Dear Members of the Institute of Social Science,

I hope this email finds you well.

I am writing from the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, a London-based charity which promotes closer links between the UK and Japan through events, grants and scholarships.

We will host an online social science webinar this month and thought it might be of interest to your members and colleagues:

• Event Title: Populism in the UK and Japan: Elections, Immigration and Economic Insecurity
• Date: Thursday 25 September 2025
• Location: Online (Zoom)
• Time: 8:00pm - 9:15pm (JST, Japan) / 12:00pm - 1:15pm (GMT, UK)
• Language: English

• Speakers: 
• Dr Naoko Hashimoto is an Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, International Christian University. Prior to joining academia, Naoko worked for UNHCR, IOM and the Government of Japan as a practitioner for nearly 15 years. She holds a Master of Studies in Forced Migration, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford (as a Sir John Swire scholar), LLM in International Human Rights Law from University of London (International Programme convened by Queen Mary and UCL), and PhD in Politics from University of Sussex (as an International Fellow of Nippon Foundation). She is also affiliated with Refugee Law Initiative, University of London and serves as a Refugee Adjudication Counsellor appointed by the Japanese Minister of Justice.
• Professor Jane Green is a Professor at Nuffield College, Co-Director of the British Election Study and Director of the Nuffield Politics Research Centre, a research centre focusing on accountability, representation, British elections and political science communication beyond academia. She is also an Elections Analyst for ITV News's twice-BAFTA-nominated live election results programmes, a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and winner of the 2015 Political Studies Association 'Research Communicator of the Year'. Her research interests include analyses of political, attitudinal and election study data; political accountability, economics and voting; and political attitudes, gender and political representation.

Event details and booking form are available here: https://dajf.org.uk/event/populism-in-the-uk-and-japan-elections-immigration-and-economic-insecurity

Please note that the booking system for this webinar will close at 1am (JST) / 5pm (GMT) on Wednesday 24 September.

If you would like to sign up after this time, please contact our Events Team (events@dajf.org.uk).

These events are free and open to all. 

If you think staff and other members of your network may be interested in this event, I would be very grateful if you could share this information with them.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Kind regards,

Benjamin