Sophia University
Chairperson of the Master's(Doctoral) Program in Area Studies
Research field (5)：
Sociology
, Sociology
, Cultural anthropology and folklore
, Gender studies
, Local studies
Research keywords (1)：
Gender, South Asia, International Cooperation, Civil Society, Humanitarian Aid, Migration, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Research theme for competitive and other funds (16)：
2023 - 2028 Reproductive justice for migrant women: Eliminating restrictions on pregnancy and childbirth through reinforcing rule of law
2022 - 2024 Mother tongue and national language education for transnational migrant children: Roles of the host country for Non-Formal Education Classes run by migrant communities in Japan
2020 - 2023 Reconstructing the geographies by movement of people: Nepal area studies beyond national borders of Nepal
2018 - 2023 Migrant women and SDGs: Access to sexual and reproductive health services in Japan
2018 - 2022 Migration and Development
2018 - 2021 Creating parallel society?: Capturing ethnoscape through visual ethnography of South Asians in Japan
2018 - 2021 Refugee and new immigrant support: The role of the church, other religious groups, and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in the sustainable social integration of displaced populations into Japan.
2016 - 2019 Disaster Ethnographic Study of Reconfiguration of Societies after the 2015 Nepal Gorkha Earthquake
2016 - 2019 Social remittance of Nepalese migrants - A gender analysis of costs and benefits of foreign migration to different destinations with various cultural and religious norms
Masako Tanaka. Female-Friendly Space as an entry point for help-seeking pathways in post-earthquake Nepal: A case study of gender-based violence in the Dharding district. Studies in Nepali History and Society. 2023. 28. 1. 142-172
TANAKA Masako, TAKAMUKU Yuri, Herlina Christine Makalew, Laura Widuri Nainggolan. Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Indonesian Migrant Women in Japan: A multi-site study on pregnancies and contraceptive use in Manado and Oarai. Occasional Papers (Institute of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies, Sophia University). 2023. 36. 1-76
TANAKA Masako. Unintended Pregnancy and Access to Contraceptive and Abortion Services for Migrant Women in Japan: Data analysis based on an online survey of migrants from five Asian countries. Japanese Journal of International Society for Gender Studies. 2022. 20. 83-102
MA in Gender Analysis in Development (University of East Anglia)
Ph.D. in Development Studies (Nihon Fukushi University)
Committee career (3)：
2023/01 - 2023/12 国際開発学会 第34回全国大会実行委員会事務局長
2020/09 - 2022/08 日本南アジア学会 倫理委員会委員
2019/05 - 2022/05 移民政策学会 理事、社会連携委員
Association Membership(s) (6)：
Japan Association for International Health
, Japan Association for Migration Policy Studies
, The Japan Association for South Asian Studies
, The Japan Society for International Development
, International Society for Gender Studies
, The Japan Society for Cultural Anthropology
