Japanese politics and foreign policy
Scholars, writers, and resources on Japanese domestic politics and foreign policy
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@tobiasharris.bsky.social
@rjsamuels.bsky.social
Political Science prof @MIT practicing history w/o a license. Teach about Japan, Asian Security, wargaming. Wrote books on local gov't, energy policy, tech and nat'l security, leadership, Japanese grand strategy, 3.11, & Japan's intelligence community
@wesinjapan.bsky.social
sociologist of disasters pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. (views aren't even my own) roll tide. come on, come on, get down to goodison park.....wooh!
@suika.bsky.social
Researcher specialising in Japanese LGBTQ+ politics. I post about Japan, poetry, politics, LGBTQ topics, DnD & more. 🏳️⚧️ 研究者。短歌大好き。元早稲ギャル
@sfujihira.bsky.social
Executive Director, Program on US-Japan Relations @harvardusjapan.bsky.social @weatherheadcenter.bsky.social.
@apln.network
A network of political, military, diplomatic and thought leaders in the Asia-Pacific working to address security challenges and eliminate nuclear weapons risks.
@davidleheny.bsky.social
Political scientist at GSAPS, Waseda University. Formerly UW-Madison, Princeton, U.S. Department of State, Stop & Shop. Author of Empire of Hope; The Rules of Play; Think Global, Fear Local (all Cornell UP). Coeditor of Stanford Studies in Asian Security.
@casperwits.bsky.social
Lecturer in East Asian Studies, Leiden University International history&Geopolitics: China🇨🇳|Japan🇯🇵|Taiwan 🇹🇼|EU🇪🇺 @geopolitieknu.bsky.social
@mutantfrog.bsky.social
Owner of dormant blog Mutantfrog.com. Researched Japan colonial history at Kyoto U. Formerly lived in New Jersey, Kyoto, Taipei, Brooklyn. Love games. Now resident in Tokyo, working in a job unrelated to any of the above things I prefer to talk about.
@hidetomitanaka.bsky.social
Researcher in the history of economic thought and critic of Japanese economic policy. I have also written extensively on cultural economics. I am active in daily discourse through radio programs, magazines, and newspapers.日本語での名前は田中秀臣。
@dcsneider.bsky.social
Lecturer, East Asian Studies and International Policy, Stanford University Former foreign correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor Former editor and syndicated columnist, The San Jose Mercury News
@marsecbradford.bsky.social
CFR Int'l Affairs Fellow in Indonesia. Executive Director, YCAPS. Life tastes better with a little salt. http://ycaps.org .
@jnakanoenergy.bsky.social
Energy security, geopolitics, climate change. Senior Fellow with the CSIS Energy Security & Climate Change Program.
@jamesdjbrown.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Temple University Japan. My research focuses on Japan-Russia relations.
@marinadickson.bsky.social
Researching 🇯🇵🇺🇸 policy at the Asia Pacific Initiative Will cycle great lengths to fill my growler 🚴 📍Tokyo
@mireyasolis.bsky.social
Director, Center for Asia Policy Studies Knight Chair in Japan Studies The Brookings Institution
@mesi-schwarcz.bsky.social
Japan observer, researcher of Japanese politics, professional feed lurker. PMs, cabinets, regional relations, security policy, revisionism, ridiculous misc.
@jpyen.bsky.social
money Posting #USDJPY #ドル円 #JPY #USD #EUR #GBR #AUD #NZD #CNY #CHF #CAD BTC and ETH are not real, so I do not post those.
@kokkaimgmg.bsky.social
@davidamcneill.bsky.social
Professor of Communications at Sacred Heart Uni, Tokyo. Ex-correspondent with The Economist, Independent, Chronicle of Higher Ed., Irish Times etc. I post mainly about the media and politics. Hoping to escape Twitter/X.
@gillsteel.bsky.social
Politics, the sea, cheese, red wine. Researching young people, gender, public opinion. Political scientist @ Doshisha.
@rmarcantuoni.bsky.social
Ph.D. candidate at Waseda University and part-time lecturer. Researching the politics of emotion, parties, and conspiracy beliefs with a focus on Japan. Contact me at romeo.marcantuoni@gmail.com
@williamgrimes.bsky.social
Observer of IPE, finance and currency politics, East Asian politics, Japanese politics.
