TANIGUCHI MASAKI
Graduate School of Public Policy
The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo
Tokyo 113-0033+81-3-5841-3131
Email: taniguchi@j.u-tokyo.ac.jp
CURRICULUM VITAEEDUCATION
LL.B.
Ph.D.

The University of Tokyo, 1993.
The University of Tokyo, 2003 (Political Science).

EMPLOYMENT
1993-1996
1996-20092009-present
2022-2024
2024-present

Research Associate, The University of Tokyo.
Associate Professor of Political Science, The University of Tokyo.
Professor of Political Science, The University of Tokyo.
Chair, School of Legal and Political Studies, The University of Tokyo.
Professor and Vice Dean, Graduate School of Public Policy, The
University of Tokyo.

MEMBERSHIP AND AWARDS
President's Award for Good Practice in Online Teaching, the University of Tokyo, 2021.
Board Member, Public Policy Studies Association Japan, 2018-2024.
Outstanding Professor Award, Graduate School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo,
2014.
Article of the Year Award, Public Policy Studies Association Japan, 2012.
Board Member, Japanese Political Science Association, 2006-2010.
Chair of the International Exchange Committee, 2006-2008.
Reform Committee, 2005-2006.
Editorial Board, 2003-2006.

Program Committee, 1998-1999.
Board Member, Association of Japanese Political Studies, 2003-2007.
Editor-in-Chief, 2003-2007.
Director of the 20th World Congress Organizing Committee, International PoliticalScience Association, 2003-2006.
Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, 2000-2002.
Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
2000-2002.
PUBLICATIONS(Books)
Will AI Depen Democracy? A Survey Experiment on Funding for Fertility Decline (coauthored with Sosuke Suzuki and Yuki Takenaka), Tokyo: Nippon Institute for
Research Advancement, 2024. *Political Communication in Japan (co-authored with Shoko Omori), Tokyo: Nippon
Institute for Research Advancement, 2023. *Political Science 2nd edition (co-edited with Yoshie Kawade), Tokyo: University of Tokyo
Press, 2022. *Bias in Internet Surveys (co-authored with Shoko Omori), Tokyo: Nippon Institute forResearch Advancement, 2022. *Economy, Socio-Culture and Globalization (co-edited with Jiro Mizushima), Tokyo:Nippon Institute for Research Advancement, 2021. *Representative Democracy in Japan: Voters and Politicians, Tokyo: University of TokyoPress, 2020. *Digital Democracy Coming! (co-edited with George Shishido) , Tokyo: Chūō KōronShinsha, 2020. *The Essence of Populism: Can We Overcome Political Alienation? (co-edited with JiroMizushima), Tokyo: Chūō Kōron Shinsha, 2018.
Towards a "Developed" Country in Settling Issues, ed. Tokyo: Nippon Institute for
Research Advancement, 2017. *Politics and Mass Media, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2015. *A Theory of Party Support, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2012. *Political Science (co-edited with Yoshie Kawade), Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press,2012. *

