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Awarded Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Prize (2013)
D.Phil in Politics, University of Oxford (2008)
BA, University of Tokyo (1998)
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Japan hopes that the UK and the EU will maintain as close a relationship as possible after Brexit... more Japan hopes that the UK and the EU will maintain as close a relationship as possible after Brexit. The Japanese government has successfully reached an outline agreement on a free trade deal with the EU and is striving to maintain its military alliance with the US. Yet with the rise of China, it has become increasingly reluctant to participate in the process of regional integration in East Asia. This suggests that the Japanese government still prefers to see itself as one of the three pillars of the Western Alliance alongside the US and Europe, rather than as a truly equal partner with its Asian neighbours. Meanwhile, Japanese has so far witnessed only a limited rise in populism despite the economic malaise during the last two decades.
International Relations, 2009
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The paper presented to the annual conference of Japan Association of International Relations in 2... more The paper presented to the annual conference of Japan Association of International Relations in 2017.
This paper looks to explain the similarities and differences between Brexit and the referendum on... more This paper looks to explain the similarities and differences between Brexit and the referendum on EEC membership in 1975. These two events, which take place forty years apart, have much in common, particularly their political and economic backgrounds and the rhetoric used by both sides of the debate. However, the social and political outlook of the supporters and opponents of EU membership has drastically changed during the last four decades. This paper will analyse why this change took place.
This paper looks to explain the motivations behind the Thatcher government’s decision to abolish ... more This paper looks to explain the motivations behind the Thatcher government’s decision to abolish the exchange controls in 1979; to trace the decision-making process; and to describe its (in many ways unforeseen) consequences.
Japan hopes that the UK and the EU will maintain as close a relationship as possible after Brexit... more Japan hopes that the UK and the EU will maintain as close a relationship as possible after Brexit. The Japanese government has successfully reached an outline agreement on a free trade deal with the EU and is striving to maintain its military alliance with the US. Yet with the rise of China, it has become increasingly reluctant to participate in the process of regional integration in East Asia. This suggests that the Japanese government still prefers to see itself as one of the three pillars of the Western Alliance alongside the US and Europe, rather than as a truly equal partner with its Asian neighbours. Meanwhile, Japanese has so far witnessed only a limited rise in populism despite the economic malaise during the last two decades.
International Relations, 2009
The paper presented to the annual conference of Japan Association of International Relations in 2... more The paper presented to the annual conference of Japan Association of International Relations in 2017.
This paper looks to explain the similarities and differences between Brexit and the referendum on... more This paper looks to explain the similarities and differences between Brexit and the referendum on EEC membership in 1975. These two events, which take place forty years apart, have much in common, particularly their political and economic backgrounds and the rhetoric used by both sides of the debate. However, the social and political outlook of the supporters and opponents of EU membership has drastically changed during the last four decades. This paper will analyse why this change took place.
This paper looks to explain the motivations behind the Thatcher government’s decision to abolish ... more This paper looks to explain the motivations behind the Thatcher government’s decision to abolish the exchange controls in 1979; to trace the decision-making process; and to describe its (in many ways unforeseen) consequences.