2026 JAAS Spring Convention Program
June 13 (Sat)
10:00-12:00 Individual Paper Sessions 1, 2 and 3
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break, Board Meeting and Trustees Meeting
13:30-15:30 Individual Paper Session 4 / Organized Panel
15:45-18:15 Plenary Session
18:30- General Assembly, JAAS Outstanding Paper Award Ceremony, Affiliate Reception
June 14 (Sun)
10:00-12:00 Individual Paper Sessions 5 and 6
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:00 Individual Paper Sessions 7 and 8
June 13 (Sat)
10:00-12:00 Individual Paper Sessions 1, 2 and 3
Individual Paper Session 1: Chinese Political History
Chair: MIYAKE Yasuyuki (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Presentation 1: NAKAGANE Katsuji (The University of Tokyo)
“The Genetic Code of Revolutionary Violence: A Genealogy of Theories of Violence from Marx through Lenin, Stalin, and Mao (An Essay)”
Presentation 2: ZHOU Jiali (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)
“Reconsidering the Debate over “Practice is the Sole Criterion for Testing Truth” and the Intra-Party Power Struggle”
Presentation 3: LI Yue (Kobe University)
“The “Chinese School” in History: The Making of the International Relations Theory in China”
Discussants: TANIGAWA Shinichi (Kobe University), TAKIDA Go (Kyoto Sangyo University), MIYAKE Yasuyuki (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Individual Paper Session 2: International Politics in Southeast Asia
Chair: NAGAI Fumio (Osaka Metropolitan University)
Presentation 1: WATANABE Kota (Cornell University)
“Emerging Orders in Chaos: Co-Existence and Co-Prosperity of the Pro-Democracy Resistance Forces and the “Scam Cities” in the Myanmar – Thai Borderlands”
Presentation 2: HAMANAKA Shintaro (Institute of Development Economies, JETRO)
“ASEAN Centrality: Impartial Assessment”
Discussants: TAKAHASHI Toru (The Nikkei), YUKAWA Taku (The University of Tokyo)
Individual Paper Session 3: Economic Security
Chair: KAWAKAMI Momoko (Kanagawa University)
Presentation 1: FANG Zhuzi (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)
“Supply Chain Reconfiguration in China’s Automotive Semiconductor Industry: How Shifting EV Demand and U.S.–China Tensions Are Reshaping Localization”
Presentation 2: OHARA Atsuji (Rikkyo University)
“U.S. Economic Security Policy and Chinese ADRs: An Event Study of the HFCAA”
Presentation 3: TANOUE Tomoyoshi (Kumamoto Gakuen University)
“Societal Security and the Citizenship of Mainland Spouses in Taiwan”
Discussants: KAJITANI Kai (Kobe University), ITO Shingo (Institute for International Economic Studies), KAWAKAMI Momoko (Kanagawa University)
12:00-13:30 Lunch Break, Board and Trustees Meeting
13:30-15:30 Individual Paper Session 4 / Organized Panel
Individual Paper Session 4: China’s Economy Ⅰ
Chair: YAN Shanping (Doshisha University)
Presentation 1: YANG Qingqing (Graduate School, Yamaguchi University)
“Verification of Structural Universality across Consumer Attributes in Purchasing Behavior for Geographical Indication Fruits in China”
Presentation 2: HOKEN Hisatoshi (Kwansei Gakuin University)
“The Relationship between Firm Size and Farm Productivity: Case Study on Grain Farmers in Jiangsu, China”
Discussants: YAN Shanping (Doshisha University), KOJIN Emi (Institute of Development Economies, JETRO)
Organized Panel: Reconsidering Modern China: Insights from Leaked Documents
Chair： OSAWA Takehiko (National Archives of Japan)
Presentation 1: KAWASHIMA Shin (The University of Tokyo)
“A Former “Min-kuo Diplomat” Experience of the “Cultural Revolution” in China: The Story of Chen Shu-shi, Chen Bu-lei’s “Younger Brother””
Presentation 2: ZHOU Jun (Kyoto University)
“A Philological Analysis of Historical Sources on Chinese Communist Party Intelligence:How Have the “Spear” and the “Shield” Been Represented?”
