


Associate Professor, Religious Studies, EALC
Scholar of Japanese religion and visual culture

Professor of Practice, Media School
Former AP bureau chief in Tokyo; publishes on social change in contemporary Japan

Assistant Professor of Japanese Politics and Society, EALC
Sociologist of contemporary Japan; Japanese politics & society

Yoshiaki Kubo
Visiting Scholar (2021), EALC Department (Associate Professor, University of the Ryukyus, Department of Law, Politics and International Relations

Assistant Professor and GLP-Ming Z Chair of Chinese Economics and Trade, EALC
Chinese economics and trade

Associate Professor of East Asian International Relations, EALC; Founding Director, 21st Century Japan Politics & Society Initiative (21JPSI)
Japanese security policy; U.S.-Japan relations; U.S. Asia-Pacific strategy; the rise of China

Associate Professor, EALC; 21JPSI Steering Committee Chair
Historian of Modern and Contemporary Japan

Associate Professor, EALC; Director, East Asian Studies Center
Historian of Political and Social Japan


Associate Professor, Japanese Language Program Coordinator
Contemporary Japanese sociolinguistics
Visiting Scholar, EALC Department (Researcher, Department of Population Dynamics Research, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (JAPAN)