U.S. EDT: October 1 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: October 2 (Fri), 9 – 10 am NOTE: Registration required! Link.   Paper can be found here. Presenters: Fan Lu (Queen's University), Gento Kato (Nazarbayev University). Abstract: While there is lively debate on whether higher education cultivates support for admitting foreigners into North America and Europe, […]

U.S. EDT: October 15 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: October 16 (Fri), 9 – 10 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Presenter: Diana Stanescu (Harvard). Chair: Christina Davis (Harvard).

U.S. EDT: October 29 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: October 30 (Fri), 9 – 10 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Presenter: Deirdre Martin (UC Berkeley). Chair: Charles Crabtree (Dartmouth College).

U.S. EDT: November 12 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: November 13 (Fri), 10 – 11 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Paper can be found here. Abstract: The United States engaged in dual deterrence over the East China Sea dispute from 2008-2014, dissuading both China and Japan from taking escalatory behavior. Contrary to what dual […]

U.S. EDT: December 3 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: December 4 (Fri), 10 – 11 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Paper can be found here. Abstract: In an article recently published in the American Political Science Review, Allen et al. (2020) argue that citizens in U.S. allies are more likely to nurture favorable attitudes toward the […]

U.S. EDT: December 17 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: December 18 (Fri), 10 – 11 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Paper can be found here. Presenter: Jordan Hamzawi (University of California, Davis). Discussants: Kentaro Fukumoto (Gakushuin University), Zeynep Somer Topcu (University of Texas at Austin). Chair: Daniel M. Smith (Harvard).

Professional Development #2: Working on Japan, Working in Japan U.S. ET: February 11 (Thu), 8:00 – 9:15 pm JST: February 12 (Fri), 10:00 – 11:15 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Presenters: Sheila Smith (Council on Foreign Relations), Saori Katada (University of Southern California), Ellis Krauss (University of California, San Diego), Gill Steel (Doshisha University). Chair: Yusaku […]

U.S. EST: March 4 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: March 5 (Fri), 10 – 11 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Paper can be found here. Presenters: Kenneth Mori McElwain (University of Tokyo), […]

U.S. EDT: April 1 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: April 2 (Fri), 9 – 10 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Pre-analysis plan can be found here. Presenters: Taishi Muraoka (Washington […]

U.S. EDT: April 15 (Thu), 8 – 9 pm JST: April 16 (Fri), 9 – 10 am NOTE: Registration required! Link. Paper can be found here. Presenters: Michael Sharpe (York […]

U.S. EDT: May 13 (Thu), 9 – 10 AM JST: May 13 (Thurs), 10 – 11 PM NOTE: Registration required! Link. Abstract: As COVID-19 spread in March 2020, most countries shut […]

U.S. EDT: May 27 (Thu), 8 – 9 PM JST: May 28 (Fri), 9 – 10 AM NOTE: Registration required! Link. Abstract: Standard economic models of trade emphasize production ownership and industrial sectors as key determinants of trade policy preferences. Such emphasis directs the focus of previous studies onto working-age individuals, and as a result, the […]