Revised on April 5, 2019.
Particularly Sociology of Religion, Comparative Study of Modern Religious Movements, Modern Shinto Study, Religious Culture Education and Cognitive Science of Religion.
Basic Terms of Shinto (Revised edition), IJCC,1985.
Matsuri:Festival and Rite in Japanese Life, IJCC, 1988.
Folk Beliefs in Modern Japan, IJCC. 1995.
Globalization and Indigenous Culture, IJCC,1997.
2017 Japane New Religions in the Age of New Religions Kokugakuin Univ.
2016 Encyclopedia of Shinto: Chronological Supplement, (ed) Kokugakuin Univ.
"Media and New Religious Movements in Japan"
2009 "Religious education in contemporary Japan" Religion Compass 3/4, Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
2006 "Formation of the Shinto Sect System and Shinto Taikyo" Japanese Culture and Shinto 2 Kokugakuin Univ.
2005 "Problems of the present Shinto studies: Discussions and perspectives of the international symposium held at Kokugakuin university" Japanese Culture and Shinto 1 Kokugakuin Univ.
2003 Japanese College Students’ Attitudes Towards Religion Kokugakuin Univ.
"Raising the Global Profile of Japanese Studies of Shinto and Japanese Culture"
"The Specific and Universal Aspects of Religious Culture Education"
"Religious Culture Education Seen From Global Perspectives"
"Japanese new and traditional religions in the information and globalization age: A consideration of various changes experienced since the mid-1970s"
2012 April, University of Southern California, international symposium, "Religion in the Public Square: Japan and the U.S."
2007 November, International symposium at Australia national university, "Religious Innovation in East Asia"
"Religious Innovation in Modern Japan: From the Meiji Restoration until the Present"
"How are the Concepts of 'New Religion' and 'NRM' Related?"
"From Religious Conformity to Innovation; New Ideas of Religious Journey and Holy Places"