2022 JAAS Spring Convention Program

June 11, 2022, Saturday
10:00－12:00 Individual Papers
12:00－13:30 Lunch / Board and Board of Trustees Meeting
13:30－15:30 Individual Papers
15:40－18:10 Plenary Session
18:10－ General Assembly, JAAS Excellent Paper Award Ceremony
Jun 12, 2022, Sunday
10:00－12:00 Individual Panel / Individual Papers
June 11 (Sat) 10:00-12:00
Individual Papers 1: Southeast Asian Economy

Chair:SHIMIZU Kazushi (Kyushu University)
Presentation 1: KONISHI Tetsu (Fukuoka Women’s University)“Economic Reforms and State Owned Enterprises in Indonesia ― Critical Discussion on 'Restrained'
State Capitalism―”
Presentation 2: YOSHINO Fumio (Takushoku University)“ASEAN Fiscal Integration”
Discussant: HAYASHIDA Hideki (Doshisha University); ISHIKAWA Koichi (Asia University)
Individual Papers 2: Minority and Gender

Chair: TAMURA Keiko (Kitakyushu City University)
Presentation 1: YAMAMOTO Asuka (Kyushu University)“Inter-Religious Wage Differentials in India, 1983-2019”
Presentation 2: MARUYAMA Misa (Graduate School, Takushoku University)“Women's empowerment in the Mindanao”
Discussant: WADA Kazuya (Kanazawa University); KUSAKA Wataru (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Individual Papers 3: Chinese Politics

Chair: IWATANI Nobu (Hokkaido University)
Presentation 1: KIKUCHI Hideki (Graduate School, Tohoku University)“The Relationship between the Chinese Nationalist Party's Wartime Mobilization and Local Societies
during the Sino - Japanese War: Focusing on the Loyal Patriotic Army of the Yangtze Delta Area”
Presentation 2: TAKAHASHI Tomoko (Graduate School, University of Tokyo)“Pursuing Power and Trust: Cases from China Sponsoring United Nations Resolutions on Security”
Discussant: IWATANI Nobu (Hokkaido University); MASUO Chisako (Kyushu University)
12:00-13:30 Lunch / Board and Board of Trustees Meeting
13:30-15:30
Individual Papers 4: Politics and Society in Southeast Asia

Chair: OIKAWA Hiroshi (Kansai University)

Presentation 1: MASUHARA Ayako (Asia University) and MYA DWI Rostika (Daito Bunka University)“The Indonesian Society in the Covid-19 Pandemic: the Results of Interview Survey in Java, Bali,
West Sumatra, and East Nusa Tenggara”
Presentation 2: LIM Guanie (The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, GRIPS) and YAMAGUCHI
Kensuke (University of Tokyo)“Revisiting the Dutch Disease: Rent-Seeking, Politics, and Resource‑Based Development in
Malaysia”
Discussant: MIZUNO Kosuke (Indonesia University); OIKAWA Hiroshi (Kansai University)
Individual Papers 5: Finance in Asia

Chair: KAJITANI Kai (Kobe University)
Presentation 1: I Mue (Graduate School, Hitotsubashi University)“Objectives and Targets of the Issuance of Digital Renminbi in China”
Presentation 2: AIBA Daiju (JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development）“Acquisition of Microfinance Insitutions by Commercial Investors: Examining Impacts on Lending
Behavior”
Discussant: MARUKAWA Tomoo (University of Tokyo); FUJIMORI Azusa (Osaka Seikei University)
Individual Papers 6: Diplomacy and Defense in Asia

Chair: TAMAKI Atsuhiko (Chuo University)
Presentation 1: MUKAIDA Koki (Graduate School, Kyoto University)“Military Regime and Peace Diplomacy: An Examination of the Change of Diplomatic Line with India
in Pakistan during the Musharraf Military Regime (1999-2008)”
Presentation 2: AITA Moriki (Graduate School, University of Tsukuba)“China's Military Action on August 17, 2021 : Interpretation from Allison's analytical model”
Discussant: ITO Toru (National Defense University) ; ANAMI Yusuke (Tohoku University)
15:40-18:10
Plenary Session. Political Change in Myanmar and Its Implications to the East Asian Regional Order

Chair: OYANE Satoshi (Doshisha University)
Presentation 1: NAKANISHI Yoshihiro (Kyoto University)“Myanmar’s Transformation into a Fragile State”
Presentation 2: HIRONO Miwa (Ritsumeikan University)“China’s Engagement in Post-Coup Myanmar: Implications for China’s Non-Interference Principle”
Presentation 3: SUZUKI Sanae (University of Tokyo)“ASEAN’s Engagement in Myanmar and Its Change”
Discussant: OYANE Satoshi (Doshisha University); IZUYAMA Mari (National Institute for Defense Studies)
18:10- General Assembly, JAAS Excellent Paper Award Ceremony
June 12 (Sun) 10:00-12:00
Individual Panel 1: The Xi Jinping Administration’s Policy toward Taiwan for the Past Ten Years

Chair: ETO Naoko (Gakushuin University)
Presentation 1: OGASAWARA Yoshiyuki (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)“Xi Jinping’s Perception of Taiwan and his Push for Unification”
Presentation 2: KAWAKAMI Momoko (Institute of Developing Economies)“China's Economic Statecraft toward Taiwan under the Xi Jinping Administration: Factors of the
Failure”
Discussant: ETO Naoko (Gakushuin University); SUZUKI Takashi (Aichi Prefectural University)
Individual Papers 7: International Economy in Asia

Chair: MIENO Fumiharu (Kyoto University)

Presentation 1: MATSUSHITA Namiko (Nagoya Sangyo University)“A Study of International Labor Mobility of Japanese Engineers Who moved to Korea and China”
Presentation 2: LIU Zewen (Graduate School, Kyushu University)“The Cassava Production and Exportation in Cambodia driven by Chinese Transnational
Corporations from 2010 to 2020”
Discussant: SATO Yuriko (Tokyo Institute of Technology); ZHANG Xinyuan (Yokohama National University)

