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I'm excited to share the dataset behind my book project: the Japanese Municipal Elections Dataset (JMED)!

Delighted to serve again on the selection committee for the U.S.-Japan Foundation Young Mayors of Japan Award alongside Governor Toshihito Kumagai and Lin Kobayashi.

Second piece of good news: my paper with Aksel Sundström and Daniel Stockemer, Youth Representation and Democratic Legitimacy, is now forthcoming at the British Journal…

Happy to share two pieces of good news. First, my job market paper, Does Youth Representation Matter for Social Spending?, is online at the Journal of Politics.

The Japan Forum on International Relations has released policy recommendations on deepening U.S.-Japan cooperation beyond security. My chapter looks at what aging and demographic change mean for the alliance.

I spoke with The Dispatch for this story on why U.S. politicians tend to be older than those in other democracies.

I presented a new project, Assembly Size, Electoral Accountability, and Descriptive Representation, at the University of Tokyo's Graduate Schools for Law and Politics…

A U.S. News story on why American lawmakers are the oldest of any democracy cited my paper with Aksel Sundström and Daniel Stockemer on youth representation and democratic legitimacy.

Anna Yorozuya and I hosted the second annual Japan Conference for Social Scientists at Yale on May 29–30, with support from the Council on East Asian Studies and the…

Sheila Smith hosted this conference on Japan at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. I spoke about why Takaichi has drawn such strong support from Japan's youngest voters.

Happy to share that my paper with Aksel Sundström and Daniel Stockemer, Youth Representation and Democratic Legitimacy, has won the SPPQ Best Paper Award from APSA's…

For the final event in this year's Japan as Future series at the Yale MacMillan Center, journalist and filmmaker Shiori Ito joined us for a screening of her…

Delighted to welcome Hilary Holbrow (Indiana University) as the next speaker in our Japan as Future series at the Yale MacMillan Center.

Thank you to Jim Raymo, the Global Japan Lab, and Princeton Politics for hosting me to present new research with Michael Strausz on population aging and democratic…

Charles Crabtree, Paul Christensen, Tom Phuong Le, Lauren McKee, Cindi SturtzSreetharan, and I have a new article out in Japan Forum: Demographic Decline as an Idiom of…

Excited to host Christina Davis (Harvard Department of Government; Harvard Program on U.S.-Japan Relations) as the next speaker in our Japan as Future series at the Yale…

I presented new work with Michael Strausz on population aging and democratic representation at Texas Christian University's conference on Aging and Generational Change…

I was delighted to join Kristi Govella and Nick Szechenyi from the CSIS Japan Chair for a virtual discussion on Japan’s February 8 general election results.

I was quoted in The Dispatch on Takaichi’s unusually strong support among younger voters—and what that meant for the LDP going into Japan’s snap election.

I’m delighted to share that I’ve accepted an affiliation as an Adjunct Fellow (Non-Resident) with the Japan Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Anna Yorozuya and I are delighted to host the second annual Japan Conference for Social Scientists at Yale from May 29-30, 2026.

Don Lee and I have a new, open-access article out in Electoral Studies!

I visited Wesleyan’s College of East Asian Studies to speak with students about my book project on youth representation.

For the latest talk in our Japan as Future series, Andrew Oros (Washington College, The Stimson Center) joined us to talk about his exciting new book on Asia’s Aging…

Daniel Schneider (Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Department of Sociology) joined us for the latest talk in our Population Studies Workshop.

Congratulations to Mayor Hiroto Fujii on being the inaugural recipient of the U.S.-Japan Foundation Young Mayors of Japan Award—recognizing Japan’s next generation of…

I spoke about insights from my book project as part of a Japan Forum on International Relations symposium on the future of U.S.-Japan relations in the Trump 2.0 era…

Grateful for the opportunity to join Youthful Democracy Project at the Tokyo District Court on October 24.

For the next talk in our Population Studies Workshop, we’re delighted to welcome Deborah Carr (Boston University) on October 20.

Delighted to welcome James Raymo (Princeton) to Yale today to kick off two series…

At APSA 2025 in Vancouver, Kentaro Fukumoto and I presented a new paper.

