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YOSHIMATSU Hidetaka
Department Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies

Position Professor

■ Education

1996

International Relations, Research School of Asia Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Completed

■ Academic and professional experience

1.	1998/04～2001/03	Interantional Centre for the Study of East Asian Development Research Associate Professor
2.	1997/02～1998/03	Interantional Centre for the Study of East Asian Development Research Assistant Professor

■ Message

Message to undergraduate students: APU’s most unique feature is its multicultural environment. However, the extent to which this environment can be put to good use depends on the positive attitude of our students. I encourage you to be curious, ambitious, and develop your ability to adapt to different cultures, a vital skill in a globalised world. Message to graduate school students: With students of various backgrounds from all over the world, the APU Graduate School provides a truly international environment. Please develop your networks and your capacity to adapt to our multicultural environment.

■ Current specialized field

International Relations, International Political Economy, Regional Studies (East Asia)

■ Books and theses

1.	2021/01	Book	Japan’s Asian Diplomacy: Power Transition, Domestic Politics, and Diffusion of Ideas (Single)
2.	2014/05	Book	Comparing Institution-Building in East Asia: Power Politics, Governance, and Critical Junctures (Single)
3.	2008/07	Book	The Political Economy of Regionalism in East Asia: Integrative Explanation for Dynamics and Challenges (Single)
4.	2003/11	Book	Japan and East Asia in Transition: Trade Policy, Crisis and Evolution, and Regionalism (Single)
5.	2000/06	Book	Internationalization, Corporate Preferences and Commercial Policy in Japan (Single)
6.	2023/03	Book	Handbook of Indo-Pacific Studies pp.390-404 (Single)
7.	2022/05	Book	The China Question: Contestations and Adaptations pp.181-200 (Single)
8.	2021/10	Book	The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics pp.643-662 (Single)
9.	2021/03	Book	Identity, Culture and Memory in Japanese Foreign Policy pp.17-34 (Collaboration)
10.	2020/07	Book	Contested Multilateralism 2.0 and Asian Security Dynamics pp.94-110 (Collaboration)
11.	2019/08	Book	The Political Economy of New Regionalisms in the Pacific Rim pp.163-180 (Collaboration)
12.	2018/02	Book	The Routledge Handbook of Japanese Foreign Policy pp.267-280 (Collaboration)
13.	2017/11	Book	Contemporary Southeast Asia: The Politics of Change, Contestation, and Adaptation pp.248-264 (Single)
14.	2017/04	Book	Regional Institutions, Geopolitics and Economics in the Asia Pacific: Evolving Interests and Strategies pp.127-143 (Collaboration)
15.	2015/08	Book	The Political Economy of Japanese Trade Policy pp.196-221 (Single)
16.	2014/09	Book	The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of Asia pp.569-585 (Single)
17.	2012/06	Book	Globalization and Development in East Asia pp.117-140 (Single)
18.	2012/04	Book	China and East Asian Regionalism: Economic and Security Cooperation and Institution-Building pp.51-72 (Single)
19.	2008/12	Book	Governance and Regionalism in Asia pp.66-92 (Single)
20.	2007/12	Book	Japan's Future in East Asia and the Pacific pp.80-102 (Single)
21.	2002/10	Book	Winning in Asia, Japanese Style: Market and Nonmarket Strategies for Success pp.220-40 (Single)
22.	2023/12	Article	Meanings, Norms, and Social Constitution: Revisiting ASEAN Centrality in East Asian Regionalism Japanese Journal of Political Science 24(4),pp.409-423 (Single)
23.	2023/12	Article	Rationality and Relationality: A Socio-Cultural Perspective on Japan’s Strategy for Infrastructure Investment Asian Studies Review 47(4),pp.643-662 (Single)
24.	2023/02	Article	ASEAN and Great Power Rivalry in Regionalism: From East Asia to the Indo-Pacific Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs 42(1),pp.25-44 (Single)
25.	2023/01	Article	Japan’s Strategic Response to China’s Geo-economic Presence: Quality Infrastructure as a Diplomatic Tool The Pacific Review 36(1),pp.148-176 (Single)
26.	2022/12	Article	India’s Response to China’s Geo-economic Rise: Hedging with a Multi-Pronged Engagement Australian Journal of Politics & History 68(4),pp.593-611 (Single)
27.	2022/04	Article	Indonesia’s Response to the Belt and Road Initiative and the Indo-Pacific: A Pivotal State’s Hedging Strategy Asian Politics & Policy 14(2),pp.159-174 (Single)
28.	2021/09	Article	Exploring the China Factor in Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy in Outer Space Australian Journal of International Affairs 75(3),pp.305-322 (Single)
29.	2020/11	Article	The EU-Japan Free Trade Agreement in Evolving Global Trade Politics Asia Europe Journal 18(4),pp.429-443 (Single)
30.	2020/08	Article	High-Standard Rules and Leadership Capacity in Japan’s Mega-FTA Strategy Asian Survey 60 733-54(4),pp.733-754 (Single)
31.	2020/06	Article	Partnership against the Rising Dragon? Japan’s Foreign Policy towards India The Pacific Review 33(3/4),pp.606-634 (Single)