Program for Japan Association of Asian Studies 2021 Spring Meeting
June 19, 2021, Saturday
10:00－12:00 Panels/Sessions
12:00－13:30 Lunch/ Board and Auditors Meeting
13:30－15:30 Panels/Sessions
15:30－18:00 Plenary Session
18:00－19:00 Members Assembly Meeting, JAAS Excellent Paper Award ceremony
Jun 20, 2021, Sunday
10:00－12:00 Panels/Sessions
June 19, 2021, Saturday
10:00－12:00 Panels/Sessions
Panel1 RCEP and East Asian Economic Integration

Chair: SHIMIZU Kazushi, (Kyushu University)
Speaker 1: SHIMIZU Kazushi (Kyusyu University)“RCEP and East Asian Economic Integration”
Speaker 2: ISHIKAWA Koichi (Institute of Asian Studies, Asia University)“Significance and Issues of RCEP for Asian Economic Integration ”
Speaker 3: SUKEGAWA Seiya (Kokushikan University)“Impact on RCEP and Japanese Companies in ASEAN ”
Discussant: FUKUNAGA Yoshifumi (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)
Session 1: Politics and Policy Making in China

Chair and Discussant: KAWASHIMA Shin (University of Tokyo）
Speaker 1: GUAN Richeng (Keio University）“Local Forces and Political Parties in Northern Manchuria after World War Ⅱ:Based on the
Field Investigation of Huanan County in Heilongjiang Province”
Speaker 2: WANG Qi (Kyorin University）“Policy Implementation and Information System in the Chinese Government: Focusing on
Vertical Information Transmission and Feedback”
Speaker 3: ZHENG Cheng (Waseda University）“A Study on the Socialism Propaganda during the Early Founding Days of PRC ”
Discussant: KAWASHIMA Shin (University of Tokyo), SUWA Kazuyuki (University of Shizuoka)
Session 2: Microfinance in Asia

Chair and Discussant: MIENO Fumiharu (Kyoto University)
Speaker 1: AIBA Daiju (JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development)“What Explains High Interest Rates in Microfinance Loans? Evidence from the Case of a Newly
Introduced Interest Rate Cap Policy in Cambodia”
Speaker 2: UEHARA Kentaro (Kyoto University)“Usage Survey of Islamic Microfinance in Brunei Darussalam: A Case Study of Collateral Loan”

Discussant: YANO Go (Kyoto University), SAITO Jun (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO)
June 19, 2021, Saturday
13:30－15:30 Panels/Sessions
Panel 2: Domestic and Regional Dimensions of Transboundary Water Relations in Asia, Africa, and the
Middle East

Chair: Aysun UYAR MAKIBAYASHI
Speaker 1: Housam DARWISHEH(Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO）“The Dynamics of Egypt-Sudan Relations over Hydro-politics in the Nile Basin”
Speaker 2: Aysun UYAR MAKIBAYASHI“Regional Cooperation for Mekong River Transboundary Water Issues”
Speaker 3: Marwa DAOUDY (Georgetown University)“Water as a Strategy of War: Insight from the Syrian Conflict”
Discussant:IMAI Kohei (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO), KEOLA Souknilanh (Institute ofDeveloping Economies, JETRO)
Session 3: Vocational Training in Asia

Chair : SAWADA Yukari (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies）
Speaker 1: MATSUSHITA Namiko (Nagoya Sangyo University)“Youth Unemployment Issues in Korea and Korean Overseas Employment Support Policies in2000s”
Speaker 2: WANG Weiting (Chiba University)“Changes and Factors Affecting Chinese Secondary Vocational Schools: From a Case Study”
Discussant: KIM Hyunsung (Chukyo University), SHIMA Ayako (Institute for Oriental Studies of Daito
Bunka University)
Session 4: Changes under the COVID 19 Pandemic

Chair: KAWAMURA Koichi (Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO）
Speaker 1: MASUHARA Ayako (Asia University), MYA DWI Rostika (Daito Bunka University)“The Impact of Covid19 Pandemic on the Indonesian Society: Interview Surveys in Java andBali”
Speaker 2: ZHANG Bin (Yamanashi Prefectural University)“The Evolution of China's Tourism Policy Toward post-COVID-19”
Discussant: MORISHITA Akiko (Ritsumeikan University), KAJI Hiromoto (Aichi University)
Session 5: Identity and Democratization

Chair and Discussant: ISHIZUKA Jin(Yamanashi University）
Speaker 1:HAGIWARA Ryuta (Hitotsubashi University）“The Infiltration of “Patriots Ruling Hong Kong”: Focusing on Candidacy and Inauguration for
Public Servants in Hong Kong”
Speaker 2: HUANG Zhe (University of Tokyo )“Identity and Political Order in China: With a Focus on Youth (1962-1966)”
Discussant: ISHIZUKA Jin (University of Yamanashi), KADOZAKI Shinya (Waseda University)
June 19, 2021, Saturday
15:30－18:00
Plenary Session: A Rising China and Its “Periphery”: The Views from Mongolia, Uzbekistan, and Laos

Chair : ISOBE Yasushi (Keio University)

Speaker 1: OYUNBAATAR Munkhjin (Mongolian Scientific and Research Institute for National Freedom)“Sino-Mongolian Relations after Mongolia's Transition to Democracy”
Speaker 2: BAKHIRIDDINOV Mansur (General Incorporated Foundation, The Japan Uzbekistan Silk Road
Foundation, Representative Director)“Some Legal Aspects of Economic Partnership of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the People's
Republic of China in Bilateral and International Formats from the Historical Context”
Speaker 3: KEOLA Souknilanh (Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization)“BRI and Laos' Quest for Diverse Economic Relations”
Discussant: MASUO Chisako T. (Kyushu University), KUMAKURA Jun (Hosei University)
June 20, 2021, Sunday
10:00－12:00
Panel 3: A Study of Economy and Society in and Outside of the DPRK under the Epidemic of COVID-19

