（B). Graduate Programs
1. Area Studies
No. Name of University Program
1 Sophia University Master's (Doctoral) Program in Area Studies, covers Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle East
2 Kokushikan University Graduate School, Political Science, Asia Area Studies, South Asia Area Studies (in Japanese)
3 Kyoto University Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies
4 Nagoya University Graduate School of Languages and Cultures, Multicultural Studies; East Asian Studies
5 Nanzan University Graduate School, Area Studies Course; Asia & Japanese Studies (in Japanese)
8 Osaka University of Foreign Studies Area Studies and International Studies
9 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Graduate School; Master's in Asia Pacific Studies
10 Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University
 Doctorate in Asia Pacific Studies
11 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies, Asian Studies I, Asian Studies II, Asian Studies III
12 University of Tsukuba Master's Programs ; Area Studies (including East Asian Studies, Southeast and South Asian Studies, Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Oceanian Studies)
13 Waseda University Graduate School of Asian-Pacific Studies
14 Yokohama City University Graduate School of International Cultural Studies

2. Economics & Politics
No. Name of University Program
1 Fukuoka University Graduate School of Economics
2 Kinki University Graduate School of Economics, The economy of China
3 Kokushikan University Economics, Asia Area Studies (in Japanese)
4 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Kobe University Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science, International Cooperation Policy Studies; Political Economy of Asia-Pacific
5 Kokushikan University
 Graduate School, Political Science, Asia Area Studies, South Asia Area Studies
6 Kyushu Sangyo University Graduate School of Economics, Doctoral Program in Economics;
Comprehensive Policy; Special Studies in Asian Economies,
7 Kyushu Sangyo University Economic History; Special studies in Economic History of Asia
8 Asian & Oceanian Politics Nihon University Graduate School; International Relations (Master's Course);
International Relations; Asian & Oceanian Politics, International Relations
9 Osaka University of Commerce Graduate School ; Focuses on Comparative Research related to business in the Kansai Area and Asia

3. History
No. Name of University Program
1 Chiba University East Asian Societies, Master's Program, East Asian Societies, History of Urban Societies, Traditional Societies
2 Chiba University Modern History of East Asia Master's Program
3 Chuo University Asian History
4 Kobe University Graduate School of Letters, History; Asian History
5 Meiji University Graduate Education, Department of Arts and Literature;
Oriental History Senshu Course
6 Nagoya University Graduate School of Letters, Asian History
7 Rikkyo (St.Paul's) University Graduate Courses; College of Arts ; in History, course of study is offered in Asian History
8 Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Letters
Master's program ; includes majors in History (Eastern)
9 Ryukoku University Graduate School of Letters; Department of Oriental History
10 Tohoku University Facluty of Arts & Letters; Graduate School
Historical Studies Program; Asian History
11 Tokai University Graduate School; Letters; History; oriental history, occidental history
12 University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology; Division of Asian Studies;
Field of Specialization; East Asian History and Society,
13 Waseda University Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences;
History (Oriental History) Major

4. International Relation & Regional Cooperation
No.. Name of University Program
1 Kobe University Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science, International Cooperation Policy Studies; Regional Cooperation Policy Studies; Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
2 International College for Advanced Buddhist Studies International University of Japan
3 Nihon University Graduate School; International Relations (Master's Course);
International Relations; Asian & Oceanian Politics, International Relations; Asian & Oceanian Politics
4 Okinawa University Graduate School; Modern Okinawa Studies; Okinawa & East Asia Course (in Japanese)
5 Takushoku University Graduate School of Institute for International Cooperation Studies, International Development Studies Course (Master's Program); Studies are linked to wide-ranging regional studies about key regions in Asia and other parts of the world.