32.	2019/09	Article	The Indo-Pacific in Japan’s Strategy towards India Contemporary Politics 25 (Single)
33.	2018/10	Article	New Dynamics in Sino-Japanese Rivalry: Sustaining Infrastructure Development in Asia Journal of Contemporary China 27(113),pp.719-34 (Single)
34.	2018/03	Article	Japan’s Role Conception in Multilateral Initiatives: The Evolution from Hatoyama to Abe Australian Journal of International Affairs 72(2),pp.129-144 (Single)
35.	2017/12	Article	China, Japan, and the South China Sea Dispute: Pursuing Strategic Goals through Economic and Institutional Means Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs 4(3),pp.294-315 (Single)
36.	2017/07	Article	Japan’s Export of Infrastructure Systems: Pursuing Twin Goals through Developmental Means The Pacific Review 30(4),pp.494-512 (Single)
37.	2016/11	Article	US–Japan Negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership: Domestic Societal Interests and International Power Developments Asian Survey 56(6),pp.1145-1167 (Single)
38.	2016/10	Article	Critical Junctures and Institution-Building: Regional Cooperation on Free Trade and Food Security in East Asia The Pacific Review 29(5),pp.693-715 (Single)
39.	2015/12	Article	The United States, China, and Geopolitics in the Mekong Region Asian Affairs: An American Review 42(4),pp.173-194 (Single)
40.	2015/05	Article	Diplomatic Objectives in Trade Politics: The Development of the China-Japan-Korea FTA Asia-Pacific Review 22(1),pp.100-123 (Single)
41.	2012/12	Article	ASEAN and Evolving Power Relations in East Asia: Strategies and Constraints Contemporary Politics 18(4),pp.399-414 (Single)
42.	2012/12	Article	Identity, Policy Ideas, and Asian Diplomacy: Japan’s Response to the Rise of China International Area Studies Review 15(4),pp.359-76 (Single)
43.	2012/08	Article	Sino-Japanese Energy Relations: Processes and Constraints Asian Journal of Political Science 20(2),pp.180-202 (Single)
44.	2012/06	Article	Japan’s China Policy in Domestic Power Transition and Alliance Politics Asian Affairs: An American Review 39(2),pp.106-26 (Single)
45.	2012/04	Article	Political Leaders’ Preferences and Trade Policy: Comparing FTA Politics in Japan and South Korea Asian Politics & Policy 4(2),pp.193-212 (Single)
46.	2010/12	Article	Japan’s FTA Strategy toward Highly Developed Countries: Comparing Australia’s and Switzerland’s Experiences, 2000-09(with Patrick Ziltener) Asian Survey 50(6),pp.1058-81 (Collaboration)
47.	2010/11	Article	Understanding Regulatory Governance in Northeast Asia: Environmental and Technological Cooperation among China, Japan, and Korea Asian Journal of Political Science 18(3),pp.227-47 (Single)
48.	2010/10	Article	The Mekong Region, Regional Integration, and Political Rivalry among ASEAN, China and Japan Asian Perspective 34(3),pp.71-111 (Single)
49.	2010/09	Article	Domestic Political Institutions, Diplomatic Style and Trade Agreements: A Comparative Study of China and Japan New Political Economy 15(3),pp.395-419 (Single)
50.	2010/08	Article	Development Assistance, Strategic Interests, and the China Factor in Japan’s Role in ASEAN Integration (with Dennis D. Trinidad) Japanese Journal of Political Science 11(2),pp.199-219 (Collaboration)
51.	2010/05	Article	Regional Cooperation in Northeast Asia: Searching for the Mode of Governance International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 10(2),pp.247-274 (Single)
52.	2009/11	Article	The Rise of China and the Vision for an East Asian Community Journal of Contemporary China 18(62),pp.745-765 (Single)
53.	2007/10	Article	Regional Integration and Business Interests: A Comparative Study of Europe and Southeast Asia European Journal of East Asian Studies 6(2),pp.217-43 (Single)
54.	2007/09	Article	Global Competition and Technology Standards: Japan's Quest for Techno-Regionalism Journal of East Asian Studies 7(3),pp.439-68 (Single)
55.	2007/09	Article	Japan's Policy on Steel Trade Disputes with the United States: A Comparative Analysis The Pacific Review 20(3),pp.273-300 (Single)
56.	2007/06	Article	Asia's Odd Men Out: Australia, Japan, and the Politics of Regionalism (with Mark Beeson) International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 7(2),pp.227-50 (Collaboration)
57.	2006/12	Article	The Politics of Japan's Free Trade Agreements Journal of Contemporary Asia 36(4),pp.479-99 (Single)
58.	2007	Book	People's ASEAN and Governments' ASEAN, Singapore: RSIS Monograph Series 11 11,pp.41-49 (Single)
59.	2006/04	Article	Collective Action Problems and Regional Integration in ASEAN Contemporary Southeast Asia 28(1),pp.115-40 (Single)
60.	2006	Article	Asia's Odd Men Out: Australia, Japan, and Politics of Regionalism, CSGR Working Paper Series, No.196/06, University of Warwick, (with Mark Beeson) (Collaboration)
61.	2005/12	Article	From Distrust to Mutual Interests? Emerging Cooperation in Northeast Asia East Asia: An International Quarterly 22(4),pp.18-38 (Single)
62.	2005	Other	The State and a Creative Industry: The Development of the Game Industry in East Asia, Trend East Asia (TEA), No.8, School of East Asian Studies,　Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Single)
