Social Science Departments

• Aomori University
  Sociology (Japanese)

• Chiba University
  Social Sciences & Humanities | Economics | Education | Policy Studies | Urban Studies

• Chuko University
  Economics | Management | Psychology | Sociology

• Fukushima University
  Administration and Social Sciences | Law & Administration | Sociology & Social Sciences

• Hirosaki University
  Humanities | Education

• Hiroshima University
  Social Sciences | Economics | Education | Law

• Hitotsubashi University - Tokyo
  Social Sciences | Economic

• Hokkaido
  Economics & Business Administration | Education | International Media and Communication | Language and Culture Studies (ILCS) | Law

• Hokusei Gakuen
  Social Welfare (Japanese only)

• Hosei
  Social Sciences | Intercultural Communication | Social Policy & Administration | Ohara Institute for Social Research

• Iwate University
  Humanities & Social Sciences | Behavioral Science Cours

• Kansai
  Sociology | Industrial Psychology | Economics | Industrial Sociology | Mass Communication

• Keio
  Business Administration | Economics | Media and Governance (MAG) | Policy Management | Psychology

• Konan
  Social Science (On the English home page you'll find Otsu Shinsaku's Marvelous Home Page) | Business Administration | Economics | Law

• Koka

• Kumamoto
  Sociology (Japanese)

• Kwansai Gakuin

• Kyoto
  Asian & African Area Studies | Economics | Education | Human & Environmental Studies | Human Studies [English abstracts from the Kyoto Journal of Sociology (Kyoto Shakaigaku Nenpo)]

• Kyushu
  Economics | Education | Geography | Law | Psychology | Social and Cultural Studies | Sociology

• Meiji Gakuin University

• Nagoya University
  Economics | Education | Educational Psychology

• Nihon University
  Humanities & Sciences | Sociology

• Niigata University
  Humanities | Education & Human Sciences | Economics

• Ochanomizu University

• Osaka University
  Economics | Human Sciences | Sociology (Information on empirical sociology and methodology) | Institute of Social and Economic Research (English and Japanese versions)

• Otemon Gakuin
  Asian Studies | Australian Studies | Economics | Education | Management | Psychology | Sociology

• Rikkyo University - Tokyo
  Social Relations | Law & Politics | Sociology | InterSocioNet (Japanese only)

• Rissho University

• Saitama University

• Shizuoka University
  Humanities and Social Sciences | Cultural Anthropology | Education | History | Philosophical Anthropology | Sociology

• Tohoku University
  Behavioral Science | Cultural Anthropology | Economics | Education | International Cultural Studies | Psychology | Science of Religions | Sociology

• Tokiwa University
  Human Science | Community Development

• Tokyo, University of
  Advanced Social and International Studies | Area Studies | Cultural Anthropology | Economics | Education

  Institute of Social Science (known more usually as "Shaken").

  • Social Science Japan - A newsletter of the institute.
  • SSJ-Forum - A moderated electronic discussion list.
  • Discussion Papers
  • Institute of Socio-Information and Communication Studies (ISICS) (Japanese & English version).

• Tokyo Gakugei University
  Education | Sociology (Japanese)

• Tokyo Keizai University - Topyo
  Business Administration | Communication Studies | Economics | Law

• Tokyo Institute of Technology
  Center for Research And DeveLopment of Educational Technology (CRADLE) | Human System Science

• Toyama
  Humanities (English and Japanese versions) | Sociology (Japanese version only)

• Tsukuba
  Social Sciences

• Waseda University
  Political Science & Economics | Social Sciences

• Yokohama National University

Reference

• Links from Sociology at Osaka University

• Sociology in Japan by Tanaka Sigeto.

• Sociology Graduate Schools in Japan

• Social Sciences: Sociology - Yahoo!

• Yamasa Database
  A database on Japanese universities and graduate schools, internships and scholarships.