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1 MASAKI TANIGUCHI Graduate Schools for Law and Politics The University of Tokyo Hongo, Bunkyo Tokyo CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION LL.B. The University of Tokyo, Ph.D. The University of Tokyo, 2003 (Political Science). EMPLOYMENT Research Associate, The University of Tokyo Associate Professor of Political Science, The University of Tokyo present Professor of Political Science, The University of Tokyo. MEMBERSHIP AND AWARDS Outstanding Professor Award, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo, Best Article Award, Public Policy Studies Association Japan, Board Member, Japanese Political Science Association, Chair of the International Exchange Committee, Japanese Political Science Association, Reform Committee, Japanese Political Science Association, Editorial Board, Nihon Seiji Gakkai Nenpō (the Annuals of the Japanese Political Science Association), Board Member, Association of Japanese Political Studies, Editor-in-Chief, Nihon Seiji Kenkyu (Japanese Political Studies), Director of the 20th World Congress Organizing Committee, International Political

2 Science Association, Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Program Committee, Japanese Political Science Association, PUBLICATIONS (Books) Towards a "Developed" Country in Settling Issues, ed. Tokyo: Nippon Institute for Research Advancement, * Politics and Mass Media, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, * A Theory of Party Support, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, * Political Science (co-edited with Yoshie Kawade), Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, * Changing Media, Changing Politics (co-edited with Samuel Popkin and Ikuo Kabashima), Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, * Electoral Reform in Japan, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, * Politics and Democracy (co-edited with Arihiro Fukuda), Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, * Representatives and Money: A Report of National Political Funding Research (co-edited with Takeshi Sasaki, Shin'ichi Yoshida, and Shuji Yamamoto), Tokyo: Asahi Shimbun, * The U.S.-Japan Trade Relationship: Its Structure and Transfiguration, Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, * # (Selected Articles) "Heterogeneity in Voter Perceptions of Party Competition in Multidimensional Space: Evidence from Japan" (co-authored with Hirofumi Miwa), International Political Science Review, 38(5) (November, 2017), pp "How to Overcome Double-layered Political Alienation," Chūō Kōron 131(5) (April, 2017), pp * "The 2016 House of Councilors Election: Abe s political savings" (co-authored), Sekai 887 (October, 2016), pp *

3 "On the Meaning of Journalism and the Methods to Perfect It?" Journalism 311 (April, 2016), pp * "The Multi-Store Model for Economic Voting: Rome Wasn't Built in a Day," Electoral Studies 41(1) (March, 2016), pp "Left Right Cleavages in Japan ( ): Using Politician and Voter Surveys," Leviathan 57 (October, 2015), pp * "Democrats, Independents, and Labor Unions," Rōdō Chōsa 542 (June, 2015), pp.4-9. * "Why did the Seat Prediction Fail?" Journalism 299 (April, 2015), pp * "The 2014 General Election: LDP s Landslide Victory without Enthusiasm," (coauthored), Sekai 867 (March, 2015), pp * "On A Theory of Party Support," Leviathan 55 (October, 2014), pp * "The Attitude of Politicians and Citizens toward the Right to Collective Self-defense," Gakushikai Kaihō 903 (November, 2013), pp * "Mass Media after the Regime Change: Japanese Confidence in Newspaper," in Jun Iio ed., Regime Change and Party Politics, Chūōkōron Shinsha, 2013, pp * "The 2012 General Election and the 2013 House of Councilors Election: Where did the DPJ voters go?" (co-authored), Sekai 849 (November, 2013), pp * "Political Funds and Electoral Campaign Reform," in Takeshi Sasaki ed., Heisei Democracy: The 25 Years History of Political Reforms, Kōdansha, 2013, pp * "Party Position Change in Japan: " (co-authored), in Japanese Political Science Association and Korean Political Science Association eds., Governmental Changes and Party Political Dynamics in Korea and Japan, Bokutakusha, 2012, pp "Politics of Polls," in Osamu Kawasaki ed., Tsutaeru: Politics of Communications and Traditions, Fūkōsha, 2012, pp * "Institutional Reforms," in Takeshi Sasaki and Masato Shimizu eds., Seminar in Contemporary Japanese Politics, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Shuppansha, 2011, pp * "The Electoral Consequences of Candidate Appearances on Soft News Programs," Political Communication 28(1) (March, 2011), pp "The 2010 House of Councilors Election," (co-authored), Sekai 809 (October, 2010), pp * [English version] "The 2009 Change of Power," Britannica International Yearbook, Britannica Japan, 2010, pp * "The State of Political Science in Japan," University of Tokyo Journal of Law and Politics 7 (Spring, 2010), pp "The Concept of Party Support in Japan," Senkyo (January, 2010), pp *

