Anthropological Analysis of Infertility and Diversification of Families in Low-fertility Japan

• Project/Area Number: 25K04669
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 04030:Cultural anthropology and folklore-related
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: ガーニエ大蔵 奈々 早稲田大学, 国際学術院(アジア太平洋研究科), 准教授 (80637364)
• Project Period (FY): 2025-04-01 – 2029-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2025)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000); Fiscal Year 2028: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: Infertility / ART / Family / Japan / Anthropology

Outline of Research at the Start

This project examines the increasing medicalization of infertility (Assisted Reproductive Technology) and changing meanings, forms and formations of family in Japan from an anthropological perspective, combined with international comparative analysis of other low-fertility societies in Asia-Pacific.