2025 JAAS Spring Convention Program
June 7 (Sat)
10:00-12:00 Individual Papers 1 / Organized Panel 1
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break, Board and Trustees Meeting
13:30-15:30 Individual Papers 2,3
15:45-18:15 Kashiyama Seminar
18:30- General Assembly, JAAS Outstanding Paper Award Ceremony, Affiliate Reception
June 8 (Sun)
10:00-12:00 Individual Papers 4,5,6
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break, New Board and Trustees Meeting
13:00-15:00 Individual Papers 7 / Organized Panel 2
15:15-17:45 Plenary Session
June 7 (Sat)
10:00－12:00
Individual Papers 1. Diplomacy of East Asia
Chair: MATSUDA Yasuhiro (The University of Tokyo)
Presentation1. KO Kenrai (Kanto Gakuin University)
“The ROK’s Growing Contacts with the PRC and Taiwan’s Concerns in the early 1980s: The Chinese Airliner Hijack Incident and Taiwan’s Boycott of the 8th Asian Basketball Confederation Junior Championship”
Presentation 2. GOTO Yohei (National Institute for Defense Studies)
“The Xi Jinping Administration’s Policy on Taiwan Issue: From the Perspective of Legal Approach”
Discussant: FUKUDA Madoka (Hosei University), HUANG Wei-Hsiu (The University of Tokyo)
Organized Panel 1. Restitution and Donation of Cultural Property: Conflict and Reconciliation between Japan and Korea
Chair: MATSUDA Haruka (Otsuma Women’s University)
Presentation 1. ASANO Toyomi (Waseda University)
“Donation or Restitution of Cultural Properties in the Context of Japan-South Korea
Bilateral Relations: Diplomatic Negotiations and Collective Memory”
Presentation 2. NAGASAWA Yuko (Waseda University)
“Heritage at the Crossroads: Limitations of The Japan-Korea Agreement (1965) and UNESCO
Convention (1970)”
Presentation 3. IKEGAMI Keitoku (Graduate School, International Christian University)
“‘Looted Cultural Property’ and Authorized Heritage Discourse (AHD)– The Exhibition of Ogura Collection at the Tokyo National Museum –”
Discussant: NAKANO Ryoko (Kanazawa University), LEE Chungsun (The University of Tokyo)
12：00－13：30： Lunch Break, Board and Trustees Meeting
13：30－15：30
Individual Papers 2. Civil-Military Relations
Chair: MASUHARA Ayako (Asia University)
Presentation 1. YABUKI Shinjiro (Graduate School, National Defense Academy)
“Civil-Military Relations in Indonesia under Jokowi”
Presentation 2. LIM Jaehwan (Aoyama Gakuin University)
“Xi Jinping’s Endless Military Reforms: The Principal-Agent Problem and the Party-Military Relations in China”
Discussant: HONNA Jun (Ritsumeikan University), SUGIURA Yasuyuki (National Institute for Defense Studies)
Individual Papers 3. International Politics
Chair: ETO Naoko (Gakushuin University)
Presentation 1. OMISHA Megumi (Graduate School, Kyushu University)
“China’s ‘International Public Goods’ Strategy: An Examination of Non-Excludability”
Presentation 2. OKAMOTO Itaru (Bunkyo Gakuin University)
“General Theory of ‘Sharp Power’: On US Act to Ban TikTok”
Discussant: YU Minhao (Daito Bunka University), ZHANG Xuebin (Osaka University of Economics and Law)
15：45－18：15 International Symposium – Kashiyama Seminar
“War Memory and Postwar Order Formation”
18：30－ General Assembly, JAAS Outstanding Paper Award Ceremony, Memorial Tribute to the Late President Prof. Dr. SHIMIZU Kazushi, Affiliate Reception
June 8 (Sun)
10：00－12：00
Individual Papers 4. East Asian Economy
Chair: ISHIKAWA Koichi (Asia University)
Presentation 1. HIOKI Shiro (Tohoku University)
“The Determinants of Outward Foreign Direct Investment of Chinese High-tech Firms Listed on the Star Market”
Presentation 2. HAN Ahram (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)
“Policy Formation and Public-Private Coordination Mechanisms in Japan’s Digital Trade”
Discussant: WATANABE Mariko (Gakushuin University), SHIINO Kohei (Takushoku University)
Individual Papers 5. Elections and Democracy
Chair: NAGAI Fumio (Osaka Metropolitan University)
Presentation 1. MATSUMOTO Mitsutoyo (Kyoto Women’s University)
“Ko Wen-je/Taiwan People’s Party and Party Politics in Taiwan”
Presentation 2. KIM Hyo-sook (Kanda University of International Studies)
“South Korea and Democracy Promotion through Multilateral Channels: The Case of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB)”
Discussant: IGARASHI Takayuki (National Institute of Defense Studies), KIMURA Kan (Kobe University)
Individual Papers 6. Politics and Public Administration in China
Chair: TAKAHARA Akio (Tokyo Woman’s Christian University)
Presentation 1. QIU Xuefeng (Graduate School, Keio University)
“The Process of Reconstruction of the Intellectuals’ Policy in the Early Years of Reform and Opening-Up”
Presentation 2. LIU Yihe (Graduate School, Keio University)
“Institutionalizing the ‘Paper Tiger’: The Clash of Political Control and Administrative Efficiency in China’s Contemporary Bureaucracy”
Presentation 3. DING Yongjun (Graduate School, Hitotsubashi University)
“The Relationship Between Administration and Judiciary in a Fragmented Authoritarian Regime: A Case Study of the ‘Neimengu Building’ Land Dispute”
Discussant: WU Maosong (Keio University), HUANG Hsichia (Musashino University), SATO Hajime (Nanzan University)
12：00－13：00： Lunch Break, New Board and Trustees Meeting
13：00－15：00
Individual Papers 7. Development
Chair: ENDO Tamaki (Waseda University)
Presentation 1. SHIMIZU Masami (Graduate School, Kyoto University)
“The Growth of Machine Tool Industry in India: The Role of Global Technology Architecture Sustaining Its Growth”
Presentation 2. OKAE Takashi (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)
“Economic Stratification and Change in Rural Area of Northern Vietnam under Market Economy”
Discussant: GOTO Kenta (Kansai University), TAKAHASHI Rui (Tokai University)
Organized Panel 2. Asian Railways
Chair: KURATA Toru (Rikkyo University）
Presentation 1. KAKIZAKI Ichiro (Yokohama City University)
“Thailand’s railways”
Presentation 2. YOSHIOKA Keiko (Asahi Shimbun)
“China’s railways”
Presentation 3. YAMADA Atsushi (Nagoya City University)
“Taiwan’s Railway”
Discussant: TAKASHIMA Shuichi (Aoyama Gakuin University), LIM Chaisung (Rikkyo University), FUKASAWA Junichi (Yomiuri Shimbun)
15：15－17：45
Plenary Session. Social Media and Elections in Asia
Chair: KAMO Tomoki (Keio University)
Presentation1. OKAMOTO Masaaki (Kyoto University)
The TikTok Boom and the Entertainment-Driven Politics of Elections in Southeast Asia: A Case Study of Indonesia
Presentation2. MINATO Kazuki (Institute of Development Economies – JETRO)
The Media and “Islamophobia from Above”
Presentation3.WATANABE Masahito (Keio University)
The “Americanization” of Political Campaigns in East Asia: Campaign Ads in the U.S. and Taiwan
Discussant: KAWANAKA Takeshi (Asia University), KAWAMURA Kazunori (Takushoku University), SUZUKI Ayame (Rikkyo University), NAKANISHI Yoshihiro (Kyoto University)