of Aswan, Egypt,” was conducted under the direction of Dr. Groundwater exploration in Egypt from space Magaly Koch, Research Associate Profes- sor at the Center for Remote Sensing, Following an invitation in 2012, I had the opportu- to provide a wealth of Boston University, USA. It is supported by nity to spend three months at Prof. Motoyuki Sato’s complementary infor- NSF Grant # 1004283 research lab in CNEAS to conduct research related mation regarding the to groundwater exploration in arid lands. I have surface and near- been collaborating with Prof. Sato and his former surface sediment condi- PhD student Dr. Ahmed Gaber for the last three tions in desert environ- years in a research project in Egypt（funded by the ments. Improvements U.S. National Science Foundation）, which has pro- in radar imaging tech- duced a number of joint publications. During my nology（long wave- stay at CNEAS last year I learned a great deal about length, multipolariza- the use of polarimetric ground penetrating radar tion and high spatial （GPR） and polarimetric synthetic aperture radar resolution） is making subsurface mapping of buried （SAR）. SAR technology has immediate applications features such as faults and paleo-channels pos- in Egypt, where I am currently leading a team of U.S. sible at increasing depths and spatial resolutions. and Egyptian scientists in the investigating of a Field measurements using GPR and magnetic sur- desert plain area to develop new techniques of mul- veys have confirmed the nature and depth of tisensor data integration（from optical, infrared, ther- hidden structures in our study area in Egypt, The Department of Oriental Studies of Humanities Center for Northeast mal and radar sensors） for groundwater exploration which were previously identified on satellite radar Faculty of Novosibirsk State University has matured Asian Studies in 2008－ and land use planning. Such research efforts are and thermal images. The faults were detected through many years to become an important part of 2012. aimed to reclaim desert land for agricultural use in under a layer of desert sands and represent highly Siberian Humanities researches. The Department of Together, we accom- order to cope with increasing food and water de- fractured zones in the bedrock. The GPR profiles Oriental Studies is involved in education and research plished a more than six- mands for a growing population. The implementa- revealed obvious offsets in the subsurface stratig- as to the history and the culture of the Far East coun- year project for studying tion of large agricultural activities in desert environ- raphy suggesting the presence of highly fractured tries̶China, Korea, and Japan. Today’s faculty repre- history, archeology, cu- ments requires detailed knowledge about the soil zones flanking down-dropped blocks of sedi- sents a local orientalist school of highly professional lture and society of Japan and water characteristics, quality and availability. A ments. The magnetic survey on the other hand, historians, archeologists, ethnologists , philologists as an integral part of combination of multispectral, thermal（ASTER, detected the relief of the basement bedrock and art critics, who cover all areas of interest. It is Asian community. Every Landsat）and microwave（ALOS/PALSAR） data ob- across these depressed blocks of land showing supported by various state organizations̶the Japan year teachers and other tained from space and supported by ground mea- greater depths in the center and shallower depths Foundation, the Korean Foundation, Hanban / Confu- staff from Novosibirsk surements（ground penetrating radar, field spec- toward the edges. This strongly suggests the exis- cius Institute Headquarters, to name a few. In addi- State University and Tohoku University were arran- trometry and magnetometry） was used to investi- tence of graben-like structures forming sub-basins. tion, there are much acknowledged Chinese, Korean, ging international seminars for interested researchers, gate surface sediment characteristics of El-Gallaba The detected buried channels, the depositional and Japanese Centers founded and raised by the fac- teachers, administration and students of Novosibirsk. Plain in the Western Desert near Aswan. This desert environment of the sub-basins and the faults flank- ulty to propagate Eastern languages and cultures. Many relevant lectures were delivered for the student plain once hosted an ancestral river system long ing them may well form good groundwater traps As Japanologists we support strong relations with the listeners of the university only. At the Department of before the Nile even existed. At present the fluvial or recharge conduits. Consequently, the structur- Center for Northeast Asian Studies of Tohoku Univer- Oriental Studies there have been delivered more than deposits and structural framework（faults） are ally controlled El-Gallaba Plain basin could be a sity. It’s not only personal contacting for professional ten lectures on topical issues of modern orientalism; largely covered by aeolian and gravelly sands and promising area for groundwater accumulation and issues but also business partnership between our uni- there have been conducted several workshops and thus only detectible with radar and thermal images. exploration in the Western Desert of Egypt. versities, which is regulated by Collaboration Agree- seminars, with representatives of different areas of Optical, thermal and radar satellite sensors rely on ment, signed in 2004, and Association Agreement contemporary Russian-Japanese research taking part. different operating principles and have the potential concluded between the Oriental Department and Japanese lecturers most actively participated in sc- 11 The Bulletin CNEAS Vol.01

