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) […]

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), […]

U.S. ET: April 11 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: April 12 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Authors: Risa Kitagawa (Northeastern University) and […]

U.S. ET: April 25 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: April 26 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Author: Toshiaki Yoshida (Northeastern University) Abstract: […]

U.S. ET: May 9 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: May 10 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Authors: Tetsekela Anyiam-Osigwe (Princeton University) and James Vreeland […]

U.S. ET: September 26 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: September 27 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Authors: Harunobu Saijo (Hiroshima University) and […]

U.S. ET: October 10 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: October 11 (Friday), 9 – 10 AM Zoom Registration: Link Paper is available here. Authors: Kai Zhou (Massachusetts Institute of […]

U.S. ET: November 21 (Thursday), 8 – 9 PM JST: November 22 (Friday), 10 – 11 AM Zoom Registration: Link Presenters: Ko Maeda (University of North Texas), Tetsuya Matsubayashi (Osaka University), […]