Faculty Information

Toshiya Tsukamoto

Toshiya Tsukamoto

[Affiliation]

Department of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies Faculty of Human Sciences and Cultural Studies

Graduate School Graduate school of Human Sciences Studies in Clinical Psychology

[job title]
President

[degree]
Master's degree (Health Social Sciences)

[Research Achievements]

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profileMaster's degree in Health and Social Sciences, Mahidol University, Thailand (HIV/AIDS prevention education)

[Major work experiences]
Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA) Church (Protestant) Pastor
Engaged in youth evangelism as director of SDA Harajuku Youth Center
Japan Branch Chief of the international NGO "ADRA Japan"
Executive Director of the international NGO "Habitat for Humanity Japan"

[University-related background]
・Visiting Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (conflict analysis, crisis management, etc.)
Professor, Global Expert Program, Graduate School, Aoyama Gakuin University (International Cooperation, Humanitarian Assistance and Crisis Management, Risk Management for University Students)
Management, etc.)
・Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Future Coexistence Program, Osaka University (Multicultural coexistence, disaster prevention measures for foreign residents, and crisis management)
・Development of the Crisis Management College (an e-learning program on crisis management for universities) (©Osaka University)
https://www.osaka-u-rmc.jp/ Crisis management training for global activities, crisis management training for faculty and staff involved in global activities, training for international students and foreign workers)
・Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Management & Humanitarian Actions, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
・Lecturer at Nagasaki University Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences (Infectious Disease Risk Management)

SpecializationRisk Management
Disaster prevention measures for foreigners
Infectious disease crisis management
humanitarian aid
Conflict analysis, etc.

Research content and themes of interestFor over a decade since my late 30s, I have been involved in emergency assistance and reconstruction development after conflicts and disasters, working with various international organizations and learning practical risk management on the ground. Currently, the world is experiencing an unprecedented COVID-19 outbreak, and measures against conflicts, terrorism, cybersecurity, and other issues are needed. Globalization cannot be achieved with the mindset that you can work overseas if you can speak a foreign language. Learning risk management is necessary.
Furthermore, as Japan's population declines, the number of foreign residents is on the rise, and there is a need for a global response within Japan. However, the support system for foreign residents is insufficient, and there is a need for measures to provide disaster prevention information in multiple languages in Japan, which is prone to various disasters. Recently, local governments have begun to provide multilingual information, but the reality is that this information has not yet reached foreign residents. Research into modern multicultural coexistence is required.

What makes the research interesting?First of all, I would like to cooperate with international students, build a network centered on Asia, and in the future, make Yamanashi Eiwa a Little Asia Campus. I would like to learn about Asian issues through the SDGs, and since there is a possibility that Japan will expand its business network with Asia in the future, I would like to research business ideas in Asia and introduce graduates to companies active in Asia. To do this, I would like to learn not only English but also Asian languages and expand my network.

Achievements in social contribution and community cooperation・Poverty and drug addiction countermeasures (Vietnam), construction of drug addiction rehabilitation facilities (1986-88)
- Maternal and Child Health Project (Nepal), School and Health Post Construction (1991-94)
・Participated in volunteer support measures for Hyogo Ward after the Great Hanshin Earthquake (1995) *Dispatched approximately 450 volunteers from Tokyo
・Sakhalin earthquake relief supplies distribution project (1995)
・Post-conflict emergency assistance, food aid, school construction: Rwanda (1996-97)
・Post-conflict emergency assistance, reconstruction and development: Kosovo (1998-2000)
・UNICEF: Landmine Prevention Education
・WHO (World Health Organization) Mobile Clinic
・"UNMIK (United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo)" ・"UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)" Relief supplies distribution (Macedonia) Winter support project ・ Housing rehabilitation
- UNMIK (United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) School Reconstruction Project
・Post-conflict emergency assistance and reconstruction and development: Timor-Leste (1999-2004)
・UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) Public Market Reconstruction Support (JICA) Support for training administrative leaders of local governments