9. Working form
・Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work or Fixed Working Hour System based on agreement
・Determined in accordance with the Hokkaido University Working Hours, Break Times, Holidays and
Leave Rules
・[For Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work]
The work hours per day are deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes
・[For Fixed Working Hour System]
Work hours: 8:30 to 17:00
Break time: 12:15 to 13:00
Overtime work: Applicable
10. Benefits
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Mutual Aid Association, Employees
Pension, Workers’ Accident Compensation Insurance and Employment Insurance
11. Employer
Hokkaido University
12. Measures to prevent second-hand smoke
No smoking on the premises
13. Application materials (for items (1)–(6), submit one hard copy of each document and a single PDF file
containing all of them)
(1) Curriculum Vitae (free format with academic history, degree, qualifications, record of grants or the other
awards, and employment history)
(2) Summary of past and current research (about 1,000 words)
(3) Statement of education and research goals upon appointment (about 1,000 words)
(4) Statement of educational activities (subject list, number of graduate students supervised, and social
education activities, if you work(ed) at a college or university), and other scientific activities in university,
scientific societies, social communities, etc.
(5) A list of two references (including the names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses)
(6) Self-assessment of applicant’s ability to read, write, and speak Japanese
(7) List and copy of all publications (PDF files to be submitted on a CD-R, DVD-R, or USB flash drive)
*All PDF files for items (1)–(7) must be submitted on a single storage media.
14. Application deadline
August 24, 2026, 17:00 (JST)* *The deadline must be strictly observed.
15. Application
Professor INOUE Akira
Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 3-1-1 Minato-cho, Hakodate 041-8611, Japan
