- 2021 - 2025 An Interdisciplinary Study on the Reconstruction of Asian Fermented Food Cultural Region
- 2020 - 2024 Formation and Maintenance Mechanism of Heterogeneous Agricultural Environment by Various Human Activities in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia
- 2023 - Resettlement of Ethnic Minorities in China and Laos: How Spatial Transformation of Settlement Changes Ethnic Cultures
- 2019 - 2021 Comprehensive and cross-regional studies on fermented foods in traditional societies
- 2019 - 2021 Comprehensive and cross-regional studies on the positioning of fermented food culture in mainland Southeast Asia
- 2017 - 2021 Population Dynamics and Livelihood Changes in Traditional Small Communities of Rural Laos
- 2016 - 2020 Study on livelihood strategies and its sustainability of Asian smallholders under the period of regional integration
- 2015 - 2019 Asian smallholders: Transformation & persistence
- 2015 - 2018 Study on the vernacularity of forest ecological resources and global domestication
- 2015 - 2017 Changing values and functions of large livestock under economic development in Laos
- 2017 - 2017 Advanced study on rural development aiming for the harmonization of environmental preservation and development
- 2014 - 2017 Folk History in the Middle Mekong Corridor
- 2013 - 2017 Research on genetic diversity of native horses in mountainy ranges of South Asia
- 2013 - 2016 Population dynamics, reproduction and livelihood changes in small-scale communities of Laos
- 2015 - 2015 Toward Sustainable and Harmonized Development of Lao Agriculture
- 2013 - 2015 A cultural geographical study on the livelihood adaptation of Tibetan refugees in Nepal
- 2012 - 2015 A fundamental study of origin and diffusion of fermented soybean foods
- 2013 - 2014 The 21th annual colloquium of the International Geographical Union commission on the sustainability of rural systems
- 2012 - 2014 Study on resource chains of agro-forest products and land-use change in Mekong region
- 2010 - 2014 Livelihood Transition and Sustainable Humanosphere of Rural Southeast Asia
- 2010 - 2014 Redefining the Ecosystem Services through the Assessment of Inter-linkage Values
- 2009 - 2013 プラント・マテリアルをめぐる価値づけと関係性
- 2011 - 2012 Survivability and Autonomy in Southeast Asia: Perspectives from Land Use Changes and Resource Chains
- 2009 - 2012 The relationship between the Satoyama use in Japan and forest use in Southeast Asia : A case study of incense material
- 2008 - 2012 Changes in subsistence and culture : Ethnic minorities in the border regions between Southeast Asia and China
- 2010 - 2011 A Study on Policies for Balancing Environmental Conservation and Agricultural and Forestry Development in Laos
- 2011 - 2011 Understanding the Resource Chains in the Monsoon Asia
- 2009 - 2011 ストックとフローからとらえる東南アジア大陸部山地:自然資源利用におけるストック概念の再検討
- 2009 - 2010 A cultural geographical study on applications of non-salted fermented soybeans in Myanmar and Northern Thailand
- 2008 - 2010 A Cultural-ecological study on "Vanishing swidden cultivation" in Southeast Asia
- 2007 - 2010 Expansion of Japan-bound agro-food exports and the impacts on exporter's agriculture and domestic food supply under the Third Food Regime
- 2007 - 2009 大陸部東南アジア仏教圏の文化実践の動態をめぐる時空間の位相
- 2007 - 2009 東南アジア大陸部における人・モノ・情報・技術のフロー:地域社会の動態的理解に向けて
- 2008 - 2008 Political Ecology of Livelihood and Land Use in Rural Laos" (The 31st International Geographical Congress, Tunis, Tunisia)
- 2007 - 2008 A Geographical study on abandoned plantation clearcut site in Kuma Village, Kumamoto Prefecture
- 2007 - 2008 A comprehensive survey of the production, marketing, use, and food culture of "Thua Nao," fermented soybean in Laos
- 2003 - 2008 アジア・熱帯モンスーン地域における地域生態史の統合的研究:1945-2005
- 2004 - 2007 Spatial Analysis on People/Commodities/Information Flows and Subsistence Changes in Mountainous Regions of Mainland Southeast Asia
- 2005 - 2006 A study on the dynamics of resource management systems and land use change in mainland Southeast Asia" (East-west Center, U.S.A.)
