Faculty Information - KASEDA Yoshinori

■ Education

1.	2005/12	〔Doctorial Course〕, Dept of Political Science, Northern Illinois University, Completed
2.	1993/03	Faculty of Literature, Kumamoto University, Graduated,

■ Academic and professional experience

1.	2014/04	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Professor
2.	2007/04～2014/03	University of Kitakyushu Associate Professor
3.	2003/10～2007/03	University of Kitakyushu Associate Professor
4.	2002/04～2003/09	University of Kitakyushu Assistant Professor
5.	2001/03～2002/03	Miyazaki International College Assistance Professor

■ Message

Please try and become someone that can take on board criticism and think about things independently. Make the most of the international learning environment available to you at APU and broaden your horizons.

■ Current specialized field

Politics, International Relations (Key Word：Japan, North Korea, Korean Peninsula, Northeast Asia, International Security, International Politics)

■ Books and theses

1.	2025/03/05	Article	The Trump Administration and the U.S.-North Korea Relations Chihei (April),pp.58-67 (Single)
2.	2024/12/24	Article	A Critical Evaluation of Japan's Security Policy toward China Expert Column, Ritsumeikan University Center for East Asian Peace and Cooperation Studies pp.1-10 (Single)
3.	2024/07/01	Book	Resolutions of the Korean Peninsula Problems: New Approaches pp.352-380 (Collaboration)
4.	2024/01/09	Article	The Kishida Administration's Security Policy: Its Characteristics, Factors, and Problems Northeast Asia Watch 30 (Single)
5.	2023/03	Article	Japan's National Security at a Crossroads: Security Threats to Japan Reconsidered Policy Science 30(3) (Single)
6.	2021/04/15	Book	The Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute pp.125-151 (Collaboration)
7.	2021/03/31	Article	Japan-DPRK Relations and Japan's Security Policy after the Cold War East Asian Studies (28),pp.73-100 (Single)
8.	2021/03	Book	Identity, Culture, and Memory in Japanese Foreign Policy pp.35-62 (Collaboration)
9.	2019/03	Article	The Post-Summit Stalemate of the U.S.-DPRK Relations East Asian Studies (Single)
10.	2017/04	Book	Regional Institutions, Geopolitics and Economics in the Asia-Pacific: Evolving Interests and Strategies pp.93-112 (Collaboration)
11.	2016/11	Book	One Korea: Vision of Korean Unification pp.186-205 (Collaboration)
12.	2015/07	Book	United States Engagement in the Asia Pacific: Perspectives from Asia pp.137-170 (Collaboration)
13.	2015/03	Book	The North Korea Crisis and Regional Responses pp.70-87 (Collaboration)
14.	2015/03	Article	International Economic Factors behind the Japan-DPRK Agreement Ritsumeikan Journal of Korean Studies pp.1-17 (Single)
15.	2014/12	Article	Japan’s troubled relations with China Journal of Turkish Weekly (Single)
16.	2014/03	Book	North Korea and Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia pp.175-198 (Collaboration)
17.	2014/02	Article	Japanese foreign policy under the Abe administration Journal of Turkish Weekly (Single)
18.	2013/03	Article	Japan’s Security Policy towards East Asia Perceptions XVII(4),pp.27-48 (Single)
19.	2012/03	Article	Fukushima and the ‘Peaceful’ Use of Nuclear Technology Asiative 1,pp.28-37 (Single)
20.	2010/08	Article	Japan’s Power Shift and Its DPRK Policy Pacific Focus 25(2),pp.237-256 (Single)
21.	2010/07	Book	Peace Regime Building on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asian Security Cooperation pp.151-176 (Collaboration)
22.	2009/06	Book	North Korea's Foreign Policy under Kim Jong Il pp.209-230 (Collaboration)
23.	2007/11	Book	North Korea's Second Nuclear Crisis and Northeast Asian Security pp.111-131 (Collaboration)
24.	2007/01	Article	Book review: Japan in a Dynamic Asia: coping with the new security challenges, edited by Yoichiro Sato and Satu Limaye International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 71(1),pp.121-123 (Single)
25.	2003/12	Book	The Korean Peace Process and the Four Powers pp.119-140 (Collaboration)
26.	2001/12	Article	The Japanese Security Policy after the Cold War Comparative Culture 7,pp.50-69 (Single)
27.	2001/09	Article	Korea and the Dynamics of Japan's Post-Cold War Security Policy World Affairs 164(2),pp.51-59 (Collaboration)
28.	2001/05	Book	Korea in the 21st Century pp.233-248 (Collaboration)
29.	2000/12	Article	Japanese Security and Peace Regime on the Korean Peninsula International Journal of Korean Unification Studies 9,pp.117-135 (Collaboration)
30.	2000/06	Article	Confidence and Security Building Between South Korea and Japan Journal of Political and Military Sociology 28(1),pp.93-108 (Collaboration)
31.	1999/12	Article	South Korea’s Security Relations with Japan: A View on the Current Trend International Journal of Korean Unification Studies 8,pp.119-145 (Collaboration)
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■ Academic or professional association memberships

