Professor Emeritus, International Research Center for Japanese Studies
Professor Emeritus, National Museum of Ethnology
Professor Emeritus, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
EDUCATION:
B.A. Tsuda College, 1962
M.A. Chuo University, 1968 (Sociology)
Ph. D. University of Tokyo, 1974 (Geography)
ACADEMIC AWARDS:
Award for Excellent Research of Institute of Development Economies (1980), Award for Excellent Woman Researcher (1982), Award for Excellent Research on Culture of Developing Countries (1985), Award for Excellent Author (Culture Section) from Tokyo Kaijo Kagami Memorial Foundation (1986), Award for Research Work on Developing Countries (1988), Award for Area Studies of Asia, from Daido Life Insurance Foundation (1991)
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:
- Bedouin Village―A Case Study of a Saudi Arabian People in Transition, University of Tokyo Press.(1977)
- Arabian Notes: In Quest of a Fundamental Image of the Arab People, Japan Broadcasting Publishing Co., Ltd. (in Japanese, 1979)
- Japan and the Middle East, The Middle East Institute of Japan. (1995)
- Yutorogi –Isuramu no yutaka na jikan, Iwanami Publisher. (in Japanese, 2008)
- Tabidachi no ki, Chuo Koron Shinsya. (in Japanese, 2013)
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