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Community-Based Actions against Global Warming and Environmental Degradation (FY2008-2013)

FY2008

Protecting Children from Crime (FY2007-2012)

FY2008

The Development of Civil Instructor Support System for Websites Using by Children (4yrs.)
Hirotsugu SHIMODA [The chairperson of the board of directors, Association of Media Study]
Training program for video recorded Interview with children in forensic context (4yrs.)
Makiko Naka [ Professor, Hokkaido University ]
Development of advanced information technology and applications for intentional injury prevention (4yrs.)
Tatsuhiro YAMANAKA [ Director,National Institute of advanced industrial science and technology, Digital Human Research Center,Childhood Injury Prevention Engineering Council (CIPEC) ]
Building Support Systems to Community Design Planned for Crime Prevention(4yrs.)
Toshiya YAMAMOTO [ Associate Professor, Department of Science and Technology, Meiji University ]

FY2007

HEART RENAISSANCE: The development of safety networks for children in our society through technology and human relationships (3.5yrs.)
Mamoru IKEZAKI [ Director,Sakai Hill-Front Forum( nonprofitorganization)]
Research and Development (R&D) Project for Learning Systems in Crime Prevention (5yrs.)
Takashi SAKAMOTO [President,Japan Assosiation for Promotion of Educational Technology (JAPET)]
Establishing an empirical basis to measure and prevent crimes against children (4yrs.)
Yutaka HARADA [ Director, Department of Criminology and Behavioural Sciences, National Research Institute of Police Science (NRIPS)]
Development of e-learning system for the safety of children against crimes (5yrs.)
Daisuke FUJITA [ Principal of Ikeda Elementary School attached to Osaka Kyoiku University, Professor of Osaka Kyoiku University ]

Interaction between Science, Technology, and Society (FY2007-2012)

FY2008

Construction of a pragmatic scientist community contributing to the stakeholder-driven management of the local environment (4yrs.)
Tetsu SATO [ Professor, Nagano University Faculty of Tourism and Environmental Studies ]
Promotion of a policy-forming dialogue-through Discussion on Long-term Substantial Reduction of GHG- (3.5yrs.)
Masaharu YAGISHITA [Professor, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Sophia University ]
Establishment of the social system for the healthy coastal sea environment (Creation of Sato-umi) (3.5yrs.)
Tetsuo YANAGI [Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University ]
Development of Medical care based on convinced validities from multiple viewpoints 窶 Clinical assessment applying ubiquitous vision and conversation analysis in a field of tertiary acute care. 窶(4yrs.)
Tetsuo YUKIOKA [Professor and Chairman, Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Medical University ]

FY2007

Nagahama Rules for Regional Open Genome Epidemiology Studies ( 5yrs.)
Keiko AKASHI [ Nagahama City Health and Welfare Division Health Promotion Section Section sub-leade ]
Innovation and Institutionalization of Technology Assessment in Japan: Dealing with Nanotechnologies (3.5yrs.)
Hideaki Shiroyama [ Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo ]
Development of a sustainable community management system introducing energy conversion technology for forest resources (3.5yrs.)
Seigo NASU [ Professor, Kochi University of Technology Research Center for Social Management/Director School of Management/Director]
Research project on the Deliberation and Cooperation between Citizens and Scientists(DeCoCiS) (4.5yrs.)
Hideyuki HIRAKAWA [ Associate Professor, Osaka University Center for the Study of Communication-Design (CSCD) ]

Science and Technology,Literacy in the 21st Century (FY2005-2009)

FY2006

Improvement of Science and Technology Literacy Among Young Generations by Researchers Engaged in Cutting-edge Technology (3yrs.)
Marie OSHIMA [ Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo ]
Learning Science for Science Learning (3yrs.)
Hiroko OTSUKA [ Researcher, Computational linguistics Division,The Institute of Behavioral Sciences ]
Scientific literacy surveys to identify various literacy characteristics within the public, and development of educational programmes matched to those characteristics (3yrs.)
Miki SAIJO [ Professor, Integrated Research Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology ]
Enhancing Neuroscience Literacy through the Use of a Textbook Designed for both Humanities and Science Students (3yrs.)
Yukihiro NOBUHARA [ Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo ]

FY2005

A Study for Public Understanding and Response to Climate Change Issues (3yrs.)
Midori AOYAGI-USUI [ Senior Researcher, Social and Environment Systems Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies ]
Expanding Literacy for Citizen-based Nature Revitalization and Local Community Revitalization Using Satellite Image Information (3yrs.)
Norihisa KAMIBAYASHI [ Senior Research Scientist, Research Department, Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan ]
Research on Basic Terminology for the Science and Technology Literacy of Citizens (3yrs.)
Takeo SAMAKI [ Professor, Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Hosei University ]
Basic Research for Improving and Maintaining the Science and Technology Literacy of Citizens (2.5yrs.)
Yoji TAKIKAWA [ The Chairman of the NPO: Galileo Science Workshop ]
The Formation of Citizen Patronage for Science (3yrs.)
Kazuhisa TODAYAMA [ Professor, Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University ]
Interactive Enhancement of Researchers' Social Literacy and Laypeople's Science Literacy (3yrs.)
Hirokazu MATSUI [ Professor, Research Facuity of Agriculture, Hokkaido University ]

Governance in Ubiquitous Society (FY2005-2010)

FY2007

Country Domain Governance Project (2.5yrs.)
Yoshiki MIKAMI [ Professor, System Safety Department, Nagaoka University of Technology ]

FY2006

Effective Information Security Governance Systems in Corporations (2.5yrs.)
Koichiro HAYASHI [ Vice President, Institute of Information Security ]
Development of Problem-Solving Capacity for Crisis Management Using GIS (2.5yrs.)
Haruo HAYASHI [ Director&Professor, Research Center for Disaster Reduction Systems, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University ]

FY2005

Research for Social Governance in the Gap between Skillful/Non-skillful Users of Cellular Phones in Japan (2.5yrs.)
Katsuya TAMAI [ Professor, Intellectual Property Division, Research Center for Advanced Science & Technology, University of Tokyo ]
Study of Information Trust Mechanisms in a Ubiquitous Society (2.5yrs.)
Noboru SONEHARA [ Professor, Information and Society Research Division, National Institute of infomatics ]

Brain-Science and Education (FY2001-2009)

FY2004

A Longitudinal Study of Twins in Infancy and Early Childhood (Tokyo Twin Cohort Project: ToTCoP) (5yrs.)
Juko ANDO [ Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University ]
A Cohort Study of Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Multidisciplinary Approach to The Exploration of Social Origin in Atypical and Typical Development (5yrs.)
Yoko KAMIO [ Director, Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry ]
Cohort Studies of Higher Brain Function of Normal Elders and Children with Learning Disabilities (5yrs.)
Ryuta KAWASHIMA [ Professor, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University ]
Cohort Studies on Language Acquisition, Brain Development and Language Education (5yrs.)
Hiroko HAGIWARA [ Professor, Graduate School of Humanities, Tokyo Metropolitan University ]
Development of Novel Biomental Tools for Student Mental Health (5yrs.)
Kazuhito ROKUTAN [ Professor, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School ]
Cohort Study with Functional Neuroimaging on Motivation of Learning and Learning Efficacy (5yrs.)
Yasuyoshi WATANABE [ Professor, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine/Program Director, Molecular Imaging Research Program, RIKEN ]

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