PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in archaeology in Japan

National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology in Aichi, Japan is recruiting a Researcher / postdoctoral-equivalent position in the Department of Preventive Gerontology . The role supports a large-scale cohort study (NCGG-SGS) focused on gerontology, geriatrics, dementia prevention, frailty prevention, epidemiology, and data analysis . Research duties include field surveys, analysis of long-term care insurance and medical fee data, epidemiological surveys, and intervention studies. The departmen...

Yamanashi Prefectural Mt. Fuji Research Institute is recruiting a Fixed-Term Researcher (Natural Environment) for work in ecology , environmental science , and related data science applications. The position focuses on research on the ecology of deer and other mammals in and around Mt. Fuji, plus work using AI and GIS , environmental education, biodiversity administration support, and research projects/committees connected to the Graduate School of Natural Environment and Coexistence. This is a ...

The ADB-Japan Scholarship Program (JSP) offers about 130 graduate scholarships each year for study in economics, business and management, science and technology, and other development-related fields . This scholarship is aimed at citizens of developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank who want to pursue graduate study at one of 27 selected educational institutions across Asia and the Pacific , including 17 institutions in Japan . Fields of study highlighted on the program page incl...

Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology is recruiting a Special Research Fellow / Postdoctoral Researcher for research on intractable retinal and optic nerve diseases. The group focuses on ophthalmology , immunology , cell biology , and related translational research topics including age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, retinitis pigmentosa, ischemic eye diseases, neuroinflammation, aging, and drug discovery. The lab is especially ...

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) is recruiting an Associate Senior Researcher or Researcher in the Earthquake and Volcano Research Division , Center for Observing the Earth's Interior, for work based at the Yokohama Research Institute in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The position focuses on solid earth science , especially marine geophysics , seismology , geology , and volcanology . The successful candidate will conduct observational research and technological develop...

Osaka University is recruiting a Specially Appointed Researcher (researcher/postdoc equivalent) in the Graduate School of Human Sciences , specifically the Comparative Behavioral Experiment Facility . The position focuses on experimental psychology , physical anthropology , and behavioral research on cognition and social behavior in primates, including humans , with an emphasis on the social behavior of wild primates . The successful candidate will conduct research related to primate cognition a...

Public recruitment for a Research Officer (fixed-term) in the Marine Research Laboratory of the Japan Coast Guard in Tokyo, Japan. The position is focused on marine information services and related research, with work spanning earth science , hydrospheric science , solid earth science , geology , oceanographic data analysis , and information technology . Duties include surveys and research assigned by the Marine Research Laboratory, reviewing overseas papers and materials, and general administra...

Shikoku Research Institute Co., Ltd. is recruiting a researcher/postdoc-equivalent for its Geological Research Group in the Civil Engineering Department in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan . The position focuses on seismology, geodesy, earthquake analysis, crustal deformation analysis, volcanology, and solid earth sciences , with research aimed at understanding earthquake occurrence mechanisms in the Shikoku region and predicting future earthquakes, as well as studying volcanic phenomena affecting Shiko...

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Aerospace Medical Safety Research Unit is recruiting research and technical officers in two categories: Psychology and Hygiene . This is a full-time, permanent position (non-tenure-track) with a probationary period, based at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Iruma Air Base in Saitama and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Staff College in Tokyo. The Psychology track focuses on experimental psychology , social psychology , cognitive science , and safety engineering relat...