Department of Frontier Science for Advanced Environment ｜List of Laboratories Department of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society ｜List

Department of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society ｜List of Laboratories

Educational Entrance Educational Entrance
Division Laboratory Research Theme [Faculty Members] Courses
Examination
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Division Laboratory Research Theme [Faculty Members] Courses
Examination

Department of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society

Groups

Urban Environment Geographical analyses on Human-Environmental Relations Geo-environmental Accurate measurement, analysis and record of the earth environments status and development / improvement of the best

Core Divisions
Core Divisions and Environmental Environmental Geography CES Env/Geo Resources - -
Geography [ Prof. Tomoki Nakaya / Assoc. Prof. Tomoya Hanibuchi / Assist. Prof. Ryohei Sekine ] Measurement and Analysis [ Assist. Prof. Nobuo Hirano ]
Strategies
Process Engineering for Advanced Nanocomposite Science and Development of functional composites to create next generation life styles Energy
Solar and Resources Utilization Aiming at Advanced Metal Production Process with Maximum Energy Efficiency & Minimum Environmental Load -
Terrestrial Systems Resource Processing and Recovery
EmP Materials Interfacial Materials Design [ Prof. Hideaki Matsubara / Assoc. Prof. Yoshinori Sato ] ※
[ Prof. Eiki Kasai / Assoc. Prof. Taichi Murakami / Assist. Prof. Daisuke Maruoka ]
and Energy Engineering
Sciences Design of Design of materials harmonizing with life and environment Energy
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Earth System Monitoring and Investigation of global atmospheric environment with spectroscopic observations Environment-Friendly Materials [ Prof. Masanobu Kamitakahara ] ※
Instrumentation [ Assoc. Prof. Isao Murata ] CES Env/Geo
Development of Environmental Load Reduced Remediation Technology
Urban and Regional Resolving Water-related Issues in the world through Observation and Prediction Geoenvironmental Remediation - Energy
[ Prof. Chihiro Inoue / Assoc. Prof. Guido Grause / Assist. Prof. Mei-Fang Chien ]
Environmental Systems [ Prof. Yu-You Li (School of Engineering) / Assoc. Prof. Daisuke Sano / Assoc. Prof. Daisuke Komori (School of Engineering) ] CES Env/Geo

Inspire the energy and resources of the Earth. Standing on between pure science and advanced engineering. Only one and highly active Lab.
Environmentally We have examined the chemical recycle of wastes for the realization of resources recycling society [ Prof. Atsushi Okamoto / Assist. Prof. Masaoki Uno / Assist. Prof. Dandar Otgonbayar]
Recycling Chemistry AEC Chem/Bio Geomaterial and Energy - Energy
Benign Systems [ Prof. Toshiaki Yoshioka / Assoc. Prof. Tomohito Kameda (School of Engineering) / Assist. Prof. Shogo Kumagai ] Development of subsurface measurement technologies for energy utilization on environmental issue
[ Prof. Hirokazu Moriya (School of Engineering) ]
Environmental Analytical chemistry toward better understanding of the environment
Analytical Chemistry [ Prof. Nobuhiko Iki / Assist. Prof. Atsuko Suzuki / Assist. Prof. Ryunosuke Karashimada ] AEC Chem/Bio
Earth Exploitation We are developing the high performance next generation and eco-friendly machine construction system to create a recycling society
- Energy
Environmental Studies [ Prof. Hiroshi Takahashi / Assoc. Prof. Kiyotoshi Sakaguchi / Assist. Prof. Tomoaki Satomi ]
Creating biomolecular sensing devices for the next-generation biomolecular industry
Environmental Bioengineering [ Prof. Hitoshi Shiku (School of Engineering) / Assoc. Prof. Kumi Inoue / Assoc Prof. Akichika Kumatani (AIMR) / Assoc Prof. Hiroshi Yabu (AIMR) / AEC Chem/Bio
Assoc. Prof. Kosuke Ino (School of Engineering) /Assist. Prof. Yuji Nashimoto (Frontier Research Institute) ] Efficient energy conversion system to realize low carbon society
Energy Distributed Energy System [ Prof. Tatsuya Kawada / Prof. Toshiyuki Hashida (School of Engineering) / Assoc. Prof. Keiji Yashiro - Energy
Sustainable Environmental Green Let's develop green processes with supercritical carbon dioxide and water ! Chem/Bio Resources Assoc. Prof. Go Yamamoto (School of Engineering) / Assoc. Prof. Kazunaga Sato (School of Engineering) ]
AEC
Department of Frontier Science for Advanced Environment

