Fukudai seeds

Teaching and Learning Support

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
ARAI　Hiroshi	Fostering sensitivity and the ability to devise ways to do things	Woodcraft, development of teaching materials for sculpture, environmental modeling research
IIJIMA　Ryota	Helping people who want to be able to read books in English	British and American literature (including North American novels and poetry, and children's literature)
OGAWA　Hiroshi	Supporting efforts to improve children's physical strength and athletic ability	Sports philosophy, sports pedagogy
KAGIWADA　Satoshi	Helping local people to become interested in different cultures	European History (study of religious conflict and coexistence in early modern Germany)
KAKUMA　Yoko	Increasing the effectiveness of home economics education research and training, and of discussion and activities concerning measures aimed at addressing daily life and regional/social problems through the utilization of livelihood resources	Home economics pedagogy, life management
KATO　Nahoko	Helping people to experience works of art more deeply	Western art history (Italian Baroque painting centered on Caravaggio)
SAKAMOTO　Atsushi	Improving classes and improving lesson research at schools	Education methodology, lesson theory, teacher theory
SAKUMA　Yasuyuki	Methods for learning and teaching English in various types of schools	English teaching pedagogy / psycholinguistics; practical advice for reading and listening to English, the role of memory in understanding and producing English
SATO　Motoki	Explaining "Why?" In English and Japanese	Theoretical linguistics, English studies, syntax, semantics
SHIBUSAWA　Hisashi	Explaining various aspects of Chengyu (traditional Chinese idiomatic expressions) and Chinese poetry	Chinese literature, kanji studies, study of Chinese herbal medicine, myths & folklore, kanji & Chinese classics education (formation of historical idioms, Chinese poetry, and kanji)
TAKAKI　Shuichi	Advice on tests, from creation to grading	English teaching pedagogy (testing, reading)
TAKAHASHI　Junichi	Promoting understanding of disabilities	Special support education, experimental psychology (understanding of disabilities, formation and change of views of disabilities) (diversity of abilities and individual differences, perceptual and cognitive characteristics of children and adults with disabilities)
TAKAHASHI　Yuki	Modern Japanese literature, composition	Postwar Japanese literature, esp. Kenzaburo Oe; influence of foreign literature in modern Japanese literature
TAKAYA　Rieko	Consultation about child-rearing, child development support	Developmental psychology
TANI　Masayasu	Concerning children and education in general	Education (history of education in different regions) (education in Denmark)
TSURUMAKI　Masako	Consultation on development and learning support for young children and elementary school students	Psychology of children with disabilities, applied behavioral analysis
TOMINAGA　Misako	Thinking together about "What it means to be an adult?"	Lifelong developmental psychology, clinical psychology, career development, youth psychology
NAKATA　Fuminori	Working together to come up with ideas to make our lives brighter by using the joy and beauty pf mathematics.	Differential geometry, STEAM Education.
HIDA　Misao	Leadership and communication training	Social psychology, group dynamics (psychology of relationships and groups)
HOKII　Takafumi	Qualitative analysis of childcare matters and events	Early childhood education
MIURA　Hiroki	Support and practice of research activities and learning projects	Art education, curriculum study, life guidance theory
MIZUSAWA　Leiko	Helping children do research	Reproductive ecology of plants / island ecology (I study the ecological background of island plants that have evolved in a unique way.)
MORIMOTO　Akira	Providing assistance with arithmetic and mathematics education in schools and prefectures	Special mathematics education support for the hearing-impaired
WADA　Masaki	Introducing the world of mathematics that surrounds us	Analysis / probability theory
MUNAKATA　Junko	Support for lesson planning and school lesson study groups	Educational practice, lesson theory, life science, study time units, lesson design
SATOH　Eiji	Promoting cooperation and exchange among "economics educators"	Industrial organization theory
OKADA　Tsutomu	Designing comprehensive science education that connects nature and society	Science education for local communities, science communication theory
NAKAYAMA　Akira	Operations research, combinatorial optimization, applied mathematics
BAMBA　Kazuharu	Physics and astronomy education and learning support	Elementary particle cosmology / gravity theory (research on the creation and evolution of the universe)
WU　Shuya	Using data to help solve educational problems and regional issues	Higher education theory, educational sociology, economics of education
TAKAMORI　Tomotsugu	Evaluation-based quality assurance of education and learning	Higher education theory / evaluation theory (quality assurance of higher education)
MAEKAWA　Naoya	Developing educational programs that connect community contribution and "learning"	Pedagogy, sociology (project learning, service learning)
HONDA　Tamaki	Fostering "social power" in children	Educational support, including for children who do not attend or have not recently attended school

