Basic Information

Faculty

• 国際高等教育院
• 法学部

Professional Memberships

• European Consortium of Political Research
• European Association of Japanese Studies
• JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR COMPARATIVE POLITICS
• JAPANESE POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
• THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Academic Degree

• ＭＰｈiｌ(ケンブリッジ大学)
• Ｐｈ．Ｄ．(ケンブリッジ大学)

Language of Instruction

• English
• Swedish

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  201401038988005040

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/7000009516

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Research Topics

  party systems, party organizations, local politics, ideology, decentralization、regional inequality

• Overview of the research

  I have three main research projects ongoing. The first is a cross-national analysis of regional strongholds for statewide parties to better explain why territorial factors persist in electoral competition. The second is a research program trying to explain populism and identity politics at the local level in Japan, particularly focused on Osaka, Tokyo and Okinawa prefectures. The third is an investigation into recent local governance reforms in Japan by analyzing the conceptions of local democracy used to justify and rationalize local assembly reform.

Research Interests

• Elections
• Central local relations
• Party organization
• Decentralization
• Local Government

Research Areas

• Humanities & social sciences, Politics, Local Government

Papers

• The politics of depopulation in Japanese municipalities: Ideas and underlying ideologies

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

  Contemporary Japan, 27 Mar. 2023, Peer-reviewed

  
• Multi-level muddling: Candidate strategies to “nationalize” local elections

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino; Hideo Ishima

  Electoral Studies, Apr. 2021, Peer-reviewed

  
• Local Government in Japan

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

  The Oxford Handbook of Japanese Politics, 13 Jan. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• What drives Japanese regional elections? Multilevel factors and partisan independents

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

  Regional & Federal Studies, 22 Nov. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Invited

  
• Identity politics in Okinawan elections: the emergence of regional populism.

  Hijino; Ken Victor Leonard; Gabriel Vogt

  Japan Forum, Sep. 2019, Peer-reviewed

  
• Party Ideologies and Regional Inequality: An Analysis of Party Manifestos in Japan

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino; Chris Winkler

  Asian Studies Review,, Sep. 2018, Peer-reviewed

  
• Local politics in Japan: The old guard strikes back

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

  Asian Survey, 01 Oct. 2016, Peer-reviewed

  
• Bamboo Shoots and Weak Roots: Organizational Expansion of New Parties in Japan

  Ken Hijino

  JAPANESE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, Sep. 2015, Peer-reviewed

  
• Intra-party conflicts over gubernatorial campaigns in Japan: Delegation or franchise?

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

  PARTY POLITICS, Jan. 2014, Peer-reviewed

  
• Liabilities of partisan labels: Independents in Japanese local elections

  Ken Victor L. Hijino

  Social Science Japan Journal, Feb. 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• The Emergence of Local Parties and the Electoral Strategies of Local Assembly Candidates: From an Analysis of Local Candidates' Official Election Pamphlets

  Yosuke Sunahara; Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

  Leviathan, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Delinking national and local party systems: New parties in japanese local elections

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

  Journal of East Asian Studies, 2013, Peer-reviewed

  
• Decentralisation without Democracy: Assembly Failure in Japanese Municipalities

  Kenvictorleonard Hijino

  Cambridge University Faculty of Oriental Studies, Nov. 2009, Peer-reviewed

  

Misc.

• Nihon no chihō seifu: 1700 jichitai no jitai to kadai (Japan’s Local Governments: The State and Challenges of 1700 Municipalities)

  Ken Victor Leonard HIJINO

  Social Science Japan Journal, 18 Mar. 2021

  

Presentations

• 'Nationalising' Local Elections and 'Localising' National Elections: Japanese Candidate Manifestos in a Multilevel Context

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

  ECPR General Conference University of Wrocław, Wrocław 4 - 7 September 2019, 05 Sep. 2019

