Masako Kohama is Professor, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University. Linda Grove is Professor Emerita, Sophia University.

KAWAI Kaori is a Japanese cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on East African anthropology. She is currently Professor at the Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.

HIGUCHI Naoto is a Japanese sociologist currently in the position of Professor in the School of Human Sciences, Waseda University.