07/2021–present Lecturer

Department of Japanese Languages, School of Foreign Studies, Nankai University, Tianjin, China

10/2019–6/2021 Lecturer

Department of Japanese Languages, College of Foreign Languages, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China

09/2006–06/2008 Lecturer

Department of Japanese Languages, College of Foreign Languages, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun, China

06/2019 Ph.D. in Chinese Linguistics, Department of Chinese Language and Literature. Peking University, China

07/2011 M.A. in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, College of Humanities, Jilin University, China

03/2002 M.A. in Engineering, Division of Information Science, Graduate School of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

03/2000 B.A. in Engineering, Department of Artificial Intelligence, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

Journal Articles (selected):

1. Higashi Takahiro, Wang Yunjia. (in press, 2027) The pitch relationship between sandhi Tone 3 and Tone 2 at the prefocus position in Mandarin. Journal of Chinese Linguistics. submitted Aug. 2022, accepted Mar. 2024.

2. Higashi Takahiro, Wang Yunjia. (in press, 2026) Regressive tonal coarticulation of Tone 3 sandhi to the preceding tones in Mandarin. Language and Linguistics, 27 (3). submitted Mar. 2022, accepted Aug. 2023.

3. Higashi Takahiro, Wang Yunjia. 2018. The regressive effect of postfocus tone on the pitch of the focus syllable in Mandarin. CHUUGOKU GOGAKU: Bulletin of the Chinese Linguistic Society of Japan, No. 265: 95–112.

4. Higashi Takahiro, Wang Yunjia. 2018. Similarities and differences between postfocal weakened syllables and toneless syllables in Mandarin. Contemporary Research in Modern Chinese, No. 20: 129–141.

5. Higashi Takahiro, Wang Yunjia. 2017. Cause of Tone 4 sandhi in Beijing Mandarin and its relationship with lexical stress. Language and Linguistics, 18 (3): 430–451.

Books:

Liu Fuhua, Lü Yingjie, Higashi Takahiro. 2014. Methods for Teaching Chinese Pronunciation to Japanese speakers. Beijing Language and Culture University Press.

Grant:

“A study on the construction of Mandarin citation tones based on the stream of speech”, International Chinese Language Education Research Program, Center for Language Education and Cooperation, No. 22YH84C, in progress.

1. Elementary Japanese I & II (for first-year undergraduates)

2. Japanese Conversations III & IV (for second-year undergraduates)

1. Second and Third Prizes in the Chinese-to-Japanese Section of the Fifth People's China Cup Japanese Translation Competition, Excellent Instructor Award, 2022.

2. Second Prize in the Chinese-to-Japanese Section of the Fourth People's China Cup Japanese Translation Competition, Excellent Instructor Award, 2021.

3. First Prize in the Chinese-to-Japanese Section of the Third People's China Cup Japanese Translation Competition, Excellent Instructor Award, 2020.