63.	2005/10	Article	Material Interests and Social Norms: Regional Economic Integration in Southeast Asia International Studies Review 6(2),pp.65-84 (Single)
64.	2005/10	Article	Political Leadership, Informality, and Regional Integration in East Asia: The Evolution of ASEAN Plus Three European Journal of East Asian Studies 4(2),pp.205-32 (Single)
65.	2005/05	Article	The State and Industrial Evolution: The Development of the Game Industry in Japan and Korea Pacific Focus 20(1),pp.135-78 (Single)
66.	2005/03	Article	Japan's Keidanren and Free Trade Agreements: Societal Interest and Trade Policy Asian Survey 45(2),pp.258-78 (Single)
67.	2004/10	Article	Regional Linkages and Japan's Foreign Aid Policy towards Myanmar Asian Profile 32(5),pp.411-27 (Single)
68.	2003/10	Article	U.S.-East Asian Trade Friction: Exit and Voice in the Steel Trade Regime Asian Affairs: An American Review 30(3),pp.200-17 (Single)
69.	2003/04	Article	Japanese Policy in the Asian Economic Crises and the Developmental State Concept Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 8(1),pp.102-25 (Single)
70.	2002	Article	Japan and Industrial Adjustment in Asia: Overproduction Problems in the Synthetic Fiber Industry Pacific Affairs 75(3),pp.377-98 (Single)
71.	2002	Article	Social Demand, State Capability and Globalization: Japan-China Trade Friction over Safeguard The Pacific Review 15(3),pp.381-408 (Single)
72.	2002	Article	Preferences, Interests, and Regional Integration: The Development of the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation Arrangement The Review of International Political Economy 9(1),pp.123-49 (Single)
73.	2002	Article	The Liberalisation Policy and International Competitiveness: The Experiences of the Automobile Industry in Taiwan and Thailand Asian Profile 30(2),pp.121-36 (Single)
74.	2004	Other	Political Leadership, Common Norms, and the Development of East Asian Regionalism, ICSEAD Working Paper Series, Vol.2004-03
75.	2003	Other	The Political Economy of U.S.-Northeast Asian Trade Conflict in Steel, ICSEAD Working Paper Series, Vol.2003-02
76.	2001	Article	Trade Policy in Transition?: The Political Economy of Antidumping in Japan Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 6(1),pp.22-46 (Single)
77.	2000	Article	Globalization, State and Industrialization: The Automobile and Telecommunications Industries in Southeast Asia Global Economic Review 29(2),pp.24-47 (Single)
78.	2000	Other	Preferences, Interest, and Regional Integration: The Development of the ASEAN Industrial Cooperation Arrangement, ICSEAD Working Paper Series Vol.2000-19
79.	2000	Article	Japan's Industrial Cooperation Policy toward Southeast Asia: Its Evolution and Limitations Asian Profile 28(5),pp.385-400 (Single)
80.	2000	Other	Recent Trends and Prospects for Major Asian Economies, East Asian Economic Perspective, Vol.11, pp.95-108
81.	2000	Article	The Role of Government in Jump-Starting Industrialization in East Asia: The Case of Automobile Development in China and Malaysia Issues & Studies 36(4),pp.166-99 (Single)
82.	1999	Other	Corporate Preferences and Politics of Trade Policy: A Textile Case in Japan, ICSEAD Working Paper Series, Vol.99-20
83.	2000	Article	State-Market Relations in East Asia and Institution-Building in the Asia-Pacific East Asia: An International Quarterly 18(1),pp.5-33 (Single)
84.	1999	Article	Market Globalization and State Intervention: Regulatory Reform in the Japanese Petroleum and Telecommunications Industries Pacific Focus 14(2),pp.153-74 (Single)
85.	1999	Article	Japanese Government-Business Collaboration and the Operations of Japanese Corporations in Asia: A Telecommunications Case Pacific Economic Papers, Australia-Japan Research Centre, Australian National University, Canberra (296),pp.22 (Single)
86.	1998	Other	International Regimes, International Society, and Theoretical Relations, ICSEAD Working Paper Series, Vol.98-10
87.	1999	Article	The State, MNCs and the Car Industry in ASEAN Journal of Contemporary Asia 29(4),pp.495-515 (Single)
88.	1998	Other	The Influence of Liberal Ideals on the GATT Regime: The Case of the Tokyo Round, ICSEAD Working Paper Series, Vol.98-4
89.	1998	Article	Regimes, International Society, and Regional Cooperation in East Asia Pacific Focus 13(2),pp.103-24 (Single)
90.	1998	Article	Agreement, Guidance and Preferences: The U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Dispute Revisited Asian Perspective 22(2),pp.219-41 (Single)
91.	1998	Article	The Politics of Telecommunications Reform in Japan Pacific Economic Papers, Australia-Japan Research Centre, Australian National University, Canberra (280),pp.28 (Single)
92.	1998	Article	Japan's Keidanren and Political Influence on Market Liberalization Asian Survey 38(3),pp.328-45 (Single)
93.	1998	Article	Economic Interdependence and the Making of Trade Policy: Industrial Demand for an Open Market in Japan The Pacific Review 11(1),pp.28-50 (Single)
94.	1997	Article	Business-Government Relations in Japan: The Influence of Business on Policy-Making through Two Routes Asian Perspective 21(2),pp.119-46 (Single)
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■ Academic or professional association memberships