1.	2010/06	The Peace Studies Association of Japan
2.	2006/12	Japan Society of East Asian Studies
3.	2006/11	Association for Contemporary Korean Studies in Japan
4.	2001/10	The Japan Association of International Relations

■ Conference presentations

1.	2025/11/29	The Erosion of Japan’s Pacifism: Its Domestic Dimension (Asia Pacific Conference)
2.	2025/07/17	Peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula under the Trump Administration - A Japanese Perspective (The 6th Annual Conference of the International Association for Reconciliation Studies (IARS))
3.	2025/05/23	Japan’s Stance Toward the Cold War on the Korean Peninsula (2025 CIER-Jeju National University Convergence Major in 4.3 Studies International Conference)
4.	2025/04/12	Collective Security in East Asia for Japan
5.	2024/11/30	A Critical Evaluation of Japan’s Doubling of Defense Spending (Asia Pacific Conference)
6.	2024/11/15	Japan's Interests and Objectives regarding the Japan-US-ROK “Military Alliance” (2024　Peace Solidarity Northeast Asia International Academic Conference)
7.	2024/05/10	Japan's Security Policy under the Kishida Administration: Its Problems and Alternatives (Korean Studies and Contending Issues between Mongolia and Korea)
8.	2024/03/08	North Korea's Role in the Transformation of Japan's Pacifism (The 12th Monthly Presentation of the Research on the Structure of the Long Cold War)
9.	2023/11/17	岸田政権の安全保障政策 (2023 “Peace in Northeast Asia” International Academic Exchange Symposium)
10.	2023/09/08	Japan's position on peacebuilding in Northeast Asia (The 2nd Academic Conference of Asian Peace and History Research Institute/Kyushu Korean Researchers Forum)
11.	2023/05/11	Japan's Reluctance to Support the Declaration to End the Korean War (2022-23 Inha CIS K-Academic, 6th Colloquium)
12.	2023/02/18	Should Japan strengthen its deterrence capabilities? (Japan Society of East Asian Studies, the 94th regular research seminar)
13.	2022/05/28	Japan-DPRK Relations and Japan's Security Policy after the Cold War (Japan Society of East Asian Studies, the 30th Anniversary Convention)
14.	2021/05/26	The U.S.-DPRK relations after their summit meetings and Japan
15.	2021/02/09	Japan's policy toward North Korea: characteristics and problems
16.	2019/05/30	A Japanese Perspective on Japan-U.S.-ROK cooperation
17.	2019/05/26	Japan's value-based diplomacy toward South and North Korea
18.	2019/05/17	Japan’s Security Policy under the Abe Administration (Emerging Political and Economic Issues in Northeast Asia)
19.	2018/12/13	The U.S.-DPRK Relations after their Summit and Japan (Japan-ROK-PRC Joint International Conference: The New Phase of the North Korean Nuclear Problem and Northeast Asia in Turbulence)
20.	2018/12/02	The Factors behind Japan's New Security Posture (The 16th Asia-Pacific Conference)
21.	2018/11/30	A Scrutiny of Japan's Re-militarization (The Asia-Pacific International Workshop: "National Identity and Japanese Revisionism")
22.	2018/06/02	Kim Jong Un: Prospects for Denuclearization (The Society of East Asian Studies, the 28th Annual Convention)
23.	2018/04/20	North Korea's Nuclear Development and the U.S.-Japan Responses (The 2nd Yonsei CARIFS International Conference)
24.	2018/04/04	Japan's Response to North Korea's Military Expansion under Kim Jong-un (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
25.	2017/10/27	The Abe Administration's Response to North Korea's Nuclear Development (ROK-Japan-PRC Joint International Conference on Situations on (New) Initiatives for dealing with security issues in Northeast Asia and inter-Korean relations)
26.	2017/06/17	Japan and Peace Regime Building in Northeast Asia (International Studies Association International Convention)
27.	2017/05/29	US-Japan Relations under the Trump Administration (第35回専門家招請懇談会)
28.	2017/04/17	Japan’s Self-Restraint on Takeshima (The Asia-Pacific International Workshop: “Regional Conflicts and Integration in East Asia”)
29.	2017/02/20	Japan's Policy Orientation: Characteristics and Challenges (Japan-South Korea Joint Workshop on Northeast Asia and Japan-Korean Relations in the Age of Trump)
30.	2016/06/18	Northeast Asia's regional conditions and Japan’s Security Policy (PRC-ROK-Japan Joint International Conference on Situations on Changes of North Korean Situations and Regional Security of Northeast Asia)
31.	2015/12/10	Influence of the Changes in Economic Relations (Roundtable on Korean Peninsula Affairs)
32.	2015/11/07	A Critical Evaluation of Japanese Foreign Policy (13th AP Conference)
33.	2015/04/30	Transformation of Japan’s Stance toward China (13th Joint Conference between CIS, Inha Univ.-SFS, National Univ. of Mongolia)
34.	2015/02/21	The Future of Japan-ROK-DPRK Trilateral Relations (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
35.	2015/01/10	Economic Factors behind the Japan-ROK-US Security Cooperation (Workshop: Regional Integration (Geoeconomics) and Geopolitics in East Asia)
36.	2014/12/12	Transformation of North Korea’s Economic Relations (Six University Annual Conference: “Are we building a safer Asia–Pacific?”)
37.	2014/10/30	The Japan-DPRK Agreement and its Prospects: with a Focus on its Relations with the Two Koreas (ROK-PRC-Japan Joint International Conference on Situations on the Korean Peninsula after the Onset of the Kim Jong Un Regime)
38.	2014/03/26	Japan and Korean Unification Strategies (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
39.	2013/06/06	Peace and Security in Northeast Asia and Japan (International Consultation on Asia's Human Security Challenges)
40.	2012/11/29	Japan and East Asian Security (New Alliance and Security Cooperation in the 21st Century in Asia)
41.	2012/04/03	Transformation of Japan's Security Policy (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
42.	2011/09	Northeast Asian Security and Peace Regime Building (中国長春韓国学研究所、大連市人民政府民族文化研究室共催研究会)
43.	2011/03/19	Japan's Role for a Northeast Asian Peace and Security System (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
44.	2010/08/13	Japanese PKO: Problems and Prospects (2010 DMZ Peace Congress)
45.	2010/02/20	Japan and the Stalled Six-Party Talks (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
46.	2009/02/18	Japan's Role in the Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Building Process (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
47.	2008/06/22	Japan's policy toward North Korea since 2000 (The Twelfth Asian Studies Conference Japan)
48.	2008/03/28	Diplomatic Normalization between the DPRK and Japan: Pyongyang's Perspective (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
49.	2007/08	The DPRK-Japan Normalization Process (The World Congress for Korean Studies 2007)
50.	2006/03/22	Japan and North Korea’s Nuclear Crisis (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
51.	2005/03/05	Economic Motivations behind Japan's Military Expansion (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
52.	2002/02/28	Japan and Two Koreas in the Korean Peace-Building Process (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
53.	2001/07/28	Evolving Japan's Security Policy Toward Korea (International Studies Association Annual International Convention)
54.	2000/10/06	Japan's New Security Posture in the Post Cold War Era (Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs Annual Meeting)
55.	2000/03/17	Japanese Security and the Korean Peninsula: Between Liberal Hopes and Realist Fears (International Studies Association Annual Convention)
56.	1999/11/05	South Korea's Democratic Transition and Economic Crisis (Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting)
57.	1999/09/04	Security Relations between South Korea and Japan (American Political Science Association Annual Meeting)
58.	1997/09/27	U.S. Trade Relations with East Asia: Changes and Prospects (Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs Annual Meeting)
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.		Japan's national security, international politics of Northeast Asia, North Korea's nuclear weapons development (Key Word : Japan, Northeast Asia, Secutiy)
2.	2018～2020	The Factors behind Japan's New Security Posture (Key Word : )

