2026 JAAS Autumn Convention Program

October 24, 2026, Saturday
9:30- Registration
10:00-12:00 Individual Papers 1-3 / Organized Panel
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:00 Individual Papers 4-6 / Host University-Organized Panel
15:15-17:45 Plenary Session
18:00-19:30 Affiliate Reception

10:00-12:00 Individual Papers 1-3 / Organized Panel
Individual Papers 1. Politics and Society (Room230)

Chair: SATO Yukihito (IDE-JETRO)

Presentation 1: NOZAKI Kenta (Graduate School, Takushoku University)
“GAL-TAN Analysis in TAIWAN’s Context”

Presentation 2: DING Tiansheng (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)
“The Development of China’s Economic Policy toward Taiwan through Reception Stations for Taiwanese Fishermen: The Institutionalization of Local Cross-Strait Contacts in Coastal Fujian, 1970–1982”

Presentation 3: Archa (Kobe University)
“Mechanisms of Violence Escalation in Grassroots Society during the Cultural Revolution in Inner Mongolia: The Role of Victims’ Social Backgrounds”

Discussants: SATO Yukihito (IDE-JETRO), MATSUMOTO Mitsutoyo (Kyoto Women’s University), SHIMONO Hisako (The University of Kitakyushu), HOSHINO Masahiro (Nanzan University)

Individual Papers 2. Economics and Society (Room320)

Chair: FUKAGAWA Yukiko (Waseda University)

Presentation 1: SASAKI Shunsuke (Waseda University)
“Relative Impoverishment of Waste Pickers amid Economic Growth: The Case of Bantar Gebang, Indonesia”

Presentation 2: YUAN Lihui (Yamaguchi University)
“Health and Subjective Well-Being among Older Adults in Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis Focusing on Physical Health, Mental Health, Social Participation, and Social Relationships”

Presentation 3: FUKAGAWA Hiroshi (Tokai University)
“The Public Foreign Seasonal Worker Program in Korean Agriculture: Achievements and Challenges”

Discussants: HIGASHIKATA Takayuki (IDE-JETRO), YAMAMOTO Asuka (Kyushu University / Kobe University), FUKAGAWA Yukiko (Waseda University)

Individual Papers 3. Politics (China) (Room324)

Chair: TAKAHARA Akio (Tokyo Woman’s Christian University)

Presentation 1: LIU Haiming (Graduate School, Kyushu University)
“Xi Jinping’s Centralization of Power and the Governance Paradox: Understanding the Transformation of Information Governance”

Presentation 2: CUI Zijian (Graduate School, Keio University)
“Regional Disparities in the Promotion of China’s Contemporary Political Elite: Examining the Location and Efficacy of “Political Highlands”: A Hazard Model Analysis Based on the Post-Tenure Career Data of Provincial Party Secretaries”

Presentation 3: DOU Yunhao (Graduate School, Kobe University)
“Ke Qingshi’s Role in Launching the Great Leap Forward: Based on the Data Regarding Meetings between Mao Zedong and Regional Leaders (July 1957-May 1958)”

Discussants: TAKAHARA Akio (Tokyo Woman’s Christian University), LIM Jaehwan (Aoyama Gakuin University), ZHOU Jun (Kyoto University)

Organized Panel. Collective Memory Formation and the Nationalization of the Past: Stakeholdership, Otherness, and the Viscosity of Collective Memory (Conference Room, 2nd Floor)

Chair: KIMURA Kan (Kobe University)

Presentation 1: MAISAWA Tatsuya (Kobe University)
“The Politics of Memory and the Formation of Historical Stakeholdership in South Korea”

Presentation 2: IKEGAMI Keitoku（Graduate School, International Christian University）
““Otherness” in the Formation of Collective Memory: Memories of Korean Workers at the Sado Gold Mine”

Presentation 3: Björn WICKMAN（Academic Researcher, The University of Tokyo）
“Memory Politics and the “Viscosity” of Collective Memory: Comparative Lessons from South Korea and Finland”

Discussants: KIMURA Kan (Kobe University), SATO Shingo (Waseda University)

12:00-13:00 Lunch Break

13:00-15:00 Individual Papers 4-6 / Host University-Organized Panel

Individual Papers 4. Politics and SocietyⅡ (Room230)

Chair: NAKANISHI Hirota (Teikyo University)

Presentation 1: SENAHA Eishi (Postdoctoral Fellow, Tohoku University)
“The Grammar of the People Power Revolution in Philippine Social Movements: The Liberals, Radical Left, and Duterte Supporters”

Presentation 2: FUSHIDA Mariko (Graduate School, Osaka Metropolitan University)
“The Impact of Early Childhood Education Policy on Maternal Employment: Evidence from the Philippines”

Presentation 3: XU Puchen (Academic Researcher, Kobe University)
“The Impact of the “Double Reduction” Policy on Family’s Expenditure on Tutoring”

Discussants: YAMANE Takeshi (Fukuoka Women’s University), OTA Makiko (Rikkyo University), MAKI Takayoshi (Hiroshima University), ZHAI Yalei (Kyoto University)

Individual Papers 5. Politics and Foreign Policy (Room320)

Chair: SHIMIZU Urara (Reitaku University)

Presentation 1: MUKAIDA Koki (Graduate School, Kyoto University)
“Jawaharlal Nehru’s foreign policy after the 1962 India-China war”

Presentation 2: DAN Yoko (Kobe University)
“The Formation of the Republic of China’s Discourse on the “Renunciation of Reparations from Japan” before and after the Outbreak of the Korean War”

Discussants: TAMARI Kazutoshi (Chukyo University), FUKUDA Madoka (Hosei University)

Individual Papers 6. Economy and Society (China) (Room324)

Chair: OHASHI Hideo (Senshu University)

Presentation 1: FUJIMOTO Haiyan (Kyushu University)
“International Expansion of Chinese Home Appliance Companies: Emerging Developments in the Case of Midea Group”

Presentation 2: HUA Jiali (Graduate School, Meiji University)
“Consolidation and Regulation: The Strategic Transformation of China’s Rare Earth Policy Since the 2010s”

Presentation 3: ZHANG Xin Yuan (Yokohama National University)
“Chinese Truck Drivers in the Digital Age: The Dynamism and Limitations of Informality”

Discussants: WEI Di (Shunan University), OHASHI Hideo (Senshu University), OIZUMI Keiichiro (Asia University)

Host University-Organized Panel. Development Trajectories in South Asia: Micro-Empirical Evidence from India and Sri Lanka (Conference Room, 2nd Floor)

Chair: SATO Takahiro (Kobe University)

Presentation 1: DINAFEISI Aireti（Project Researcher, Kobe University）
“Start off on a bad note: The long-term effect of Sri Lankan Civil War on mental health and occupational choice”

Presentation 2: YAMAMOTO Asuka（Kyushu University / Kobe University）
“Riots, Child Health, and Gender Bias in India”

Presentation 3: FURUTA Manabu (Kobe University)
“FDI Linkages as a Stepping Stone to GVC Participation: Evidence from Component Heterogeneity and Spatial Clusters in India”

Discussants: SATO Hajime (Nanzan University), Yuko Nikaido (Musashi University)

15:15-17:45 Plenary Session (Room232)　

“Belt and Road Initiative” and New Phase in Economic Cooperation and Foreign Aid in East Asia

Chair: MIENO Fumiharu (Kyoto University)　

Presenter 1: KITANO Naohiro (Waseda University)

Presenter 2: ITO Asei (The University of Tokyo)

Presenter 3: WANG Muyun (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)