  
• Identity Politics in Okinawan Elections: The Emergence of Regional Populism

  Ken Hijino; Gabriele Vogt

  IPSA/AISP 25th World Congress of Political Science Brisbane/Australia, July 21-25, 2018, 25 Jul. 2018

  
• Directly-elected Executives and Manifesto Coordination Across Levels: the Case of Japan

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino

  IPSA/AISP 25th World Congress of Political Science Brisbane/Australia, July 21-25, 2018, 24 Jul. 2018

  
• Legislative Turnover and Multilevel Party Organizatoins: Canada as an Outlier

  Kenvictorleonard Hijino

  比較政治学会第２０回大会, Jun. 2017

  
• Local Politics and National Policy

  Kenvictorleonard Hijino

  Nordic Association of Japanese Politics 2017, May 2017

  
• Campaigning against Tokyo: Intra-party Conflicts over Policy Programs in Japan

  Kenvictorleonard Hijino

  2015年日本選挙学会 地方部会, May 2015, Invited

  
• Campaigning against Tokyo: Multi-level Intra-party Policy Conflicts in the LDP

  Kenvictorleonard Hijino

  Association of Asian Studies 2015 Chicago conference, Mar. 2015, Invited

  
• 地域政党の根の下し方

  HIJINO,Ken Victor Leonard

  2013年度 日本行政学会, May 2013, Invited

  
• 地方政党の台頭と選挙政治

  HIJINO,Ken Victor Leonard

  2011年度日本選挙学会総会, May 2011

  

Books and Other Publications

• Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino, Joint work, Types of Local Governments’ Intervention to National Politics/Central-Local Cooperation and Antagonism by Political Parties and Government

  Springer, 2018, Not refereed

  
• Local Politics and National Policy: Multilevel Conlifcts in Japan and Beyond

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino, Single work

  Routledge, May 2017, Not refereed

  
• Power in Contemporary Japan

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino, Joint work, Selling the Idea of Local Power: Decentralization Reforms Since 1990s

  Palgrave Macmillan, Jul. 2016, Not refereed

  
• Japan Decides 2014

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino, Joint work, Chapter 16: Regional inequality in 2014: Urgent Issue, Tepid Politics

  Palgrave, Oct. 2015, Not refereed

  
• Japan's Local Democracy

  Ken Victor Leonard Hijino, Single work, 石見豊訳

  芦書房, 2015, Not refereed

  
• Sasakwa Ryoichi: Sugamo Diary

  Kenvictorleonard Hijino, Single translation

  London: Hurst Publishing, 2010, Not refereed

  

External funds: Kakenhi

• Electoral Coordination in a Multi-level Context: Analysis of Candidate Manifestos in Japanese Subnational Elections

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Basic Section 06010:Politics-related

  Kyoto University

  Hijino Ken

  From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2024, Granted

  sunbnational elections;manifestos;multilevel;second order;decentralization;ideology;local elections;party organizations

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20K01445/
• A Cross-National Analysis of Regional Strongholds for Statewide Parties

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

  Kyoto University

  Ken Hijino

  From 01 Apr. 2017, To 31 Mar. 2020, Project Closed

  Nationalization;Party systems;Electoral reform;Multilevel;Strongholds;Political Science;Party system;Party organizations;Electoral systems;Decentralization;Campaigning;Party organization;Political science

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-17K03536/
• Comparative study on legislative turnover rate

  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

  Kyoto University

  MASAHIKO TATEBAYASHI

  From 01 Apr. 2015, To 31 Mar. 2019, Project Closed

  政党政治;政党組織;政党システム;政権交代;議院内閣制;議員交代率

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-15H03311/
• Ideational Analysis of Decentralization in Developed Demcoracies

  Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

  Kyoto University

  Ken Hijino

  From 29 Aug. 2014, To 31 Mar. 2016, Project Closed

  Discourse;Decentralization;Party Politics;Ideology;Regional Inequality;Political Science;Regional inequality

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-26885038/

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Professional Writing

  3030, Spring, School of Government, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Japanese Politics-E2

