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Empirical research toward building an inclusive future from social science perspectives
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Request for Cooperation in the J-Aging Panel Survey
We plan to conduct the ninth wave of the Longitudinal Survey on the Living Conditions of Middle-Aged and Older […] -
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Big IDEAS – Global Mental Health and Well-being: Normative Frameworks and Reality at the UN System
We will be holding an online seminar titled “-Big IDEAS – Global Mental Health and Well-Being: Sta […] -
Record-Low Birth Rate for Japan in 2025: Comments by Prof. Shirahase Published in Asahi Shimbun Article.
On December 24, 2025, Asahi Shimbun published an article on the projected low record births in 2025. GLIF Unit […] -
Meiji Gakuin University Lecture Recording by Prof. Sawako Shirahase Now Available
On October 23, 2025, as part of the Meiji Gakuin Public Seminar Series on poverty and inequality in Japan, Pro […] -
Dialogue with Students at Okayama University: A Discussion with Prof. Sawako Shirahase
On October 8, 2025, Prof. Sawako Shirahase engaged with students from Okayama University at the universityR […] -
Tokyo College Lecture Recording by Prof. Frank Upham, and Prof. Sawako Shirahase Now Available
On May 7, 2025, Tokyo College hosted a lecture by Prof. Frank Upham on the intersection of law and gender equa […]
ABOUT
An inclusive society is a future which we should pursue for better life of all. In 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals of 17 were unanimously approved at the General Assembly of United Nations and the major norm behind them is "no one is left behind.".
To realize an inclusive society in which everyone can feel happy, it is necessary to guarantee a certain level of well-being for people in all over the world.
GLIF is one of the four pillars of the Kubota-University of Tokyo Collaborative Creation Projects
EVENTS
MEMBERS
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Sawako Shirahase
Project Professor, Unit Leader
the Endowed Research Unit on Inclusive Glocal Future Society, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Nobuyuki Yagi
Professor
Laboratory of Global Fishery Science, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Yoichiro Kato
Professor
Laboratory of Global Plant Resource Science, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Takeshi Sato
Associate Professor
Laboratory of International Environmental Economics, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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VISITING PROFESSOR
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Hiroshi Ishida
Visiting Professor
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Fumihiko Imamura
Visiting Professor
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Shunsuke Managi
Visiting Professor
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INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS
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Shiro Armstrong
Professor, Director, Australia-Japan Research Centre
Director, East Asian Bureau of Economic Research
Editor, East Asia Forum
Australian National University -
Margarita Estevez-Abe
McClure Professor, Political Science Department, Syracuse University
Senior Research Associate and Advisory Committee Member, East Asia Program
Faculty Affiliate, Aging Studies Institute -
Roger Goodman
Warden of St Antony's College,
Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies,
University of Oxford -
Andrew Gordon
Lee and Juliet Folger Fund Professor of History,
Harvard History department,
Harvard University -
Hiroshi Ishida
Visiting Professor
the Endowed Research Unit on Inclusive Glocal Future Society,
Department of Global Agricultural Sciences,
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences,
The University of Tokyo -
Shigehisa Kuriyama
Reischauer Institute Professor of Cultural History
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Concentration in East Asian Studies
Director, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University -
Kenneth Mori McElwain
Professor of Comparative Politics at the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo
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James Raymo
Professor of Sociology,
Henry Wendt III ’55 Professor of East Asian Studies,
Director, Office of Population Research,
Director, Global Japan Lab,
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Steven Vogel
Professor, Departments of Political Science and Political Economy
University of California, Berkeley
STAFF
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Mayumi Masai
Secretary
the Endowed Research Unit on Inclusive Glocal Future Society, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Emily Zhu
Project Specialist
the Endowed Research Unit on Inclusive Glocal Future Society, Department of Global Agricultural Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
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Jiro Yoshida
Public Relations
Primus design
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