Welcome. I am a professor at Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University in Japan. My research interests span public opinion, voting behavior, party politics, Japanese politics and survey methodology. I hold a Ph.D. in Political Science from Waseda University.
2023-present: Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University
2018-2023: Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University
2015-2018: Lecturer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Kochi University
2013-2015: Research Associate, School of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University
2010-2013: Research Associate, Global COE, Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University
2005: Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2016: Ph.D in Political Science, Waseda University
2009: MA in Government, Cornell University
2003: MA in Political Science, Waseda University
2001: BA in Political Science, Waseda University
Jou, Willy and Masahisa Endo, 2016, Generational Gap in Japanese Politics: A Longitudinal Study of Political Attitudes and Behaviour . New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Suzuki, Noriko, Xavier Mellet, Susumu Annaka, and Masahisa Endo eds., 2023, Public Behavioural Responses to Policy Making during the Pandemic: Comparative Perspectives on Mask-Wearing Policies. Routledge.
Ch.11: Endo, Masahisa and Gento Kato. "Social Values and Mask-Wearing Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan" pp.174-185.
François Foret and Airo Hino eds., 2021, Value Politics in Japan and Europe, Routledge.
Ch.4: Endo, Masahisa, François Foret and Airo Hino, "Decline of pillarisation in Europe, resilience in Japan? The case of value-based parties, Komeito and Christian democracy" pp.66-78.
Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, and Ethan Scheiner eds., 2015, Japan Decides 2014: The Japanese General Election, New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Ch.4: Endo, Masahisa and Robert J. Pekkanen, “The LDP: Return to Dominance? Or a Golden Age Built on Sand?” pp.41-54.
Reprint in Robert J. Pekkanen ed. 2018. Critical Readings on the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, 1616-1628, BRILL.
George Ehrhardt, Axel Klein, Levi McLaughlin and Steven R. Reed eds., 2014, Kōmeitō: Politics and Religion in Japan, Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley.
Ch.4: Abe, Yuki and Masahisa Endo, “Kōmeitō's Uncertain Decades between Religion and Politics,” pp.83-109.
Robert Pekkanen, Steven R. Reed, and Ethan Scheiner eds., 2013, Japan Decides 2012: The Japanese General Election. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Ch.5: Endo, Masahisa, Robert Pekkanen, and Steven R. Reed, “The LDP's Path Back to Power” pp.49-64.
Reprint in Robert J. Pekkanen ed. 2018. Critical Readings on the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, 1601-1615, BRILL.
Kato, Gento, Fan Lu, and Masahisa Endo. 2025. “The Preference-expectation Gap in Support for Female Candidates: Evidence from Japan” Public Opinion Quarterly (online first).
Hamzawi, Jordan, Gento Kato, and Masahisa Endo. 2025. "What Brings You to the Party? Voter Preferences on Parties through Policy and Valence Dynamics" Party Politics (online first).
Jou, Willy, Masahisa Endo, and Yoshihiko Takenaka, 2017, “An Appraisal of Japan's ‘Right Turn’: Citizen-Government Congruence and Ideological Understanding” Asian Survey 57(5), 910-932.
Jou, Willy, and Masahisa Endo, 2017, “Political Participation in Japan: A Longitudinal Analysis” Asian Journal of Comparative Politics 2(2), 196-212.
Jou, Willy, and Masahisa Endo, 2016, “Ideological Understanding and Voting in Japan: A Longitudinal Analysis” Asian Politics and Policy 8(3), 456-473.
Jou, Willy and Masahisa Endo, 2015, “Presidentialization of Japanese Politics? Examining Political Leader Evaluations and Vote Choice” Japanese Journal of Political Science 16(3):357-87.
Endo, Masahisa and Willy Jou, 2014, “How Does Age Affect Perceptions of Parties’ Ideological Locations?” Senkyo Kenkyu (Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies) 30(1), 96-112.
Adachi, Tsuyoshi, Masahisa Endo, Takeshi Iida, and Kohei Kamaga, 2012, “Under What Condition Can Voters Make Rational Choice?: Voter Preference and Choice in Old-Age Pension Reform in Japan.” Kokyo Sentaku (Public Choice Studies) 58, 107-127.
Endo, Masahisa, 2005, “Public Attitudes towards Pension Reform and Political Sophistication: An Analysis of the 2004 Upper House Election,” The Waseda Journal of Political Science and Economics 359, 21-34.