- Position: Professor
- Degree: PhD in International Relations, LSE
- Background:
Program Officer, Sasakawa Peace Foundation (2000-2001)
Teacher, London School of Economics (2002-2004)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Waseda University (2006-2008)
Associate Professor, Tsukuba University (2008-2012)
Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington (2012-2019)
Associate Professor, Victoria University of Wellington (2020-2024)
Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University (2024-recent)
Field of Specialization
International Relations, International Relations of Northeast Asia, Japan-Korea and Japan-Russia Relations
Research Theme
Japan-Korea Relations in the Post-war Era, Territorial Disputes in Northeast Asia, Identity and Non-state Actors in International Relations
Major Works / Publications / Awards
Major Works / Publications
- These Islands are Ours! The Social Construction of Territorial Disputes in Northeast Asia (Stanford University Press 2020)
- Japan’s National Identity and Foreign Policy: “Russia” as Japan’s “Other” (Routledge 2009)
- “The productive power of rising China and national identities in South Korea and Thailand,” Pacific Review 35(4), 2022
- “Korean National Identity, Civic Activism and the Dokdo/Takeshima Territorial Dispute,” Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, 3(2) 2016
- “Russia’s Image and Soft Power Resources in Southeast Asia: Perceptions among Young Elites in Laos, Thailand and Vietnam,” Contemporary Southeast Asia 38(3), 2016
- “Shimane Prefecture, Tokyo and the Territorial Dispute over Dokdo/Takeshima: Regional and National Identities in Japan”, Pacific Review 28(1), 2015
- “Revisiting Japan’s Cultural Diplomacy: A Critique of the Agent-Level Approach to Japan’s Soft Power”, Asian Perspective 38, 2014
Awards
- Asia-Pacific Distinguished Book Award, International Studies Association (2022)
- Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, sponsored by the American Library Association (2020)
- Keynote Speaker, UK Joint East Asian Studies Conference (2019)
- East Asia Institute Fellowship, South Korea (2016)
- Royal Society of New Zealand, Marsden Grant (2014-2017)
Academic Societies / Service to Society
Academic Societies
- International Studies Association (ISA)
- Association for Asian Studies (AAS)
- Association for Borderland Studies
Service to Society
- Regional Editor (Asia),Journal of Borderland Studies,2014- present Consultant, the Asia Foundation (2013 and 2019)
Research Project
- MA: Politics and International Relations in Northeast Asia
- Ph.D.: Politics and International Relations in Northeast Asia
Research Theme, Outline of Project Research Seminar, Message to Prospects
This research project seminar welcomes students working on topics related to politics and international relations in Northeast Asia. I am particularly interested in topics related to nationalism, identities, historical memory, territorial disputes, non-state actors, the interplay of domestic and international politics as well as the respective roles of the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and Russia in the region but students working on other issues or countries and using qualitative methodologies are also welcome.
Course List
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