- Degree: Ph.D. in Sociology, Hitotsubashi University
- Background:
Junior Researcher, Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University (2023-present)
JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist, PD (2023-present)
Post-doctoral Researcher, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies, Seikei University (2021-2023)
Field of Specialization
Sociology, migration studies
Research Theme
Social integration of the Old-comer immigrant (Zainichi Korean) in Japan
Major Works / Publications /Awards
Major Works / Publications
“Zainichi Korean in the Era of Neoliberalism: Polarization and Intersectionality among Old Comer Immigrants,” Seikyusha, 2023.
“Japan’s Industrial Structure and Zainichi Korean as Labor Force: Inclusion and Exclusion of Old Comer Immigrants since the Postwar Period,” Journal of Livelihood and Economic Policy, Vol. 324, 2023.
“Educational Background of Zainichi Koreans and Attitudes towards Hate Speech: Anti-Discrimination Identity in Chongryon Schools,” Asia-Pacific Studies, Issue 47, 2022.
“Divergence Mechanisms in the Occupational Status of Zainichi Koreans in Contemporary Society: Ethnic Economization, Economic Assimilation, and Underclass Formation,” Sociology, Vol. 65, No. 1, 2021.
“Blurred Boundaries: ‘Inclusion’ of Zainichi Korean in Japanese Corporations Since the 1970s,” Journal of Liberation Sociology Research, Vol. 34, 2020.
“A Study on the Incorporation of Zainichi Korean into the General Labor Market: Expectations of Japanese Corporations for Market Expansion in Asia and the Role of Bridge Personnel,” Sociology, Vol. 64, No. 1, 2019.
“Nurturing Transboundary Individuals as Agents for Peace: Life Trajectories and Identity Formation of Zainichi Koreans,” Kyungmook Kim eds., Peace Studies Crossing Borders: Coexistence and Reconciliation in Asia, Horitsu Bunka Sha, 2019.
Academic Societies / Service to Society
Academic Societies
・Kantoh Sociological Society
・Japanese Association of Sociology for Human Liberation
Service to Society
Invited Speaker for PARC Free School Continuous Lecture Series “Thinking Across Borders: Japan and the ‘Korean Peninsula'” (2019).
Member of the Working Group for Survey of Discrimination in the Campas within the Graduate School of Social Sciences at Hitotsubashi University (2017).
Monitoring and Recording Staff for Anti-Racial Discrimination Activities within Football World Cup Stadiums, FARE network (2016-2017).
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