{"id":35074,"date":"2026-09-17T10:24:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/?page_id=35074"},"modified":"2026-09-17T10:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T02:24:50","slug":"yukisato-azai-grad-student","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Yukisato Azai &#8211; Grad Student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2>\n\t\t\tYukisato Azai\t<\/h2>\n<h4>\n\t\t\tPh.D. (Anthropology)\t<\/h4>\n<figure itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/09\/Yukisato-Azai.jpg\" alt=\"Yukisato Azai\" height=\"721\" width=\"721\" title=\"Yukisato Azai\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n\t<p>Research Interests: Militarization, Colonialism, Tourism, Knowledge production<\/p>\n<p>I am a PhD student in Anthropology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. Before joining NUS, I obtained my Master&#8217;s degree in International and Development Studies at Geneva Graduate Institute. In addition to my research, I serve as an editor for Ship and Wind (Fune to Kaze), an online journal published by young scholars and activists in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>My research interests include militarization, tourism, and knowledge production. Specifically, my work investigates how Okinawa&#8217;s militarized reality is obfuscated by extensive tourism development, with a focus on the transformation of local sense of place, labor, and identity.<\/p>\n\t<p><strong>Teaching Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GEC1024\/GEH1062 Ghosts and Spirits in Society and Culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<strong>Contact Info: <\/strong><br \/>\nEmail ID: <a href=\"yukisato.azai@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yukisato.azai@u.nus.edu(opens in new tab)<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/pgr-phd-students\/yueqicheng@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(opens in new tab)<\/a><a href=\"mailto:ethel.wee@u.nus.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(opens in new tab)<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yukisato Azai Ph.D. (Anthropology) Research Interests: Militarization, Colonialism, Tourism, Knowledge production I am a PhD student in Anthropology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. Before joining NUS, I obtained my Master&#8217;s degree in International and Development Studies at Geneva Graduate Institute. In addition to my research, I serve as an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35074","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yukisato Azai - Grad Student - Department of Sociology and Anthropology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yukisato Azai - Grad Student - Department of Sociology and Anthropology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yukisato Azai Ph.D. (Anthropology) Research Interests: Militarization, Colonialism, Tourism, Knowledge production I am a PhD student in Anthropology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. Before joining NUS, I obtained my Master&#8217;s degree in International and Development Studies at Geneva Graduate Institute. In addition to my research, I serve as an [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Sociology and Anthropology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-17T02:24:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/09\/Yukisato-Azai.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\\\/\",\"name\":\"Yukisato Azai - Grad Student - Department of Sociology and Anthropology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Yukisato-Azai.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-17T02:24:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-17T02:24:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Yukisato-Azai.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/Yukisato-Azai.jpg\",\"width\":721,\"height\":721},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Yukisato Azai &#8211; Grad Student\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Sociology and Anthropology\",\"description\":\"NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Department of Sociology and Anthropology\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/cropped-Cropped-until-botak-again-FASS-Sociology-and-Anthropology-web-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/16\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/cropped-Cropped-until-botak-again-FASS-Sociology-and-Anthropology-web-1.jpg\",\"width\":683,\"height\":171,\"caption\":\"Department of Sociology and Anthropology\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fass.nus.edu.sg\\\/socanth\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Yukisato Azai - Grad Student - Department of Sociology and Anthropology","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Yukisato Azai - Grad Student - Department of Sociology and Anthropology","og_description":"Yukisato Azai Ph.D. (Anthropology) Research Interests: Militarization, Colonialism, Tourism, Knowledge production I am a PhD student in Anthropology at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, National University of Singapore. Before joining NUS, I obtained my Master&#8217;s degree in International and Development Studies at Geneva Graduate Institute. In addition to my research, I serve as an [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/","og_site_name":"Department of Sociology and Anthropology","article_modified_time":"2026-09-17T02:24:50+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/09\/Yukisato-Azai.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/","url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/","name":"Yukisato Azai - Grad Student - Department of Sociology and Anthropology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/09\/Yukisato-Azai.jpg","datePublished":"2026-09-17T02:24:32+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-17T02:24:50+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/09\/Yukisato-Azai.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/09\/Yukisato-Azai.jpg","width":721,"height":721},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/yukisato-azai-grad-student\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Yukisato Azai &#8211; Grad Student"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/","name":"Department of Sociology and Anthropology","description":"NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/#organization","name":"Department of Sociology and Anthropology","url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/cropped-Cropped-until-botak-again-FASS-Sociology-and-Anthropology-web-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/04\/cropped-Cropped-until-botak-again-FASS-Sociology-and-Anthropology-web-1.jpg","width":683,"height":171,"caption":"Department of Sociology and Anthropology"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35074"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35078,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35074\/revisions\/35078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/socanth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}