5. Law studies
No. Name of University Program
1 Kobe University Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science, International Cooperation Policy Studies; Asian Law
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
6. Sociology, Culture& Thought
No. Name of University Program
1 Hiroshima Women's University Asian Culture Course, Master's Degree Program
2 Sophia University Master's Program in Comparative Culture, courses taught in English on Asian Studies
3 Keisen Jogakuen College Department of International Socio-Cultural Studies, focuses specifically on international relations with other nations with in Asia.
4 Kobe University Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science, Area Studies; Asia-Pacific Studies
5 International College for Advanced Buddhist Studies Postgraduate Courses;
South and South-East Asian Buddhist Philology
6 Kyoto University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Department of Cultural Coexistence, East Asian Culture
7 Kyushu Sangyo University Graduate School of International Studies of Culture; Doctoral Program
Studies in Asian Culture; Studies in Asian culture, Seminar in Asian Culture Research
8 Nihon University International Relations (Doctoral Course);
Intercultural Relations; Specialized Research in Oriental Culture
9 Niigata University Graduate School of Modern Society and Culture;
International Social and Cultural Science Major: Core courses in the Comparative Study of Society and Culture: Area of specialization; Japan Sea Rim region namely, China, Korean peninsula and Russia which are deeply related to Niigata.
10 Ochanomizu University
 Master's Program; Asia Language, Literature and Culture(Jap.)
11 Osaka University of Foreign Studies Doctoral Program; offers Languages and Societies Course. Students are to continue and further develop the research they did at Master's Program (Area Studies Course and International Studies Course).
12 Osaka City University Faculty and Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences;
Asian Culture and Urbanism
13 Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Letters
Doctoral program; includes major in Eastern Thought and Literature
14 Saitama University Graduate School of Cultural Science
Master's Program; Japan-Asia Research Saitama University
Doctoral Program; Culture and Cultural Planning Research in Japan and Asia
15 Graduate University for Advanced Studies School of Cultural and Social Studies; Department of Regional Studies ; Research is carried out on the cultures of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania.
16 Tenri University FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL CULTURE STUDIES;
The Department of Asian Studies
17 Tohoku University Graduate School of International Cultural Studies
Division of Area Studies; Department of Asian Culture Studies, Department of Islamic Areas and Culture Studies, Department of Asian Social Studies
18 University of Tokyo GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIOLOGY; Division of Asian Studies;
Field of Specialization; East Asian Thought and Culture,
19 Waseda University Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences;
MASTER'S COURSE/DOCTOR'S COURSE, ORIENTAL PHILOSOPHY MAJOR
20 Kobe University Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science, International Cooperation Policy Studies; Human Rights in Asia,

7. Chinese Studies
No. Name of University Program
1 Aichi University Department of Chinese Studies: Chinese Studies, Chinese Studies (Dual Degree Course)
2 Aichi Prefectural University Department of Chinese Studies
3 Hiroshima University Chinese Literature and Philosophy postgraduate program
4 Fukuoka University Chinese History Program for Graduate Students
5 Akita University International Language and Culture Studies in Postgraduate Courses
6 Kanagawa University Graduate School of Foreign Languages, Course of Chinese Language and Culture
7 Kitakyushu University Faculty of Foreign Studies, Chinese Language Major
8 Nagoya University
 Graduate School of Letters, Chinese Philosophy, Chinese Literature
9 Nihon University Graduate Courses; Humanities; Chinese Literature (in Japanese)
10 Osaka University of Foreign Studies Master's Program ; Area Studies Course ;
East Asian Studies; concentrates on "Language Societies" based on the Chinese, Korean, and Mongolian languages
11 Osaka City University Faculty and Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences;
Language and Culture; Chinese Language and Literature
12 Chinese Otaru University of Commerce The Center for Language Studies (CLS) ; The Department of Modern Languages ;
13 Tohoku University Facluty of Arts & Letters; Graduate School
Human Studies Division Program; Sinoligy, Indian Culture
14 University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology; Division of Asian Studies; Field of Specialization; Chinese Language and Literature,
15 Toyo University Graduate School of Literature; Chinese Philosophy
16 Waseda University Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences;
Chinese Literature Major
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
8. Indian Studies
No. Name of University Program
1 Nagoya University Graduate School of Letters, Indian Studies
2 Tohoku University Facluty of Arts & Letters; Graduate School
Human Studies Division Program; Sinoligy, Indian Culture
3 University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology; Division of Asian Studies;
Field of Specialization; Indian Language and Literature, Indian Philosophy
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
9. Korean Studies
No. Name of University Program
1 Osaka University of Foreign Studies Master's Program ; Area Studies Course ;
East Asian Studies; concentrates on "Language Societies" based on the Chinese, Korean, and Mongolian languages
2 University of Tokyo Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, Division of Korean Studies;
Korean History and Society, Korean Language and Thought, Cross-cultural Relations in Northeast Asia
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
10. Middle East, East Asia, Islamic Studies
No. Name of University Program
1 Kobe University Graduate School of Cultural Studies and Human Science, International Cooperation Policy Studies; Islamic Economics , Islamic Law
2 Meiji University Graduate Education, Department of Arts and Literature;
Oriental history Senshu course
3 Nihon University International Relations (Doctoral Course);
Intercultural Relations; Specialized Research in Oriental Culture
4 Osaka University of Foreign Studies Master's Program ; Area Studies Course;
Southeast Asian and Oceanian Studies, South Asian, Middle Eastern and African Studies
5 Ryukoku University Graduate School of Letters; Department of Oriental History
6 Tohoku University Graduate School of International Cultural Studies
Division of Area Studies; Department of Asian Culture Studies, Department of Islamic Areas and Culture Studies, Department of Asian Social Studies
7 University of Tokyo GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIOLOGY; Division of Asian Studies;
Field of Specialization;, Islamic Studies , West Asian History and Society
9 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Graduate School of Area and Culture Studies, Asian Studies I, Asian Studies II, Asian Studies III
10 University of Tsukuba Master's Programs ; Area Studies; (including) - East Asian Studies, Southeast and South Asian Studies, Middle Eastern and North African Studies, Oceanian Studies