  H929, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Japan's Political Economy-E2

  H928, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Local Government in Comparative Perspective-E2

  H952, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Democracy in Crisis-E2

  H948, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  1823, Spring, Faculty of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Professional Writing

  A907, Spring, Graduate School of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Professional Writing

  6740, Spring, Graduate School of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Professional Writing

  3030, Spring, School of Government, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Local Government in Comparative Perspective-E2

  H952, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Democracy in Crisis-E2

  H948, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Japanese Politics-E2

  H929, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Japan's Political Economy-E2

  H928, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Comparative Territorial Politics - Special Seminar

  B817, Year-long, Graduate School of Law, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  1823, Fall, Faculty of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Professional Writing

  B912, Spring, Graduate School of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Professional Writing

  A907, Spring, Graduate School of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  Professional Writing

  6740, Spring, Graduate School of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Democracy in Crisis-E2

  H948, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Local Government in Comparative Perspective-E2

  H952, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  1823, Fall, Faculty of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Japanese Politics-E2

  H929, Fall, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  English Presentation

  A906, Fall, Graduate School of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Comparative Territorial Politics - Special Seminar

  B817, Year-long, Graduate School of Law, 4
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  English Presentation

  B911, Fall, Graduate School of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  Japan's Political Economy-E2

  H928, Spring, Institute for Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  English Presentation

  6720, Fall, Graduate School of Law, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023

  English Presentation

  3040, Fall, School of Government, 2
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  Fall, 法学部
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  English Presentation

  Spring, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  Japan's Political Economy

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  Japanese Politics

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2014, To Mar. 2015

  Modern Classics in Comparative Politics

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  English Presentation

  Spring, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  Japanese Politics

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  Japan's Political Economy

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  Modern Classics in Political Science

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  Fall, 法学部
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  English Presentation

  Spring, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  Japanese Politics-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  Japan's Political Economy-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  Modern Classics in Political Science-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2016, To Mar. 2017

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  Fall, 法学部
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  English Presentation

  Spring, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Japanese Politics-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Japan's Political Economy-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Modern Classics in Political Science-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Professional Writing

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2017, To Mar. 2018

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  Fall, 法学部
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  English Presentation

  Spring, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  English Presentation

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Japanese Politics-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Japan's Political Economy-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Modern Classics in Political Science-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2018, To Mar. 2019

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  Spring, 法学部
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Japanese Politics-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Japan's Political Economy-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Modern Classics in Political Science-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2019, To Mar. 2020

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  Spring, 法学部
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Democracy in Crisis-E2 :Government of, by, and for whom?

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  English Presentation

  Fall, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  English Presentation

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  English Presentation

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Japanese Politics-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Japan's Political Economy-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Comparative Territorial Politics - Special Seminar B

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ　Ｐｒｅｓｅｎｔａｔｉｏｎ

  Fall, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  Fall, 法学部
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Democracy in Crisis-E2 :Government of, by, and for whom?

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Japanese Politics-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Japan's Political Economy-E2

  Spring, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Local Government in Comparative Perspective-E2

  Fall, 全学共通科目
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 公共政策教育部
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Professional Writing

  Spring, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Ｐｒｏｆｅｓｓｉｏｎａｌ　Ｗｒｉｔｉｎｇ

  Spring, 法学研究科（法科大学院）
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Comparative Territorial Politics - Special Seminar B

  Fall, 法学研究科
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022

  Special Lecture - Japanese Politics from a Comparative Perspective

  Fall, 法学部

Participation in PhD Defense

• 三新法制定の歴史的制度論の観点からの考察に基づく単一国家における地方自治制度創設過程の検討

  MATSUTANI AKIRA, Graduate School of Law, Chief Examiner

  23 Mar. 2023

Administration

School management (title, position)

• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  国際高等教育院 企画評価専門委員会 英語部会 委員
• From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024

  大学院教育支援機構 大学院共通・横断教育企画評価専門委員会 英語部会 委員