Associate Professor, Iwate Prefectural University


Current Faculty Position
・ Iwate Prefectural University, Faculty of Policy Studies, Japan [Sep 2021-present]
Tenured Associate Professor of International Development. Teach International Development,Law and Practice, International Development Seminar.

Education

・ Ph.D., Graduate School of International Development, University of Nagoya, Japan, 2005

・ LL.M., Faculty of Law, University of Malaya, Malaysia, 2007

・ M.A., Graduate School of International Development, University of Nagoya, Japan, 1996

・ Diploma in Communicative Arabic, SOAS, University of London, 2004

Recent Publications

◯Books
・Masanori Aikyo, Yuzuru SHIMADA & Naoko KUWAHARA (eds.) Rule of Law Projects in Asia, Junpo-do, 2021.

◯Articles and Book Chapters
・ “Constitutional Politics Affecting Religious Minorities under Constitutionalization of Islam after the Iraq War”, The Journal of Sophia Asian Studies, No. 39, 2021, pp. 117-135.

・ “Malaysian Constitution” in Masanori Aikyo et al. (eds.), Collection of Asian Constitutions, new edition, Akashi-Shoten, 2021, pp. 509-626.

・ “Singapore Constitution” in Masanori Aikyo et al. (eds.), Collection of Asian Constitutions, new edition, Akashi-Shoten, 2021, pp.867-972.

・“Legal Assistance Projects toward ‘Poverty’ Reduction: Human Rights Based Approach and Catalyst of Market Economy Approach” in Naoko Kuwahara et al. (eds.) Legal Assistance Project in Plural Legal World, Junposha, 2021, pp. 69-155.

・ “International Development and Islamic Law” in Naoko Kuwahara et al. (eds.) Legal Assistance Project in Plural Legal World, Junposha, 2021, pp.361-388.

・ “Making Islamic Finance as Intellectual Activity of Jurist: ‘Just’ Trade under the God’s Law”, Hogaku-Kyoshitsu, No.495, 2021, pp.4-7.