Academic Conference on Democracy: Issues Concerning Democracy and Elections in East Asia
Information
The Great East Japan Earthquake and the Covid–19 pandemic have made Japanese people acutely aware of the need to utilize information and communication technology in Japan's democracy. Nevertheless, the digitalization of Japan's democracy has been very slow to take off. In this program, we will explore the factors restraining it from the three perspectives of institutions, awareness, and technology. As part of the program, this academic conference aims to deepen the discussion on the history and current status of democracy and the electoral system in East Asia.
Date
Monday, November 27, 2023 09:50 – 14:50 (JST)
Venue
TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
Invited Speakers
Susumu Annaka (Hirosaki University)
Edmund Cheng (City University of Hong Kong)
Matt Golder (Pennsylvania State University)
Sona Golder (Pennsylvania State University)
Masaaki Higashijima (The University of Tokyo)
Jang Jinhyuk (Kochi University of Technology)
Hirofumi Miwa (Gakushuin University)
Samson Yuen (Honk Kong Baptist University)
Time Schedule
- 09:50 – 10:00
- Opening Remarks
- Kazunori Kawamura (Tohoku University)
- 10:00 – 10:45
- Susumu Annaka (Hirosaki University)
- Determinants of Voter Turnout in the Prewar General Elections in Japan
- 10:50 – 11:35
- Jang Jinhyuk (Kochi University of Technology)
- Authoritarian Institutional Legacy and Government Coalition Formation in post–democratization periods in Asia
- 11:40 – 12:25
- Hirofumi Miwa (Gakushuin University)
- Voting for Gender Balancing? Assessing the Effect of Block Vote System on Women's Representation
- 12:25 – 13:10
- Lunch Break
- 13:10 – 13:55
- Masaaki Higashijima (The University of Tokyo)
- Election Management, Manipulation Techniques, and Regime Stability
- 14:00 – 14:45
- Edmund W. Cheng (City University of Hong Kong)
- Samson Yuen (Hong Kong Baptist University)
- The Confluence of the Masses: Power and Contentious Politics in Hong Kong
- 14:50
- Closing Remarks
- Yoshikuni Ono (Waseda University)
Discussants
Matt Golder (Pennsylvania State University)
Sona Golder (Pennsylvania State University)
Co–hosted by
- Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University
- NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation