Visiting Professor, Professor (Daito Bunka University Faculty of Law Department of Political Science)
Shinji Kawana
International Politics, Security Theory, U.S. Military Bases, Ownership Theory
Born in 1979. Ph.D. in International Politics.
He was a visiting professor at Hiroshima University and a specially appointed fellow at the Center for Research and Development Strategy at the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Prior to assuming his current position, he was a professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Institute of Science Tokyo.
He specializes in U.S. overseas base policy. He is the author of “U.S. bases in Japan: U.S. Forces and UN Forces, 80 Years of ‘Two Faces’” (Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2024) and “Base Politics: Origins of Postwar U.S. Overseas Base Expansion Policy” (Hakuto-Shobo, 2012, Saeki Kiichi Prize), “The Disappearance of Bases 1968-1973: U.S. Base ‘Withdrawal’ Policy in Mainland Japan” (Keiso Shobo, 2020, Inoki Masamichi Award Special Prize), “Why Must the Base Be in Okinawa” (Chikumashobo, 2022), etc.
He was a visiting professor at Hiroshima University and a specially appointed fellow at the Center for Research and Development Strategy at the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST). Prior to assuming his current position, he was a professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Institute of Science Tokyo.
He specializes in U.S. overseas base policy. He is the author of “U.S. bases in Japan: U.S. Forces and UN Forces, 80 Years of ‘Two Faces’” (Chuokoron-Shinsha, 2024) and “Base Politics: Origins of Postwar U.S. Overseas Base Expansion Policy” (Hakuto-Shobo, 2012, Saeki Kiichi Prize), “The Disappearance of Bases 1968-1973: U.S. Base ‘Withdrawal’ Policy in Mainland Japan” (Keiso Shobo, 2020, Inoki Masamichi Award Special Prize), “Why Must the Base Be in Okinawa” (Chikumashobo, 2022), etc.