Takaharu Saito (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business), “Does Divided Government Control Unilateral Policymaking? Evidence from Chair Elections”

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. […]

Masaru Nishikawa (Tsuda University), “Career Trajectory of Political Scientists’ Publication in the First and Second Language: Japan as an example of internationalization of political science, 1971-2023”

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 […]

Patricia Maclachlan (University of Texas at Austin), “Mechanisms of Resistance: Informal Institutional Impediments to Japanese Postal Privatization”

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 […]