Health and Welfare

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
YASUDA　Toshihiro	Conveying the role that exercise plays in promoting health, using examples	Exercise physiology
ITAKURA　Yuki	Commentary on "disasters and gender" and regions that are progressive in how people with dementia are treated	Sociology of local communities, disaster research, gender theory
TSUTSUI　Yuji	Assessing the impact of the nuclear disaster on mental health and developing strategies for improving mental health	Experimental psychology, disaster psychology, and research on the psychological effects of the nuclear disaster
IGARASHI　Atsushi	Mental health in the workplace, human resource development, career development support	Occupational psychology (mental health, organizational management), career development (employment and human resource development)

Disaster Prevention / City Planning

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
NAKAMURA　Yosuke	Disaster prevention education based on investigation of natural disasters in Japan and abroad	Natural disaster science (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, etc.), disaster prevention education, study of active faults
IMANISHI　Kazuo	Resident-centered city planning / "town development" support / surveys	Urban planning theory (especially town consolidation, apartment complex renewal), urban sociology (especially community renewal, local government organization), social research theory
NISHIDA　Nahoko	Advice on citizen participation methods, support for local fact-finding surveys	Public administration, urban / regional policy (especially policy related to local residents)
NAGANO　Hirokazu	Universal design policy, consensus building methods	City planning, community design, measures to deal with unused land and abandoned houses, universal design / barrier-free policies, area transportation policy
YOSHIDA　Itsuki	"Community development" based on regeneration of local public transportation	Regional transportation / tourism policy, town planning, regional economies
KAWASAKI　Kota	Support related to reconstruction, town planning / community development	Reconstruction, town planning / community development
AMANO　Kazuhiko	Designing realistic disaster prevention education programs incorporating lessons from past disasters	Disaster sociology (support for victims, community formation)

Regional and Industrial Promotion

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
IMAO　Shigeru	Providing music for welfare events	Opera / vocal music
HASUNUMA　Tetsuya	Enlivening local areas through sports	Sports sociology
HATSUZAWA　Toshio	Support for regional industrial development	Economic geography (regional and local industry theory), social studies education (geography / disaster prevention)
MAKITA　Minoru	Supporting local resident-oriented community development	Regional sociology, community policy
WATANABE　Koichi	Supporting the creation, appreciation, planning of art	Painting, contemporary art (production, art anatomy)
ABE　Koichi	Preserving and utilizing regional history and cultural heritage	Medieval history of Japan (study of local communities in eastern Japan during the Warring States period)
SHINDO　Yusuke	Organizing business records and materials related to publishing and book culture	Media history and sociology (transformation and acceptance of publishing media)
TOKUTAKE　Tsuyoshi	Passing on ancient regional documents to future generations	Modern and regional history of Japan (history of regional development in modern times)
SANO　Koji	Revitalizing the region from a global perspective	Developmental economics, Asian economics
OOKOSHI　Masahiro	Addressing administrative and technology issues through industry-academic-government collaboration	Regional collaboration, industry-academia collaboration, medical engineering, medical systems, renewable energy policy

