Thurs., 7/23, 8-9 pm ET: Join #JPOSS #61 to discuss “Crisis from Within: Elite Defection, Intraparty Competition, and the Breakdown of Dominant Party Systems”, by Tyler Rongxuan Chen (U. of Michigan). With Ko Maeda, Ora Jon Reuter, @profdansmith.bsky.social. Info & paper: jposs.org/event/tyler-...
Phillip Lipscy
@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/
My new article, “After the Landslide: The Takaichi and Abe Governments in Comparative Perspective” is now available from Pacific Affairs. It considers the LDP’s landslide victory and implications for Japanese domestic and international policymaking. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thurs., 5/21, 8-9 pm ET: Join #JPOSS #60 to discuss “Why Do AI Models Tell Left-Wing Voters to Support the Communist Party? AI Voting Advice in Japan’s 2026 General Election”, by Sho Miyazaki and Andrew B. Hall, with Kentaro Fukumoto, @kmcelwain.bsky.social, and @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social.
The @ipsa.org Companion to Political Science draws on the 20 most cited articles over the past decade to discuss conceptual evolution. I was asked to contribute a piece based on my 2020 @iojournal.bsky.social article, which apparently made the top 20 for IPE: link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
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We held our 2026 graduate fellows conference, chaired by @onglynette.bsky.social, Director of the Lab, in late April. Conference featured research by two panels of graduate fellows chaired by Professors Victor Falkenheim and @lipscy.bsky.social. 1/3 @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @utoronto.ca
#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Between the ladder and the mirror: subjective class consciousness and voting under inequality in South Korea - https://cup.org/4jZqb7L - Seungwoo Han #jjps
Thurs., 4/9, 8-9 pm ET: Join #JPOSS #59 to discuss the paper by Christina Davis, Jialu Li, and Sayumi Miyano, “Shaping Trade Stability: WTO Rulings on Export Restrictions and Business Confidence in Supply Chains," with Gregory Shaffer, Iain Osgood, and Saori Katada. Info: jposs.org/event/christ...
NEW ISSUE - Japanese Journal of Political Science - Volume 27 - Issue 1 - March 2026 - https://cup.org/4d4T54T #OpenAccess #jjps
Very excited to welcome Saori Katada to University of Toronto (3/27, 12pm) to present on her book with Kei Koga: "Japan’s Grand Strategy: Liminal Power in an Uncertain World." Hope to see you there if you are in Toronto! @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/book-t...
Saori N. Katada Book Talk
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Reminder: The CSIS Japan Chair is recruiting a deputy director who will play a central role in program administration and activities. More information: https://careers.csis.org/opportunities/1739
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"How does racism structure the patterns of cooperation and contestation in international relations?" #OpenAccess from @iojournal.bsky.social - Institutional Racism in International Relations - https://cup.org/4cpj5Yh - @lipscy.bsky.social & @jiajia.bsky.social #FirstView
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...
Religion and Politics in Japan Today: New Perspectives from Grassroots-Level Activists
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I was interviewed by @asahi.com about the recent Japanese election (article is in Japanese) www.asahi.com/articles/ASV...
ポピュリズムの潮流下でも既存政党は踏ん張れる 米識者がみた衆院選:朝日新聞
■トロント大教授兼東京大教授 フィリップ・リプシー氏 自民党が圧勝した今回の衆院選を、海外の日本研究者はどう見るのか。日本政治が専門で、トロント大学と東京大学で教授を兼任するフィリップ・リプシー氏に聞…
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My daughter thought this was an obvious homage to that old Disney movie she saw when she was a little kid😆❄️
#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...
Book Talk: Radioactive Governance: The Politics of Revitalization in Post-Fukushima Japan
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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...
Dominance Through Division: Group-based Clientelism in Japan
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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
Erik Wang (New York University), “Too Much But Never Enough: Administrative Capacity and Backlashes to State-building in Medieval Japan” – JPOSS
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congratulations to Dr. Lawther for successfully defending his dissertation today. very happy to have supervised this excellent work
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...
Japan's New Prime Minister Takaichi: What Can We Expect?
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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...
Event Report: Japan Conference: University of Toronto 2025
Japan conference 2025, university of toronto
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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):
Tensions 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.
With the LDP and Kōmeitō at odds, sharing my conversation with @levimclaughlin.bsky.social from after the upper house elections. observingjapan.substack.com/p/the-past-p...
I was interviewed by @scmpnews.bsky.social regarding the LDP leadership contest in Japan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtzY...
Who will be Japan’s next prime minister?
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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...
Jacques Hymans (University of Southern California), “Official historical memory discourse and public opinion: The case of Japan’s new banknote designs” – JPOSS
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#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...
Japan’s upper house election delivers political uncertainty with big implications
Japan’s upper house election delivered deadlock over direction, exposing the nation’s fragile leadership and rising populist undercurrents in a political moment demanding clarity and strength.
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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...