Visiting Researcher
Visiting Researcher
The National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (hereafter, “the Institute”) accepts as Visiting Researchers those researchers specializing in Japanese language (including instruction in Japanese as a foreign language) or related fields at universities and research institutes (both domestic and abroad), who wish to conduct research at the Institute supported with either public or private funding. (The Institute does not assume any financial burden.) Researchers wishing to do research at the Institute under this provision should choose a Host Academic from the Academic Staff, and after obtaining informal consent from the Host Academic, should consult with a Department Head (for example, the Dean) of the institution of current affiliation, and thereafter make an application according to the guidelines below.
How to apply
The Institute requires persons desiring an appointment to apply for permission for acceptance by submitting the following documents to the Director-General of the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics 2 months in advance of the starting date of the desired period of appointment (3 months in advance if obtaining visa is necessary).
Documents for submission
Curriculum Vitae, Record of Research Achievements, Research Plan (Japanese format) (English format), and a letter of request or a letter of recommendation from the President (or equivalent thereto) of the institution of current affiliation.
Period of appointment
The period is limited to one year in principle. However, renewal is possible for up to three years total.
Use of facilities, etc.
Use of the facilities, equipment, and materials of the Institute is made available.
Contact information for queries and submissions
Research Promotion Division, Administrative Department, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics
(10-2 Midori-cho, Tachikawa City, Tokyo 190-8561, Japan)
E-mail: kenkyu-shien[at]ninjal.ac.jp (Replace [at] with @.)
Visiting Researchers during This Fiscal Year
* Including those who continued from the previous fiscal year and those whose period of residence has been completed during this fiscal year.
KANEYASU Michiko
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (U.S.A.)
Research Topic: Book Project: An Empirically Grounded Introduction to Japanese Communication and Language
Host Researcher: YAMADA Masahiro
Period of Residence: July 3, 2024 - July 12, 2024
KUZNETSOV, Artemii
University of Oxford (U.K.)
Research Topic: Referential Structure in Japanese: A Diachrony
Host Researcher: OGISO Toshinobu
Period of Residence: July 1, 2024 - October 15, 2024
FUKASAWA Michiko
University of Hawaii at Manoa (U.S.A.)
Research Topic: 日本語格助詞の交替のメカニズムについて
Host Researcher: YAMADA Masahiro
Period of Residence: March 16, 2024 - August 20, 2024
KUROKAWA Mari
National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow (PD) (Japan)
Research Topic: 欧州文典類との相互参照データベース構築に基づくキリシタン版語学書の研究
Host Researcher: OGISO Toshinobu
Period of Residence: April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2027
SAGARA Keiko
National Institutes for the Humanities (at the National Museum of Ethnology) / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow (PD) (Japan)
Research Topic: 日本手話の地域的、社会的変異と変化に関する社会言語学的研究
Host Researcher: ASAHI Yoshiyuki
Period of Residence: April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2027
CHEN Mengxia
Ningbo University (China)
Research Topic: 日本語漢字語に関する認知処理と語彙データベース作成
Host Researcher: MATSUSHITA Tatsuhiko
Period of Residence: March 24, 2024 - March 23, 2025
WAŚNIEWSKI, Grzegorz
Centre for Japanese Applied Linguistics, Institute of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw (Poland)
Research Topic: The linguistic methodology and descriptive strategies of the ideographic lexicography of the Japanese language
Host Researcher: ASAHI Yoshiyuki
Period of Residence: June 15, 2023 - May 31, 2024
KAMOI Shuhei
Graduate School of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow (PD) (Japan)
Research Topic: 日本語諸方言の持続形式における総合的研究
Host Researcher: ONISHI Takuichiro
Period of Residence: April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2026
MOROKUMA Yuko
Graduate School of Humanities and Sciology and Faculty of Letters, Tokyo University / National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics, Adjunct Researcher / Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow (PD) (Japan)
Research Topic: 通方言パラレルコーパスに基づくケチュア語示差的項標示の分析
Host Researcher: MATSUMOTO Yo
Period of Residence: April 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024
- Visiting Researchers of 2023 fiscal year [ PDF | 682KB ]
