大象传媒

Areas of interest

Research and Supervision Fields:

STATUS: ACCEPTING NEW GRADUATE STUDENTS

-Japanese Foreign Affairs and Politics
-International Relations of East Asia
-Canada-Asia Relations

Teaching Streams

-Diplomacy, Defence and Development

Education

• LLB, Doshisha University
• MA, University of Toronto
• PhD, Princeton University

Biography

I am a professor of international politics. My teaching covers international relations theory, international relations of East Asia, and Japanese politics.

While my primary research focus is on Japan鈥檚 relations with other countries, I have broader interests in East Asia and trans-Pacific relations, including Canada-Asia relations. I also study 鈥済rand strategy鈥濃�攖he government鈥檚 holistic plan to use defense, economic and cultural policies as a set.

A bilingual and bicultural scholar, I conduct my professional activities both in Canada and in Japan: I publish in English and Japanese; I give professional talks in Canada and Japan; and I collaborate with Canadian and Japanese scholars, policymakers, media and think-tanks.

Recent Publications

2025a. Shakaikagaku wa 鈥渟hik艒no kata鈥� de kimaru: Ris膩chi toraianguru no susume (The Craft of Framing Arguments in Social Sciences: An Introduction to the Research Triangle Method). Tokyo: Keis艒 Shob艒.

2025b. "The West's Collective Defense Institutions in Asia and Europe: A Geopolitical Perspective." In Elena Atanassova-Cornelis, Yoichiro Sato, and Tom Sauer, eds. Security Order and Strategic Alignment in Europe and the Asia-Pacific: Times of Global Power Shifts. London: Routledge.

2023a. 鈥淗igashi Ajia senryaku kankeishi no kokoromi: Taikokukan chiseigaku g膿mu wa ikani hensen shitekitaka (Writing an East Asian Strategic History: Tracing Geopolitical Games among Great Powers since the Mid-19th Century).鈥� In Koji Murata, ed. Gaik艒 to Senryaku (Diplomacy and Strategy). Tokyo: Sairy奴sha.

2023b. 鈥淜anada Torud艒 seiken no shin Ajia anzen hosh艒 seisaku: Hy艒ka to tenb艒鈥� (Canada鈥檚 New Security Policy toward Asia: An Assessment and Future Prospects), Kokusai Anzen Hosh艒 (The Journal of International Security), Vol. 51, No. 1 (June), pp. 76-95.

2021. "Hedging against China: Formulating Canada's New Strategy in the Era of Power Politics." Canadian Foreign Policy Journal. Vol. 27, Issue 2, pp. 175-193.

2019a. "Canada as a Peninsula State: Conceptualizing the Emerging Geopolitical Landscape in the 21st Century." International Journal, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 345-362.

2019b. Daisenryakuron: Kokusai chitsujo o meguru tatakai to Nihon (On Grand Strategy: The Struggle over International Order and Japan). Tokyo: Keis艒 Shob艒.