Chair : TSUKAMOTO Soichi (J.F. Oberlin University)
Speaker 1: LEE Aeliah (Waseda University）“Current Situations of North Korean Workers in the Russian Primorsky Krai after UN Sanctions
and Border Closure under the COVID-19 Epidemic ”
Speaker 2: MIMURA Mitsuhiro (ERINA)“Outlook of External Economic Relations of the DPRK under COVID-19 Outbreak ”
Speaker 3: MIYATSUKA Sumiko (Kokugakuin Tochigi Junior College)“An Inquiry of the DPRK's Tobacco Control Law and Smoking Cessation Law ”
Discussant: FUKUHARA Yuji (The University of Shimane), HOTTA Yukihiro (Kazankai)
Session 6: Household Behavior in Rural Areas

Chair and Discussant: HOKEN Hisatoshi (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Speaker 1: YE Qing (Toyo University)“Impact of Agricultural Wage on the Income Composition of Rural Households: Through the
CFPS Household Survey ”
Speaker 2: WADA Kazuya (Kanazawa University)“Agriculture, Land Market, and Migration: An Empirical Analysis of Micro Panel Data of Rural
Households in India ”
Discussant: HOKEN Hisatsoshi (Kwansei Gakuin University), ITOH Seiro (Institute of Developing
Economies, JETRO)
Session 7: Economics and Politics of Global Value Chain

Chair and Discussant: WATANABE Mariko (Gakushuin University）
Speaker 1: HIOKI Shiro (Tohoku University)“Global Value Chains, Innovation Systems, and Innovation Outcome: An Evidence from China's
Mobile Handset Industry ”
Speaker 2: KONG Deyi (Toyo University)“Industrial Trade Structure Analysis in China Using RCA Index-Considering Intermediate Good
Imports ”
Speaker 3: Ahram HAN (University of Tokyo)“Rethinking Japan’s Foreign Economic Policymaking Process under the Abe Cabinet: What
Made Japan Lead TPP? ”
Discussant: OIZUMI Keiichiro (Asia University), OBA Mie (Kanagawa University)

The 2020 Spring Convention of the Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS)(Virtual Event)June 7, 2020, Sunday
Panel 1 (Organized by the host university)
The Historical Meaning of Sino-Vietnamese Ten Years War(1979-1989) and Its Aftermath

Chair: IMAI Akio (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)
Speaker 1：ODAKA Tai(Takushoku University)
Speaker 2：ZHU Jian Rong(Toyo Gakuen University )Speaker 3: KURIHARA Hirohide(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies )Discussant: ISHII Akira(University of Tokyo )IMAMURA Nobukatsu(Research Council on World Politics and Economics )Panel 2The Outbreak of the Cold War and its Impact on the Chinese Civil War

Chair: ANAMI Yusuke(Tohoku University)
Speaker 1: ANAMI Yusuke(Tohoku University)
Speaker 2: FUJII Motohiro(National Institute for Defense Studies)
Discussant: ASADA Masafumi(Iwate University)
Panel 3
Role of Living Organization and Women Organization in Rural China

Chair: HORIGUCHI Tadashi(Osaka City University)
Speaker 1: EGUCHI Shingo(Shimane University)
Speaker2: YAN Meifang(Utsunomiya University)
Speaker 3: LIU Nan Yamanashi Eiwa University)
Discussant: TAKITA Go(Kyoto Sangyou University) OHASHI Fumie(Ochanomizu University)
Session 1 Politics and Economy in South East Asia

Chair and Discussant: KAWAMURA Koichi(Institute of Developing Economies)
Speaker 1: KONISHI Tetsu (Fukuoka University)“Effectivity of Financial Regulation in Indonesia： Study from the State-owned Jiwasraya Case”
Speaker 2: KIM Yujin (Kyoto University)“Making Undemocratic Bill: Interdependence of the Creative Economy and Musical Practices inIndonesia”
Speaker 3: SAKO Koji(Mizuho Research Institute, Senior Economist)“China's growing presence in Cambodia”
Speaker 4: Susumu Ito(Chuo University)“A Study on Infrastructure Governance by the Duterte Administration in the Philippines”

Discussant: KAWAMURA Koichi, SUZUKI Yurika(Institute of Developing Economies)
Session2: History of China’s Politics

Chair and Discussant: KAWASHIMA Shin(University of Tokyo)
Speaker 1: GAO Xiaoyan(Tohoku UniversityGraduate School of Law)
“The Institutional Formation of People’s Liberation Army’s Militia in the Early Years of People’s
Republic of China: Focusing on Northeastern Guizhou Province”
Speaker 2: NAN Yue (Hokkaido University)“The Contribution of Late Qing Publishing to the Modernization of China：A Study on Journal of
Agricultural Sciences(Nongxue bao)and Its Founder Luo Zhenyu”
Speaker 3: ZHOU Jun (WASEDA University)“Chairman Mao travelled all over the country: Land Space, power and Information (1949－
1954)”
Discussant: KAMO Tomoki(Keio University) KAWASHIMA Shin(University of Tokyo)
Session 3: State, Party and Chinese Economy

