Research
Research Interest
Japanese Politics
History of Modern Japan
(topics)
Space and Politics (Political buildings and their political roles in modern Japan)
Political Sociology of Modern Japan (Social Movements in 1960s, Spouse Search from 1980s)
International Politics (Japan’s entry into the core of international society during WWI)
Oral History
Major Publications (all in Japanese)
Books
Politics and Space in Modern Japan, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2020.
History of Thought on Spouse Search in Post-War Japan, Tokyo: Toyo-Keizai, 2019.
Beyond Changes of Government: 20 years of the Political Reform, Tokyo: Iwanami-Shoten, 2013. (edited with Takashi MIKURIYA and Izuru MAKIHARA)
"Real" in the 60s, Kyoto: Minerva-Shobo, 2011.
Suzuki Mosaburo: A Life of the First President of United Social Democratic Party of Japan, Tokyo: Fujiwara-Shoten, 2011.
Selected Journal Articles
"In Search of National Pride and Democracy: Political Shaping of Japan’s National Diet Building,” TMU Journal of Law and Politics, Vol. 61, No. 2, 2021.
“Politics and 3Cs (closed spaces, crowded places, close-contact settings),” UP, No. 577, 2020.
“Rough Times for Marriage : Magazines on Marriage in Japan from 1980s,” The journal of history by Aoyama Historical Society, No.52, 2020.
"Bureaucrats as Human Beings," webronza, Oct. 19, 2018.
"Teen Voters and Politics in Japan: Reviewing the Japanese House of Councillors Election, 2016," nippon.com, July 26, 2016.
(translated into Spanish, English, Chinese [simplified], Chines [traditional])
"Put 'Zeal' in the picture: between Politics and Public Opinion," Chuo-Kōron, Vol. 130 No. 1 (Jan. 2016), 2016.
"Stop overlooking the Young: young generation in the contemporary Japanese Politics," Journalism, No. 307, 2015.
"Yamagata ARITOMO and his houses," Nihon Kenkyu, No. 51, 2015.
Book Chapters
"Global Standard of Oral History and Beyond", in Takashi MIKURIYA (ed.), How to Make and Use Oral HIstory, Tokyo: Iwanami-shoten, 2019.
"Sacredness and Democracy: on Rex non protest peccare in 1910s Japan," in Takashi MIKURIYA (ed.), Tennno and Modern Japan, Tokyo: Chikura-shobo, 2018.
"Politics on Japanese National Diet Building," in Takashi MIKURIYA and Shoichi INOUE (eds.), Dynamism of Architecture and Power, Tokyo: Iwanami-shoten, 2015.
"Political Culture and Ruling System in 2000s," in Takashi MIKURIYA, Izuru MAKIHARA, and Shin SATO (eds.), Beyond Changes of Government, Tokyo: Iwanami-shoten, 2013.
"Body and Death on Mishima YUKIO," in Koji WAKAMATSU (eds.), 11.25 Jiketsu-no-hi: Mishima YUKIO to Wakamono-tachi, Tokyo: Yugaku-sha, 2012.
Oral Presentations
“Taisho Democracy and Tenno,” Das Erbe der Meiji-Restauration: Wege zur liberalen Demokratie 1868-2018, Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenshaften, Halle, Germany, 2018. [Japanese]
“Looking into Politics in Modern Japan through Documents,” Homecoming Day, the University of Tokyo, 2018. [Japanese]
“What was the Political Reform in Japan,” Asahi Shimbun DIALOG, Asahi Shimbun, 2018. [Japanese]
“How to cast a vote: voting in Taisho democracy,” JPSA Annual Conference 2017, Hosei University, 2017. [Japanese]
“Can Imperial System Survive?: The Abdication and Japanese Imperial System,” KTH, Stockholm, 2017. [English] (invited)
“Space & Politics in Modern Japan,” KTH, Stockholm, 2017. [English] (invited)
“Ministers’ Residences and Politics in Prewar Japan: analysis of directories of government officials,” a forum of JPSA, Keio University, Tokyo, 2017. [Japanese]
“Space & Politics in Modern Japan,” Institute for Japanese Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul, 2016. [Japanese] (invited)"
Japan's Tonnage Control during WWI," Research Meeting on Economic History, Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 2014. [Japanese]
"Gardens for Politicians in Prewar Japan," Kyoto University of Art and Design (The Japanese Garden Intensive Seminar Plus in Kyoto), Kyoto, 2013. [English]
Honors, Fellowships, and Grants
Grant-in-Aid for Foundation for Independence, KAKENHI, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2020-2021
Discretionary expenses by the President, TMU, 2020-2021.
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientist, KAKENHI, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2020-2023
Academic Group Research Grant, Suntory Foundation, 2019-2020
Academic Group Research Grant, Suntory Foundation, 2018-2019.
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), KAKENHI, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2018-2021 (as collaborative researcher)
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering), KAKENHI, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2017-2020
Research Fellow, The Japan Society of the Promotion of Science, 2013-2015.
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), 2013-2015.
Kawakami Hajime Young Researcher's Award, Fujiwara-shoten, 2009.