4 "The 2009 General Election: Who Ended the LDP s Reign?" (co-authored) Sekai 798 (December, 2009), pp * [English translation: Japan Echo 37(1) (February 2010), pp ] "Did SMD reduce the cost of politics?" Toshi Mondai 100(10), pp * "The State of Democracy in Japan: The "Twisted" Parliament and the Upcoming Elections," Harvard Asia Quarterly 12(2) (Spring, 2009), pp "Turning Tide of Japanese Politics," Yomiuri Quarterly, pp * "Parties, Government Formation and Policy Change," (co-authored) University of Tokyo Journal of Law and Politics 5 (Spring, 2008), pp "The Possibility of Internet-based Survey," (co-authored), Japanese Political Studies 5(1-2), (January, 2008), pp * "The 2007 University of Tokyo/Asahi Shimbun Survey Codebook," (co-authored), Japanese Political Studies 5(1-2), (January, 2008), pp * "The 2007 University of Tokyo/Asahi Shimbun Politicians' Survey Codebook," (coauthored), Japanese Political Studies 5(1-2) (January, 2008), pp * "The 2007 House of Councilors Election," (co-authored), Ronza 150 (October, 2007), pp * "An Approach to the Approaches to Japanese Political Studies," Leviathan 40 (April, 2006), pp * "Changing Media, Changing Politics in Japan," Japanese Journal of Political Science 8(1) (April, 2007), pp "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 "Candidate Positions in Japanese General Elections," The Annuals of Japanese Political Science Association 2005-II (March, 2006), pp * "Representative Positioning in Japanese Diet," Japanese Political Studies, 3(1), (January, 2006), pp * "Value Change in Postwar Japan, ," in Yoshiaki Kobayashi and Im Hyug-Baeg eds, Comparative Political Process in Civil Society: Japan and Korea, Keio University Press, 2006, pp * "The 2005 University of Tokyo/Asahi Shimbun Survey Codebook," (co-authored), Japanese Political Studies, 3(1), (January, 2006), pp * "Analysis of the 2005 General Election," (co-authored), Ronza 126 (November 2005), pp *

5 "Did SMD boost organizational mobilization? The Japanese Election of 1996," University of Tokyo Journal of Law and Politics 2 (Spring, 2005), pp "University of Tokyo/Asahi Shimbun Survey," Asahi Sōken Report AIR 21, 179 (April, 2005), pp * "The University of Tokyo/Asahi Shimbun Survey Codebook," (co-authored), Japanese Political Studies, 2(1), (January, 2005), pp * "The 'Dove' Escaped from the LDP," (co-authored), Ronza 114 (November, 2004), pp * "A Reversal of the LDP and the DPJ?" Ronza 111 (August, 2004), pp * "The Limit of Koizumi's Magic?" (co-authored), Ronza 108 (April, 2004), pp * "Electoral System Change and Organizational Mobilization: A Case of Neighborhood Association Unions," Leviathan 32 (Spring, 2003), pp * "Political Funds," Asahi Shimbun Extra Report & Analysis Special 87, 2003, pp * "Money and Politics in Japan," in Thomas E. Mann and Sasaki Takeshi eds., Governance for a New Century: Japanese Challenges, American Experience, Tokyo and New York: Japan Center of International Exchange, 2002, pp "Political Funds," Sekai 691 (August, 2001), pp "Continuation and Change of the LDP One Party Dominant System," in Jiang LiFeng ed., 21Shiji de Riben, Beijing: World Knowledge Press, 2000, pp "Defensive Complaint: A Case Study of the U.S.-Japanese Film Friction," Bōeki to Kanzei 48 (April, 2000), pp * "The Miyazawa Cabinet," in Sasaki Takeshi ed., The Truth of 1800 Days of the Political Reform, Kodansha, 1999, pp * "The JSP, CGP, DPJ and JCP," in Sasaki Takeshi ed., The Truth of 1800 Days of the Political Reform, Kodansha, 1999, pp * "Representatives' Three Wallets," Asahi Sōken Report 136 (Winter, 1999), pp * "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 (Translation) D. Roderick Kiewiet and Keith Krehbiel, "Domestic Discretionary Appropriation, : Here's President. Where's the Party?" Leviathan 30 (Spring, 2002), pp *

6 (Book Reviews) "Japanese Politics and the Rational Choice Controversy (Japan's Postwar Party Politics, by Kohno Masaru)," Leviathan, An extra issue (Summer, 1998), pp * "Japan's Political Marketplace (by Mark Ramseyer and Francis Rosenbluth)," Kokka Gakkai Zasshi 108:9/10 (September/October 1995), pp * "Politics of Privatization (by Iio Jun)," Gyōsei Kanri Kenkyū 65 (March, 1994), pp * (* in Japanese, + in Chinese, # in Korean) OTHER MAJOR WORKS Executive Vice President, Nippon Institute for Research Advancement, 2016-present. Member, Committee for the Restoration and Reconstruction of Kumamoto (appointed by Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture), Member, Committee of National Public Service Recruit Examination (appointed by President of National Personnel Authority), Board Member for Preliminary Bar Examination, (appointed by Minister of Justice), 2011-present. Advisor, Committee on the Arase Dam Removal (appointed by Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture), Commissioner, National Commission for the Management of Political Funds (nominated by the Diet), Member, Study Group on the Replacement Candidacy (appointed by Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications), 2007.

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