{"id":18466,"date":"2026-10-01T17:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/?p=18466"},"modified":"2026-10-01T17:34:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:34:26","slug":"akiba-takeshi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/faculty\/18466","title":{"rendered":"AKIBA Takeshi"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Position: Professor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Degree: <\/strong>Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley<\/li>\n<li>Background:\n<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Associate Professor (2019-25), Professor (2025-), School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University<br \/>\nAffiliated Researcher,. Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University (2021-)<br \/>\nDirector, Student Diversity Center, Waseda University (2022-)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Field of Specialization<\/h3>\n<p>Socio-legal Studies, Constitutional Law (U.S. and Japan)<\/p>\n<h3>Research Theme<\/h3>\n<p>Rights, law and society;\u3000Judicial process and politics<\/p>\n<h3>Major Works \/ Publications \/ Awards<\/h3>\n<h4>Major Works \/ Publications<\/h4>\n<p>\u2022 \u6cd5\u793e\u4f1a\u5b66\u306e\u8996\u70b9\u304b\u3089\u306e\u540c\u6027\u5a5a\u8a34\u8a1f\u30fc\u653f\u7b56\u5f62\u6210\u578b\u8a34\u8a1f\u306e\u4eca\u65e5\u7684\u5c55\u958b\uff0d [Law and Society Approaches to Same-sex Marriage Litigation: Contemporary Evolution of Policy Lawsuits], Journal of the Japanese Association of Sociology of Law, Vol. 89, pp. 132\u2013143, Mar 2023.<br \/>\n\u2022 \u4ee3\u8868\u5236\u306e\u3042\u308a\u65b9\u3068\u300e\u4e00\u7968\u306e\u683c\u5dee\u300f\u8ad6\uff0d\u539f\u70b9\u304b\u3089\u306e\u518d\u691c\u8a0e\uff0d[Representation and the &#8216;Vote-Value Disparity&#8217; Debate: A Reconsideration from its Origins] in \u516c\u6cd5\u30fb\u4eba\u6a29\u7406\u8ad6\u306e\u518d\u69cb\u6210 (Festschrift for Prof. Mitsuo Goto), pp. 67\u201391, Seibundoh, Dec 2021.<br \/>\n\u2022 \u56fd\u7c4d\u6cd5\u9055\u61b2\u5224\u6c7a\u3068\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u53f8\u6cd5 [The Japanese Nationality Case and the Evolving Role of Courts in Japan], Shinzansha, Nov 2017 (Book Award, Japanese Association of Sociology of Law, 2018).<\/p>\n<h4>Awards<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Article Award, Japanese Association of Sociology of Law (2015)<\/li>\n<li>Book Award, Japanese Association of Sociology of Law (2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Academic Societies \/ Service to Society<\/h3>\n<h4>Academic Societies<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Japanese Association of Sociology of Law<\/li>\n<li>Asian Law and Society Association<\/li>\n<li>Law and Society Association (U.S.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Service to Society<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"ewa-rteLine\">Trustee, Japanese Association of Sociology of Law (2020-)<\/li>\n<li>Executive Officer, Asian Law and Society Association (2026-)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Project<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>MA:\u00a0Law and Society in the Asia-Pacific<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research Theme, Outline of Project Research Seminar, Message to Prospects<\/h3>\n<p>I look forward to working on projects that explore the relationship between law (especially legal rights), policy and society in Japan and\/or Asia. Those who aspire to be researchers or those who are inclined to\/ affiliated with the public sector (government, judiciary, non-profit organizations, etc.) are especially welcome.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to having graduate students who are willing to participate in academic confernces and events from early on, and who have a keen interest in the future of our society and aspire to think thoroughly towards application and practice related to their research.<\/p>\n<h3>Web Page \/ Researcher DB<\/h3>\n<div data-ccp-timestamp=\"1738302909767\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/researchmap.jp\/takeshiakiba?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">researchermap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"\/fire\/gsaps\/about\/faculty\">\u4e00\u89a7\u306b\u623b\u308b<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u203b1<br \/>\u6559\u6388<br \/>History of Japan, Global History, History of Authoritarianism and Fascism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18470,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18466\/revisions\/18470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/fire\/gsaps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}