Selection Rules for JAAS Outstanding Paper Award

The JAAS Outstanding Paper Award is awarded to outstanding articles published by young JAAS members during the past year (from July 1 of the previous year to June 30 of the present year). Eligible articles, establishment of a selection committee and selection process are defined as follows:

  • Eligible articles are those published in Aziya Kenkyu (Asian Studies) or recommended by JAAS members.
  • As a rule, articles recommended by JAAS members are only eligible if they are published in a refereed (peer-reviewed) journal.
  • The board of directors will appoint a number of JAAS members as members and chairperson of the JAAS Outstanding Paper Award selection committee, which will make recommendations of candidate articles.
  • Based on the recommendation of the selection committee, the board of directors will deliberate and decide the winner.

List of Awardees

20th

Yue XUYue XU
2022 Volume 68 Issue 4 Pages 1-18
The Rise and Reform of China’s Unemployment Insurance System: Political Dynamics of Social Security System

19th

Tamiki HARATamiki HARA
2021 Volume 67 Issue 2 Pages 1-20
Aquino’s Reformist Politics and the Competition Act: Understanding the Vision of “Inclusive Growth” through the Legislation of the Comprehensive Competition Law

18th

Kazushige NAGANOKazushige NAGANO
2020 Volume 66 Issue 3 Pages 1-19
International Relations of India and Pakistan in Kutch-Sindh Border Problem: A Case Study of the Rann of Kutch Dispute and its Border Demarcation Process

Takayuki IGARASHITakayuki IGARASHI
2020 Volume 66 Issue 4 Pages 1-19
ROC’s National Defense Development during Chiang Ching-kuo’s Tenure as Premier, 1972–1978: Posture for “Retaking the Mainland” and “Defending Taiwan” based on Strategy of the “Unity of Offensive and Defensive”

17th

Soheon LEESoheon LEE
2019 Volume 65 Issue 1 Pages 1-20
Comparative Analysis of the Two FX Liquidity Crises in South Korea after Capital Account Liberalization

Sachiko IMAMURASachiko IMAMURA
2019 Volume 65 Issue 3 Pages 20-36
Rule and Machination: “Mysterious Shootings” in Suharto’s Indonesia

16th

Satoshi ARASatoshi ARA
2018 Volume 64 Issue 3 Pages 33-59
Forgotten Wartime Violence among the Masses in Periphery during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines: With Special Reference to the Paramilitary Groups Collaborating with the Japanese in Leyte Island

15th

Masayoshi OKABEMasayoshi OKABE
2017 Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 1-26
Empirical Analysis of the Continuity of Sequential Demands for Education in a Rural Philippines: Gender and Parent–Child Relations

14th No award granted

13th

Fuminori MATSUMURAFuminori MATSUMURA
2015 Volume 61 Issue 1 Pages 38-54
The Immature System of Sino-Soviet Burden-Sharing in Asian Revolutionary Movements: Re-considering the Asia-Pacific Bureau of the World Federation of Trade Unions

12th

Eijiro HAZAMAEijiro HAZAMA
2012 Volume 58 Issue 4 Pages 37-49/
Nationalism and Sexuality: Rethinking Gandhi’s Last Experiment with Brahmacarya
2014 Volume 59 Issue 1.2 Pages 54-55
Nationalism and Sexuality: Rethinking Gandhi’s Last Experiment with Brahmacarya (cont.)

11th

Tetsuo MOUTetsuo MOU
2012 Volume 58 Issue 3 Pages 21-51
The Factors Contributing to Income Inequality in Rural China: Analysis Using the Existing Public Data and Household Survey Data in Sichuan Province

10th

ari NAKAOKAMari NAKAOKA
2011 Volume 57 Issue 2 Pages 1-18
‘Democratization’ and Limits in Local People’s Congress Elections in China: Independent Candidates and Chinese Communist Party Control

9th

Xin Yuan ZHANGXin Yuan ZHANG
2010 Volume 56 Issue 4 Pages 18-34
The Role of Middlemen in China’s Corn Market: A Case Study of Jilin Province

8th No award granted

7th

Yuichiro HIRANOYuichiro HIRANO
2008 Volume 54 Issue 3 Pages 71-87
Political Leader’s Views towards Forests in the People’s Republic of China

6th

Wataru KUSAKAWataru KUSAKA
2007 Volume 53 Issue 4 Pages 20-36
The Agency and Dilemma of the Urban Poor: Struggle for Order Making with the Issue of Street Vendors in Metropolitan Manila

5th

Hiroyuki HOSHIROHiroyuki HOSHIRO
2007 Volume 53 Issue 1 Pages 1-19
“An Asian Community” in 1962: The Proposal for the OAEC and Japan

4th

Kazuko KOJIMAKazuko KOJIMA
2006 Volume 52 Issue 1 Pages 1-18
The Controversy over the Reform of Chinese Trade Unions under Marketization

3rd

Tsuyoshi KINAKATsuyoshi KINAKA
2005 Volume 51 Issue 1 Pages 1-17
From Leninism to Fascism: Chiang Kai-shek and the Dictatorship Model

2nd

Toru KurataKurata
2003 Volume 49 Issue 4 Pages 26-43
China-Hong Kong Relations Under the “One Country, Two Systems” Formula

1st

Chisako T. Masuo
2002 Volume 48 Issue 3 Pages 77-101
China’s Relations with the Korean Peninsula in the Deng Xiaoping Period: The “Westphalianization” of Chinese Diplomacy
Cheng-ta Chen
2002 Volume 48 Issue 3 Pages 32-57
The Formation Process of the Taiwan Petrochemical Industry and Development Mechanism: Focusing on the First Naphtha Resolution Factory Construction

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