“The Turnout Effects of Party Fragmentation: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Japan.”
Hikaru Yamagishi
Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

“Opposition Party Cooperation on the Ground: Hokkaido in the 2021 House of Representatives Election.”
Kentaro Yamamoto
Academic Associate, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Moderator: Christina L. Davis
Director, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations; Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government; and Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

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Additional Resources

Kentaro Yamamoto, “Yato Kyoto Seiritsu no Joken: Hokkaido 2 ku and 5 ku,” Shiratori, H. (ed.), 2021 Nen Syuinsen: Korona ka de no Mosaku to Yato Kyoto no Genkai, Ch.4. Horitsu Bunkasha, 2022.
Hiroki Kubo, Tomoko Matsumoto, and Kentaro Yamamoto. "Party switching and policy disagreement: Scaling analysis of experts' judgment." Japanese Journal of Political Science, 23(3), 254-269, 2022.
Yusaku Horiuchi, Daniel M. Smith, and Teppei Yamamoto. "Measuring Voters' Multidimensional Policy Preferences with Conjoint Analysis: Application to Japan's 2014 Election." Political Analysis vol. 26, 190-209, 2018.