From the 1950s to 1960s, social democratic parties in Western Europe set their main objectives.at full employment and welfare state. Under the so-called mixed economy, they succeeded to a large extent in achieving those objectives. Moreover, in many countries during the' .period they also succeeded in persuading their opponents, conservative parties, to accept those.objectives as desirable goals. In this latter sense, social democracy in Western Europe played a crucial role in establishing national consensus in each country.However, these circumstances has radically changed since the 1970s. First of all, most.of these countries were confronted with deep economic difficulties. Secondly, the very economic success- attained by 1970 profoundly altered social structure and produced various new social problems in each country. Thirdly, environmental crisis unprecedented in history has occurred on a global scale.These great changes have undermined the social democracy in the West and have forced social democrats to reconsider their traditional political objectives.This project intended to analyze the reactions of social democratic parties to the socioeconomic changes. To do this, we conce

I.Period : 16th Mission : July 20,1995-Aug.20,1995 (32 days)17th Mission : Dec.15,1995-Jan.10,1996 (26 days)18th Mission : March 1,1996-April 7,1996 (38 days)II.Survey Site : Banteay Kdei, Angkor Vat, Phum Run Ta Ek, Phum Srah Srang.III.Activities :1) Excavation Survey inside the Banteay Kdei : The main theme for this survey was to analyze the architectural monument laterite pillar heap on the south side of the Front Collonaded Hall and to observe their architectural age relationship. Excavations were made between both ruins and evidence was taken.2) A major survey of pottery kiln ruins of the Angkor Vat age and a new discovery in the August 1995 survey confirmed 4 pottery kiln ruins in Run Ta EK Village and 1 in Vaken Village. In the March 1996 survey, 7 pottery kiln ruins were newly discovered in Run Ta EK Village.3) Geological and Rock Survey : Resonance method used to diagnose deteriorated conditions of stone materials (sandstone and laterite). Researched issue of water and changes in sandstone strength.4) Architectural Materials Engineering : The year the ruins were constructed was elucdated by verifying the changes and repairs made to openings in the buildings (i.e.windows).

l.Schedule (1) Trailand - (a) August 5-25,1996 Sukhotai (b) December 20-30,1996 Ayuthaya (c) March 10-23 , 1997 Lower Northeastern Thailand(2) India - (a) September 4-13,1997 : Bhubaneswar, Konarak (b) December 25,1997- January 5,1998 : Lucknow, Agra (c) March 22-31, 1998 : Madras. Kanchipuram, Hyderabad(3) Cambodia- (a) August 17-30 September 1998 : Siemreap(Angkor Monuments) (c) December 18-31,1998 : Siemreap(Angkor Monuments), (d) March 1-24,1999 : Siemreap(Angkor Monuments).2.Conterits of Survey(1) Thailand : The Sukhotai plain and the delta of Chaopraya River are characterized with a dry climate. The average precipitation is berween 1300-1800 mm and the rainy season is between June and November. It rains particularly often in September and October, when in places it a water pillar connects the sky with the ground.On the contrary, the dry season lasts six months , from Desember to May, and the humidity during this period, including the periods at the end of the rainy season in May and beginning in December, is marked to be a mere 100 mm of precipitation. Especially in March and April ; , when the medium sized and smaller rivers expose their river beds, and there is not a single

- An analysis of mechanism of political decision making system in the contemporary Vietnam.By analyzing of both organization of Vietnamese Communist Party (Political department, a Standing committee, a Central committee, a General meeting and local structure) and organization of government (the central government and local administration system). And by analyzing of mutual relation of these two organizations.- A historical and concrete analysis of election process for becoming a member of Vietnamese Communist Party and obligation and privilege of being the member.- An elucidation of political role of general public groups, specially "Fatherland front" (Fatherland front had the decisive power to screen out candidates for Diet members in recommendation process.)- Examination on how political and administrative reform present progressing connect with an economic reform so-called transitional process to market economy.- Studying on mechanism of political decision making with going back to history, spotlighting on historical characteristics of Vietnamese society, ex.collective leadership (tradition of senior members meeting in the villages).- Comparative research of mechanism of politic

アルメニア人は1498年のバスコダ・ガマの渡来以前にインドに定住しており、ポルトガル人がインドに来た時には、同じキリスト教徒として色々な協力をしている。フランシス・ザビエルもアルメニア人宣教師とコンタクトしている事が歴史資料から明らかにされている。16世紀・17世紀のイスラム教のムガール帝国でも、アルメニア人は優遇されていて(特にアクバール帝統治期)、アクバール帝の妃の一人はアルメニア女性であった。また、17世紀のムガール帝国では、外来のヨーロッパ人にアルメニアの女性を妻として提供する習慣が残っており、イギリス東インド会社を1612年に設立したウィリアム・ホーキンズはアルメニア女性を妻としていた。インドにおけるアルメニア人の居住区は17世紀以降発展し、1666年にはマドラスに、1690年にはカルカッタに勢力を伸ばした。1688年にはイギリス東インド会社とアルメニア人コミュニティの間に協定が結ばれて、アルメニア商人はイギリス東イン

This study and research is to clear the indigenous village community in South-east Asia, especially in Viet Nam, Laos, Cambodia in the view of indigenous skill or technique, including environment, sociology, geology, at the same time, in terms of comparative study.Concretely, The method of study and research stretches within location and topography of indigenous village, a deep relation with indigenous village community, traditional textile instrument, making brick, pile house, arrangement of indigenous village, grazing cattle through a making of drawings, and then in-putting the photos. Lastly, making of C.D about them.All of them are very useful of indigenous village study in South-east Asia in the near future as fundamental survey documentary

There is little study about the relations of the religious institutions and the village composition. 'Chua VIETNAM' (1993) by Prof. Ha Van Tan (Director, Vietnam Institute of Archeology) refer to Buddhism history, the festival in each temple and village. When we selected the object of fieldwork, Prof. Ha Van Tan and Mr. Tong Trung Tin (vice- Director, Vietnam Institute of Archeology) gave us advice. We gathered date at 28 Chua (temple), 13 Dinh (the meeting place of the village which deifies a village guardian deity), 13 other religious institutions.Temples shows that a complex Vietnamese faith form was received, and keeps traditional building technique and style among the religious institutions in Vietnam. For this reason, we proceeded with the study on the basis of the relations of temple and village.It is the purpose of this study to clear the building technology and design, Carpenter group, Village history of the religion institutes in northern Vietnam synthetically. As for the building technique and the design, we could get many new Results. To be concrete, a part of the donation system in some temples and Dinh became distinct from the donation inscription which inscribed at t

Our project has contributed to scholarly investigations on East Asian Community in terms of the collection of historical materials on "Asianism" in postwar Japan, the promotion of mutual historical understandings between Japan and Korea, and the development of new methodologies for Asian Studies. The Construction of the database of Japan Socialist Party documents, the publication of three volume bulletins on "Historical Recognition in Japan and Korea," and three volume book series "Ajiagaku no susume (Introduction to Asian Studies)" are the examples of our accomplishments