At APSA 2025 in Vancouver, I presented new work with Aksel Sundstrom and Daniel Stockemer as part of the short course on Young Elected Leaders: Perspectives on Age and…

Paul Christensen, Cindi SturtzSreetharan, Charles Crabtree, and I have a new article out in Social Science Japan Journal.

This month, I’m excited to again join the Yale Young Global Scholars program!

A truly special evening at the residence of Japanese Ambassador to the United States Shigeo Yamada, honoring Sheila Smith and her conferral of the Order of the Rising…

I was delighted to participate in this inaugural conference on Japan hosted by Phillip Lipscy at the University of Toronto’s Centre for the Study of Global Japan.

I greatly enjoyed visiting Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, a part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, to discuss my book…

Thank you to our five speakers for joining this year’s Yale MacMillan Center CEAS Japan as Future series!

For the final event in our Japan as Future lecture series, Kenneth McElwain (University of Tokyo) joined us to discuss his work on public attitudes toward constitutional…

For the fourth event in our Japan as Future lecture series, I was delighted to host Erin Aeran Chung (Johns Hopkins University) for a discussion on how Japan’s model of…

For the third event in our Japan as Future lecture series, I was delighted to host Junko Kato (University of Tokyo) for a talk on taxation, redistribution, and the…

I visited Wesleyan University to join this great symposium on deepening U.S.-Japan ties beyond security.

For the second talk in our Japan as Future lecture series, I was delighted to host Henry Laurence (Bowdoin College).

On February 27, I had a great time discussing my book project at the Asian Studies Program in Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.

On February 26, I was delighted to chair a talk featuring our Japan Foundation Postdoctoral Associate Alexandra Mathieu.

Great to kick off our new Japan as Future lecture series at Yale’s Council on East Asian Studies with Tom Le (Pomona College)!

In our latest article for Pacific Forum, Sheila Smith and I discuss Japan’s snap election and Ishiba’s minority government; Trump’s return and its impact on US…

Kaare Strøm (UCSD) and I have a new book chapter out on Minority Governments Revisited!

I was delighted to speak on a panel with Aram Hur for the newly launched Fletcher Asia Forum’s first event at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts…

I had a great time joining David Buckley’s Inside Asia podcast at the University of Louisville’s Center for Asian Democracy to discuss the LDP's recent election…

I visited Harvard University’s Program on U.S.-Japan Relations to discuss my book project on youth representation and its impact on policymaking and democracy—just a day…

I returned to my alma mater, Tufts University, to talk about my book project.

Today is my first day as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University.

Today, I enjoyed giving a talk about youth representation for a great group of 150 high school students from 50+ countries, who are here participating in the Yale Young…

"Japan’s political system is not set up to reward the young." I shared insights from my research with The Economist for their story on Takashima Ryosuke, Japan's…

I visited Capitol Hill to discuss gerontocracy and youth representation as part of a Mansfield Foundation U.S.-Japan Network for the Future event.

I spoke with Ashli Varghese at Business Standard about why incumbency rates tend to be lower in Indian elections compared to other democracies.

I discussed my book project with a group of MA/PhD researchers participating in the 4th Asian Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy at National Chengchi…

For this video for The Wall Street Journal, I joined Jon Emont to discuss why the world's leaders are getting older—and what it means for policies and political…

At this NYU conference, I presented new work (with Yuki Shiraito) on “Voter Preferences for Young and Female Candidates: Comparing Conjoint Experiments with Real-World…

In our latest article for Comparative Connections, Sheila Smith and I dive into the busy start of 2024 for US-Japan relations—from regional responses to Taiwan's…

Today’s Asahi Shimbun feature a story about my Political Behavior article with Yoshikuni Ono.

I spoke about challenges for democracy in the US and Japan at this Georgetown conference.

I visited Princeton’s Global Japan Lab to give a talk about my research and the job market for social scientists working on Japan.

In this interview with Yale’s Office of International Affairs, I discuss my research and teaching, as well as resources available to Yale students interested in Japan.

Yoshikuni Ono (Waseda University) and I have a new article out in Political Behavior!

Today’s Wall Street Journal features my research on aging leaders.

I talked about my book project for the UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy’s Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology.

I talked about my book project at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.

Shane Martin, Kaare Strøm, and I have a new article out in the British Journal of Political Science!

I joined Anthony Kuhn to discuss my book project on NPR’s All Things Considered and Morning Edition.