Chair and Discussant: WATANABE Mariko (Gakushuin University)
Speaker 1: NAKAGANE Katsuji(University of Tokyo) MITSUNAMI Kohei(Teikyo University)“A Short Essay on the Alternative Estimates of China’s Economic Growth: Was China Really
Growing during the Mao period?”
Speaker 2: WANG Na(Shandong Normal University)“The Impact of Housing Price on City Total Factor Productivity: Empirical Analysis Based on
Panel Data of 285 Prefecture-level Cities in China”
Speaker3: ZHANG Xinyuan(Yokohama National University)“China’s Tobacco Production and Marketing System”
Discussant: HOKEN Hisatoshi(Kwansei Gakuin University)WATANABE Mariko(Gakushuin University)
Session 4: Hong Kong and China’s Society

Chair and Discussant: AKO Tomoko(University of Tokyo)
Speaker 1: SATO Nao(Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)“What Motivates the Chinese Lawyers to Provide Legal Aid at the Grassroots Level?”
Speaker 2: JIN Shiyong(Hosei University)“The boom of Guoxue’ Phenomenon in China”
Speaker 3: CHIN Chun Wah(University of Tokyo)“‘Japan’ in the Formation of Hongkonger’s Identity:'Localism' and War Memories”
Discussant: AKO Tomoko(University of Tokyo) KURATA Toru(Rikkyo University)
Session 5: Epidemic and Non Traditional Security

Chair: MATSUDA Yasuhiro(University of Tokyo)
Speaker 1: Takeshi Daimon-Sato“China-Japan Policy Cooperation Under New Corona Virus: Urgent Proposal”
Speaker 2: BAE Yoon(Keio University)“Non-Traditional Security and Infection Control Measures in Korea: From risk Management toCrisis Management”
Discussant: SHOJI Tomotaka(National Institute of Defense Studies),ONIMARU Takeshi(Kyusyu University)
Session 6: Finance and Industry

Chair: MIENO Fumiharu Kyoto University)
Speaker 1: OKUDA Hidenobu(Teikyo University )“The Determinants of Bank's Capital Structure in A Dollarized Economy: An Empirical Study of
Cambodian Banking Industry”
Speaker 2: Daiju Aiba(JICA-Ogata Research Institute for Peace and Development)“International Transmission of Monetary Policy a Developing country: A Bank Lending Channel
through Non-Resident Funding”
Speaker 3: YAMAGUCHI Kensuke(University of Tokyo)“Competitiveness of Petrochemical Industry in Thailand: A Comparative Perspective withIndonesia and Malaysia”
Discussant: HAMADA Miki(Institute of Developing Economies) KAWANO Motoko(National Graduate
Institute for Policy Studies)
Session 7: Politics of China

Chair and Discussant: AOYAMA Rumi(Waseda University)
Speaker 1: SUZUKI Takashi(Aichi Prefectural University)“Xi Jinping's Political Thought and Leadership in the Local Cadre Period”
Speaker 2: KUDO Aya(Waseda University)“Control of Chinese Communist Party over Media Ownership: An analysis of Institutional
Development Process”
Discussant: KOJIMA Kazuko(Keio University) AOYAMA Rumi(Waseda University)

The 2019 Spring Convention of the Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS)

June 8 (Sat)Morning Sessions (10:00-12:00)
Panel 1 Belt and Road Initiative and Southeast Asia

Chair: KUROYANAGI Yoneji (Daito Bunka University)
Speaker 1: FUKUDA Tamotsu (Toyo Eiwa University)"Regional multilateral institutions in the Asia-Pacific in the midst of US-China Rivalry"
Speaker 2: HIRAKAWA Sachiko (Waseda University)"Japan-ASEAN Relations in BRI Era: Strategic Implementation of Human Security"
Speaker 3: OGASAWARA Takayuki (Yamanashi Gakuin University)"Vietnam’s Quest for Security in the Midst of US-China Rivalry"Discussant: ASANO Ryo (Doshisha University)
Session 1 Politics in China

Chair and Discussant: IWATANI Nobu (Hokkaido University)
Speaker 1: KANO Atsuko (Graduate School, University of Tsukuba)"Chinese National Government’s Support for the Korean Volunteer Corps: 1938-1942"
Speaker 2: AITA Moriki (Graduate School, University of Tsukuba)"Xi Jinping’s Inspection and Impact on the People Liberation Army"
Speaker 3: REN Zhe (Institute of Developing Economies)"Defining Boundary and Members: Case Study of Rural Share-holding Corporative in Coastal
Region of China"
Discussant: TAKIDA Go (Kyoto Sangyo University)
Session 2 Region and Ethnic Minorities in China

Chair: KOBAYASHI Takuma (Matsuyama University)
Speaker 1: KUMAKURA Jun (Institute of Developing Economies)"The Anti-Rightist Campaign in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region: the Role of Ethnic-minority
Elites"Speaker 2: KINOSHITA Mitsuhiro (Keiwa College)"Hua GuoFeng and Ethnic Minorities"
Speaker 3: MINAMIKAWA Takanori (Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia)"A Study for Economic Integration of among Chinese Provinces"
Discussant: HOSHINO Masahiro (Nanzan University)
Session 3 International Relations and Security

Chair and Discussant: TAKENAKA Chiharu (Rikkyo University)
Speaker 1: OKAMOTO Itaru (Bunkyo Gakuin University)

"Can we de-couple China from the global economy? Symmetrizing interdependence with PRC"
Speaker 2: SHIMODAIRA Takuya (National Institute for Defense Studies)"Japan and the United States, China’s Strategy toward the Pacific Islands and Security
Cooperation"
Speaker 3: Rupakjyoti Borah (National University of Singapore)"Japan-India Connectivity Projects in Northeast India: Analysing the Benefits and Challenges"
Discussant: AOYAMA Rumi (Waseda University)
Afternoon (14:00-16:30)
Kashiyama Seminar, International Symposium "Southeast Asian Studies in Asia : How have they analyzed
inter-Asia relations?"