Food and Agriculture

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
CHIBA　Yogo	Technical consultation on the use of sugar in food processing	Food science, enzyme science (analysis of food sugars and related enzymes)
NAKAMURA　Keiko	Promoting good health through food	Cooking science (cooking with leavening agents, heat, etc.), food education (for elementary school, junior high, and college students, taste/flavor education, etc.)
IWASAKI　Yumiko	Revitalizing and energizing depopulated and mountainous areas	Survey research on revitalization of depopulated and mountainous areas and community development
ARAI　Satoshi	Helping create a regional farming system in Fukushima;sixth sector industrialization promotion	Agricultural management, regional agriculture theory (village farming organizations, paddy field management research)
ISHII　Hideki	On-site radioactive contamination countermeasures, planning and proposals for comprehensive agricultural land use and agricultural production in line with the local climate and culture	Landscape architecture, satoyama (areas encompassing upland valleys and cultivated lower slopes) management, environmental welfare theory
KANEKO　Nobuhiro	Evaluation of soil biodiversity and ecosystem function in agricultural and forest areas, agricultural and forest land management utilizing ecosystem functions	Forestry science, soil ecology
KOYAMA　Ryota	Cross-industry collaboration and product development for sixth sector and value-added production	Agricultural economics, regional economics, study of cooperative associations
SHOGENJI　Shinichi	Evaluation and improvement of regional agricultural policy	Agricultural economics, food systems theory, agricultural policy
SHIN　Moono	Devising water management systems that farmers can operate themselves	Agricultural civil engineering (water resource management) and water management systems research
TAKATA　Daisuke	Supporting agriculture revitalization in Fukushima,exploring new possibilities for fruit trees	Fruit horticulture, peach and grape cultivation, distribution of radioactive cesium
NITTA　Youji	Elucidating the structure of good-tasting, high-quality rice and applying to rice cultivation	Crop science, agronomy, tropical agriculture
NORITO　Takashi	Supporting agriculture-industry cooperation and local production for local consumption	Food system theory; regional, economic, and management theory for food and agriculture
HAYASHI　Kumpei	Expanding the "satoyama and satoumi economy" to Fukushima	Agricultural and forestry resources economics, fishery economics
FUJII　Tsutomu	Improvement of yeast strains, effective use of sake lees	Fermentation science, applied microbiology, food science
MIYAMA　Yoko	Solving problems in vegetable and flower production	Vegetable and flower horticulture, horticulture environmental engineering (greenhouse horticulture)
WATANABE　Yoshinori	Adding value to crops "produced from abundant nature"	Environmental protection agriculture, organic farming, agronomy, soil fertilizer science

Economic Support

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
YUN　Kyeong-Lyeol	New business models, human resource development programs, business analysis and new management strategy formulation, etc.	Business strategy, international management, competitive strategy, business innovation
ISHIOKA　Masaru	Management policy, marketing strategy, product planning, etc.	MOT (technology management), marketing strategy, product development strategy
DONG　Yanwen	Building business competitiveness through collaborative information systems development and increasing manufacturing productivity	Management information systems (development of core business management systems), production management (production planning systems using artificial intelligence)

Finance

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
OKUMOTO　Hideki	Business planning to increase corporate value	Corporate finance (corporate financing and management theory)

Human Resource Development

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
KAWAMOTO　Kazuhisa	Human resource development through sports (track and field)	Track and field, coaching theory
IWAI　Hideki	Developing people and organizations that can create innovative products and services	Managing people, regional design
KUZNETSOVA　Marina	Supporting the reconstruction of Fukushima through international comparative research	Comparative sociology, Russian language
KOGURE　Terumasa	Developing education training courses for adults	Psychology (cognitive / education), adult education (psychological effects and educational significance of adult learning)

Law

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
NAKAZATO　Makoto	Helping consumers to understand education and the legal system available to them.	Consumer law, civil law (legal interpretation of contracts between multiple parties)
HASEGAWA　Tamako	Providing advice related to labor law, social security law, and the legal system for employment of persons with disabilities	Labor law and social security law

Life Science

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
KOYAMA　Yoshimasa	Helping people live healthy lives through better sleep	Brain physiology (I study the sleep and wake-up mechanism in humans and animals)
SUGIMORI　Daisuke	Supporting Fukushima's biotechnology industry and R&D	Enzymes, microbes, genetic engineering
TANAKA　Akira	Practical application of the measurement and analysis of biological signals and physiological indicator evaluation	Biomedical engineering, biological signal processing
FUTAMI　Ryoko	Development of devices to aid people with motor and sensory disorders	Bionics, welfare technology

Telecommunications

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
SHINDO　Yusuke	Organizing business records and materials related to publishing and book culture	Media history and sociology (transformation and acceptance of publishing media)
UTSUMI　Satoshi	Providing advice on the building of satellite networks and disaster-resistant networks	The Internet, communication protocol, congestion control, satellite networks
SHINODA　Nobuo	Providing support for computerization of education and information security education	Information education and security, teaching material development and security research using information and communications technology (ITC)