Recycle Process Process Study [ Prof. Richard L. Smith Jr. / Prof. Masaru Watanabe (School of Engineering) / Assist. Prof. Haixin Guo ] ※
Security and risk management for resources and energy development as well as data-driven earth and environmental science  Energy
Resources and Energy Security -
Mechanics and Design of Design and multi-physics optimization of the energy harvesting and green composites * : School of Engineering [ Prof. Takeshi Komai / Assoc. Prof. Noriaki Watanabe / Assist. Prof. Kengo Nakamura ] ※
Composite Materials [ Prof. Fumio Narita / Prof. Sergey Komarov */ Assoc. Prof. Noboru Yoshikawa* / Assist. Prof. Hiroki Kurita / Assist. Prof. Takuya Yamamoto* ] EmP Materials
Development of the materials and energy benign to the environment
Designing of Nano-Ecomaterials - Energy
Environmentally-Benign Design of environmentally benign molecular systems with high functionality Chem/Bio [ Prof. Hideyuki Takahashi / Assoc. Prof. Shun Yokoyama ]
Ecomaterial Molecular Design and Synthesis [ Assoc. Prof. Masaki Ota ]
AEC
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Design and Interdisciplinary study on energy and resources including natural and social sciences for sufficient and sustainable society
Process Environmental Materials Atomic/molecular level surface design for developing eco-friendly energy system
International Energy Resources
[ Prof. Noriyoshi Tsuchiya / Assoc. Prof. Gregory P. Trencher / Assoc. Prof. Hiromi Kubota / Assist. Prof. Jiajie Wang / Research Assoc. Hiroyuki Yamagishi ] - Energy
Engineering Surface Science [Prof. Toshimasa Wadayama / Assoc. Prof. Naoto Todoroki ]
EmP Materials

Environmental Environmental Study on Social Implementation and Life Style for Energy and Global Environmental Issues
Research on innovative materials for advanced batteries with high performance and low environmental impact Technology and Innovation - ※
Earth and
Cooperative Divisions

Energy Conversion Chemistry AEC Chem/Bio Policies [ Prof. Takeshi Komai / Assoc. Prof. Keiichi Ishii (School of Agricultural Science) ]
[ Prof. Itaru Honma / Assist. Prof. Hiroaki Kobayashi/ Assoc. Prof. Kazuyuki Iwase ]
Environmental IMRAM
Systems Design Environmental and Integrated analysis of material flows and economic activities contributing sustainable resource management Human/
Liquid-phase synthesis of high-performance hybrid nanoparticles based on green chemistry and their application to develop functional materials Energy Economics - Social
Hybrid Nano-particle AEC Chem/Bio [ Prof. Kazuyo Matsubae / Assist. Prof. Zhengyang Zhang ]
[ Prof. Atsushi Muramatsu / Lecturer Sachiko Maki / Assist. Prof. Motohiro Kasuya / Assist. Prof. Mizuho Yabushita ] IMRAM
Advanced Information Sciences for Environmental Study and Disaster Mitigation by Applied Electromagnetic Wave Technology

Cooperative Divisions
We provide students with knowledge and skills required for specialists in Social Anthropology and Northeast Asian Studies - Energy
Society of Social Anthropology Human/ Policies for Environment [ Prof. Motoyuki Sato / Assist. Prof. Kazutaka Kikuta ]
[ Prof. Masahisa Segawa / Assoc. Prof. Toshihiro Ueno ] CES Social※
CNEAS
Northeast Asia CNEAS
Environment
Powder Processing for Earth-friendly Environmental Powder Technology
We explore the sustainable future of human-nature relations through the anthropological fieldwork reflecting the cultural diversities in human history Human/ - Energy
Cultural Ecology Conservation CES Functional Materials [ Prof. Junya Kano / Assist. Prof. Shingo Ishihara / Assist. Prof. Kizuku Kushimoto ] IMRAM
[ Prof. Hiroki Takakura / Assoc. Prof. Sébastien P. Boret / Assoc. Prof. Alyne Elizabeth Delaney ] CNEAS, IRIDeS Social
Application of extreme environments in the earth's crust and unconventional energy resources for sustainable human life
Studies of the history of Edo period from analyzing original historical documents that remaining in the local communities of Japan Human/ Extraction of Crustal Energy - Energy
Japanese History CES [ Prof. Takatoshi Ito / Assist. Prof. Anna Suzuki / Assist. Prof. Yusuke Mukuhira ] IFS
[ Assoc. Prof. Daisuke Sato ] IRIDeS Social