@nathanielmsmith.bsky.social
Anthropologist of Japan @ Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. 立命館大学国際関係学部准教授。Writing/research on rightwing movements/politics/culture, US-Japan relations, and urban studies.
@michitotsuruoka.bsky.social
@kristigovella.bsky.social
Associate Professor, University of Oxford | Japan Chair, CSIS economics x security x governance in the Indo-Pacific and beyond all views my own | RT ≠ endorsement www.kristigovella.com
@tokyoreview.net
A publishing platform for academics, journalists and researchers writing in-depth, evidence-based work on issues related to Japan and its place in the world.
@strauszm.bsky.social
Political scientist, specializing in Japan https://www.michaelstrausz.com/ cooking | hiking | schmoozing
@profvekasi.bsky.social
Professor of political science and international affairs, really into critical mineral and economic security policies in the Asia-Pacific
@satoshijournal.bsky.social
Breaking news & econ indicators for @reuters.com based in Tokyo ✍🏻 Opinion = mine. RT= 👀, NOT👍🏻 Syracuse alum 🍊 Ex Japan Times political reporter 📰 Christmas music enthusiast 🎄 https://www.reuters.com/authors/satoshi-sugiyama/
@nobuakiyama.bsky.social
International politics, nuclear, star-gazing, photography, wine. Tokyo-based.
@adampliff.bsky.social
Associate Professor and Founding Director of 21JPSI @ Indiana University Hamilton Lugar School; Non-Resident Senior Fellow @ Brookings Institution; Japanese politics and foreign policy, East Asia security; Princeton Ph.D; Adampliff.com
@tomphuongle.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Politics at Pomona College. Author of Japan's Aging Peace: Pacifism and Militarism in the Twenty-First Century (Columbia University Press). http://cup.columbia.edu/book/japans-aging-peace/9780231199797
@cpajon.bsky.social
Head of Japan & Indo-Pacific Research @IFRI Senior fellow with the Japan Chair @CSDS VUB
@robertalanward.bsky.social
Director of Geo-economics, Japan Chair ジャパン・チェア・プログラム Senior Fellow for Japanese Security Studies at The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robert-ward-44286611
@livcolemanfl.bsky.social
Liv Coleman is community advocate, democracy enthusiast, educator from a family of educators. Former Florida State House Candidate in Manatee/Sarasota. www.livcoleman.com In my academic life, I teach political science, with a focus on Japan/East Asia.
@frogjumpsin.bsky.social
Geo/political risk analyst of Japan, East Asia⎮Public policy Ph.D.⎮ 🇮🇪🇯🇵🇺🇸
@ellipohlkamp.bsky.social
Geopolitical Japan Analyst, Japan-EU, Indo Pacific strategic issues/ Director of Agora Strategy Institute (ASI)/ Visiting Fellow Asia Programme at ECFRAsia / WIIS_de
@danielaldrich.bsky.social
Social scientist interested in social capital, social infrastructure, energy and environmental politics. Books at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Daniel-P.-Aldrich/author/B001JSDHPW
@rockyswift.bsky.social
Reuters correspondent. Ex State Dept., Bloomberg News. Economics, FX and pro wrestling enthusiast. Opinions own. @swiftrocky on Twitter https://www.reuters.com/authors/rocky-swift/
@coreyjwallace.bsky.social
Japanese foreign policy and regional geopolitics. Kanagawa University (Minatomirai Campus), Yokohama.
@jnilssonwright.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Japanese Politics & IR, Cambridge; Head, Japan and Koreas Programme, @CamGeopolitics , University of Cambridge
@robfahey.net
Writer and researcher in Tokyo, doing words and quant stuff in equal measures. Recovering academic, formerly at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study. Occasional journalist. 🇮🇪/🏳️🌈/He/Him
@ckafura.bsky.social
Director, foreign policy and public opinion @Chicago Council; Fellow @Truman National Security Project; old Young Leader @Pacific Forum. Dad, husband, and hockey player. Via Columbia, Yale, and Appalachia.