Open Remarks: MIENO Fumiharu (Kyoto University)
Chair: YAMAMOTO Nobuto (Keio University)
Panelist1: Bi Shihong (Yunnan University, China)
Panelist2: Nualnoi Treerat (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
Panelist3: Didi Kwartanada (Nation Building Foundation (NABIL), Indonesia)
Panelist4: Michael Feener (Oxford University, UK)
Discussant: SHIMIZU Kazushi (Kyushu University)
Discussant: OKAMOTO Masaaki（Kyoto University）
June 9 (Sun)Morning Sessions (10:00-12:00)
Panel 2 Nationalisms in China and Taiwan: Control or Crash?

Chair: MATSUDA Yasuhiro (The University of Tokyo)
Speaker 1: ETO Naoko (Institute of Developing Economies)"Diversification of Chinese Nationalism and the policy toward Taiwan"
Speaker 2: FUKUDA Madoka (Hosei University)"The PRC’s Policy Toward Taiwan and ‘Nationalism’in Taiwan"
Discussant: TAKAHARA Akio (The University of Tokyo)
Discussant: TAJIMA Eiichi (Keio University)
Session 4 Urban Areas and Rural Areas in Asia

Chair and Discussant: OKAMOTO Ikuko (Toyo University)
Speaker 1: LEE Sohee (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)"Effects of Local Residents’‘Self-help’on Rural Development:An Analysis of the Kye’in the
Korean Saemaul Movement"
Speaker 2: ZHAI Yalei (Kyoto University)"The Impact of Internal Conflicts on Borrowing and Lending Behavior of Rural Households:
Evidence from Northern Myanmar"
Speaker 3: MIYAGAWA Shinji (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)"The transformation of survival strategies of the urban poor-A case study of the‘electricity theft’ina slum area in Metro Manila-"
Discussant: FUKAGAWA Hiroshi (Kyushu University)
Discussant: SATAKE Masaaki (Nagoya Gakuin University)
Session 5 People’s Migration and Organization

Chair and Discussant: SONODA Shigeto (The University of Tokyo)
Speaker 1: SAITO Akiko (Graduate School, Keio University)

"Japanese Business Leaders and the Rise of Private Economic Diplomacy in the 1960s"
Speaker 2: SATO Yuriko (Tokyo Institute of Technology)"Role of Kokusai Gakuyukai (International Student Institute) in the Acceptance of International
Students Before and After the War"
Speaker 3: ZHANG Bing (Yamanashi Prefectural University)"The rapid increase of Chinese overseas travelers and its impact on Asian countries"
Discussant: OBA Mie (Tokyo University of Science)
Session 6 International Cooperation and Collaboration

Chair and Discussant: OIZUMI Keiichiro (Asia University)
Speaker 1: David M. Potter (Nanzan University), KIM Hyo-sook (Kansai Gaidai University)"Japan and South Korea’s Electoral Assistance: Possibilities and Limitations in the Asian Modeof Foreign Aid"
Speaker 2: SAKO Koji (Graduate School, Chiba University of Commerce)"How Japanese companies should engage in third-country market cooperation with Chinese
enterprises in infrastructure Area～focusing on ASEAN region～"
Discussant: SATO Jin (The University of Tokyo)
Afternoon Sessions (13:00-15:30)
Plenary Session “Thirty Years After Tiananmen: Reflections on China in the 1980s”

Chair: TAKAHASHI Nobuo (Keio University)
Speaker 1: KAMO Tomoki (Keio University)
Speaker 2: YAN Shanping (Doshisha University)
Speaker 3: ISHIZUKA Jin (University of Yamanashi)
Discussant: TANG Liang (WASEDA University)
Discussant: KOJIMA Kazuko (Keio University)
Session 7 Economy in Southeast Asia（13:00-15:00）

Chair: NAKAGAWA Rika (Toyo University)
Speaker 1: NISHINO Tomohiro (Graduate School, Kobe University)"Do Stronger Intellectual Property Rights Improve Productivity?-The Impact of Technology
Transfer and R&D on Productivity Improvement in Asia-"
Speaker 2: YOSHINO Fumio (Takushoku University)"Business Cycle in Southeast Asia"
Speaker 3: KAMBARA Kentaro (Kyoto University)"Development and Characteristics of Small and Medium Enterprises Finance in Malaysia"
Discussant: SHIINO Kohei (Takushoku University)

The 2018 Spring Convention of the Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS)
June 9 (Sat)Morning Sessions (10:00-12:00)
Panel 1 Depopulation and Urbanization of Rural Area in China

Chair: HORIGUCHI Tadashi (Osaka City University)
Speaker 1: HORIGUCHI Tadashi (Osaka City University)
Speaker 2: JIN Zhan (Minami Kyushu Junior College)
Speaker 3: JIAO Bifang (Fudan University, China)
Discussant: EGUCHI Shingo (Shimane Prefecture University)
Discussant: OBARA Erika (Kurume University)
Panel 2 Potentials and Challenges of Agro-resource-based Industries in Southeast Asia

Chair: SATO Yuri (Institute of Developing Economies)
Speaker 1: OIKAWA Hiroshi (Kansai University)
Speaker 2: KAWAN Motoko (The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
Speaker 3: SAKATA Shozo (Institute of Developing Economies)
Discussant: IWASA Kazuyuki (Kochi University)
Session 1 International Relations and Security

Chair and Discussant: MASUO Chisako (Kyushu University)
Speaker 1: KIMURA Takakazu"How did U.S.-Japanese Relations Affect the Normalization Talks between Japan and
Democratic Republic of Vietnam？"Speaker 2: SHIMODAIRA Takuya (National Institute for Defense Studies)"Problems and Prospects for Building Maritime Order in the Indo-Pacific Region -From theperspective of Role, Mission, and Capability of Major Sea Powers"
Speaker 3: TAKAHASHI Tomoko (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)"China and the Multilateral Environmental Regime -Cases from the United Nations Conference
on the Human Environment and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants-"
Discussant: OGASAWARA Takayuki (Yamanashi Gakuin University)
Session 2 Economy in Southeast Asia（10:00-12:30）