- 2004 - 2005 Study on the change of spatial structure with the diffusion of commercial crop in northern Laos
- 2001 - 2002 Forest products in mountainous regions of Laos: Geographical study on the spatial structure from gathering to marketing
- 2000 - 2002 A Geographical Study on the Change in Socio-economic Activities and Its Factors in the Mountain Villages of Northern Lao
- 1997 - 1998 A Study on the current status of rural development projects in Laos
- 1995 - 1996 Survey on Rice Farming and Rural Development Issues in Laos
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- 2023/04 - 現在 Nagoya University Center for Global Environmental Leaders, the Global Multi-campus System Director
- 2023/04 - 現在 Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Studies Dean
- 2023/04 - 現在 Japan Society for Promotion of Science Program Officer
- 2012/11 - 現在 Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Studies Professor
- 2021/04 - 2023/03 Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Studies Vice Dean
- 2018/04 - 2019/03 Nagoya University Department of Social and Human Environment, Department of Graduate School of Environmental Studies Chairperson
- 2013/04 - 2014/03 Kyoto University Center for Southeast Asian Studies Visiting Professor
- 2009/04 - 2012/10 Nagoya University Graduate School of Environmental Studies Associate professor
- 2011/10 - 2012/03 Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, National Institutes for the Humanities Visiting Associate Professor
- 2007/04 - 2009/03 Kumamoto University Faculty of Letters Associate professor
- 2005/04 - 2007/03 Kumamoto University Faculty of Letters Assistant Professor
- 2005/12 - 2006/09 East-West Center, USA Research Program on Environmental Studies Researcher
- 2003/04 - 2005/03 Kumamoto University Faculty of Letters Lecturer
- 2000/10 - 2002/03 National University of Laos Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences Researcher
- 1991/12 - 1994/04 Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, JICA Post and Telecommunication School, Laos
- 1990/02 - 1991/11 Nippon Mining Co. (ENEOS Holdings, Inc.) Research Institute of Electronic Materials and Devices, Division of Research and Development
- 1986/04 - 1990/01 Olympus Optical Co. (Olympus Corporation) Semiconductor Research Center
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- 2024/05 - 現在 愛知県「愛知『発酵食文化』振興協議会」 有識者
- 2024/05 - 現在 愛知県「愛知『発酵食文化』振興協議会」 構成員(有識者)
- 2023/10 - 現在 The Science Council of Japan (Section I, Humanities and Social Sciences: Area Studies) Member
- 2020/10 - 2023/09 The Science Council of Japan (Section I, Humanities and Social Sciences: Area Studies) Member
- 2020/12 - 2022/11 Member of the review committee for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), JSPS Reviewer
- 2018/07 - 2019/06 Document Reviewer of JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists and International Programe Reviewer
- 2015/12 - 2017/11 First-Stage Document Reviewer of JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Review Field: Area studies Reviewer
- 2014/04 - 2016/03 International Program of Collaborative Research, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University Committee Member
- 2011/12 - 2013/11 First-Stage Document Reviewer of JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Review Field: Geography Reviewer
- 2011/01 - 2011/09 The Science Council of Japan (The Organizational Committee for "Asia vision - International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability 2011) Member
- 2010/08 - 2011/07 Document Reviewer of JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists and International Program Reviewer
- 2003/08 - 2006/03 The Ariake Sea and Yatsushiro Sea Restoration Policy Study Committee, Kumamoto Prefecture Committee Member
- 2003/04 - 2005/03 Macroeconomic Policy Support for Socio-economic Development for Laos (Phase 2) Member
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- 2023/08 - The Geographic Education Society of Japan The 3rd. Publication Culture Award, the Geographic Education Society of Japan YOKOYAMA Satoshi, KONAKA Shinya, YUI Yoshimichi, AYABE Masao, MORIMOTO Izumi, MIO Yuko (eds.) 2023. "The Earth and Its People Seen from the Eyes of Fieldworkers: Sixty Topics for Geography Classes" Kokon Shoin Publishers Ltd.
- 2017/03 - The Association of Japanese Geographers The Association of Japanese Geographers Award (2016), Publication Transmission Category "Natto no Kigen"(The Origin of Natto), NHK Press, 2014
- 2015/11 - Japan Consortium for Area Studies The 5th (2015) Japan Consortium for Area Studies Award, Prominent Scholar Category "Natto no Kigen"(The Origin of Natto), NHK Press, 2014
- 2015/06 - Japan Association on Geographical Space The 6th (2015) Japan Association on Geographical Space Award, Academic Award Category "Natto no Kigen"(The Origin of Natto) , NHK Press, 2014
- 2013/10 - Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS KAKENHI Peer Reviewer Commendation
- 2002/11 - Human Geographical Society of Japan The 2nd (2002) Human Geographical Society of Japan Award, Article Category The changing occupational structure of a Laos mountain village: A case study of Phonsavang, Oudomxay Province,' "Japanese Journal of Human Geography" 53(4), 307-326, 2001
- 1994/04 - Ministry of Communication, Transportation, Construction and Post, Lao People's Democratic Republic Friendship Medal, Minister of Communication, Transportation, Construction and Post, Lao People's Democratic Republic Award for activities in Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, JICA
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Traditional Food Research Association of Japan
, Population Association of Japan
, 名古屋地理学会
, Japan society for Southeast Asian Studies
, Japan Association on Geographical Space
, The Association of Kumamoto Geographers
, The Japan Society of Tropical Ecology
, The Human Geographical Society of Japan
, The Association of Japanese Geographers