@jjps.bsky.social
The Japanese Journal of Political Science by Cambridge University Press. cambridge.org/jjps
@apjjf.bsky.social
In-depth critical analysis of the forces that shape the Asia-Pacific and the world. Edited by Tristan R. Grunow (Nagoya University) and Mary M. McCarthy (Drake University). Find us at: https://apjjf.org/.
@kant.bsky.social
co-founder of salon séance. philosopher at heart, historian by trade. did the research for Gambling Man (Allen Lane, 2024). now co-writing a book on tokyo’s private railway empires. 元자이니치. 京都生まれ名古屋育ち東京在住. simonは芸名です. https://salonseance.com
@gearoidreidy.bsky.social
Bloomberg Opinion columnist on Japan/the Koreas. “Final Boss of the Japan finance bro dungeon.” ｊａｐａｎｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ. Retweets ≠ endorsements, opinions are mine.
@yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social
Professor at Dartmouth College, interested in foreign/global public opinion, Japanese politics, diversity, elections, political methodology, and other topics. https://horiuchi.org
@pauljnadeau.bsky.social
Trade, politics, and geoeconomics. Editor of Tokyo Review, adjunct professor with Temple University Japan, visiting research fellow with the Institute of Geoeconomics/Asia Pacific Initiative, should be GM of the Montreal Canadiens. Usual disclaimers.
@newsweekjapan.bsky.social
週刊誌「ニューズウィーク日本版」（毎週火曜日発売）および「ニューズウィーク日本版サイト」公式アカウントです。 https://www.newsweekjapan.jp/
@kazutosuzuki.bsky.social
Teaching and learning space policy, economic security, sanctions, export control, geoeconomics etc. Professor of the University of Tokyo and Director of the Institute of Geoeconomics. All tweets are in Japanese.
@nickkodama.bsky.social
Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at the Belfer Center | PhD candidate at Georgetown University | Researching nukes, IR, Japan, East Asia | Also posting photos of my cat and food. nickkodama.com
@cmcclean.bsky.social
📚 Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale 🇯🇵 Japanese Politics & Public Policy 👦🏻👨🏻👴🏻 Politics of Age & Aging
@levimclaughlin.bsky.social
Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies, North Carolina State University
@mrjeffu.bsky.social
PhD. Lecturer at Kanda University of International Studies. I research Japan's Politics/Nationalist Activism/History Disputes/Pop Culture. Shares/Likes ≠ endorsements. https://linktr.ee/jeffreyjhall
@sstapczynski.bsky.social
The LNG nerd on Bluesky Energy & commodities reporter at Bloomberg News in Singapore. Opinions my own Interests include natural gas, LNG, oil, power, coal, nuclear, renewables, climate change
@zackcooper.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Lecturer at Princeton University Partner at Armitage International Former Pentagon and White House staffer Wrangler of children
@asiaelects.bsky.social
Poll aggregation and election analysis in Asia. Partner of Africa, America, Europe, and Oceania Elects.
@miraisyakai.bsky.social
未来社会プロジェクト代表。様々な統計をもとに世論や選挙、社会問題を研究しています。 ノート http://note.com/miraisyakai/ ツイッター https://twitter.com/miraisyakai スレッズ https://www.threads.net/@miraisyakai フェイスブック http://facebook.com/miraisyakai/ マストドン http://mstdn.jp/@miraisyakai
@profdansmith.bsky.social
Political scientist at Penn. Comparative politics, parties, elections, electoral systems, representation.
@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/
@japantimes.co.jp
News, features and commentary from the oldest (est. 1897) and most widely read English-language media outlet in Japan. JT staff on Bluesky: https://jtim.es/bskysp Our newsletters: https://jtime.es/newsletters Elsewhere: jtim.es/m/social
@myhlee.bsky.social
Washington Post Tokyo/Seoul Bureau Chief, covering Japan, the two Koreas and beyond. Mom to two needy cats & a rambunctious golden retriever. michelle.lee@washpost.com
@tobiasharris.bsky.social
Japanese politics analyst; author of The Iconoclast: Shinzō Abe and the New Japan; Chicago-born Cubs fan now living in DC; marathoner; RHP + IF ⚾ Substack: Observingjapan.substack.com. Business: www.japanforesight.com