Chair: SHIMIZU Kazushi (Kyushu University)
Speaker 1: SARUWATARI Tsuyoshi (Fukui Prefectural University)"Free Trade Agreements in ASEAN: Focusing on Case Study of the Electronics Industry"
Speaker 2: KUNIMOTO Yasutoshi (Baiko Gakuin University)"The Future of the Thai economic development－The “Sufficient Economy” Thailand’s King
Bhumibol Adulyadej adovocated"
Speaker 3: IMAI Takashi (Graduate School, Tezukayama University)

"Study of grain prices soaring factor in the 2008 food crisis -Case of the rice price increases in
the Philippines-"
Speaker 4: TAKAHASHI Masaki (Musashino University)"Methodology of Area Studies: From the Viewpoint of Critical Realism"
Discussant: ISHIKAWA Koichi (Asia University)
Discussant: YAMAMOTO Hiroshi (Kanagawa University)
Discussant: NAGAI Fumio (Osaka City University)
Session 3 Politics in South Asia (10:30-12:00)

Chair and Discussant: IZUYAMA Mari (National Institute for Defense Studies)
Speaker 1: TANAKA Soichiro (Graduate School, Hitotsubashi University)
Speaker 2: Rupakjyoti Borah (National University of Singapore)
Discussant: TAMARI Kazutoshi (University of Kochi)
Afternoon (14:00-16:30)
Kashiyama Seminar, International Symposium "China Studies in Asia -Viewpoints from Asia to China-"

Open Remarks: KAWASHIMA Shin (The University of Tokyo)
Chair: NAKAI Yoshifumi (Gakushuin University)
Panelist1: HWANG Jaeho (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea)
Panelist2: Alka Acharya(Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)
Panelist3: LIU Hong (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Panelist4: TSAI Tung-Chieh (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)
Discussant: SHIRAISHI Takashi (The Prefectural University of Kumamoto)
June 10 (Sun)Morning Sessions (10:00-12:00)
Joint Round Table "Assessing Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy"

Co-Chair:
HSIAO Hsin-Huang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
SONODA Shigeto (The University of Tokyo)
Panelist1: YANG Hao (National Chengchi University, Taiwan)
Panelist2: HWANG Jaeho (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea)
Panelist3: SUEHIRO Akira (Gakushuin University)
Panelist4: SATO Yuri (Institute of Developing Economies)
Panel 3 Overcapacity Problem of China's steel industry and Agreement on Subsidy and Countervailing
Measure in WTO

Chair: XU Tao (Hokkai-Gakuen University)
Speaker 1: WATANABE Mariko (Gakushuin University)
Speaker 2: KAWASHIMA Fujio (Kobe University)
Discussant: OHASHI Hideo (Senshu University)
Session 4 China and North Korea

Chair and Discussant: KAWASHIMA Shin (The University of Tokyo)
Speaker 1: KANO Atsuko (Graduate School, University of Tsukuba)"Chinese National Government’s Support for Korean Independence before and after the
Manchurian Incident: Failed Effort to make "the Center of Revolution""Speaker 2: ZHANG Yun (Niigata University)"U.S.-centrism Mentality and China’s North Korea Policy after the Cold War"
Speaker 3: WAKASUGI Minako (Graduate School, The University of Tokyo)"The policy shift of "Armed Unification" of Kim Il Sung through the visit East Europe and northAfrica in 1975"
Discussant: INOOKA Hiroshi (Gunma Prefectural Women's University)
Discussant: MIYAMOTO Satoru (Seigakuin University)
Session 5 Politics and Society in East Asia

Chair and Discussant: ISHIZUKA Jin (University of Yamanashi)
Speaker 1: BAE Yoon (Keio University)"「Divided society」 and conflict management in ROK: case study of The Public Deliberation
Committee on Shin-Gori Nuclear Reactors No. 5 & 6"
Speaker 2: NAITO Hiroko (Tohoku University)"Installment of the Judicial Supervision and Institutionalization of the Party-State Relationship in
1980’s: Focusing on the Law-Making Process of the Administrative Procedure Law"
Speaker 3: Speaker 3: SONO Hiroko (Miyazaki University)"Industrial Education in Taiwan during the Japanese Government Period -Requirements of theCommerce Faculty Member-"
Discussant: KIM Kiseong (University of Yamanashi)
Discussant: YAMAZAKI Naoya (Teikyo University)
Session 6 Labor in Asia

Chair and Discussant: YOSHIMURA Mako (Hosei University)
Speaker 1: MIYATSUKA Sumiko (University of Nagasaki)“The Case Study of DPRK’s Dispatched Labors in Cambodia”
Speaker 2: SATO Yuriko (Tokyo Institute of Technology), Shimura Takuya (The Association for Overseas
technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships)“Utilization of international graduates of Japanese universities in Japanese-affiliated companies
abroad: Case studies in Indonesia and Thailand”
Speaker 3: NIIMURA Megumi (Teikyo Heisei University)“The Influence of Employment and Occupation on the Empowerment of Married Women in
India”
Discussant: HATSUKANO Naomi (Institute of Developing Economies)
Afternoon Sessions (13:00-15:30)
Plenary Session “Teaching Asian Studies in College Education: Missions and Challenges”

Chair and Open Remarks: SONODA Shigeto (The University of Tokyo)
Panelist 1: KIMIYA Tadashi (The University of Tokyo)
Panelist 2: ENDO Tamaki (Saitama University)
Panelist 3: MATSUI Chieko (Yuhikaku)
Session 7 Economy in China

