KUROKAWA Midori is a Professor of Education at Shizuoka University. She researches Buraku issues and racism in the modern era, and the local history of Buraku areas, particularly in Mie Prefecture.

Motilal MAHAMALLIK is a Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies in New Delhi, India. His research focuses on rural livelihood, poverty, and human development.

John H. DAVIS, Jr. is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Michigan State University in the United States. His research focuses on the politics of human rights and discrimination in Japan, with particular attention to the evolution of Buraku issues.

Christopher BONDY is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at DePauw University in the United States. His research interests include comparative sociology of Japan and the United States, comparative racism, identity construction, minorities, and social movements.

TOMONAGA Yugo is a PhD candidate of Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan. He focuses on the comparative analysis of ethnicities and racial-related thesis between Japan and Australia.

MORI Maya is Director of the A Youth meeting group. She took the degree of MA at Ryukoku University.

UCHIDA Ryushi is a holder of PhD in sociology from Osaka City University. His research focuses on the identity of youth from Buraku backgrounds and on citizen’s awareness of marriage discrimination.

KIM Joong-Seop is a Professor of Sociology at Gyeongsang National University, Korea. His research focuses on the Paekjong movement, Hyongpyongsa, and the Burakumin movement, Suiheisha, in the 1920’s and 30’s.

Nehema K. MISOLA is a Professor at the Western Visayas College of Science & Technology in the Philippines. Her research focuses on women and gender equality within the contemporary Buraku movement.

LEE Kayoung is a PhD candidate in international law at Osaka University. He is currently a researcher with the Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute, and the Secretary General of the A Branch of the Osaka Prefectural Association of the Buraku Liberation League. His research interests focus on corporate social responsibility and human rights, international human rights law and prohibition of discrimination.

KUMAMOTO Risa is a lecturer at the Kinki University Human Rights Institute. Her research foci include discrimination against Buraku women and feminist theories and practices of liberation.

Joseph HANKINS is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Chicago. His research examines economic and political neo-liberalization and its effects on Buraku politics. His dissertation focuses on the internationalization of the Buraku political movement and the leather industry.

HIRASAWA Yasumasa is a Professor ad the Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University. He is a Board Member of Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute. He was the coordinator of the workshop and symposium.