Research keywords (10)：
Care Policy, Care Regime
, Double responsibility of elderly care and childcare, Intergenerational care
, 子育て支援
, child care policy
, Korea
, East Asia
, Comparative studies
, Social Policy
, family
, Childcare
Research theme for competitive and other funds (22)：
2023 - 2029 Sustainable Social and Economic Spheres of Care in Canada and Japan
2016 - 2020 Development of comprehensive local support for teenage parents in terms of child-rearing, education and employment-From the qualitative longitudinal study in Japan and South Korea
2015 - 2018 A comparative study on family diversification and policy response
2012 - 2016 Continuous and multilayered development of community support for teenage mothers caring for young children - Primarily based on qualitative longitudinal surveys in Japan and South Korea
2012 - 2014 東アジアにおける介護と育児のダブルケア負担に関するケアレジーム比較分析
2010 - 2013 Livelihood Security Systems and Global Economic Crises, Comparative gender analysis of six countries
2012 - Double Responsibility of Elderly Care and Childcare in East Asia
2009 - 2011 A Comparative Study of Care Regime and Social Integration in East Asia
2008 - 2011 Comparative study on welfare support from the pregnancy period to the teenage child care family in Japan and Korea
2007 - 2008 Social Integration in East Asia for Care Policy : Comparative Study on Korea
SOMA Naoko, ITO Yasuko, KONO Akiko, WAKABAYASHI Tomoko, TOMOZAWA Yumiko. GENDERED PANDEMIC IN JAPAN: CHILDCARE, PARENTS’ EMPLOYMENT, AND HOUSEWORK DURING COVID-19 THROUGH SURVEY IN YOKOHAMA. Care Economies in Context. 2022
- 2005 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Advanced Social and International Studies
- 1996 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Faculty of Foreign Language
Work history (9)：
2021/04 - 現在 Yokohama National University Interfaculty Graduate School of Innovative and Practical Studies Professor
2018/04/01 - 現在 Yokohama National University Faculty of International Social Sciences Division of International Social Sciences Professor
2021/09 - 2022/06 University of Toronto Department of Sociology, Centre for Global Social Policy Visiting Professor
2013/04/01 - 2018/03/31 Yokohama National University Faculty of International Social Sciences Division of International Social Sciences Associate Professor
2007/04/01 - 2013/03/31 Yokohama National University International Graduate School of Social Sciences Associate Professor