Chair: OBARA Erika (Kurume University)
Speaker 1: WAN Jiawei (Graduate School, Kansai University)“Research on New Urbanization in China - A Case Study of Jinshan District”
Speaker 2: XU Tao (Hokkai-Gakuen University)

“GIS Dataset for the Manufacturing Industry in China"
Speaker 3: Chen Kuang-hui (Kobe University)“The Productivity of China’s State-Owned Enterprises"
Speaker 4: NAKAGANE Katsuji (The University of Tokyo), MITSUNAMI Kohei (Teikyo University)“Privatization/Marketization Dynamics in Developing Transition Economies: New Evidence from
China"
Discussant: TENG Yuanyuan (Aichi University)
Discussant: KANAZAWA Takaaki (Wakayama University)
Discussant: MO Tetsuo (Osaka University of Commerce)
Discussant: YAN Shanping (Doshisha University)
Session 8 Finance and Currency in Southeast Asia（13:00-15:00）

Chair and Discussant: KOHSAKA Akira (Osaka University)
Speaker 1: OKUDA Hidenobu (Hitotsubashi University), AIBA Daiju (JICA Research Institute)“Operational Efficiency of Cambodian and Philippine Microfinance Institutions: A Comparative
Analysis Using DEA and PCA"
Speaker 2: KAMBARA Kentaro (Kyoto University)“Significance of Islamic Banking in Bruneian Development: Analyzing Lending Operation"
Speaker 3: ODAJIMA Ken (JICA Research Institute), AIBA Daiju (JICA Research Institute), KHOU Vouthy(National Bank of Cambodia)“What is the problem with local currency in a dollarized country? Currency choice for payment
and transaction cost"
Discussant: SAITO Jun (Institute of Developing Economies)

The 2017 Spring Convention of the Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS)

June 24 (Sat)Morning Sessions (10:00-12:00)
Session 1 Empirical Analysis of Chinese Economy

Chair and Discussant: Mariko Watanabe (Gakushuin University)
Speaker 1:Takanori Minamikawa (Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia)“A Consideration for the Factor of the Stagnation in Liaoning Prefecture with the VAR Model
including the Characteristics of the Spatial Structure of Demand and Supply”
Speaker 2: Katsuji Nakagane(the University of Tokyo) / Kohei Mitsunami (Teikyo University)“Politico-economics of Over-investment in Regional China: An Experimental Study based on
Provincial Panel Data"
Speaker 3: Fan Dan (Southwestern University of Finance and Economics) / Wu Junqian (Southwestern
University of Finance and Economics)“An Empirical Analysis of Non-agricultural Work, Large-scale Farm Enterprises and CultivatedLand Transfer: Based on Spatial Econometric Models"
Discussant: Daisuke Fujii (Osaka University of Economics)
Discussant: Chen Kuang-hui (Kobe University)
Session 2 China and Asia-Pacific Region

Chair and Discussant: Akio Takahara (the University of Tokyo)
Speaker 1: Eiichi Oshima (Seisa University)"Decision Making Process on China's Ocean Policy: A Case Study of the Military Clash between
China and Vietnam in the South China Sea in 1988"
Speaker 2: Zhang Yun (Niigata University)"The Linkage between Chinese Strategic Perception toward International System and China’s
Diplomacy toward Japan"
Discussant: Chisako Masuo (Kyushu University)
Session 3 Foods, Agriculture and Land in East Asia

Chair and Discussant: Shin Kawashima (the University of Tokyo)
Speaker 1: Piao Jingyu (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)"Research on the Modern Jiandao's Grain Circulation"
Speaker 2: Nasunmenghe (Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University)"Study on the Pastoral Economic Activity of Solon Evenki"
Speaker 3: Bao Yintu (Toin University of Yokohama)"Study of Complication about Land in Southern Mongolia"
Discussant: Nanae Yamada (Institute of Developing Economies)
Session 4 The Dynamics of Chinese Politics

Chair and Discussant: Satoshi Amako (Waseda University)
Speaker 1: Ma Jiajia (Gradute School of Law and Politics, Rikkyo University)"China’s Corruption and Anti-Corruption in the 1970s: A Case Study from Heilongjiang Province"Speaker 2: Jun Kumakura (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Overseas Research Fellow)"The Transformation of the Ethnic-Minority Elites in the Period of the Cultural Revolution (196676)"
Speaker 3: Xie Zhihai (Kyoai Gakuen University) / Masumi Kikuchi (the University of Tokyo)"China's Government-Oriental China-Town Construction Project: A Case Study on the Dragon
Mart in Dubai, UAE"
Discussant: Norihiro Sasaki (National Defense Academy)
Panel 1 Politics of Sexual Minorities in Asia: Family, Religion, and State

Chair: Wataru Kusaka (Nagoya University)
Speaker 1: Keiko Tsuji Tamura (the University of Kitakyushu)“Human Rights of Sexual Minorities and Civil Society in Taiwan and Singapore”
Speaker 2: Tsukasa Iga (Kyoto University)“The Birth of “Sexuality Politics” in Contemporary Malaysia: Rethinking the Impact of ‘Anwar
Homosexuality Court Cases’ and the Rise of LGBT Movements”
Speaker 3: Satoshi Miyawaki (Osaka University)“Foreignness’ of Values and its Political Significance on the Issues of Reproduction and Sex for
Catholic Church in the Philippines”
Discussant: Kaoru Aoyama (Kobe University)
Afternoon Sessions (14:00 – 16:00)
Plenary Session 2017 Asia and the World under the period of Uncertainty
Chair: Chiharu Takenaka (Meijigakuin University)
Speaker 1:Akio Takahara (University of Tokyo)“China in the world of uncertainty: the end of the post-Mao Era?”
Speaker 2: Tadashi Kimiya(University of Tokyo)“Korean Peninsula between ‘America First’ and ‘China First’ Policies: Uncertainty of ROK’s
Politics and Rigidity of DPRK’s Politics"
Speaker 3: Yoshiki Kaneko (Dokkyo University)“South East Asia Unsettled by the Uncertainty: New Split between Domestic Policies andRegional Integration"
Speaker: Chiharu Takenaka:“Moving to Global India: the Nexus of Inner and Outer Policies"
International Symposium Report of a Large Scale Survey in Cambodia: The Realities of Politics andEconomy Revealed through Dollarization

