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Analysis on the Theme of the Thesis for Doctor's Degree(1980〜2015) Majoring in Japanese Language and Literature Awarded by Universities in Japan Cho, Nam-Sung 　This current study thoroughly reviewed the subjects of Doctoral Thesis on Japanese literature published from 1980 to 2015 at Japanese Universities. The following is the summary of significant results. (1) A total number of 678 Doctoral Thesis on Japanese Literature were published from 1980 to 2015 at Japanese Universities, while the number of studies shows significant increase up until 2001 with 54 published thesis, the number of studies decreased afterwards. (2) Considering the proportion of the field of study, Japanese Literature composed 47.6% (323 Studies) of overall studies, followed with Japanese Language and Japanese Language Education with 42.8% (290 Studies) and 9.6% (65 Studies), respectively. (3) The institutes with most doctoral degrees granted are the Tsukuba University, Tokyo University, Tohoku University, Osaka University, Nagoya University and Hiroshima University, in a descending order. (4) In particular, the 290 Doctoral Thesis on Japanese Language can be categorized in detail by Grammar (30.0%, 87 Studies on Voice, Modality, Verbs, etc.), Japanese Language History (23.1%, 67 Studies on Character, Presentation, Vocabulary, Grammar, etc.), Vocabulary (12.4%, 36 Studies) and Dialog & Heraldry (12.1%, 35 Studies). (5) The 323 Doctoral Thesis on Japanese Literature can be categorized as Classical Literature (36.5%, 118 Studies) and Modern Literature (63.5%, 205 Studies). The former, may then be further categorized by era as: Classical Literature (39.0%, 46 Studies), Early Modern Literature (22.0%, 26 Studies), Medieval Literature (19.5%, 23 Studies) and Ancient Literature (18.6%, 22 Studies). The former may also be further categorized by subject as: Monogatari (20.4%, 22 Studies), Waka (16.7%, 18 Studies), History, and Novels (9.3%, 10 Studies) in a descending order. Novels (57.6%, 118 Studies) and Comparative Literature (13.2%, 27 Studies) composes the majority of the latter, while Novels in Modern Literature shows the subjectual composition of Natsume Sōseki (12.7%, 15 Studies), Akudagawa Ryunosuke (10%, 12 Studies), Kawabata Yasunari (9.3%, 11 Studies), Dazai Osamu (7.6%, 9 Studies), and Ōe Kenzaburō (5.9%, 7 Studies), in a descending order. (6) The 65 Doctoral Thesis on Japanese Language Education can be categorized by subject as Acquisition & Misuse (29.2%, 19 Studies), Teaching & Learning (27.7%, 18 Studies), Verbal Material (16.9%, 11 Studies), Japanese Language Education History (10.8%, 7 Studies), in a descending order.