Independent Research Projects for PEARL students

AY 2021 Research Outcomes

The following research outcomes are published in order of the final oral presentation. The school years of the students are as of AY 2021.

A Multidisciplinary Contextual Exploration of Musical Meaning in Film Scores — A New Paradigm of Interpretation Moeka Yashima (PEARL 3^rd year) / Supervisor: Professor Akira Ishii	Thesis 1 Summary PDF
Chinese Cuisine in Modernizing Japan, c. 1859-1937: A Culinary History of Diffusion, Adaptation, and Domestication Hanfei Dai (PEARL 4^th year) / Supervisor: Professor Tatsuya Mitsuda	Thesis 2 Summary PDF
Did the Slope of the Phillips Curve Actually Become Flat in the U.S.? A Bayesian DSGE Approach Anna Billing (PEARL 4^th year) / Supervisor: Professor Yasuo Hirose	Thesis 3 Summary PDF
Disasters and Multiculturalism: What Disasters Reveal About the Obstacles for Foreign Residents in Japan Jiaying Yun and Niki Watanabe (PEARL 4^th year) / Supervisor: Professor John J. Ertl	Thesis 4 Summary PDF
Disasters and Multiculturalism: What Disasters Reveal About the Obstacles for Foreign Residents in Japan Niki Watanabe and Jiaying Yun (PEARL 4^th year) / Supervisor: Professor John J. Ertl	Thesis 5 Summary PDF
Estimating the Treatment Effect of Go To Travel Campaign Kota Kikuchi (PEARL 3^rd year) / Supervisor: Professor Daisuke Nagakura	Thesis 6 Summary PDF
Exploring the Possibility of Independent “Local Currencies” in Japan – For the stimulation of the Japanese local economies – Akane Gonda (PEARL 3^rd year) / Supervisor: Professor Yasunori Fujita	Thesis 7 Summary PDF
An Evaluation of Digital Music Streaming and Its Role as a Platform in the Music Industry – Achieving Financial Sustainability of Artists and Creators – Anna Matsubara (PEARL 3^rd year) / Supervisor: Professor Akira Ishii	Thesis 8 Summary PDF