Environmental Sciences Deriving policy implications from environment-energy policy, international politics, and science and technology studies Metallurgy and Recycling System For Achievement of Sustainable Society
Human/ - Energy
and Policies [ Prof. Jusen Asuka / Assoc. Prof. Atsushi Ishii ] CES Social for Metal Resources Circulation [ Prof. Etsuro Shibata / Assoc. Prof. Atsushi Iizuka / Assist. Prof. Ken Adachi ] IMRAM
CNEAS

We are studying the historical changes of the social environment of pastoral and agrarian societies of Inner Asia Human/ Energy and Environmental Development of new energy materials and environmentally-conscious materials for opening up our future
Culture of Regional Study on Inner Asia CES - Energy
[ Prof. Hiroki Oka ] CNEAS Social Materials Creation [ Prof. Takahisa Omata / Lecturer Satoshi Tsukuda / Assist. Prof. Issei Suzuki ] IMRAM
Northeast Asia
What will become of the Russian language spoken by Russians outside of Russia? Human/ High-Temperature Bring innovation to materials processing
Ethnic Culture and Environment CES - Energy
[ Assoc. Prof. Kenji Yanagida ] CNEAS Social※ Physical Chemistry of Materials [ Prof. Hiroyuki Fukuyama / Assoc. Prof. Makoto Ohtsuka / Assist. Prof. Masayoshi Adachi ] IMRAM

Physical Chemistry Chemistry for Environmental Development of advanced optical functional and environmentally sensitive materials by soft chemistry process Control of Development of the environmental friendly production and application methods Energy

Divisions
Endowed
AEC Chem/Bio Control of -
for Environmental Inorganic Materials [ Prof. Shu Yin / Assist. Prof. Yusuke Asakura / Assist. Prof. Takuya Hasegawa ] IMRAM Environmental Materials [ Prof. Hideyuki Takahashi / Prof. Ryuichi Toba (DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd) / Assoc. Prof. Yoshinori Sato ] ※
Environmental
Materials Materials
Development of Hybrid Materials based on Multidisciplinary Precise Synthesis Across Organic, Inorganic, and Bio towards Sustainable Society Waste management and protection and remediation of environmental pollution for resource recycling Energy
Hybrid Nanosystem AEC Chem/Bio DOWA Holdings Co.,Ltd. Geosphere Environment -
[ Prof. Kiyoshi Kanie / Lecturer Masaki Matsubara ] IMRAM [ Prof. Toshikazu Shiratori (DOWA Holdings Co., Ltd.) / Assoc. Prof. Yuko Saito ] ※

