Dr. Yutaka TSUJINAKA
1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki-ken, 305-8571 Japan
University of Tsukuba
+81-29-853-6289, 2007
E-mail: yutaka-tsujinaka.fu@u.tsukuba.ac.jp
Present Positions: Vice President for International Affairs, University of Tsukuba
Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Specialized Field: Political Science / Comparative Politics / Civil Society
EDUCATION:
1996: Dr. of Law (Political Science), Kyoto University
1978: LL.M. (Political Science), Osaka University
1976: LL.B., Osaka University
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2011-present: Vice President for International Affairs, University of Tsukuba
1998-present: Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
2009-2011: Advisor to the President (International Affairs), University of Tsukuba
2008-2011: Chair, Doctoral Program in International and Advanced Japanese Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
2006-2010: Science Director, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology – Japan
2006-2009: Executive Advisor to the President, University of Tsukuba
2004-2008: Director, International Liaison Office, University of Tsukuba
2004-2006: Assistant to the President, University of Tsukuba
2001-2003: Dean, College of Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
1989-1991: Visiting Fellow, Cornell University
Fulbright Fellow and American Council of leaned Society Fellow
East Asia Program and Department of Government at Cornell University
1986-1998: Associate Professor of Political Science, Institute of Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
1984-1986: Associate Professor, Department of Law and Political Science, Kitakyushu University
1981-1984: Assistant Professor, Department of Law and Political Science, Kitakyushu University
Major Academic Activities:
Board member of the Japanese Political Science Association: 1998-2000, 2004-present
Board member of the Japanese Public Policy Studies Association: 1996-2000, 2002-2010
Member of the Editorial Board of Leviathan: The Japanese Journal of Political Science: 1998-2009
Research Projects:
Project leader for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (funded by the Ministry of Education and Science), “A Comparative and Empirical Study of the Structural Changes in Politics and Transformations in Pressure Groups, Policy Networks, and Civil Society in Japan,” 2009 - present.
Project leader for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (funded by the Ministry of Education and Science), “ A Comprehensive Empirical Study on the Three-Level Civil Society Structure and Governance in Japan, South Korea, the United States, Germany, and China in Comparative Perspective,” 2005-2010.
Director of the Special Project on “Civil Society, the State and Culture in Comparative Perspective,” University of Tsukuba, 2003-2008.
Awards
Best Faculty Member, University of Tsukuba: 2009
Award for Outstanding Achievement, Japan NPO Research Association: 2009
Okinaga Prize (Labor Problems and Policy): 1995
American Council of Learned Societies Award: 1990
Fulbright Award: 1989
Recent Publications (book chapters and articles) in English (and French):
1. Kawato, Yuko, Pekkanen, Robert, and Tsujinaka, Yutaka. 2012. “Civil Society and the Triple Disasters: Revealed Strengths and Weaknesses.” In Jeff Kingston, ed., Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan. Routledge.
2. Tsujinaka, Yutaka, (with Tkach-Kawasaki, Leslie). 2010. “Sociètè Civile et Internet en Chine et Asie Orientale.”Hermès, CNRS Editions.
3. Tsujinaka, Yutaka. 2010. “Civil Society and Social Capital in Japan.” In Anheier, Helmut and Toepler, Stefan, eds., International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, 9.
4. Pekkanen, Robert, and Tsujinaka, Yutaka. 2008. “Neighbourhood Associations and the Demographic Challenge.” In German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ), The Demographic Challenge: A Handbook about Japan, 707-720.
5. Katzenstein, Peter and Tsujinaka, Yutaka. 2008. “Japan’s Internal Security Policy.” In Peter Katzenstein, Rethinking Japanese Security, 76-103. Routledge.
6. Tsujinaka, Yutaka, Choe, Jae-Young, and Ohtomo, Takafumi. 2007. “Exploring the Realities of Japanese Civil Society and Politics through Comparison.” ASIEN: The German Journal of Contemporary Asia, 105, 16-32.