Figure caption: Field measurements of soil conditions（a）, optical satellite image showing moving sands（b）, satellite radar image revealing faults under the sand（c）, and ground based radar work confirming the nature and arrangement of subsurface deposits （d & e）.（Image credit: ALOS/AVNIR-2 & ALOS/PALSAR provided by JAXA. Photo credit: Magaly Koch & Ahmed Gaber） Acknowledgement: This project, entitled“ US - Egypt Coopera- tive Research: Assessing the potential of natural resources for land use planning and development west of Aswan, Egypt,” was conducted under the direction of Dr. Magaly Koch, Research Associate Profes- sor at the Center for Remote Sensing, Following an invitation in 2012, I had the opportu- to provide a wealth of Boston University, USA. It is supported by nity to spend three months at Prof. Motoyuki Sato’s complementary infor- NSF Grant # 1004283 research lab in CNEAS to conduct research related mation regarding the to groundwater exploration in arid lands. I have surface and near- been collaborating with Prof. Sato and his former surface sediment condi- PhD student Dr. Ahmed Gaber for the last three tions in desert environ- years in a research project in Egypt（funded by the ments. Improvements Editorial U.S. National Science Foundation）, which has pro- in radar imaging tech- duced a number of joint publications. During my nology（long wave- Editorial postscript: stay at CNEAS last year I learned a great deal about length, multipolariza- What do you like about this first issue of the the use of polarimetric ground penetrating radar tion and high spatial CNEAS Bulletin (2012-13). Please let us （GPR） and polarimetric synthetic aperture radar resolution） is making subsurface mapping of buried know. I hope that you would find that mat- （SAR）. SAR technology has immediate applications features such as faults and paleo-channels pos- ters of your own concern are among our in Egypt, where I am currently leading a team of U.S. sible at increasing depths and spatial resolutions. research activities. Your interest could be and Egyptian scientists in the investigating of a Field measurements using GPR and magnetic sur- the seed for a future collaborative research desert plain area to develop new techniques of mul- veys have confirmed the nature and depth of project. We welcome your comments and tisensor data integration（from optical, infrared, ther- hidden structures in our study area in Egypt, suggestions. As you may notice, the bulletin mal and radar sensors） for groundwater exploration which were previously identified on satellite radar has a“Letters” page, which consists of mes- and land use planning. Such research efforts are and thermal images. The faults were detected sages from colleagues who were at CNEAS aimed to reclaim desert land for agricultural use in under a layer of desert sands and represent highly as visiting professors or visiting scholars. I order to cope with increasing food and water de- fractured zones in the bedrock. The GPR profiles hope that their experiences and messages mands for a growing population. The implementa- revealed obvious offsets in the subsurface stratig- will encourage the further international aca- tion of large agricultural activities in desert environ- raphy suggesting the presence of highly fractured demic exchange of Northeast Asian studies. ments requires detailed knowledge about the soil zones flanking down-dropped blocks of sedi- [[email protected]] and water characteristics, quality and availability. A ments. The magnetic survey on the other hand, combination of multispectral, thermal（ASTER, detected the relief of the basement bedrock Landsat）and microwave（ALOS/PALSAR） data ob- across these depressed blocks of land showing tained from space and supported by ground mea- greater depths in the center and shallower depths surements（ground penetrating radar, field spec- toward the edges. This strongly suggests the exis- trometry and magnetometry） was used to investi- tence of graben-like structures forming sub-basins. The CNEAS Bulletin is published once a year by the Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University. gate surface sediment characteristics of El-Gallaba The detected buried channels, the depositional The bulletin promotes a continuing exchange of information with former visiting scholars and others who Plain in the Western Desert near Aswan. This desert environment of the sub-basins and the faults flank- related to the Northeast Asian Studies. plain once hosted an ancestral river system long ing them may well form good groundwater traps before the Nile even existed. At present the fluvial or recharge conduits. Consequently, the structur- deposits and structural framework（faults） are ally controlled El-Gallaba Plain basin could be a largely covered by aeolian and gravelly sands and promising area for groundwater accumulation and Website: http://www.cneas.tohoku.ac.jp/index_e.html thus only detectible with radar and thermal images. exploration in the Western Desert of Egypt. Editor: TAKAKURA Hiroki Optical, thermal and radar satellite sensors rely on Editorial panel: SHIOTANI Masachika, KIM Hyeon-Jeong different operating principles and have the potential ©Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Japan 2014 12