Synthesis of hybrid nanocarbons using controlled nanospace as a reation field and their application to advanced fields Researches of remediation technologies for resources engineering and environmentally friendly technology and policy for resources engineering
Hybrid Carbon Nanomaterials AEC Chem/Bio Study of Functional Materials - Energy
[ Prof. Hirotomo Nishihara / Assoc. Prof. Akira Watanabe / Assist. Prof. Masanori Yamamoto / Assist. Prof. Takeharu Yoshii ] AIMR, IMRAM [ Prof. Chihiro Inoue / Prof. Takeshi Komai / Assoc. Prof. Tetsuo Fujita ] ※
Analytical Sciences for Seeking for seeds development of analysis methods of materials and elements Materials Collaborative
Environmental EmP Safe and secure utilization of geosphere Energy
Environmental Evaluation [ Prof. Kazuaki Wagatsuma / Assoc. Prof. Susumu Imashuku / Assist. Prof. Hideyuki Matsuta ] ※ Environmental Risk Assessment National Institute of -
System IMR
Division [ Prof. Hiroshi Asanuma / Prof. Ming Zhang / Assoc. Prof. Yasuhide Sakamoto ] Advanced Industrial Science and Technology ※
and Materials Hydride Research for Innovative Energy Applications
Hydrogen Functional System Those who wish to apply for the laboratories with the sign ※, please contact the Academic Affairs Section in advance.
[ Prof. Shin-ichi Orimo / Assoc. Prof. Shigeyuki Takagi / Assist. Prof. Toyoto Sato / Assist. Prof. Sangryun Kim ] EmP Materials
Materials AIMR, IMR [Entrance Examinatoin Groups]
Human/Social：Human and Social Science Group Env/Geo：Environment and Geography Group Chem/Bio：Chemistry and Bioengineering Group Materials：Materials Group Energy：Environmental & Energy Group
Innovative Analytical Pyrolysis Development of analytical methods and instruments for polymer characterization by Pyrolysis-GC/MS Chem/Bio [Institution] FRRI：Fracture and Reliability Research Institute CNEAS：Center for Northeast Asian Studies IRIDeS：International Research Institute of Disaster Science
Endowed Division Fron er Laboratories Ltd. [ Prof. Toshiaki Yoshioka / Assoc. Prof. Atsushi Watanabe (Frontier Laboratories Ltd.) / Assist. Prof. Shogo Kumagai ]
AEC ※ IMRAM：Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials IMR：Institute for Materials Research IFS：Institute of Fluid Science AIMR：Advanced Institute for Materials Research

Process Engineering for Development of new steelmaking technology contributing to the energy and resources sustainable society Materials
Collaborative Environmentally Adapted Materials [ Prof. Kohji Moriguchi / Prof. Masaru Matsumura / Prof. Tomohiko Omura ] EmP Outreach Sections
Nippon Steel Corporation ※
Divisions
Detection of changes in global atmospheric environment International Education & Exchange [ Research Assoc. Akiko Matsuda ]
Global Environment CES Env/Geo
[ Prof. Toshinobu Machida / Prof. Hideaki Nakajima ] National Institute for Environmental Studies
Those who wish to apply for the laboratories with the sign ※, please contact the Academic Affairs Section in advance. Outreach and Research Development [ Research Assoc. Tomoko Monobe ]

[Educational Courses] CES：Cultural Environmental Studies EmP：Eco-materials and Processing AEC：Applied Environmental Chemistry Environmental Research Promotion Center [ Assoc. Prof. Masahiro Oba / Research Assoc. Masae Mitsuhashi ]
[Entrance Examinatoin Groups] Human/Social：Human and Social Science Group Env/Geo：Environment and Geography Group Chem/Bio：Chemistry and Bioengineering Group Materials：Materials Group Energy：Environmental & Energy Group
[Institution] FRRI：Fracture and Reliability Research Institute CNEAS：Center for Northeast Asian Studies IRIDeS：International Research Institute of Disaster Science
IMRAM：Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials IMR：Institute for Materials Research IFS：Institute of Fluid Science AIMR：Advanced Institute for Materials Research
 F o r S t u d en t s About GSES

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At Tohoku University, we have long advocated our core principle of “Research First”. This The Graduate School of Environmental Studies offers 2 schools: the Department of Environmental Studies
guides the fulfillment of our mission as a research university to discover fundamental for Advanced Society and the Department of Frontier Sciences for Advanced Environment, the Department
M essage from the Dea n principles and to contribute to the betterment of humanity and society. The Graduate School of of Frontier Sciences for Advanced Environment consists of three educational courses.
Environmental Studies also has worked hard to educate students through world-leading
research to foster scientific thinking and deeper understanding of human society and nature. Size of the City (as of 1st October 2019)
Department of Environmental Studies for

Environmental Studies
Graduate School of
For many years already now our society has been a loud voice advocating for the Through that education, “Students First” joins “Research First” as an inseparable pair. Vani Novita Alviani Area:786.35 km2
Advanced Society

Program in Human Security

Interna onal Post-Graduate

Leadership Program (IELP)