7. Tsujinaka, Yutaka, and Pekkanen, Robert. 2007. “Civil Society and Interest Groups in Contemporary Japan.” Pacific Affairs.
Recent Publications (edited volumes and articles) in Japanese
1. Tsujinaka, Yutaka, ed. 2012. Nihon Seiji Gakkai Nenpo 2012 (2), Tokushu: Gendai-nihon no Dantai-seiji [Annals of Japanese Political Science Association. Special Issue: Interest Group Politics in Contemporary Japan].
2. Tsujinaka, Yutaka, (with Sakamoto, Haruya and Hidehiro Yamamoto, eds.). 2012. Gendai shiminshakai sōsho 4: Gendai Nippon no NPO Seiji [Series Contemporary Civil Society 4: NPO Politics in Contemporary Japan]. Tokyo: Bokutakusha.
3. Tsujinaka, Yutaka. 2012. Seijigaku Nyumon [Introduction to Politics], Hosodaigaku-kyoiku-sinkokai.
4. Tsujinaka, Yutaka, (with Ito, Shuichiro, eds.). 2010. Gendai shiminshakai sōsho 3: Lōkaru gabanansu chihō seifu to shimin shakai [Series Contemporary Civil Society 3: Local Governance, Local Government and Civil Society]. Tokyo: Bokutakusha.
5. Tsujinaka, Yutaka, (with Mori, Hiroki, eds.). 2010. Gendai shiminshakai sōsho 2: Gendai shakai shūdan no seiji kinō – riekidantai to shiminshakai [Series Contemporary Civil Society 2: Political Functions of Contemporary Social Groups - Interest Groups and Civil Society]. Tokyo: Bokutakusha.
6. Tsujinaka, Yutaka, (with Pekkanen, Robert, and Yamamoto, Hidehiro). 2009. Gendai shiminshakai sōsho 1: Gendai nihon no jichikai – chōnaikai dai-ikkai zenkoku chōsa ni miru jichiryoku – nettowāku - gabanansu [Series Contemporary Civil Society 1: Self-Governing Bodies and a Neighborhood Associations in Contemporary Japan – Self-Governing, Networks and Governance According to the First Nationwide Investigation]. Tokyo: Bokutakusha.
7. Tsujinaka, Yutaka, (with Choe, Jae-Young, Yamamoto, Hidehiro, Miwa, Hiroki, and Ohtomo, Takafumi). 2007. “Nihon no shiminshakaikōzō to seiji sanka – jichikai, shakaidantai, NPO no zentaizō to sono seiji kan’yo [The structure of Civil Society and Political Participation in Japan – An Overall Picture of Self-Governing Bodies, Civil Groups, NPOs and their Political Participation],” Leviathan, 41, 7-44.
Recent Academic Conference Papers in English:
1. Tsujinaka, Yutaka, Choe, Jae-Young, and Ohtomo, Takafumi. March 27, 2008. “Exploring the Realities of Japanese Civil Society and Politics through Comparison: Comparing Japan, South Korea, US, Germany, China, Turkey, Russia, the Philippines, Brazil and Bangladesh in the JIGS Surveys.”Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, USA.
2. Tsujinaka, Yutaka,Choe, Jae-Young, Ohtomo, Takafumi, and Miwa, Hiroki. March 22-25, 2007. “Explaining the Differences of Subjective Influence in Seven Countries: Comparing Japan, South Korea, Germany, China, Turkey, Russia, and the Philippines in JIGS First Round Survey.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Boston, MA, USA.
Research Data-Base: [Survey Data of Civil Society Organizations and Interest Groups, 1997-2012] collected by Yutaka TSUJINAKA: Total Data: 57,000 cases of association surveyed 1997-2012, http://cajs.tsukuba.ac.jp/
Japan [1997, 2006-07], Korea [1997, 2007-09], US [1998,08-10], Germany [2000,07-08], China [01-04,09-11], Russia [03], Turkey [04], Brazil [05-06], Philippine [04], Bangladesh [06], Uzbekistan [08], Poland [09], Estonia [09], and India [11-12].