@lipscy.bsky.social
Polisci professor, University of Toronto & 東京大学 (prev. Stanford, Harvard). IPE, IOs, climate, Japan; website: https://www.lipscy.org Director: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj Book: http://amazon.com/dp/1316604284/
Very excited to welcome @levimclaughlin.bsky.social to @utoronto.ca on Tuesday 2/24 to speak about grassroots religious activists in Japanese politics. Should be a fascinating talk. Please join us if you are in Toronto!
CC: @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/religi...
I was interviewed by @asahi.com about the recent Japanese election (article is in Japanese)
www.asahi.com/articles/ASV...
My daughter thought this was an obvious homage to that old Disney movie she saw when she was a little kid😆❄️
12.02.2026 04:15 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#OpenAccess -
Are voters less likely to support politicians when they wear face masks? - https://cup.org/49wQCNj
"masks do influence public perceptions and that women politicians lose more public support when wearing masks than men"
- Muroga & Crabtree
#FirstView
cc @lipscy.bsky.social
For those of you in Toronto, please join us next week for a book talk by @maximepolleri.bsky.social on "Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan." Look forward to seeing you there!
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/book-t...
Very excited to kick off 2026 with a talk by Amy Catalinac on 1/9 (12pm) about her excellent new book, "Dominance Through Division: Group-based Clientelism in Japan." Hope to see you there if you are in Toronto!
munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/domina...
Our article, “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation” is now available from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to Bob Keohane, the Balzan Foundation, and many colleagues for their feedback!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Tomorrow, 8-9 pm ET: Join us for #JPOSS #57 to discuss Erik Wang's @erik-h-wang.bsky.social paper, “Too Much But Never Enough: Administrative Capacity and Backlashes to State-building in Medieval Japan,” w/ Emily Sellars, Jun Yamasaki, & Christina Davis. Paper & registration: shorturl.at/HQsg1
12.11.2025 13:34 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1
congratulations to Dr. Lawther for successfully defending his dissertation today. very happy to have supervised this excellent work
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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...
Logo of the Japanese Journal of Political Science (JJPS) featuring stylized text "JJPS" in pale grey on a dark green background, with the phrase "Submit your paper" below it in smaller font. Two dots, one large and one small, are positioned near the top.
You can find out how to prepare your materials for submission to the Japanese Journal of Political Science, the publication process, and more here -
cup.org/4lzndHq
#OpenAccess #jjps
We have posted an event report for the Japan Conference hosted at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan ealier this year. Thanks to all the participants for a great conference!
munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj/news/ev...
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):
10.10.2025 18:55 — 👍 172 🔁 63 💬 5 📌 16Tensions between the LDP and Komeito have been building over recent years, but Japan's ruling coalition has hit a crucial stage. The combo of Takaichi at the helm, plummeting election results for Komeito, a Soka Gakkai base that's facing its own existential crises after Ikeda Daisaku...a new era.
09.10.2025 12:58 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
I was interviewed by @scmpnews.bsky.social regarding the LDP leadership contest in Japan.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtzY...
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...
29.08.2025 14:55 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
JJPS abstract discussing the partisan fights over COVID-19 vaccination in Taiwan and the impact on vaccine choice, highlighting findings from a 2022 survey of Taiwanese respondents.
#OpenAccess from our new issue -
Beyond #COVID19 vaccine acceptance: survey evidence from Taiwan - cup.org/4kD6qBy
"partisan fights on the vaccination against COVID-19 in Taiwan centred on its brand choice rather than acceptance"
- Yun-Yeh Chiang & Jason Kuo
I wrote a piece about Japan's recent upper house election in @eastasiaforum.bsky.social
eastasiaforum.org/2025/07/27/j...
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...
03.06.2025 20:23 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
The Japan Conference at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan @uoft.bsky.social was a great success. It was wonderful to see exciting work from the next generation of Japan scholars and exchange views on the future of Japan studies.
27.05.2025 16:43 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#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
📣 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
13.05.2025 13:36 — 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations!
26.03.2025 23:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Read "The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions," forthcoming in @thejop.bsky.social, co-authored by Faculty Associate @lipscy.bsky.social. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
18.03.2025 15:29 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
I am the co-editor-in-chief of @jjps.bsky.social. We welcome manuscripts from the full range of subfields and methods. We are a @cambridgeup.bsky.social open-access journal (OA is free if you don't have funding to cover it). Please consider submitting your work!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Congratulations, that is so well deserved!
07.03.2025 15:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Article title and abstract
Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
About a 40 minute drive within the city
13.02.2025 13:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The three campuses of University of Toronto responded completely differently to overnight snowfall.
13.02.2025 13:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Our webinar event on the Geoeconomics of the Second Trump Presidency is coming up tomorrow. Hope to see you there!
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