Members
Project Leader
Fuyuko Kanefuji, Ph.D.
| 2013-present | Professor at Bunkyo University, College of Human Sciences |
| 2011- 2013 | Professor at Tokiwa University, College of Human Sciences |
| 2009-2012 | Senior Specialist for Lifelong Learning Policy at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan |
Research Members
Yoichi Akashi
| 2013-present | Professor emeritus at Ciba University
A member of Central Council for Education |
| 1991-2013 | Professor at Chiba University, Graduate School of Education |
| 2005-2010 | Dean of the Department of Education, Chiba University |
Kumiko Iwasaki
| 2003-present | Principal Senior Researcher, Department of Lifelong Learning, National Institute for Educational Policy Research of Japan (NIER) |
| 2001-2003 | Senior Researcher, Department of Lifelong Learning, National Institute for Educational Policy Research of Japan (NIER) |
Takahiro Tsuchiya, Ph.D.
| 2000-present | Associate Professor at the Institute of Statistical Mathematics |
| 1994-2000 | Assistant Professor at the Institute of Statistical Mathematics |
Mitsuo Yuki
| 2011-present | Youth Education Research Center, NIYE |
| 2007-2011 | Director General at National Institution for Youth Education Chuo Youth Friendship Center |
Sabine Pankofer, Ph.D.
| 1998-present | Professor for Psychology, Catholic University of Applied Sciences Munich |
| 2009-present | Research Director, Catholic University of Applied Sciences Munich |
Yoshiko Nishigori
| 2007-present | Freelance Japanese-English Interpreter/Translator |
| 2004 | Awarded Master in Art Gallery Studies (major in education, University of Leicester) |







