In the International Studies Association (ISA) 2022 Annual Convention (March 28-April 2, 2022), Japan Association of International Relations (JAIR) hosts two roundtables which discuss the possible contributions of research in international relations developed in Japan to the wider scholarship of IR. The roundtables are held online on March 29, 2022.

Roundtable 1 is titled "What theoretical implications can be drawn from Japan's external relations?" and Roundtable 2 "International relations studies from the perspectives of history and area studies: a Japanese approach."

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Program details:

*Roundtable 1: What theoretical implications can be drawn from Japan's external relations?

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

6:30 AM - 8:00 AM CDT (8:30 PM - 10:00 PM JST)

Chair: Suginohara Masako, Ferris University　

Panelists:

Hatakeyama Kyoko, University of Niigata Prefecture, "Japan's alliance behavior: The interaction between international expectation and domestic norms"

Miyaoka Isao, Keio University, "Japan's Alliance Behavior as a Junior Partner: An Analysis from the Perspective of Asymmetry"

Wada Hironori, Aoyama Gakuin University, "Japan's relationship with international regimes and its theoretical implications"

Kim Jemma, Meiji University, "Japanese Trade Policy Reconsidered: Alternatives for Shaping New Asia-Pacific Regional Order"

Kameyama Yasuko, National Institute for Environmental Studies, "Japan's environmental diplomacy, in the case of climate change"

Discussant: Paul Midford, Meiji Gakuin University

*Roundtable 2: International relations studies from the perspectives of history and area studies: a Japanese approach

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM CDT (10:00 PM - 11:30 PM JST)

Chair: Akitoshi Miyashita, Tokyo International University　

Panelists:

Shinichi Takeuchi, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, "International Relations and African Studies in Japan: With special focus on historical and institutional factor"

Keiko Sakai, Chiba University, "Area studies and IR in Japan"

Masaya Inoue, Seikei University, "The Diplomatic History of Japan in Japanese Studies of International Politics"

Hiroyuki Hoshiro, University of Tokyo, "Historical Analysis and Theory Development in International Relations: The case of Audience Cost Theory"　

Discussant: Pichamon Yeophantong, UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defense Force Academy