TAKAMICHI ASAKURA

Last Updated :2025/06/11

Affiliations, Positions
The IDEC Institute, Associate Professor (Special Appointment)
E-mail
asakurathiroshima-u.ac.jp
Self-introduction
Drawing on the perspectives of the sociology of education and international educational development, I research the global expansion of "edu-businesses" that provide educational services, as well as the use of digital technologies in education.

Basic Information

Academic Degrees

  • Hitotsubashi University
  • Hitotsubashi University

Research Fields

  • Social sciences;Sociology;Sociology
  • Social sciences;Education;Sociology of education

Research Keywords

  • International Education and Business (Edu-business), Education and Technology, International Educational Development

Educational Activity

Course in Charge

  1. 2025, Graduate Education (Master's Program) , 3Term, Public Administration and Management

Research Activities

Academic Papers

  1. The Equity over Privatizing International Educational Cooperation: Justification of Educational Exports and Formation of Knowledge Power System by Japanese Private Sector, 2020
  2. Possibilities and Challenges of Integrating Engineering and Sociology in Artificial Intelligence Research: A Study on the Relationship between R&D and Social Expectations, The academic reports, 43(2), 21-26, 2020
  3. Acceptance of Programming Education in Japan A Study of Deviation between Technologies and Societal Expectation, The academic reports, 44(2), 31-36, 2021
  4. Accepting the 'Story' of the Japanese Tutoring Schools: The Narratives of tutoring School Staff and Learners in Urban Indonesia, CICE Journal of International Cooperation in Education, 25(1), 99-111, 2022
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  5. Development of Robot Programming Educational Materials Considering AI Human Resource Development, The academic reports, 45(2), 27-31, 2022
  6. International education using ICT in integrated studies and English classes: Designing classrooms through collaboration, CICE Journal of international cooperation in education, 26(1), 49-55, 2023
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  7. How does cultural strategy drive the global expansion of edu-business? The case of a Japanese company in private supplementary education, Journal of International Cooperation in Education, 26(2), 137-152, 2024
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  8. Cross-Border and Local Adaptation of Edu-Business: Case Study of Expansion of Tutoring Institutes in Urban Indonesia, CICE Journal of international cooperation in education, 27(1), 21-33, 2024
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Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation

  1. Increasingly Commercialized International Educational Development: The cultural impact on human development by Japanese tutoring companies in Indonesia, World Education Research Association, 2019/08/07, Without Invitation, Japanese
  2. The Educational Development Policies Transformation by Japanese Tutoring Companies, Asakura.T, Asia Pacific Conference, 2019/12/17, Without Invitation, Japanese
  3. The Changes in Japanese International Educational cooperation: For the International Educational Corporation Emphasizing National Interest, Asakura.T, Asia Pacific Conference, 2020/11/14, Without Invitation, English
  4. Crafting a Fresh Perspective: Analyzing Japan's Case Studies to Enrich the International Edu-business Discourse, Takamichi Asakura, Japanese Educational Research Association, 2023/08/27, Without Invitation, English, Japan
  5. How does cultural strategy drive edu-business expansion overseas? The case of a Japanese company in private supplementary education, Takamichi Asakura, 13th Biennial Conference of the Comparative Education Society of Asia, 2023/11/25, Without Invitation, English, Japan
  6. Exploring Diverse Forms of Global Citizenship Education, Takamichi Asakura, Tatsuya Kusakabe, Francis Hikaru Oba, The 2nd GCC International Conference on global Citizenship Education, 2024/08/07, Without Invitation, English, Malaysia
  7. De-demonizing Edu-Business: A Case Study of Global Tutoring Institutions in Urban Indonesia, Takamichi Asakura, Asia Pacific Conference, 2024/12/01, Without Invitation, English, Japan
  8. Rethinking Edu-Business: A Case Study of Tutoring Institutions in Japan, Takamichi Asakura, International symposium: Decolonizing Education Practices through Formal/State Actors and Non-State Actors, 2025/01/22, With Invitation, English, BRIN, Indonesia

External Funds

Acceptance Results of Competitive Funds

  1. Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, New Phases in International Educational Cooperation with the Entry of Non-State Actors, Mainly the Private Companies, 2022/10/01, 2024/03/31
  2. Research Grant, 2024/10/01, 2025/09/30
  3. Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 2025/04/01, 2028/03/31

Social Activities

History as Committee Members

  1. Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), Regional Centre specialising in higher education and development (RIHED), 2025/01, 2025/02
  2. Editorial Office, Journal of International Cooperation in Education, 2021/12/01