1.		Japan Association of International Relations
2.		Japan Association for Asian Political and Economic Studies

■ Conference presentations

1.	2019/03/28	China-Japan and India-Japan Relations in the Indo-Pacific Era (60th International Studies Association Convention)
2.	2018/07/22	Japan’s Multilateral Diplomacy toward Asia: Significant Shifts from Hatoyama to Abe (25th IPSA World Congress of Political Science)
3.	2017/05/07	Japan’s Multilateral Diplomacy toward Asia: The Change from Hatoyama to Abe (International Workshop, ‘Contested Multilateralism 2.0 and Asia-Pacific Security’)
4.	2016/09/08	China, Japan, and the Geopolitics of Infrastructure Development (Joint East Asian Studies Conference 2016)
5.	2016/03/10	Developing a Trade Architecture Jointly: U.S.-Japan Negotiations on the TPP (International Conference, ‘Tracing the Contours of a Rapidly Changing East Asia: Issues and Perspectives')
6.	2015/09/11	Revisiting ASEAN Centrality in East Asian Regionalism (9th Congress of the Asian Political and International Studies Association)
7.	2014/10/03	Building Cooperative Institutions in East Asia under China’s Ascendency (International Conference, ‘Exploring Global Commons in Asia Pacific: Japan in a Dynamic Region’)
8.	2013/09/06	Evolving Trade Politics in East Asia: The Origin and Development of the RCEP (Joint East Asian Studies Conference 2013)
9.	2011/12/02	The EAS, TPP, and the US Engagement in the Asia-Pacific (Symposium on Engaging the United States: Asia-Pacific Perspectives)
10.	2011/11/24	Hedging, Identity, and Internal Cohesion: The Evolution of Regional Cooperation in Asia (Workshop on G20 Era and Regional Cooperation of Asia: A Search for A Directivity)
11.	2011/11/12	Japan’s Economic Diplomacy in East Asia: Its Evolution and Characteristics (Annual Convention of the Japan Association of International Relations)
12.	2010/11/05	Japan’s China Policy and the Prospect of Regional Order in East Asia (Workshop on the Twin Rise of China and Japan and the Future of the East Asian Order)
13.	2010/03/27	Globalisation, Governance, and Regionalism in Northeast Asia (AAS Annual Meeting)
14.	2008/03/27	China, Japan, and ASEAN in East Asian Regionalism: Diverse Approaches to Regional Integration (49th International Studies Association Convention)
15.	2007/07/31	The Challenge of Globalisation, Business Actors, and the ASEAN Economic Community (ASEAN 40th Anniversary Workshop on Ideas and Institutions: Building an ASEAN Community)
16.	2006/03/30	Japan’s Management of Trade Frictions over Steel with the United States: A Comparative Analysis (Workshop on Managing the American Medusa: Global and Regional Political Economy)
17.	2005/12/08	Japan and Regional Governance in Asia: Expanding Involvement, Stagnated Influence? (Workshop on Governance and Regionalism in Asia)
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.		Regional Cooperation in East Asia (Key Word : regionalism,regional integration,)
2.		Japan's external economic policy (Key Word : trade policy,industrial policy,)