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J-GLOBAL ID：202001016417990348
Update date: Apr. 27, 2026
Satomura Wakako
サトムラ ワカコ | Satomura Wakako
Affiliation and department：
Job title：
Associate Professor
Research field (2)：
Gender studies
, Sociology
Research keywords (7)：
Sociology
, Laos
, Gender
, Post colonialism
, social movement
, Domestic labor
, housewives
Research theme for competitive and other funds (4)：
- 2025 - 2028 植民地主義/レイシズムからケアを考え直す
- 2026 - 2028 MechanismBehind the Stagnation of Girls’ Education in Post-COVID-19 Laos: Gender and Narratives
- 2024 - 2028 Solidarity and Positionality among Women in Different Positions: Focusing on the Decolonization Movement
- 2021 - 2024 Gender and Postcolonialism on the Uneven Distribution of U.S. Military Bases to Okinawa
Papers (7)：
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SATOMURA Wakako. A Study on the Changing Discourse Surrounding Distressed Housewives: Insights from Research on Childcare Anxiety and “The problem that has no name”. Seminar of Educational Planning, Measurement, Evaluation, Department of Education, Graduate School of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University. 2024. 28. 28. 27-34
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Wakako SATOMURA. Positionality of Okinawa and Mainland Japan: A Life History of a Female Activist Opposing Discrimination. THE LIBERATION OF HUMANKIND: A Sociological Review. 2024. 37. 7-25
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Wakako Satomura. The Meaning of Labor in an Independent After-school Child Care: Based on Interviews with Participating Parents. Social Analysis. 2022. (49). 43-59
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Satomura Wakako. The Act of Labor of Handmade-Housewives : About the Housewife's Handmade Products and the Boundary of the Spheres between the Public and the Private. Japanese sociological review. 2020. 70. 4. 325-342
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Wakako Satomura. Housewives and Community movements : using a concept of the alternative labor as reference. Social analysis. 2018. 45. 169-178
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MISC (11)：
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Koyama Satoru, Wakisaka Masako, Kusunoki Rika, Ohga Chiharu, Guo Junhai, Suenobu Mako, Ikuta Hiroko, Huang Zhengguo, Higo Masateru, Wakabayashi Mami, et al. [034]Reports. 2026. 34. 45-134
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WAKABAYASHI, Mami, KIKUCHI, Kimiyo, SATOMURA, Wakako, JINDA, Nami, Harsha, PRAKASH, QIAN, Kun, SHIMIZU, Shuji, HARATA, Akira. Challenges in Recurrent Education Program in Malaysia by Kyushu University. Bulletin of KIKAN Education. 2026. 12. 123-129
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YOKOTA Fumihiko, SATOMURA Wakako, Nuren ABEDIN, AJISHI Yu, Lihang HU, Harsha PRAKASH, Heloisa SERATIUK FLORES, Jinda Nami, Kun QIAN, KIKUCHI Kimiyo. Determinants of repeat participation in university-based online seminars Evidence from 200 Brown Bag Seminar sessions at Kyushu University (2021-2025). 2026. 12. 15-28
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Wakako Saotmura. Reclaiming the Gaze: The Self in Social Structure and the Sociological Imagination. Essays in Honor of Occasion Professor Kazuto His Retirement: Misumi The Sociological Art of Research in Refining Research Graduate Questions. 2025. 44-55
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Wakako Satomura. (Book Review) Takara Saya, What Produces Military Sexual Violence in Okinawa? - Questioning the Uneven Distribution of U.S. Bases. The Nishinippon Shimbun. 2025
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Books (2)：
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The Japanese Family: Understanding Daily Life and Ways of Living through Narratives
Seikyusha 2024 ISBN:4787235486
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Unraveling dilemmas by sociology
Minervashobo 2020 ISBN:9784623089772
Lectures and oral presentations (29)：
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From Awareness to Action : Majority Accountability in Japan ’ s Anti-Base Movement
(Eastern Sociological Society 96th annual conference 2026)
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The Interaction between Speaking Position and Reception: The Experiences of an Okinawan Woman Speaking in “Mainland” Japan
(Japan Sociological Association for Social Analysis annual conference 2025)
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異分野融合研究のための有効なチームビルディング -大型研究費の採択事例を中心にしたストラテジー
(九州大学アジアウィーク2025, Q-AOSクラスター・モジュール特別企画 2025)
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Learning from Laos: How Globalization Shapes Youth Choices between Education and Migration
(Kyushu University Asia Week 2025 Q-AOS SDGs Special Seminar: Social Science Field Research in the Middle Lancang-Mekong Region Focusing on China (Yunnan), Thailand, and Laos 2025)
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Globalization and the Falling University Enrollment of Women in Laos
(Social Tech Summit 2025)
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Works (7)：
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KYUDAI NOW in Vietnam (Thai Nguyen)
2026 -
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KYUDAI NOW in Taiwan (Taipei)
2025 -
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Young KYUDAI NOW (Taipei)
2025 -
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Global Career Seminar - The Path to International Cooperation
Momoe Takeuchi, Hisato Shibata, Panta Boju Raju, Wakako Satomura, Masa Higo, Mami Wakabayashi 2025 -
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Use of Social Media, Publicity, and Information Sharing in KYUDAI NOW leaders' meeting
Representative overseas alumni group, Wakako Satomura(Facilitator 2025 - 2025
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Professional career (1)：
- Ph.D. in Comparative Social and Cultural Studies (Kyushu University)
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