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SDGs-related Research Grant Program 2021 Selected Projects

Taxation on wives who receive property division

Researcher: Hiroshi Noguchi

It is said that capital gains tax on those obligated to divide assets creates a situation in which divorce negotiations are difficult to reach. If the wife who receives the division of assets is taxed, there is a possibility that the division of assets from the husband to the wife will not be carried out smoothly, making it difficult for the wife to achieve social independence after divorce. This research aims to realize the empowerment of women from a legal perspective by presenting an interpretation and legislative theory of tax law that will allow for smooth division of assets from the husband to the wife, based on the US system.

SDGs Food Loss Regeneration Project through Industry-Academia-Government-Private Collaboration and Student-Participation Joint Research

Researcher: Kinya Tamaki

This study aims to promote the following activities in order to reduce and utilize food loss, such as post-harvest losses, which corresponds to the upstream supply chain (SC) of food services, and food loss at the retail and consumption levels, which corresponds to the downstream SC.
1) Survey on the causes of food waste in upstream and downstream SCs and the impeding factors that prevent it from being resolved
② Develop new strategies and tactics for reducing and reusing food waste from an SDGs perspective
3) Building a business model for CSV (Creating Shared Vale) that ensures the sustainability of the strategy and tactics
④ Establish an organizational structure for industry-academia-government-citizen collaboration and student-participation collaborative research to address these social issues
⑤ Empirical research at our university: event planning and implementation, public relations activities, research and development and implementation of SDGs food education programs
⑥ Demonstration experiment for social implementation business at our university
7) Raising awareness about the "SDGs Food Loss Regeneration Project" activities.

Towards sustainable development of agriculture: learning from the experiences of Japan and China

Researcher: Kei Kajisa

Labor shortages and aging are rapidly progressing in rural areas in both Japan and China, threatening the sustainable development of agriculture. This research aims to provide a forum for agricultural researchers from Japan and China to exchange ideas, deepen understanding of the agricultural issues facing both countries, and discuss future directions based on that understanding. This research is not only deeply related to the partnerships (international exchanges between researchers) of SDG-12 and SDG-17, which aim to achieve sustainable production among the SDGs, but also contributes to the most important issues of the SDGs, poverty reduction (SDG-1) and hunger eradication (SDG-2), by solving food problems.

Environmentally friendly synthesis of useful organic compounds

Researcher: Ryo Takeuchi

In this research, we aim to synthesize useful organic compounds with more complex structures and various functions from easily available general-purpose chemical raw materials using environmentally friendly molecular transformations that do not place a burden on the environment. Specifically, we will work on 1) environmentally friendly carbon chain elongation reactions from unsaturated hydrocarbons, which are general-purpose chemical raw materials, 2) environmentally friendly synthesis of optically active drugs, and 3) environmentally friendly synthesis of new fluorescent molecules that are expected to be used as fluorescent molecular probes.

Sustainable synthetic reactions using common metals as catalysts

Researcher: Takuhiro Sawano

Metal catalysts are used in various situations such as synthesizing chemical products, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemicals, and purifying automobile exhaust gases by helping with material conversion, and as they are indispensable to modern life, there is a demand for the development of a system that can supply them in a sustainable manner. Therefore, by developing a catalyst that combines "iron," which is abundant and inexpensive on Earth, with Metal-Organic Frameworks, we will realize a highly active and reusable catalyst and realize reactions that are useful for pharmaceutical and agrochemical synthesis and the chemical industry, such as hydrogenation reactions and boronization reactions, using this catalyst.

A study on the effect of university physical education classes on physical activity levels for health promotion

Researcher: Tatsuya Tamura

Physical activity is recommended for health promotion, and for example, it is believed that exercise time can be met through one university physical education class per week. However, there are few studies that accurately grasp the amount of exercise and intensity, and examine the relationship with event, gender, sports experience, etc. In this study, we use activity monitors to estimate the amount and intensity of exercise of students in university physical education classes, and clarify the impact of being conscious of one's own exercise intensity. This will make it possible to effectively promote health starting from university age.