The National Museum of Ethnology (Minpaku) is a research center for ethnology and cultural anthropology.

Visiting Researchers and Special Visiting Researchers

* Visiting Researchers and Special Visiting Researchers for the 2024 fiscal year * (as of 24 Apr 2024)

Visiting Researchers

STIRK, Ian Christopher
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Cultural Dynamics Section
Contrastive linguistics
NAKAYAMA Kyoko
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Applied Anthropology Section
Associate Professor, Department of Education, Teikyo University
YAMAUCHI Naoki
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Applied Anthropology Section
Editor, Yamauchi Editorial Office
HIRAI Yasuyuki
Research Center for Cultural Resources/Applied Anthropology and Training Programs Section
Associate Professor, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
NAKAMURA Yoshiyuki
Research Center for Cultural Resources/Applied Anthropology and Training Programs Section
Associate Professor, School of Science and Engineering, Kokushikan University

Special Visiting Researchers

FURUYA Yoshiaki
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Social Environment Section
Professor, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University
MORIYAMA Takumi
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Social Environment Section
Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the University of Tokyo
SUENARI Michio
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Social Environment Section
Visiting Researcher, Research Institute of Asian Cultures
YAMAMOTO Naomi
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Social Environment Section
Visiting Researcher, Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Kanto Gakuin University
CHEN Tien-shi
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Cultural Dynamics Section
Waseda University Associate Professor
SASAKI Toshikazu
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Cultural Dynamics Section
Professor, Center for Ainu and Indigenous Studies, Hokkaido University
YAMADA Takako
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Cultural Dynamics Section
Professor Emerita of Kyoto University
ICHIDA Yasuhiro
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Applied Anthropology Section
Chief instructor, Sign Language Interpretation Course, College of the National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities
OSUGI Yutaka
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Applied Anthropology Section
Associate Professor, Research and Support Center on Higher Education for the Hearing Impaired and Visually Impaired, National University Corporation Tsukuba University of Technology
SAWAYAMA Mikako
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Applied Anthropology Section
Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Okayama University
SEKIMOTO Teruo
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Applied Anthropology Section
Professor Emeritus University of Tokyo
SEKINE Hisao
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Applied Anthropology Section
Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
SEKINE Masami
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Applied Anthropology Section
Professor, Department of Politics, Faculty of Law, Keio University
SHIMIZU Ikuro
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Applied Anthropology Section
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Building Engineering College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology
SOGA Toru
Department of Advanced Studies in Anthropology/Applied Anthropology Section
Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Hirosaki University
MAEGAWA Keiji
Research Center for Cultural Resources/Applied Anthropology and Training Programs Section
Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba