Modern Business Major |
Business, Accounting, Tourism Management Field |
Master's Program Graduate School Overview

Graduate School of Economics and Business

Modern Business Major

The tourism field has been added to the business accounting field of the Modern Business major from 2022. The tourism field is made up of curricula on Asian tourism and regional tourism, and aims to cultivate talented people who have advanced expertise and research capabilities for hospitality and tourism development and who will play a central role in the tourism industry.

Research Field Overview

In the "Business, Accounting and Tourism" field, we aim to train businesspeople who are knowledgeable in tourism and accounting work, who will be able to achieve a competitive advantage in business and who will have the advanced expertise and wide-ranging knowledge to play an active role as highly skilled professionals in the future.
In the "Management" field, we aim to train entrepreneurs, managers, and researchers who have the ability to identify and solve problems related to business management, people, things, money, and information. As students progress through specialized learning, they aim to improve each student's research capabilities. Graduates include business people, tax accountants, civil servants, and high school and vocational school teachers.

Research Topics

Global expansion of local companies

Professor Doi Issei's laboratory focuses on companies that are "small and located in rural areas, but have an overwhelming share of the global market."
Using actual corporate examples, we will uncover the secret behind the "unique strength of local companies" that has not been revealed through previous research that has focused on large corporations.

[Image on the left] Daiichi Facilities Industry Co., Ltd. (Fukuoka)
Holds the top share in the global market for vertical transport equipment for liquid crystal and semiconductor factories
source) https://www.daiichi-shisetsu.co.jp/fa/
[Right] Hakuhodo Co., Ltd. (Hiroshima)
The company has transformed from a calligraphy brush manufacturer into a world-renowned makeup brush manufacturer, and enjoys a strong reputation on a global level.
source) https://hakuho-do.co.jp/pages/aboutus_outline

Future vision: Business leader, researcher, etc.

Faculty introductions for business, accounting and tourism

full name Research Field Research Themes
Yukihiko Okuzono ◯ Financial Accounting Capital Accounting
Hiroko Sono ◯ Accounting Disclosure and analysis of management information of public enterprises, changes in business and accounting education
Yuko Ohkata ◯ Tourism Tourist behavior and psychology, marketing in the tourism industry
Wei Zhong Zhen ◯ Distribution/Logistics, Commerce Requirements for establishing international high-speed ferry routes and a business model for mobile supermarkets
Yuji Murooka ◯ Travel Industry, Commerce, Tourism Interactive regional development and the travel industry, competitive advantage in travel industry management
Wei Yan ◯ International Accounting, Chinese Accounting, Accounting The impact of accounting convergence on financial reporting
Takaharu Sakai ◯ Tax law, tax accounting Research on "Fair Processing Standards" linking Corporate Tax Law and Corporate Accounting
Sen Sotetsu Tourism Tourism region development, formation of Asian wide-area tourism zones, tourism statistics
Hou Satoshi Marketing, Consumer Behavior Customer satisfaction, loyalty

* "◯" indicates a master's course research supervisor

Faculty Introduction

full name Research Field Research Themes
Ahn Hee-joo ◯ Human resource management theory International Comparison of Human Resource Management
Doi Issei ◯ Business Administration, International Business Global Business and Society
Words ◯ Competitive Strategy Comparative Study of Competitive Strategies
Kaori Nishimura ◯ Business Administration Integration of individuals and organizations, companies and society, experience and science
Yoshihiro Fukunaga ◯ Information Engineering, Educational Technology A support system for increasing learner motivation
Koji Kinoshita ◯ Business Administration Capabilities that contribute to sustained competitive advantage
Goichi Hagiwara ◯ Sports Science General research on sports management (especially in the field of behavioral science)
Rinpei Urano Business Administration Corporate Governance, Business Development
Tomoo Guo Business Administration Corporate Organization and Innovation
Sun Hongjie Statistical Science, Computational Statistics, Information Systems Reliability of statistical analysis algorithms and statistical software
Masato Muta Banking and Finance, Management Finance Corporate pension funds and corporate finance
Kenta Funaoka Finance and Securities Markets Entrepreneurial Finance
Bovee, Nicholas English pedagogy, educational technology Educational Technology, Motivation/Engagement

* "◯" indicates a master's course research supervisor