BOOKS

[1] Institutions, Incentives and Electoral Participation in Japan: Cross-Level and Cross-National Perspectives (London and New York: Routledge, 2005). [Google Book]

WORKING PAPERS

* “In Search of Soft Power: Does Foreign Public Opinion Matter for U.S. Foreign Policy?” (with Benjamin E. Goldsmith). [SSRN]

ARTICLES (in English)

[10] “Should Candidates Smile to Win Elections?: An Application of Automated Face Recognition Technology” (with Tadashi Komatsu and Fumio Nakaya). Political Psychology, forthcoming, 2012. [SSRN]

[9] “Making Outsiders’ Votes Count: Detecting Electoral Fraud through a Natural Experiment” (with Kentaro Fukumoto). American Political Science Review, Vol. 105, Issue 3, pp. 586-603, August 2011. [SSRN] [DOI] [PDF]

[8] “Cultivating Rice and Votes: Institutional Origins of Agricultural Protectionism in Japan” (with Jun Saito). Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 425-452, September-December 2010. [SSRN] [DOI] [PDF]

[7] “Understanding Japanese Politics from a Local Perspective.” International Political Science Review, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 565-573, November 2009. [SSRN] [DOI] [PDF]

[6] “Spinning the Globe? U.S. Public Diplomacy and Foreign Public Opinion” (with Benjamin E. Goldsmith). Journal of Politics, Vol. 71, Issue 3, pp. 863-875, July 2009. [SSRN] [DOI] [PDF] [Online Appendix]

[5] “The Presidency, Regionalism and Distributive Politics in South Korea” (with Seungjoo Lee). Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 41, Issue 6, pp. 861-882, June 2008. [SSRN] [DOI] [PDF]

[4] “Designing and Analyzing Randomized Experiments: Application to a Japanese Election Survey Experiment” (with Kosuke Imai and Naoko Taniguchi). American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 51, Issue 3, pp. 669-687, July 2007. [SSRN] [DOI] [PDF]

[3] “American Foreign Policy and Global Opinion: Who Supported the War in Afghanistan?” (with Benjamin E. Goldsmith and Takashi Inoguchi). Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 408-429, June 2005. [SSRN] [DOI] [PDF]

[2] “Malapportionment and Income Inequality: A Cross-National Analysis.” British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 34, Part 1, pp. 179-183, January 2004. [SSRN] [DOI] [PDF]

[1] “Reapportionment and Redistribution: Consequences of Electoral Reform in Japan” (with Jun Saito). American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 47, Issue 4, pp. 669-682, October 2003. *Received the Alan Rosenthal Prize from the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association. [SSRN] [DOI] [PDF]

ARTICLES (in Japanese)

[7] “Kaigai ni okeru Gendai Nihon Seiji Kenkyū” [Overseas Studies of Contemporary Japanese Politics]. Leviathan, No. 40, April 2007, pp. 87-93. [PDF]

[6] “Nidai Seitōsei wo Sogai Suru Chihō Senkyo Seido” [The Impact of Subnational Electoral Systems on the Duvergerian Equilibrium: The Case of Japan] (with Ryota Natori). Shakai Kagaku Kenkyū [The Journal of Social Science], Vol. 58, No. 5/6, March 2007, pp. 21-32.

[5] “Seisaku Jyōhō to Tōhyō Sanka: Fīrudo Jikken ni yoru Kensyō” [Policy Information and Voter Participation: A Field Experiment] (with Kosuke Imai and Naoko Taniguchi). Nenpō Seijigaku [The Annals of the Japanese Political Science Association], 2005-I, November 2005, pp. 161-180.

[4] “Kokusai Yoron, Riron Moderu to Ji’shō Hōhō: Amerika Shudō no Afuganisutan Sensō wo Darega Shiji Shitaka” [Global Public Opinion, Models and Methods: A Case Study of the 2001 U.S.-led War in Afghanistan] (with Benjamin E. Goldsmith and Takashi Inoguchi). Leviathan, No. 36, April 2005, pp. 62-81.

[3] “Sakiokuri no Kōzō: 1992-nen Natsu, Kōteki Shikin Tōnyū wa Naze Sakiokuri Saretaka?” [The Anatomy of Delayed Responses]. In Heisei Baburu: Sakiokuri no Kenkyū [Heisei Bubble: A Study of Delayed Responses], edited by Michio Muramatsu. Tokyo: Toyō Keizai Shimpō Sha, March 2005, pp. 130-157.

[2] “Senkyo Seido Kaikaku ni tomonau Giin Teisū Haibu Kakusa no Zesei to Hojyokin Haibun Kakusa no Zesei” [Electoral Reform, Reapportionment and Redistribution] (with Jun Saito). Leviathan, No. 32, April 2003, pp. 29-49.

[1] “Hi-jyoretsu-ka Risan Hensū wo Jyūzoku Hensū to suru Tōkei Moderu no Hikaku: Seijigaku he no Ōyō-jyō no Ryūiten.” [A Comparison of Statistical Models for Non-ordered Discrete Dependent Variables]. Senkyo Kenkyū [Japanese Journal of Electoral Studies], No. 16, 2001, pp. 101-113.