Interna onal Environmental
environment. There are many pressing environmental issues like global climate change, D3 Popula on:1,090,263
population explosion, famine, resource limitations, and a dependence on fossil fuels for Geomaterial and Energy (Tsuchiya Lab.) Popula on Density:1,386 inhab./km2
Department of Fron er Science for
energy. It is thus easy to become pessimistic about the resolution of these issues. To be Advanced Environment Enrolled in 2017
sure, these are serious problems and it is important to acknowledge them and sound the Indonesia
alarm for the future of humanity and the Earth itself. But we cannot leave things there. Eco-materials and Processing
Environmental issues lead to poverty and social unrest, and we do not want to see a future
in which these issues cause people’s hearts to harden against one another. Unfortunately, STUDENTS RESEARCH Applied Environmental Chemistry My journey into the field of environmental studies started when I was an undergrad majoring in

FIRST geology. I dealt with massive interests concerning natural resources extraction, notably energy

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we still don’t have a clear prescription against such a future. This is where we stand now.
FIRST Cultural Environmental Studies
exploration. Since then, I was aware and curious to learn about the outright energy environment. A
long story short, the pursuit ended up to acceptance in a laboratory at the Graduate School of
Problems related to population, food, resources, and energy threaten the sustainability of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, whose area fits my interest and aspiration. Currently, I have
the Earth. These problems are interrelated, but there is no single answer that will solve been working on the hydrogen production method derived from geothermal hot spring water, which
them all. Furthermore, the social issues that relate to the environment are compounded by The Graduate School of Environmental Studies is intended to create a social system that can become bases aims to create a way of generating hydrogen from a renewable resource than that of current
the richness and diversity of human life in terms of individual opinions and values, which of a cultural and recycle-based society which supports sustainable development by integrating the production methods available.
“knowledge” of Tohoku University as a comprehensive university.
are often in a state of tension with each other. There is no simple answer here either. The purpose of our education is to train people to acquire high-level knowledge and skills and to become The supportive and adaptive research environments have provided me better research skillsets.
individuals who can tackle myriad challenges on a global scale. Additionally, transdisciplinary approaches have become a considerable preference to overcome
I believe that Environmental Studies is an area that exists to create new knowledge related problems and impacted me in ways that I never thought possible earlier. Aside from practical skills
Department of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society
to the Earth and society based on the rigorous observation of present conditions. It is an from excellent faculty, students have comprehensive environmental perspectives outside our
academic field responsible for tackling the larger question of what a sustainable society This department aims at an education to nurture human resources with an ability to create solutions to the specialization and get accustomed to numerous outstanding performances that prove a highly
should look like while searching for solutions to specific, individual problems as they Nurture Advance Discover environmental problems that threatens human society. ambitious workplace where we now belong. I wish I will be capable of embracing a real-world setting
Mutual Value Disciplinary Elementary The department welcomes students who have a strong interest in the environmental aspects of civilization
arise.
Respect Diversity Fundamentals Principles and thinking, who have a good understanding of the realities of social sciences and policy, who would like
and serving society with those hands-on experiences. If you happen with similar desires, consider
gathering more rewarding opportunities in our graduate school, at Sendai, the City of Trees.
to obtain a solid basic knowledge on various technologies, and who can meet the challenge of integrating
Tohoku University established the Graduate School of Environmental Studies in 2003. Its these towards creating innovative solutions. Moreover, we are looking for students who would like to
cultivate an ability to provide a direction for society from a global perspective.
mission is to foster graduates and develop areas of study that will shed light on the
fundamental essence of the environmental and sustainability issues we now face. To Department of Frontier Science for Advanced Environment Shimane
understand the core of these issues, it is necessary to move beyond the conventional Nurture Mutual Respect This department aims at an education to nurture human resources with an ability to manage advanced
disciplinary boundaries of natural science, social science, and the humanities. Respect others. We shall strive to understand other people’s position. Relationships within and environmental technologies from an international bird’s-eye perspective of the environmental problems
that threaten human society.
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between generations and international communities depend on nurturing respect.
Tohoku University is supported by a long and excellent tradition of pioneers who have The department welcomes students who would like to study and acquire environmental expertise in fields D2
such as geo-system and energy science, environmental chemistry and ecoengineering, and eco-material Environmental and Energy Economics (Matsubae Lab.)
