Institute of International Relations
Pursuing research into the promotion of international peace and development, this institute has been active since 1969 and supports interdisciplinary research teams involved in many fields of social science.

Areas of interest: comparative sociology, social changes, methods in sociology

3. Kwansei Gakuin University

Kwansei Gakuin University
Prof. Kenji KOSAKA Access his homepage (in Japanese)	Prof. Keiji HASEGAWA Access his homepage (in Japanese)
School of Sociology	School of Policy Studies
Areas of interest: theoretical sociology, mathematical sociology	Areas of interest: social dilemma, social capital, public participation
Address School of Sociology Kwansei Gakuin University 662-8501 Nishinomiya Uegahara, 1-1-155 JAPAN	Address School of Policy Studies Kwansei Gakuin University 669-1337 Sanda Gakuen, 2-1 JAPAN

4.Tokyo Metropolitan University

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Prof. Akihide INABA

Access his homepage (in Japanese)

Address

Dpt. of Social Welfare
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Tokyo Metropolitan University
1-1 Minami Osawa
Hachioji-shi
192-0397 Tokyo
JAPAN

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Dpt. of Social Welfare

Areas of interest: statistics in social sciences, methodology of data collection, mathematical sociology, social structure and mental health (especially women's), relation between family and work, time series analysis, theoretization of social support, frontiers and applications in Boolean algebra