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Education

2003-2006 University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan

Ph.D. in Advanced Social & International Studies

2001-2003 University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan

M.A. in Advanced Social & International Studies

1997-2001 University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan

B.A. in Arts and Sciences

Professional Career and Experiences

Apr 2017 - Present Professor

Graduate School of Law, Kobe University

Aug 2016 - Aug 2018 Visiting Associate Professor

Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia

Apr 2016 - Mar 2017 Associate Professor

Graduate School of Law, Kobe University

Oct 2013 - Mar 2016 Associate Professor

Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University

Apr 2009 - Sep 2013 Associate Professor

Graduate School of Law, Osaka City University

Selected Publications in Japanese

2018 Shinchiku ga Osuki Desuka: Nihon ni okeru Jutaku to Seiji [Neophilia? Housing and Politics in Japan] Kyoto: Minerva-Syobo.

2017 Bunretsu to Togo no Nihon Seiji: Tochi Kiko Kaikaku to Seito Shisutemu no Hen’yo [Party system institutionalization in Japan: Between Fragmentation and Integration] Tokyo: Chikura-Syobo

2015 Seijigaku no Daiippo [Introduction to Political Science] Tokyo: Yuhikaku. (with Hieda Takeshi and Tago Atsushi)

2015 Minsyu Syugi no Joken [Understanding the Condition of Democracy] Tokyo: Toyokeizai.

2012 Ōsaka: daitoshi wa kokka o koeru ka [Osaka: Can Localities Be Free from Central Control?] Tokyo: Chuokoron-Shinsya

2011 Chiho Seifu no Minsyu Syugi: Zaisei Shigen no Seiyaku to Chiho Seifu no Seisaku Sentaku [Democracy in Japanese Local Governments: An Analysis on the Dynamics of Governance and Representation in the Presidential System] Tokyo: Yuhikaku.