AY 2020-2021 Research Outcomes

The following research outcomes are published in order of the final oral presentation. The school years of the students are as of AY 2020-2021.

1. A Multidisciplinary Contextual Exploration of Musical Meaning in Film Scores — A New Paradigm of Interpretation

  Moeka Yashima (PEARL 3^rd year) / Supervisor: Professor Akira Ishii  

2. Chinese Cuisine in Modernizing Japan, c. 1859-1937: A Culinary History of Diffusion, Adaptation, and Domestication

  Hanfei Dai (PEARL 4^th year) / Supervisor: Professor Tatsuya Mitsuda  

3. Did the Slope of the Phillips Curve Actually Become Flat in the U.S.? A Bayesian DSGE Approach

  Anna Billing (PEARL 4^th year) / Supervisor: Professor Yasuo Hirose  

4. Disasters and Multiculturalism: What Disasters Reveal About the Obstacles for Foreign Residents in Japan

  Jiaying Yun and Niki Watanabe (PEARL 4^th year) / Supervisor: Professor John J. Ertl  

5. Disasters and Multiculturalism: What Disasters Reveal About the Obstacles for Foreign Residents in Japan

  Niki Watanabe and Jiaying Yun (PEARL 4^th year) / Supervisor: Professor John J. Ertl  

6. Estimating the Treatment Effect of Go To Travel Campaign

  Kota Kikuchi (PEARL 3^rd year) / Supervisor: Professor Daisuke Nagakura  

7. Exploring the Possibility of Independent “Local Currencies” in Japan – For the stimulation of the Japanese local economies –

  Akane Gonda (PEARL 3^rd year) / Supervisor: Professor Yasunori Fujita  

8. An Evaluation of Digital Music Streaming and Its Role as a Platform in the Music Industry – Achieving Financial Sustainability of Artists and Creators –

  Anna Matsubara (PEARL 3^rd year) / Supervisor: Professor Akira Ishii