Waseda Institute of Political EconomyWaseda University

Author Bio:

Peter Chai or Kai Shibata is a Ph.D. Researcher at the Graduate School of Political Science, Waseda University. He holds a BA in Economics and MA in Political Science from Waseda University. His research areas are political sociology, comparative politics, and public opinion. His research method is survey analysis, and his regional focus is East Asia, especially the Greater China area. His uses transnational surveys to investigate the longitudinal and demographic patterns of citizen attitudes across societies.

 

His article “How Salient Are Traditional Family Values and Gender Stereotypes in Asia? Survey Evidence from Mainland China” was published on the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)’s Blog.

How Salient Are Traditional Family Values and Gender Stereotypes in Asia? Survey Evidence from Mainland China – Midwest Political Science Association

 

Also, his articles “Court Rulings and Public Opinion on Same-Sex Marriage in Japan” and “Beyond Sanseito: Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric in Japan’s Upper House Election” were published on The Diplomat, the Asia-Pacific current affairs magazine.

https://thediplomat.com/2025/08/court-rulings-and-public-opinion-on-same-sex-marriage-in-japan/

https://thediplomat.com/2025/08/beyond-sanseito-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-in-japans-upper-house-election/