OTANI Takeo

Research Fellow / The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)

E-mail: otani[at]jiiaorjp

JIIA Project

Center for Territory and History

Research Interests

International Relations, Conflict Processes, Status, Japan－South Korea Relations

Education

Ph. D. Candidate, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University
Master of Laws (March 2022, Hitotsubashi University)
Bachelor of Laws (March 2016, Hitotsubashi University)

Professional Experience

Sep 2023 - Dec 2023 Japan's Foreign Policy Making TA (Hitotsubashi University School of International and Public Policy)
Apr 2023 - May 2023 Modern International Society and Politics TA (Hitotsubashi University)
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023 RA, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Mori Arinori Institute for Higher Education and Global Mobility, Hitotsubashi University)
Sep 2022 - Oct 2022 International Security TA (Hitotsubashi University)
Sep 2021 - Oct 2021 International Security TA (Hitotsubashi University)
Apr 2016 - Jul 2019 Staff Writer (The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Publications

• “Transition to Antagonism between Japan and South Korea: Focusing on the Misrecognition of Rising Status,” The Journal of Next-Generation Humanities and Social Sciences, (19) 19-35, Mar 2023 (Peer-reviewed)
• “Improvement in Status Perceptions and Policy Change of Emerging States: A Case of South Korean Diplomacy in Japan-South Korea Relations during the early 2010s,” Christianity and Culture, (18) 247-280, Dec 2022 (Peer-reviewed)

Presentations

• “Inconsistency between Multilateral and Bilateral Dimensions in Status Recognition,” The 2023 Annual Convention of the Japan Association of International Relations (JAIR), Nov 12, 2023
• “The Intersubjective Condition of Japan-South Korea Conflict: Focusing on the “Status Inconsistency” in the early 2010s,” Japan Korea Next Generation Academic Forum 19th International Academic Conference, Aug 20, 2022
• “Status Equalization and International Conflict: Rethinking the Mechanism of Deteriorating Relationship between Japan and South Korea over History Issue,” The 2021 Annual Convention of the Japan Association of International Relations (JAIR), Oct 31, 2021
• “Unraveling the “Asian Paradox”: An Answer to the Theoretical Challenge in Explaining Conflict and Cooperation in Japan-South Korea Relations,” Korea, China, and Japan next-generation seminar: Korea, China and Japan graduate student panel, Korea-China-Japan International Conference, Korean Association of International Studies (KAIS), Jul 2, 2021

Associations/Memberships

• The Japan Association of International Relations (JAIR)
• International Studies Association (ISA)