U.S. ET: Feb 2 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: Feb 3 (Friday), 10 – 11 AM Registration: Link. Paper is available here. Author: Phillip Y. Lipscy (University of Toronto) […]

  U.S. ET: March 2 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: March 3 (Friday), 10 – 11 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here Author: Austin Mitchell (Tohoku University), […]

U.S. ET: April 20 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: April 21 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here Authors: Etienne Gagnon (University of Tokyo), […]

U.S. ET: May 18 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: May 19 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Authors: Hiroki Takeuchi (Southern Methodist University) and Keely McNeme (Southern Methodist University) Abstract: A critical aspect of democracies is the peaceful transition of power between multiple parties through fair and free […]

U.S. ET: June 8 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: June 9 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link. Paper is available here. Author: Boyoon Lee (Vanderbilt University) Abstract: How do country-of-origin stereotypes influence native attitudes towards immigrants? Drawing on dual processing models of stereotypes from social psychology, I present three different ways that country-of-origin […]

U.S. ET: July 20 (Thursday), 8 – 9:15 PM JST: July 21 (Friday), 9 – 10:15 AM Zoom Registration: Link. Goals: As part of our professionalization series, we will discuss strategies to teach about Japan in political science. We will discuss (1) ways to teach about Japan, as a standalone Japanese politics course, as a case […]

U.S. ET: August 24 (Thursday), 8 - 9 PM JST: August 25 (Friday), 9 - 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link. Paper is available here. Author: Takaharu Saito (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business) Abstract: Unilateral action remains a crucial aspect of presidential policy formulation, yet empirical consensus on the role of executive-legislative relations remains elusive. […]

U.S. ET: October 26 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: October 27 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link. Paper is available here. Authors: Akira Matsui (Yokohama National University), Masaru Nishikawa (Tsuda University), and Daisuke Sakai (Independent Researcher) Abstract: This paper discusses the “science of science” and bibliometrics, which have made new findings on scientific […]

U.S. ET: November 9 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: November 10 (Friday), 10 – 11 AM Zoom Registration: Link. Paper is available here. Author: Patricia Maclachlan (University of Texas at Austin) Abstract: Nearly two decades after Koizumi Jun’ichirō passed his landmark legislation, the postal privatization process has lost its momentum. Japan Post Mail is in […]

U.S. ET: December 7 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: December 8 (Friday), 10 – 11 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Author: Matthew Morris (University of Nottingham) Abstract: I investigate the impact of deindustrialisation on election outcomes in Japan over 1983-2012 to expand the economic voting literature eastwards. To causally identify the impact […]

U.S. ET: February 1 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: February 2 (Friday), 10 – 11 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Author: Jiajia Zhou (University of Toronto) Abstract: In this paper, I investigate the relationship between party organizational strength and populist electoral success. I attempt to bridge the gap between micro-level theories […]

U.S. ET: March 28 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: March 29 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Author: Timothy Cichanowicz (University of Kansas), Samantha A. Vortherms (University of California, Irvine), Jiakun Jack Zhang (University of Kansas). Abstract: How are multinational firms (MNCs) and the global supply chains that […]