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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.