Call for nominations for the Richard J. Samuels Dissertation Award in Japanese Studies from the United States-Japan Foundation (USJF). us-jf.org/en/news/usjf...

A very informative article explaining the conspiracy theories and ideologies motivating Japan's new far-right party, Sanseitō, which made substantial seat gains in last July's upper house election. Thanks to @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social & @robfahey.net for writing this.

✨ Now at QJPS: "Winning Elections with Unpopular Policies: Valence Advantage and Single-Party Dominance in Japan" w/ @shirokuriwaki.bsky.social & @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social. Open-access link to article: www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...

Tuesday, 11/4, 8-9PM ET: Join Director Christina Davis and our Faculty Associates Amy Catalinac, Saori Katada, @adampliff.bsky.social, @lipscy.bsky.social, @profdansmith.bsky.social online to discuss "Japan's Prime Minister Takaichi: What Can We Expect?" munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/japans...

Upcoming virtual seminar: "Japan's New Prime Minister Takaichi: What Can We Expect?" Register ⬇️ iu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

One casualty in the Trump administration’s war on higher education is federal funding for area studies. This harms students, scholars, and U.S. national security. It also comes at a time in which political science and area studies are more compatible than ever before. Read on for new research! 1/

Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):

Sad news:

Tonight! ⬇️ #JPOSS is on a Wednesday, rather than the usual Thursday, and features Prof. Jacques Hymans (USC), with "Does official historical memory discourse move public opinion?The case of Japan’s new banknote designs."

Wed., 9/3, 8-9 pm ET: Join next #JPOSS to discuss Jacques Hymans's paper, “Official historical memory discourse and public opinion: The case of Japan’s new banknote designs” with Charles Crabtree, @yoshiono.bsky.social, and @lipscy.bsky.social. Paper and registration: jposs.org/event/hymans...

Happy to see this article now "in print" at @polbehavior.bsky.social 🎉 Open-access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Why has women’s rise in politics been so slow even under PR? Our new APSR paper [out today!] shows how “hidden majoritarianism” in proportional systems shapes women’s progression from entering lists to reaching top offices.

Norway votes in 11 days 🇳🇴 More than a century after PR was introduced, women still hold under half the seats. In Norway’s closed-list system, nomination order is decisive—women are projected to occupy ~44% of seats in 2025 (based on 2021 party seat shares across districts).

🎉Now online (open access): "Hidden Majoritarianism and Women’s Career Progression in Proportional Representation Systems" at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. @alicirone.bsky.social, @teele.bsky.social, Gary Cox, @fiva.no. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Want to work for CSES, or know someone who does? GESIS (@gesis.org) is hiring a full-time Senior Researcher, based in Germany, in the area of International Electoral Research. The application deadline is August 15, 2025. For more information, see: www.gesis.org/en/institute...

This seems like a potentially useful new tool for the political science job market, particularly for jobs outside of the most competitive searches in "top" departments.

In Japan's upper house election last month, the two "populist" parties did best where turnout increased most, suggesting mobilization of voters frustrated with establishment parties. Municipality-level analysis in this article, with a quote from me (in Japanese). ⬇️ digital.asahi.com/articles/AST...

The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

Applications for the CSIS Japan Chair's paid fall internship are open. The deadline to apply is August 11. Research Agenda: - Japanese domestic politics and foreign policy - U.S.-Japan security and economic ties - U.S. strategy in the Indo-Pacific region careers.csis.org/opportunitie...

Politics moves fast sometimes. Yesterday, I was skeptical that Japan and the US would have a trade deal by the August 1 "deadline" and that PM Ishiba would hang on. Now things will get interesting... japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/pol...

A conjoint-like table of parties’ policy positions in the wild. These are common in election campaign coverage by Japanese newspapers. (For Sunday’s upper house election.) #JapanDecides

We're hiring! The Graduate School of Social Sciences at Hitotsubashi University is seeking a non-tenure track lecturer. The application deadline is August 31, 2025 (JST). For more information, see: jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJor...

Happy Juneteenth! Join us on Zoom tonight for #JPOSS, featuring a cool new historical political economy paper on early modern Japan by Shusuke Ioku (Rochester). ⬇️

Secretary of Commerce Lutnick: “These are important trade issues. A very strong Japanese man, a sumo wrestler I believe, told me with tears in his eyes ‘the coffee here is weak, so weak. Please bring us your strong American coffee.’”

What happened in Japan's 2024 general election, when the ruling LDP had its second worst seat loss in history? "Japan Decides 2024" is now available for pre-order, and due in print in fall. The volume features extensive analysis from top scholars of Japanese politics. a.co/d/8LHANvH

This is a puzzle in Japanese politics, too. In a forthcoming article at QJPS, @shirokuriwaki.bsky.social, @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social, and I argue that the disconnect can be explained by "valence" (e.g., trust). Would love to see similar research on the sources of Republican valence advantage.