Changing Media, Changing Politics (co-edited with Samuel Popkin and Ikuo Kabashima),
Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2008. *Electoral Reform in Japan, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 2004. *Politics and Democracy (co-edited with Arihiro Fukuda), Tokyo: University of TokyoPress, 2002. *Representatives and Money: A Report of National Political Funding Research (co-editedwith Takeshi Sasaki, Shin'ichi Yoshida, and Shuji Yamamoto), Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun,
1999. *The U.S.-Japan Trade Relationship: Its Structure and Transfiguration, Tokyo: Universityof Tokyo Press, 1997. * #(Selected Articles)"The 2022 House of Councilors Election: Data shows voters leaning to the right" (coauthored), Sekai 962 (September, 2022), pp.142-151. *"Voter Turnout Bias in Social Surveys," (co-authored with Shoko Omori), NIRA Working
Paper, No.5 (June, 2022). *"Detecting Voter Understanding of Ideological Labels Using a Conjoint Experiment,"(co-authored with Hirofumi Miwa and Reiko Arami), Political Behavior, forthcoming.
"Predictable Crises Shape Public Opinion: Evidence from the COVID-19 NaturalExperiment" (co-authored with Takaaki Asano, Tomoki Kaneko, Shoko Omori, andShusuke Takamiya), Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 31(S1): 311-320.
"Political Maturity of Japanese Adolescents in Terms of Ideology," (co-authored withHirofumi Miwa), Public Choice Studies 75 (March, 2021), pp.81-101. *"Representative Democracy in Contemporary Japan: An Introduction," in Takeshi Sasakied., Comparing Parliamentary Cabinet Systems, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2019,
pp.120-145. *"The 2017 UTokyo-Asahi Survey" (co-authored), Kokka Gakkai Zasshi 131(9-10): 5181.
"Heterogeneity in Voter Perceptions of Party Competition in Multidimensional Space:
Evidence from Japan" (co-authored with Miwa Hirofumi), International PoliticalScience Review, 38(5) (November, 2017), pp.673-689.
"How can Japan Overcome Two-fold Political Alienation?," Chūō Kōron 131(5) (April,2017), pp.118-125. *"The 2016 House of Councilors Election: Abe’s political savings" (co-authored), Sekai
887 (October, 2016), pp.117-127. *"On the Meaning of Journalism and the Methods to Perfect It?" Journalism 311 (April,2016), pp.67-73. *"The Multi-Store Model for Economic Voting: Rome Wasn't Built in a Day," ElectoralStudies 41(1) (March, 2016), pp.179-189.
"Left–Right Cleavages in Japan (2003–2014): Using Politician and Voter Surveys,"Leviathan 57 (October, 2015), pp.9-24. *"Democrats, Independents, and Labor Unions," Rōdō Chōsa 542 (June, 2015), pp.4-9. *"Why did the Seat Prediction Fail?" Journalism 299 (April, 2015), pp.68-75. *"The 2014 General Election: LDP’s Landslide Victory without Enthusiasm," (coauthored), Sekai 867 (March, 2015), pp.188-197. *"On A Theory of Party Support," Leviathan 55 (October, 2014), pp.178-181. *"The Attitude of Politicians and Citizens toward the Right to Collective Self-defense,"Gakushikai Kaihō 903 (November, 2013), pp.29-33. *"Mass Media after the Regime Change: Japanese Confidence in Newspaper," in Jun Iioed., Regime Change and Party Politics, Chūōkōron Shinsha, 2013, pp.237-261. *"The 2012 General Election and the 2013 House of Councilors Election: Where did theDPJ voters go?" (co-authored), Sekai 849 (November, 2013), pp.220-229. *"Political Funds and Electoral Campaign Reform," in Takeshi Sasaki ed., Heisei
Democracy: The 25 Years History of Political Reforms, Kōdansha, 2013, pp.68-77. *"Party Position Change in Japan: 2003-2009" (co-authored), in Japanese Political Science
Association and Korean Political Science Association eds., Governmental Changes andParty Political Dynamics in Korea and Japan, Bokutakusha, 2012, pp.87-109.
"Politics of Polls," in Osamu Kawasaki ed., Tsutaeru: Politics of Communications andTraditions, Fūkōsha, 2012, pp.91-118. *"Institutional Reforms," in Takeshi Sasaki and Masato Shimizu eds., Seminar inContemporary Japanese Politics, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Shuppansha, 2011, pp.225261. *"The Electoral Consequences of Candidate Appearances on Soft News Programs,"
Political Communication 28(1) (March, 2011), pp.67-86.
"The 2010 House of Councilors Election : Cold Winds Blowing on the DPJ," (coauthored), Sekai 809 (October, 2010), pp.58-69. * [English version]"The 2009 Change of Power," Britannica International Yearbook, Britannica Japan, 2010,
pp.344-7. *"The State of Political Science in Japan," University of Tokyo Journal of Law and Politics
7 (Spring, 2010), pp.29-44.
"The Concept of Party Support in Japan," Senkyo (January, 2010), pp.5-11. *"The 2009 General Election: Who Ended the LDP’s Reign?" (co-authored) Sekai 798(December, 2009), pp.74-84. * [English translation: Japan Echo 37(1) (February2010), pp. 19-25; reprinted in Shin’ichi Kitaoka and Jun Iio eds., Examining Heisei
Japan, Vol. II: Politics, Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, pp.169-177.]"Did SMD reduce the cost of politics?" Toshi Mondai 100(10), pp.18-22. *"The State of Democracy in Japan: The "Twisted" Parliament and the Upcoming
Elections," Harvard Asia Quarterly 12(2) (Spring, 2009), pp.15-18.
"Turning Tide of Japanese Politics," Yomiuri Quarterly, pp.132-139. *"Parties, Government Formation and Policy Change," (co-authored) University of Tokyo
Journal of Law and Politics 5 (Spring, 2008), pp.120-132.
"The Possibility of Internet-based Survey," (co-authored), Japanese Political Studies 5(12), (January, 2008), pp.222-233. *"The 2007 University of Tokyo/Asahi Shimbun Survey Codebook," (co-authored),Japanese Political Studies 5(1-2), (January, 2008), pp.234-265. *"The 2007 University of Tokyo/Asahi Shimbun Politicians' Survey Codebook," (coauthored), Japanese Political Studies 5(1-2) (January, 2008), pp.266-282. *"The 2007 House of Councilors Election : Blind Spots of Abe and Challenges for the
Next Administration," (co-authored), Ronza 150 (October, 2007), pp.50-61. *"An Approach to the Approaches to Japanese Political Studies," Leviathan 40 (April,2006), pp.196-204. *"Changing Media, Changing Politics in Japan," Japanese Journal of Political Science 8(1)(April, 2007), pp.147-166.
"Television and Politics in the Era of Infotainment," Seikatsu Keizai Seisaku 118(November, 2006), pp.3-7. *"A Time Machine: New Evidence of Post-Materialist Value Change," International
Political Science Review 27(4) (October, 2006), pp.405-425.
"Candidate Positions in Japanese General Elections," The Annuals of Japanese Political
Science Association 2005-II (March, 2006), pp.11-24. *"Representative Positioning in Japanese Diet," Japanese Political Studies, 3(1), (January,2006), pp.90-108. *"Value Change in Postwar Japan, 1945-2000," in Yoshiaki Kobayashi and Im Hyug-Baeg
eds, Comparative Political Process in Civil Society: Japan and Korea, Keio University
Press, 2006, pp.79-103. *"The 2005 University of Tokyo/Asahi Shimbun Survey Codebook," (co-authored),Japanese Political Studies, 3(1), (January, 2006), pp.157-159. *"The 2005 General Election: Soft Reformers Swung to the LDP," (co-authored), Ronza

