YUTO SAIJO

Last Updated :2026/04/13

Affiliations, Positions
Morito Institute of Global Higher Education, Associate Professor
E-mail
ysaijohiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
My specialty is Japanese language education and sociolinguistics. In particular, I am interested in topics (1)–(3). (1) Research on strategies to persuade monolinguals and bilinguals in multilingual societies; (2) research on the classroom culture of Japanese language teachers in developing countries (views of learning, teaching, and teaching); and (3) Research on Japanese language education and Japanese language teacher training curricula in Central Asia (mainly Kyrgyzstan), as well as joint research in Japan and Kyrgyzstan. We are working on the development of textbooks for Japanese language teacher training and teaching materials for Japanese language learners (presentation materials, Japanese-Japanese dictionaries, etc.).

Basic Information

Major Professional Backgrounds

  • 2025/10/01, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima Univeristy, Teaching Japanese as a Second Language Program, Associate professor(concurrent appointment)

Academic Degrees

  • Master of Education, Naruto University of Education
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Hiroshima University

Research Fields

  • Humanities;Linguistics;Japanese language education
  • Humanities;Linguistics;Linguistics
  • Social sciences;Education;Sociology of education

Research Keywords

  • discourse
  • Japanese language teacher training
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Central Asian studies
  • persuasion
  • Japanese language education
  • interpersonal communication

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Research Tutorial II
  2. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Advanced Japanese Listening A
  3. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Advanced Japanese Listening B
  4. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Upper-Intermediate Japanese D-1
  5. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Upper-Intermediate Japanese D-1
  6. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Advanced Japanese Listening A-1
  7. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Advanced Japanese Listening A-2
  8. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Upper-Intermediate Japanese D-2
  9. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 2Term, Upper-Intermediate Japanese D-2
  10. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Upper-Intermediate Japanese A-1
  11. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Upper-Intermediate Japanese A-1
  12. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Advanced Japanese Listening B-1
  13. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Advanced Japanese Listening B-2
  14. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Upper-Intermediate Japanese A-2
  15. 2026, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Upper-Intermediate Japanese A-2
  16. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Lectures on sociolinguistic sciences A
  17. 2026, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Lectures on sociolinguistic sciences B
  18. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Research Methods of on Language and cultural education
  19. 2026, Undergraduate Education, Second Semester, Lectures on principle of research methods in humanities and social scienceI
  20. 2026, Undergraduate Education, First Semester, Lectures on principle of research methods in humanities and social scienceII
  21. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Research Methods in Teaching Japanese as a Second Language
  22. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , First Semester, Tutorial Seminar in Special Topics
  23. 2026, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , Second Semester, Tutorial Seminar in Special Topics