Subjects and Methodological Problems in Contrastive and Comparative Studies of Slavic Languages and Literatures

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1. Making Slavic research materials published in Japan more accessible from abroad.2. Establishing a new research network and promoting Japanese-Slavic comparative studies through it.The first task involved the conversion of bibliographical catalogues of Slavic research papers to electronic format and incorporating them into a common database. In 2006, we made that database available on our website together with a specialized search engine. We have also been preparing for our participation in the XIV International Congress of Slavists to be held in Macedonia later this year. We have organized a delegation, held research meetings and discussed future joint undertakings at home as well as ways to promote Japanese Slavic research abroad.In pursuing our second objective, we offered assistance to young researchers from Slavic countries striving to obtain degrees in Japan. We created opportunities for them to report on their own research in 2005 by arranging meetings and discussions. We also strengthened our cooperation with researchers engaged in Japanese language education in Slovenia, shortly after its accession to the EU. Again, this was done through a specially organized research meeting in 2006 which produced very satisfactory results. In 2007, we published the reports delivered at the above-mentioned events, as well as other papers involving comparative research between Slavic and non-Slavic languages in the first issue of a newly-created English language journal, "Comparative and Contrastive Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures".In order to examine the achievements of Slavic research at home and evaluate research trends abroad, three work-groups covering the East, West and South Slavic regions investigated published material in their respective areas. The results of their work are brought together and published in five-yearly bibliographical catalogues