Friends of ICU Academic Awards AY2018 Awardees

 

Makoto Saito Academic Award in American Studies
SUZAKI, NOZOMI
Econometrics Analysis on the Differences between Japanese Company and American Company in Corporate Governance.: Quantile Regression Analysis

Maurice & Arvilla ‘Billie’ Troyer Prize in Education
MAGAMI, KAHO
The Effectiveness of Priming Under Cognitive and Perceptual Load Conditions

Akira Takayama Prize in Economics

WATANABE, RYOTA
Estimation of the merit order effect in the Japanese wholesale electricity market

YOSHIHARA, TAKESHI
The Efficient Market Hypothesis on Major Cryptocurrencies: Time Series Analysis on Price Data of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple

YURIMOTO, SHO
Empirical Research on CAPM in Tokyo Stock Exchange by Bayesian Econometrics.


Kiyoko Cho Academic Award in Asian Studies

CHUNG, WOOHI
The Politics of Memory of the Korean Massacre after the Great Kanto Earthquake: A Case Study of Mnemonic Practices by the Group Hosenka in Sumida Ward 

SUZUKI, NATSUMI
The Bargaining Power of a Workers' Union in a Multinational Agribusiness: Case Study on Dole Phillippines, inc. and Davao Fruits Corporation


Koya Azumi Award in Sociology
WATANABE, SAEKA
Childcare Networks in Urban Areas: Its Formation Processes and Effects on Child-Raising Parents

Takakazu Kuriyama Award for International Peace & Diplomacy

OGUMA, SHINYA
The Duality of Japan's Defense Policy: A Neoclassical Realist Analysis

HARU, SATOKO   
National Identity and Human Security: The Case of Japan’s Refugee Policy   

ICU Undergraduate Science Award
TERAI, KIRIKO
Rational Design and Synthesis of Cisplatin Analog
Gödel Foundation Prize
TAMARU, REI
Intersection Control Systems with Dynamic Wait Time Applying Vehicle to Vehicle Communication

Rainbow Award in Gender and Sexuality Studies
FUKUDA, KAZUKO
A Study on the Possibility for Authorization of Unapproved Modern Contraceptives Considering from Approval Process of Contraceptive Pill in Japan: Toward better Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living in Japan

There is no recipient for the following awards for the 2018 Academic Year.
Makoto Saito Academic Award in Peace Studies
Tatsuro Kunugi Academic Award in Studies of Global Governance
Academic Award for Vietnamese Studies
Masa's Peacemaking Award
Fumiko Koide Academic Award in Teaching of Japanese as a Foreign Language
ICU Graduate Science Award

 If the thesis is in Japanese, the Japanese title comes first. If the thesis is in English or another foreign language, the order is reversed.