The newly released 2025 election lists reveal a persistent pattern: in Norway, women remain underrepresented at the top—despite 100+ years of proportional representation.

Thurs., 6/19, 8-9 pm ET: Join next #JPOSS to discuss Shusuke Ioku's paper, “Weapons of the Weak: Population Mobility and the Construction of the State in Early Modern Japan, with Francisco Garfias @fgarfias.bsky.social, Chiaki Moriguchi, and Amy Catalinac (Chair). Info: jposs.org/event/ioku-0...

Tonight! ⬇️

⏳Due Sunday! Submit your JPSA-APSA Working Group application by June 1st. Explore civic research on demographic change in Tokyo, Japan, in October 2025. #PoliSci #JPSA #APSA 🔗Apply today! buff.ly/5lbML1t #PoliSci #JPSA #APSA

On June 16 at noon (ET), I will hold a super informal Zoom workshop on "Navigating the Tenure Track System" for political science graduate students and postdocs about to start a tenure track position. #polisci To register, pls fill the following form: shorturl.at/vVuQb

Sangyong Son's paper, “Extreme Wartime Violence and Attitudes toward the Use of Force: Evidence from Atomic Bomb Survivors," has been posted for the next #JPOSS on 5/29 ET. As an update, Wilhelm Vosse ‪@vosse.bsky.social will join @chriswblair.bsky.social as a discussant. jposs.org/event/son-05...

Granting Curtis LeMay an Imperial decoration has always been hard to understand. Good that it is back in the news: www.asahi.com/ajw/articles...

Thurs., 5/29, 8-9 pm ET: Join next #JPOSS to discuss the paper by Sangyong Son (NYU), “Extreme Wartime Violence and Attitudes toward the Use of Force: Evidence from Atomic Bomb Survivors, with @chriswblair.bsky.social and @profdansmith.bsky.social Registration: jposs.org/event/son-05...

#JPOSS is organized by Amy Catalinac, Christina Davis, @sfujihira.bsky.social, @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social, Saori Katada, @lipscy.bsky.social, and @profdansmith.bsky.social. Please check out Sangyong Son's website. We look forward to your participation! sangyongson.com

Now officially forthcoming at @apsrjournal.bsky.social! 🎉

📣 Job opening alert: CSIS Japan Chair is now accepting applications for a Fellow/Senior Fellow and a Research Assistant! More information: careers.csis.org/opportunities

🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵

This speaks to the real contributions international students and faculty make every day, and the real harm we are all facing : www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o...

Just a reminder that the deadline for applications for this tenured faculty position is April 17, Japan time. Please consider joining us!!

And here's Shiro explaining the research on "Not Another Politics Podcast." @shirokuriwaki.bsky.social @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social effectivegov.uchicago.edu/podcast/do-v...

As @cpsjournal.bsky.social editor I read about 100 peer-reviews per month. A 🧵 on what makes a great review: 1.) Succinct summary of the contribution (puzzle, argument, data, evidence) 2.) State clearly in your first paragraph whether the evidence supports the argument.

Updated paper w/ @alicirone.bsky.social, @teele.bsky.social, Gary Cox, & @fiva.no. Using a century of data from Norway, we investigate the effects of "hidden majoritarianism" (single-occupant positions) on women's representation and careers in PR systems. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This is the usually bustling Fulbright desk at the International Studies Association annual convention site in Chicago. Empty. Abandoned. @fravel.bsky.social @dcsneider.bsky.social @profdansmith.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social

US politics is a mess, so here's a timeline cleanse w/ new research on Japanese politics: @shirokuriwaki.bsky.social, @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social and I have an updated paper on the role of policy vs. valence in LDP dominance. Now with 2024 election results! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

We (@pdri-devlab.bsky.social) are hosting a webinar on March 5th, noon EST. "Our goal is to deepen public understanding of what foreign aid entails and highlight the stakes of its suspension from the perspectives of those directly engaged in the work." Register at: upenn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Please feel free to use the following data to aggregate basic demographic and fiscal statistics at the level of single-member districts used in Japan's 2017, 2021, and 2024 Lower House elections. github.com/yhoriuchi/sm...

🚨 Job Alert! ‼️ We are seeking candidates for a new position in Political Science! ⏰Apply by: 13 January 2025 📑 Details & application: www.upf.edu/web/personal...

📣We are hiring! Please share! 👉2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science 🇳🇴 Department of Political Science, University of Oslo 📅 Deadline: February 3rd, 2025 🔗 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Kind of jarring for one of a certain age to read of "Japan's audacious bid to become a semiconductor superpower" given its past as, well, an "audacious semiconductor superpower." on.ft.com/3OE1Bdt @dcsneider.bsky.social @davidleheny.bsky.social @profdansmith.bsky.social @sheilasmithcfr.bsky.social