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About OKUNO Takuji - Biographical Sketch
Dr. Takuji Okuno entered the Graduate School of Kyoto Institute of Technology (KIT) in 1978. He earned a PhD degree from KIT in 2001. In 1997, he became a Professor at the Graduate School of Sociology, and the School of Sociology of Kwansei Gakuin University. He has served as the Executive Director of the Information-Media Education Center since 2005. He has served as the Dean of the University Library of Kwansei Gakuin University since 2009. He has served as Visiting Professor of Nichibunken , the National International Research Center for Japanese Studies since 2008.
He is now Director-General, Institute for Advanced Social Research of Kwansei Gakuin University since 2016, and Deputy Director General for Yamashina Institute for Ornithology.
Dr. Okuno's research is focused on Japanese popular culture, Manga, Anime, J-pop music, Figures, and games. These phenomena are called "Japan Cool" or "Cool Japan". They have already gained popularity around the world. Their particular popularity was spread to other Asian countries and the USA by the internet and digital media. Dr. Okuno notes that the roots of "Japan Cool" lie in Japanese Edo culture, just as the roots of Anime lie in "Kabuki" and the roots of Manga in "Kibyoushi "Japan Cool" at the Edo period , Tokugawa Shogun Ere about 300 years ago.
Resume Vitae
| Year | month | Educational Background (after high school graduation) |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 03 | Social Researcher; Awarded by the Japanese Certification Board for Social Research |
| 2001 | 03 | Awarded Ph.D. (in Science) degree from said graduate school |
| 1978 | 03 | Completed said Master Degree Course |
| 1974 | 04 | Admitted to the Master’s Degree Course of Graduate School of Kyoto University of Industrial Art and Textile |
| 1970 | 04 | Admitted to the Faculty of Textile, Kyoto University of Industrial Art and Textile |
| 1969 | 03 | Graduated from Kyoto City Horikawa High School |
| Year | month | Academic Position/Experience | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 04 | Executive Director of the Information-Media Education Center, Kwansei Gakuin University | |
| 2002 | 04 | Professor of Post-Doctorate Course of the Graduate School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University | |
| 1997 | 04 | Professor of Pre-Doctorate Course of the Graduate School of Sociology, and Professor of Graduate School of Sociology of Kwansei Gakuin University | |
| 1994 | 04 | Professor of the Graduate School of Sociology, and Professor of the Faculty of Arts, Konan University | |
| 1991 | 04 | Associate professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Letters, Konan University | |
| 1989 | 10 | Visiting Associate professor, Faculty of Anthropology, Illinois University | |
| 1986 | 04 | Associate professor, Kyoto College School of Arts | |
| 1982 | 04 | Tenured lecturer, Kyoto College School of Arts | |
| 1978 | 04 | Non-tenure lecturer, Kyoto Seika Junior College |
| Books written | Publisher | Single/multiple Authors | Published in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1) | Japan Cool and Edo Culture; The highly placed and Media Culture Study of Edo | Iwanami Books Co. Ltd. | Single author | 2007 |
| 2) | Japan-initiated IT Revolution; Proliferation of Japan Cool in Asia | Iwanami Books Co. Ltd. | Single author | 2005 |
| 3) | The third Society; Changes in Business, Family and Society | Iwanami Books Co. Ltd. | Single author | 2001 |
| 4) | Information anthropology | Just System Co. Ltd. | Single author | 1993 |
| 5) | Cosmology of Computer Kids ； information-social anthropology | Chikuma Books Co. Ltd. | Single author | 1991 |
| Major Society Activities | |
|---|---|
| 1) | Director, Society of Private Universities Information Education (Foundation) |
| 2) | Executive Director; Promotion Committee of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Society (NPO Corporation) |
| 3) | Consultant to Miyazaki Academy |
| 4) | Deputy Chairman; The Humans-Animal Relationship Meeting |
| 5) | Projector Promoter; The 21st Century COE Program of the Graduate Schools of Kwansei Gakuin University |
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