- Position: Professor
- Degree: Ph.D. in History, Murdoch University, Australia
- Background:
Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Kagoshima University (1987-1993)Associate Professor, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University (1993-2001)Professor, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences, Osaka City University (2001-2013)Professor, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University (2013-present)
Field of Specialization
Ethno-history of Asia, History of International Relations
Research Theme
Ethno-history of Maritime Southeast Asia, Modern History of Asia-Japan Relations
Major Works / Publications / Awards
Major Works / Publications
- “Sports and Nationalism in Southeast Asia: SEAP Games/SEA Games, 1959-2019,” Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies (Waseda University), No.40, 2020
- “The Political Changes of Indonesia (1965-1966) as Reported by The Manila Times: Its Impact on Southeast Asia as a Region,” Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia, Volume 56 (2), 2020
- “The Yasukuni Shrine Controversy from the Perspective of Southeast Asia: A Hidden Dispute,” Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies (Waseda University), No.36, 2019
- “The Newspapers Issued in the Philippines under Japanese Occupation from 1942-1945,” Journal of Philippine Local History & Heritage, Volume 4 (1), 2018
- Japanese in Modern Philippine History, Waseda University, Institute of Asian-pacific studies, 2014
- A Walk Through War Memories in Southeast Asia, Metro Manila: New Day Publishers, 2010
- Mindanao Ethnohistory beyond Nations: Maguindanao, Sangir, and Bagobo Societies in East Maritime Southeast Asia, Metro Manila: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2007
Awards
- The 20th Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Award (2004)
Academic Societies / Service to Society
Academic Societies
- Philippine National Historical Society (a member of the international advisory board for The Journal of History)
- Ugnayang Pang-Aghamtao (UGAT) (Anthropological Association of the Philippines)
- Association for Asian Studies, U.S.A
Service to Society
- Editorial Board Member, Japan Society for Southeast Asian History
- Editorial Board Member, Japan Society for Southeast Asian Studies
- International Advisory Board Member, The Journal of History, Philippine National Historical Society
Research Project
- MA: Japan in Asia *Not available from 2024 September admission
- Ph.D.: Asia-Japan Relations in Modern History *Not available from 2023 September admission
Research Theme, Outline of Project Research Seminar, Message to Prospects
The project research is intended to help students grasp Japan’s relations with Southeast Asia and East Asia in modern history. It attempts to search for a new approach to historical studies beyond modern document-based study. We study a global society from the viewpoint of the following four perspectives: global (world), regional (wider area), national (nation), and local (rural). Also, we try to rewrite a history from the viewpoint of a maritime people.
Please enjoy preparing and writing your thesis, so that I can enjoy reading it.
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