■ Educational ability

● Practice example of education method
1.	2018/04/01	Educational Efforts
2.	2017/04/01	Educational Efforts
3.	2016/04/01	Educational efforts
4.	2015/04/01	Educational efforts
5.	2014/04/01～2018/12/01	Teaching methods

■ Professional contribution to Society

1.	2024/12	Japan's 'security' and the Peace in East Asia
2.	2019/12	Public Lecture, "How should Japan deal with the Korean Peninsula"
3.	2019/11	Public Lecture: "Current Affairs of the Korean Peninsula and Problems with Japan's diplomacy
4.	2019/10	Presentation at a Japan-Korea Exchange Meeting, "The current status of Japan-Korea relations"
5.	2019/10～2019/10	Member of the Executive Committee for a Japan-Korea Exchange Meeting in Oita City
6.	2018/11～2018/11	Planning and holding an international academic workshop
7.	2018/11～2018/11	Public Lecture
8.	2018/11～2018/11	Public Lecture
9.	2018/10～2018/10	Public Lecture
10.	2018/07～2018/07	Public Lecture
11.	2018/06～2018/06	Provision of professional views to media
12.	2017/10～2017/10	Provision of professional views to media
13.	2017/03～2017/03	Provision of professional views to media
14.	2016/09～2016/09	Provision of professional views to media
15.	2016/07～2016/07	Provision of professional views to media
16.	2016/01～2016/01	Provision of professional views to media
17.	2015/09～2015/09	Provision of professional views to media
18.	2014/11～2014/11	APU Public Lectures
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