The Environment

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
NUMATA　Daisuke	Social structure for environmental protection	Environmental economics, recycling economics
KANEKO　Shingo	Wildlife DNA testing	Conservation ecology, molecular ecology
KAWAGOE　Seiki	Investigation and analysis of present and future water disasters and water environment	Natural disaster science, hydrology, river engineering
KUROSAWA　Takahide	Surveys on precious natural biodiversity, advice on conservation	Plant taxonomy, ecology
GOTO　Shinobu	Support for environmental planning and education (including nuclear power and radiation education)	Environmental planning, environmental system engineering, environmental education
TAKAGAI　Yoshitaka	Advice on microanalysis	Analytical chemistry
TSUTSUMI　Tadaaki	Supporting efforts to maintain biodiversity	Comparative embryology of insects, protection of local insects
NAGAHASHI　Yoshitaka	Investigating the origins of regions and volcanoes, their attraction and potential for disasters	Volcanic geology, Quaternary Period geology, tephra (volcanic ash)
NANBA　Kenji	Concerning microorganisms (bacteria, etc.) found in rivers, lakes and marshes, and soil	Environmental microbiology, microorganism ecology
YOSHIDA　Ryuhei	Evaluation of the impact of global warming and design of countermeasures	Meteorology, agriculture (the earth's atmosphere, agricultural climate)
JINGUJI　Hiroshi	Enriching local life through the plants and animals of rural areas	Rural ecology engineering, rural planning
TSUKADA　Hirofumi	Investigation of soil, crops, ponds, forests, etc.; evaluating the impact on residents' lives of radioactive substances in the environment and countermeasures	Environmental radiation ecology in land areas
YOSCHENKO　Vasyl	Evaluation and countermeasures for forestry regeneration in contaminated areas	Forest ecology (radioactive nuclide dynamics in forests and the effect of radiation on tree species)
Ismail　Md.　Mofizur　Rahman	Providing advice on effective use of waste materials	Environmental analytical chemistry, waste management, bioremediation
WAKIYAMA　Yoshifumi	Observation and analysis of the dynamics of radioactive materials in aquatic environments	Hydrogeomorphology
WADA　Toshihiro	Supporting the rebuilding and revitalization of Fukushima's fishing and fisheries industries	Fish ecology, hydrosphere resource ecology, hydrosphere radiation ecology

Nanotechnology / Materials

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
ASADA　Takashi	Development of biomass material, energy utilization	Biomass resource engineering, environmental hygiene science
OHASHI　Hironori	Analyzing the chemical makeup of substances using X-rays (gamma rays)	Physical chemistry, X-ray / gamma ray spectroscopy
OZAWA　Yoshihito	Developing materials that have new functions, analyzing functions at the microscale level, designing materials systems of optimal strength and rigidity	Mechanical engineering, including material mechanics, composite material engineering, fracture mechanics, and computational dynamics
NAKAMURA　Kazumasa	Development of high-function materials from ordinary materials	Materials engineering, solid-state chemistry, material properties, materials analysis (mainly inorganic solids such as carbon materials, ceramics, and composite materials)
OGATA　Makoto	Development of new materials using original manufacturing technology	Agricultural chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry

Energy

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
AKAI　Hitoshi	Comfortable, safe, clean, energy-saving, and renewable thermal heat utilization	Building construction and urban environmental engineering (water heating and cooling, plumbing systems), environmental system design (hot water, bath, air conditioning, ventilation, snow melting, etc.), and energy conservation using geothermal heat, wastewater heat, hot springs water heat, etc.; practical research on comfortable, safe, sanitary methods
OYAMA　Dai	Contributing to renewable energy though "chemistry"	Metal complex chemistry (chemistry of compounds made from metals and organic substances)
OKANUMA　Shinichi	Advice on energy conversion using non-linear magnetic circuits	Electrical engineering, nonlinear magnetism applied engineering, energy conversion engineering
SAITO　Kimihiko	New solar power generation and utilization technology	Materials engineering, optics, thin film processes, solar cells
SHIMADA　Kunio	General mechanical engineering and renewable energy	Fluid mechanics, energy system engineering, mechanical engineering, electromagnetics, vibration science, materials engineering
TAKASE　Tsugiko	Creating materials with new functions using quantum chemistry	Physical chemistry, structural chemistry, optical properties of organic crystals

Manufacturing Technology

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
KAKEHI　Munenori	Solving problems in manufacturing, services, and human resource development	Management engineering, production systems and industrial engineering (work design, process design)
SATO　Michio	Technology analysis, project proposals	Chemical engineering, process engineering, analysis and evaluation of energy and mass transfer
TAKAHASHI　Takayuki	Providing advice on collaborative research utilizing robots and robot technology	Robotics, control systems engineering

Social Infrastructure

Name	Abilities / What I can do	Specialized field
ONOHARA　Masao	Facilitation and human resource development using philosophical dialogue methods	Ethics, philosophy, political philosophy