Chair Hidenobu Okuda (Hitotusbashi University)
Speaker 1: Ken Odajima (JICA Research Institute)
Speaker 2: KHOU Vouthy (National Bank of Cambodia)
Speaker 3: Hiroshi Yamada (Niigata University of International and Information Studies)
Discussants: Jayant Menon (Asian Development Bank)
Sovannroeun Samreth (Saitama University)
Session 5 International Relations and Politics in East and Southeast Asia

Chair and Discussant: Jiro Okamoto (Shimonoseki City University)
Speaker 1: Tomohiko Kimura“Australian Foreign Minister Willesee's Policy towards the East Timor Question, 1974-1975”
Speaker 2: Tamiki Hara (Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University)“Local Progressive Politics in the Philippines: The Case of Siquijor"
Speaker 3: Jin Ishizuka (the University of Yamanashi)“Public Sphere and Constitutional Law in China: Challenges of SanWei Bookshop Tea House in
Beijing"
Discussant: Wataru Kusaka (Nagoya University)

Session 6 Migration and Regional Cooperation in Southeast Asia

Chair and Discussant: Yuri Sato (Institute of Developing Economies)
Speaker 1: Machiko Yokomoto (Hokkaido University)“Structural issues of Overseas Indonesian domestic workers”
Speaker 2: Marina Suzuto (Graduate School, Takushoku University)“Reform of Health and Sanitation Improvement in ASEAN"
Speaker 3: Fumio Yoshino (Takushoku University)“The Effect of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration on Economic Integration"
Discussant: Kazushi Shimizu (Kyushu University)
Panel 2 India's Industrialization and the Japanese Multinational Companies

Chair: Hideki Esho (Hosei University)
Speaker 1: Takahiro Sato (Kobe University)
Speaker 2: Azusa Fujimori (Osaka Seikei University)
Speaker 3: Atsuko Kamiike (Kobe University)
Discussant: Hajime Sato (Institute of Developing Economies)
June 25 (Sun)Morning Sessions (10:00-12:00)
Session 7 Economy in East Asia

Chair and Discussant: Hisatoshi Hoken (Kwansei Gakuin University)
Speaker 1: Ma Xinxin (Hitotsubashi University)“The Effects of Minimum Wage on Wage Distribution in Urban China"
Speaker 2: Lyu Hak Su (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellowship for Young
Scientists)“North Korean Industrial Placement and Inter-Firm network"
Discussant: Fujio Goto (Kyoto Sangyo University)
Session 8 Business and Finance in East Asia

Chair and Discussant: Yuichi Takayasu (Daito Bunka University)
Speaker 1: Yukinori Saito (St Andrew’s University)“Case Study on Localization of Management in Japanese Companies Operating in China"
Speaker 2: Jun Akabane (Yokohama City University)“LCD Business Strategy of Honhai Business Group"
Speaker 3: Lee So-heon (Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo)“A Comparative Analysis of Two Foreign Currency Liquidity Crises in South Korea after the
Capital Account Liberalization"
Discussant: Hidemi Yoshioka (Kumamoto University)
Discussant: Romio Mori (Daito Bunka University)
Panel 3 The Upper Strata in Vietnam

Chair: Emi Kojin (Institute of Developing Economies)
Speaker 1: Futaba Ishizuka (Institute of Developing Economies)“Political Elites in Doi moi-Era Vietnam"
Speaker 2: Mai Fujita (Institute of Developing Economies)“Profiles and Career Paths of Top Managers of Large State-owned and Private Companies inVietnam;"Speaker 3: Miho Ito (Kanda University of International Studies)“The Career Paths of University Graduates during Economic Transition in Vietnam"
Discussant: Shigeto Sonoda (the University of Tokyo)
Panel 4 Regional Order in Asia-Pacific and China Factor

Chair: Yoneji Kuroyanagi (Daito Bunka University)
Speaker 1: Ryo Asano (Doshisha University)

Speaker 2: Sachiko Hirakawa (Waseda University)
Speaker 3: Kazumi Abe (Graduate School of Social Sciences, Waseda University)“’New’ President’s Policy on Papuan Conflict"
Discussant: Fumio Yoshino (Takushoku University)
Panel 5 Malaysian Politics in the Post-Mahathir Era

Chair: Masashi Nakamura (Institute of Developing Economies)
Speaker 1: Masashi Nakamura (Institute of Developing Economies)“Failed Two-coalitions System: A Changing Party System, Unchanging UMNO's Hegemony"
Speaker 2: Hidekuni Washida (Toyo University)“Electoral Setbacks and Conservative Backlash in Malaysia"
Speaker 3: Ayame Suzuki (Doshisha University)“Between Political Reform and Survival: Sedition (Amendment) Act 2015 under Najib
Administration"
Discussant: Yoshiki Kaneko (Dokkyo University)
Afernoon (13:00-15:00)
Kashiyama Seminar Development of Data Archive and Its Impact on Asian Studies
Chair: Shigeto Sonoda (the University of Tokyo)
Speaker 1：KIM Seokho (Seoul National University)
Speaker 2: WANG Weidong (Renmin University of China)
Speaker 3: Ronald D. HOLMES (De La Salle University, and President of Pulse Asia)
Speaker 4: YOSHINO Ryozo (Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Research Organization ofInformation and Systems)
Discussant: Akihiko Tanaka (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)
Discussant: Nobuto Yamamoto (Keio University)