performed some of the world’s top research in a variety of fields. To continue that Value Diversity design and process engineering. Students should have a strong motivation to explore outside of their own Enrolled in 2018
pioneering tradition, we must continue to develop new science and technology while also Many past civilizations which have failed to preserve diversity have placed extreme burdens field from the broad perspective of environmental sciences, and study together with international students Philippines
thinking more broadly about how that technology interacts with the mechanisms of social on the environment and subsequently collapsed. The sustainability and future prosperity of from other Asian countries. We expect students to wish to lead in their advanced research on the
ecological systems requires diversity. Efforts to maintain diversity therefore expand environment by integrating their deep specialisms with an international perspective and broad background
change and demand. knowledge.
possibilities for the future.
Addressing global and environmental issues has never been more relevant to date with the
In 2011, we here in Sendai and the broader region of Tohoku experienced a large  Eco-materials and Processing
▶
escalation of the climate crisis, among others. The Graduate School of Environmental Studies (GSES)
Advance Disciplinary Fundamentals This course teaches and researches the fields of resources, materials and energy which are critical to sustainable
earthquake and disaster that devastated the area. In this calamity, we lost many important centers on this discourse by offering multidisciplinary courses with its world-renowned faculties on
Fundamental knowledge and techniques are the foundation of advanced science and human society. Specifically, treatment of raw materials used for safeguarding the global environment, material
things. Yet we have since pushed ahead slowly and with determination. The connection processing, recycle technology, low-energy and developing new materials capable of reducing the environmental research and application. Lectures and trainings in GSES are focused on students’ holistic skills
technology. Only where there is a firm disciplinary base can the fruits of new discoveries
between nature and the people of this area remains strong, and it creates the foundation for emerge. We must study disciplinary fundamentals constantly and thoroughly. burden. Together with acquiring the detailed knowledge of the special characteristics of these technologies, you development and knowledge building.
a society based on sufficiency*. We cherish Tohoku, and the wider world. can deepen your basic knowledge of humanities and social science.
Coming into my second year as a Doctoral student, the laboratory where I belong to has been
Discover Elementary Principles  Applied Environmental Chemistry
▶ an effective support system in my research as I investigate the relationship of local communities and
Environmental science is still a young discipline. I look forward to watching it grow. The fundamental role of the university is to pursue not immediate reward but the discovery of This course aims at reducing the environmental load in industries that are supplied materials and resources taken their blue carbon ecosystems in the Philippines. Here, I used an array of socio-policy analyses on
I want to challenge the unknown. universal principles. This task must form the focus of our efforts. from the environment, and also energy-intensive industries such as those manufacturing chemical products and utilization, awareness and management practices of local stakeholders to identify key roles in
I am convinced that the accumulation of transformational knowledge will propel human other materials. Students acquire an advanced knowledge to pioneer new environmental-friendly processes. In sustainably managing these coastal resources.
addition, you can deepen your basic knowledge of environment assessment and economic valuation.
society to new levels.
I hope that many people will join us in our pursuit. It is a priceless endeavor to be in an advanced multicultural academic community as what GSES
Philosophy  Cultural Environmental Studies
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afforded me while being able to work in regional sites especially in my home country. Aspiring
In addition to the technical objectives mentioned in the above two courses, it is also necessary for a sustainable
human society to solve cultural challenges related to the social system. Together with acquiring knowledge of environment-inclined research students can expect fulfillment and a sound studying and working in
*A society moving from endless growth, ▶ To construct an environmental science including environmental management that integrates sciences, you can study research fields that directly connect society, such as social history, social anthropology, GSES as I have. Come and be part of our growing GSES family !
consumption and “more is better” towards the humanities and science; environmental law, environmental policy, environmental economics, and technology management.
a society where “enough is best” and ▶ To train people to acquire high and comprehensive competence and become able to serve
people become more content with less active roles in international society;
energy and resources. ▶ To implement education and research to pursue sustainability of human life space;
▶ To implement education and research to analyze environmental issues from diverse International Environmental Leadership Program (IELP) International Post-Graduate Program in Human Security
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harmony with the environment; Graduate School of Environmental Studies provides a trans-disciplinary education, combining the humanities and linking the Cultural Studies and the Graduate School of Agricultural Science, the Graduate School of Medicine,
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