126 (November 2005), pp.93-104. *"Did SMD boost organizational mobilization? The Japanese Election of 1996,"
University of Tokyo Journal of Law and Politics 2 (Spring, 2005), pp.83-101.
"University of Tokyo/Asahi Shimbun Survey," Asahi Sōken Report AIR 21, 179 (April,2005), pp.106-116. *"The 2003-04 University of Tokyo/Asahi Shimbun Survey Codebook," (co-authored),Japanese Political Studies, 2(1), (January, 2005), pp.190-208. *"The 'Dove' Escaped from the LDP," (co-authored), Ronza 114 (November, 2004),
pp.224-37. *"A Reversal of the LDP and the DPJ?" Ronza 111 (August, 2004), pp.11-14. *"The Limit of Koizumi's Magic?" (co-authored), Ronza 108 (April, 2004), pp.18-34. *"Electoral System Change and Organizational Mobilization: A Case of Neighborhood
Association Unions," Leviathan 32 (Spring, 2003), pp.9-28. *"Political Funds," Asahi Shimbun Extra Report & Analysis Special 87, 2003, pp.16-19. *"Money and Politics in Japan," in Thomas E. Mann and Sasaki Takeshi eds., Governancefor a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience, Tokyo and New York:Japan Center of International Exchange, 2002, pp.72-84"Political Funds," Sekai 691 (August, 2001), pp.82-86.
"Continuation and Change of the LDP One Party Dominant System," in Jiang LiFeng ed.,
21Shiji de Riben, Beijing: World Knowledge Press, 2000, pp.51-61. +"Defensive Complaint: A Case Study of the U.S.-Japanese Film Friction," Bōeki toKanzei 48 (April, 2000), pp.110-121. *"The Miyazawa Cabinet," in Sasaki Takeshi ed., The Truth of 1800 Days of the Political
Reform, Kodansha, 1999, pp.97-147. *"The JSP, CGP, DPJ and JCP," in Sasaki Takeshi ed., The Truth of 1800 Days of thePolitical Reform, Kodansha, 1999, pp.269-298. *"Representatives' Three Wallets," Asahi Sōken Report 136 (Winter, 1999), pp.4-22. *"The U.S.-Japanese Trade Negotiations: Another Change," Sōbun 385 (March, 1997),pp.1-5. *"Structural Transfiguration of the U.S.-Japan Trade Relationship," Social Science Japan,
7 (Winter, 1996), pp.31-32.
(Translation)
D. Roderick Kiewiet and Keith Krehbiel, "Domestic Discretionary Appropriation, 19501999: Here's President. Where's the Party?" Leviathan 30 (Spring, 2002), pp.115-137.

*(Book Reviews)"Japanese Politics and the Rational Choice Controversy (Japan's Postwar Party Politics,by Kohno Masaru)," Leviathan, An extra issue (Summer, 1998), pp.177-185. *"Japan's Political Marketplace (by Mark Ramseyer and Francis Rosenbluth)," Kokka
Gakkai Zasshi 108:9/10 (September/October 1995), pp.213-216. *"Politics of Privatization (by Iio Jun)," Gyōsei Kanri Kenkyū 65 (March, 1994), pp.8284. *(* in Japanese, + in Chinese, # in Korean)
OTHER MAJOR WORKS
President, Nippon Institute for Research Advancement, 2020-present.
Executive Vice President, 2016-2020.
Adjunct Senior Fellow, 2012-2016.
Director, Japan Productivity Center, 2021-present.
Councillor, 2017-2021.
Commissioner, National Commission for the Management of Political Funds (nominatedby the Diet), 2008-2014, 2020-2023.
Member of Advisory Group, Japan Association of Corporate Executives, 2019-2023.
Member, Committee for the Restoration and Reconstruction of Kumamoto (appointed byGovernor of Kumamoto Prefecture), 2016-2023.
Member, Committee of National Public Service Recruit Examination (appointed byPresident of National Personnel Authority), 2015-2022.
Acting Chair, Investigation Commission on the Administration of Eggs and Poultry(appointed by Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries), 2021.
Board Member for Preliminary Bar Examination, (appointed by Minister of Justice),
2011-2018.
Advisor, Committee on the Arase Dam Removal (appointed by Governor of Kumamoto
Prefecture), 2011.
Member, Study Group on the Replacement Candidacy (appointed by Minister of Internal
Affairs and Communications), 2007.