Presentation 3: YOKOYAMA Yuta (Doshisha University)
“American Prisoners and the 1974 Battle of the Paracel Islands: Reexamining Chinese Foreign Policy through the Bunka Daikakumei Jiki Kōeihei Shiryō Collection (Masuzawa Akio Collection)”
Discussants： KONO Tadashi (Kokushikan University), KOJIMA Kazuko (Keio University)
15:45-18:15 Plenary Session
Speakers / Panelists:
NAKAO Takehiko (Former President of the Asian Development Bank; Chairman, Center for International Economy & Strategy Ltd.)
KOKUBUN Ryosei (President of the Asian Affairs Research Council; Professor emeritus at Keio University and the National Defense Academy of Japan)
TAKAYASU Yuichi （Daito Bunka University; President of Association for Contemporary Korean Studies in Japan）
NOJIMA Tsuyoshi (Daito Bunka University)
YOSHIOKA Keiko (Columnist and Senior Staff Reporter, The Asahi Shimbun)
18:30- General Assembly, JAAS Outstanding Paper Award Ceremony, Affiliate Reception
June 14 (Sun)
10:00-12:00 Individual Paper Sessions 5 and 6
Individual Paper Session 5: China’s Economy Ⅱ
Chair: MARUKAWA Tomoo (The University of Tokyo)
Presentation 1: RUAN Yuling (Yamanashi Gakuin University)
“Spatial Synergy Evolving with History and Transport: A Comparative Analysis of Three Core Regions in the GBA”
Presentation 2: TANIMURA Shin (JBIC, Ritsumeikan University)
“Policy and Institutional Foundations of Renminbi Use in Trade Settlement: The Historical Development and Determinants of RMB Internationalization”
Discussants： MARUKAWA Tomoo (The University of Tokyo), MEN Chuang (Osaka Sangyo University)
Individual Paper Session 6: Southeast Asian Economies
Chair: NAKANISHI Hirota (Teikyo University)
Presentation 1: MIYOSHI Yusuke (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)
“Elderly Care in Middle-Income Thailand: Institutionalization and Changing Patterns of Family Care”
Presentation 2: MATSUSHITA Namiko (Suzuka University)
“The Current State of Labor Migration Brokerage from Vietnam to Japan: A Focus on the “Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services” Visa”
Discussants： ENDO Tamaki (Waseda University), MANJOME Masao (Tokai University)
12:00-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-15:00 Individual Paper Sessions 7 and 8
Individual Paper Session 7: The Korean Peninsula
Chair: ISOZAKI Atsuhito (Keio University)
Presentation 1: TAKASHIRO Kento (Tohoku University)
“How Did the Korean War Reconfigure the Nation?: Changing Ideological Configurations in Commemorative Speeches under the Early Rhee Syngman Regime”
Presentation 2: PARK Daewon (The University of Tokyo)
North and South Korea’s Simultaneous Participation in the UN and Japanese Diplomacy – Japan’s Engagement in the Peaceful Coexistence of Two Koreas
Discussants: KOHARI Susumu (University of Shizuoka), ISOZAKI Atsuhito (Keio University)
Individual Paper Session 8: Southeast Asian Politics
Chair: NAKANISHI Yoshihiro (Kyoto University)
Presentation 1: KONISHI Tetsu (Fukuoka Women’s University)
“”Ownership Nationalism” in Indonesia: MSCI shock and Financial Supervisory Institution”
Presentation 2: YAMANE Takeshi (Fukuoka Women’s University)
“Institutionalizing Political Repression ― Linkages between Counterterrorism Legislature and Counterinsurgency in the Philippines”
Presentation 3: SONE Keita (Rikkyo University), KUSAKABE Naonori (Rikkyo University), TANAKA Shiho (Rikkyo University)
“Democratic Reordering and the Reconstruction of Political Order: Bangladesh from the 2024 Political Upheaval to the 2026 Parliamentary Elections”
Discussants: SATO Yuri (Institute of Development Economies, JETRO), KUSAKA Wataru (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies), KAWANAKA Takeshi (Asia University)