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.