Faculty Information - TAKEKAWA Shunichi

■ Education

1.	2001/08～2008/05	〔Doctorial Course〕 Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science, Graduate School University of Hawaii, Completed
2.	1999/08～2001/05	〔Master Course〕 Comparative Politics, Department of Political Science, Graduate School Wichita State University, Completed

■ Academic and professional experience

1.	2018/04～2021/03	the College of Asia Pacific Studies Associate Dean
2.	1988/04～1997/01	Mainichi Shimbun (Japan) Staff Editor and Reporter

■ Message

Although the media seems as though it has become just another part of our daily lives, let’s reexamine the role the media plays in politics and society, and consider the issues that are raised as a result. Together let’s develop your media literacy.

■ Current specialized field

Politics, Media & Journalism Studies (Key Word：Media and politics, Newspaper (national, local, community papers), News framing analysis, Journalism, Japanese Politics, Nationalism, Popular Culture)

■ Books and theses

1.	2016/09	Book	Japan after 3/11: Global Perspectives on the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Fukushima Meltdown edited by Pradyumna P. Karan et al. pp.251-268 (Chapter 12) (Collaboration)
2.	2016/06	Other	Book Review of The Comfort Women: Sexual Violence and Postcolonial Memory in Korea and Japan, by C. Sarah Soh (Single)
3.	2015/10	Book	Routledge Handbook of Memory and Reconciliation in East Asia, edited by Kim Mikyoung pp.79-94 (Chapter 5) (Single)
4.	2014/12	Book	Japanese Journalism and the Japanese Newspaper, edited by Anthony Rausch pp.217-239 (Single)
5.	2013/02	Article	Fusing Nationalisms in Postwar Japan: The Battleship Yamato and Popular Culture electronic journal of contemporary japanese studies 12(3) (Single)
6.	2012/09	Article	Drawing a Line between Peaceful and Military Uses of Nuclear Power: The Japanese Press, 1945 - 1955 The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 10(37) (Single)
7.	2012/03	Book	Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa-An Encyclopedia: Volume 3 (East & Southeast Asia), edited by Peter J. Seybolt pp.378-380 (Single)
8.	2007/04	Article	Forging Nationalism from Pacifism and Internationalism: An Analysis of New Year’s Day Editorials in Asahi and Yomiuri, 1953-2005 Social Science Japan Journal 10(1),pp.59-80 (Single)
9.	2006/05	Book	Fairness, Globalization, and Public Institutions, edited by Jim Dator, Dick Pratt, and Yongseok Seo pp.219-248 (Collaboration)
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■ Academic or professional association memberships

1.	2004/10	Japan Society for Journalism and Mass Communication Studies
2.	2003/04	Association for Asian Studies
3.	2011/11	International Communication Association
4.	2010/05	International Studies Association

■ Conference presentations

1.	2023/12/03	(Asia Pacific Conference 2024)
2.	2022/12/03	Supporters for Nuclear Abolition or Deterrence?: What the Japanese Conservative Newspapers Discussed on Atomic-Bomb Day (Asia Pacific Conference 2022)
3.	2022/03/27	How Differently Yomiuri and Sankei Shinbun view the Sino-Japanese and Asia Pacific Wars: A Study of the Pacifism and the Commemoration of War Dead Embraced by Conservative Newspapers in Japan (Association for Asian Studies 2022 Annual Conference)
4.	2021/12/05	Value-oriented Diplomacy and Major Newspapers in Japan: Divided Conservatives and a Frustrated Liberal (Asia Pacific Conference 2021)
5.	2020/11/15	Why and How a Conservative Newspaper in Japan Embraces Democracy: A Study of Editorials of Sankei from 1950s to 2000s (18th Asia Pacific Conference)
6.	2019/12/01	Anti-Mass Media Sentiments as Populism: Why Has Asahi Newspaper Been Attacked? (17th Asia Pacific Conference)
7.	2018/03/23	Realist and Reactionary Conservatives in Japan: Their Different Views on the Constitution, the Military and Peace, and the Emperor and Popular Sovereignty (Association for Asian Studies 2018 Annual Conference)
8.	2016/06/26	Conservative Newspapers, the Postwar Constitution, and the Reconstruction of Japanese National Identity (ISA Asia-Pacific Conference 2016, Hong Kong)
9.	2016/03/31	Fruitless Controversy over the Comfort Women and Japan-South Korea Relations: A Critical Analysis of Major Newspapers (Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Seattle)
10.	2014/04/04	Rivalry among Major Newspapers in Japan on the “Comfort Women” Issue (Center for Japanese Studies Seminar Series)
11.	2013/06/29	Newspapers and the Earthquake and Tsunami Recovery and Reconstruction in Iwate Prefecture (The 17th Asian Studies Conference Japan)
12.	2012/10/19	The Social Structures of Victimization of Fukushima Residents (International Symposium — The 2011 Japanese Tsunami: Disaster, Response, and Recovery)
13.	2012/03/18	Major Newspapers and Nuclear Energy Policy in Japan: Why They Supported and Are divided Today (Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference)
14.	2011/04/03	Nationalisms in Battleship Yamato Featured Stories: How the Japanese Have Entertained Conflicting Ideas for Postwar National Identity Construction (The Special Joint Conference of the Association for Asian Studies and the International Convention of Asian Scholars)
15.	2011/03/17	Teaching International Politics in Multinational Classroom: Popular Films as Pedagogical Aid (The International Studies Association 2011 Convention)
16.	2010/10/03	Teaching International Politics in Multinational Classroom: Popular Films as Pedagogical Aid (The Asian Conference on Media and Mass Communication)
17.	2009/10/18	Rivalry of Japanese Major Newspapers and Politicization of War History: An Analysis of Asahi's and Yomiuri's Editorials and News Articles of the Abe Cabinet and the Comfort Women Issue, 2006-2007 (Tohoku University Global COE Hagi Seminar 2009)
18.	2008/06/21	Asahi's and Yomiuri's New Framing: A Study Applied Entman's Content Analysis Method (The Japan Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication Spring Conference 2008)
19.	2007/09/02	A Japanese Style of News Framing: How the Two Major Newspapers Used the Murders of Japanese Diplomats in Iraq for Their Ideological Competition (2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association)
20.	2005/03/31	Competing Nationalisms in Postwar Japan: New Year’s Day Editorials in National Dailies, 1953-2004 (Association for Asian Studies 57th Annual Meeting)
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.	2016	Conservative Major Newspapers and the Constitution of Japan (Key Word : )
2.	2016	Comparative studies of major newspaper's editorials and news articles in Japan and South Korea regarding the project of Korean residents' exodus to North Korea (Key Word : Japan, Republic of Korea, South Korea, major newspapers, North Korea)
3.	2012	Community Media and Great East Japan Earthquake & Tsunami (Key Word : Journalism, Natural Disaster)
4.	2004	Media and Politics in Japan (Key Word : Media,Politics,Japan)
5.	2004	National Newspapers and Nationalism in Japan (Key Word : National Newspapers, Nationalism,Japan)

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