Researcher basic information

• Ph.D. (Political Science), University of Washington, Dec. 2008
• M.A. (International Relations), University of California, San Diego
• B.A. (Political Science), University of California, Berkeley

• https://researchmap.jp/sasada527?lang=en

• https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=200901069443271072
• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-3318
• https://sites.google.com/view/hirosasada-jp
• https://sites.google.com/view/hirosasada

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6055-3318

• 200901069443271072

• 国際政治経済
• 東アジア政治経済
• アイディアと政治
• 歴史的制度論
• 政治制度論
• 日本政治
• international political economy
• East Asian political economy
• politics and ideas
• historical institutionalism
• political institutions
• Japanese politics

• Humanities & Social Sciences, Politics
• Humanities & Social Sciences, International relations

• Master's degree program, Graduate School of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies
• Doctoral (PhD) degree program, Graduate School of International Media, Communication, and Tourism Studies

Research activity information

• The restriction of Japan’s coal-fired power plants export: explaining the shift in Abe Shinzō’s posture towards the overseas promotion of energy infrastructure
  Raymond Yamamoto; Hironori Sasada
  The Pacific Review, 38, 4, 618, 645, Informa UK Limited, Jun. 2025, [Peer-reviewed], ［Internationally co-authored］, [International Magazine]
  English, Scientific journal
• Same goal, different measures: Obscure transformation in Japan's food security policy (1970–2020)
  Hironori Sasada; Takayuki Ito
  Asian Politics & Policy, 16, 4, 564, 586, Wiley, Oct. 2024, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author], [International Magazine]
  English, Scientific journal, Abstract
  
  For decades, the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture has implemented various measures to ensure a stable food supply, considering food security a top priority due to the increasing uncertainty of the global economy. However, the ministry's food security policy has evolved substantially with a disproportionate focus on the domestic production of specific food products. This policy change occurred without being widely recognized by the public, media, or intellectuals. Why has the Agricultural Ministry's policy changed even though its goal has remained the same? By applying both qualitative and quantitative research methods, we investigated the context behind this obscure policy transition. Our findings reveal that, contrary to conventional understanding, this policy shift occurred not so much due to political pressure from the agricultural sector, but mainly because of a change in the definition of a key policy concept (i.e., the food self‐sufficiency rate) in the late 1980s., 13226767
• Japan’s Food Security Policy
  Hironori Sasada
  Japan’s Security Policy (Routledge, 2023), 177, 197, Jan. 2023
  English, In book
• The Legacy of the Abe Administration
  Hironori Sasada
  Public Jurist, 11, 17, Dec. 2020, [Invited], [Lead author, Corresponding author], [International Magazine]
  English, Research institution
• Resurgence of the ‘Japan Model?’: Japan’s Aid Policy Reform and Infrastructure Development Assistance
  Hironori Sasada
  Asian Survey, 59, 6, 1044, 1069, University of California Press, Dec. 2019, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author], [International Magazine]
  English, Scientific journal, One of the main focuses of the Abe administration’s foreign policy is overseas infrastructure development assistance. Evidence suggests that Japan has returned to its traditional approach to foreign aid, the “Japan model,” after an interval of a few decades. This article analyzes the international and domestic contexts behind the recent changes in Japan’s aid policy.
• The “Third Arrow” or Friendly Fire? The LDP Government's Reform Plan for the Japan Agricultural Cooperatives
  Hironori Sasada
  The Japanese Political Economy, 41, 1, 14, 35, Informa {UK} Limited, Apr. 2015, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author, Corresponding author], [International Magazine]
  English, Scientific journal
• The Impact of Rural Votes in Foreign Policies: The FTA Policies under the DPJ Government in Japan
  Hironori Sasada
  Asian Journal of Political Science, 21, 3, 224, 248, Dec. 2013, [Peer-reviewed], [International Magazine]
  English, Scientific journal
• Alternative Paths to Party Polarization: External Impacts of Intraparty Organization in Japan
  Hironori Sasada; Naofumi Fujimura; Satoshi Machidori
  Journal of East Asian Studies, 13, 3, 409, 441, Sep. 2013, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author], [International Magazine]
  English, Scientific journal
• 「民主党政権における日本のFTA政策」
  佐々田博教
  『なぜリージョナリズムなのか』ナカニシヤ出版刊, 215, 242, 2013
  Japanese, Scientific journal
• End of an "Urban Party" : The Democratic Party of Japan and its Trade Policies
  SASADA Hironori
  The Ritsumeikan journal of international studies, 24, 2, 389, 406, Ritsumeikan University, Oct. 2011
  Japanese
• Institutional evolution of industrial associations in Japan: path dependency and idea
  佐々田博教
  Leviathan, 48, 48, 131, 149, 木鐸社, 2011, [Peer-reviewed]
  Japanese
• The Electoral Origin of Japan's Nationalistic Leadership: Primaries in the LDP Presidential Election and the "Pull Effect"
  Hironori Sasada
  JOURNAL OF EAST ASIAN STUDIES, 10, 1, 1, 30, Jan. 2010, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author], [International Magazine]
  English, Scientific journal
• Japan's new agricultural trade policy and electoral reform: 'Agricultural policy in an offensive posture [seme no nosei]'
  Hironori Sasada
  JAPANESE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, 9, 2, 121, 144, Aug. 2008, [Peer-reviewed], [Lead author], [International Magazine]
  English, Scientific journal
• Institutions, Interests, and Ideas: The Evolution of Developmental State Systems in Manchuria, Wartime Japan, and Postwar Japan
  Hironori Sasada
  Doctoral dissertation, University of Washington, 2008
  Others
• Youth and Nationalism in Japan
  Hironori Sasada
  The SAIS Review, Vol.26, 2, 109, 122, 2006, [Lead author], [International Magazine]
  English, Scientific journal
• 「港湾における経済協力と技術供与」
  佐々田博教
  『港湾シリーズ―経済社会と港湾』パールロード刊, 83, 96, 2005
• NGOs in International Politics : Their Influences and Problems
  Sasada Hironori; Kajiwara Akira
  Journal of economics and business administration, Vol.191, 5, 37, 48, Kobe University, 2005
  Japanese
• 森林認証制度とグローバリズム
  梶原晃; 佐々田博教
  国民経済雑誌, Vol.188, 5, 51, 61, 2003
• 「運輸問題における国際協力の形態と相対的利得」
  佐々田博教
  『交通と文化の史的融合』八千代出版刊, 160-180., 2002

• 農政トライアングルは生き延びるのか：自民党、農水省、農協 相互依存のゆくえ
  佐々田博教, 中央公論 9月号, 136, 145, Sep. 2025, [Invited], [Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author]
  Japanese, Introduction commerce magazine, 13226767
• Kishida’s Unfinished Business: Political Economy of Wage Increases in Japan
  Hironori Sasada; Tadashi Iwami, The Diplomat, Jan. 2024, [Lead author], [International Magazine]
  English, Introduction commerce magazine
• Abe’s Death Shifts Balance of Power within LDP
  Hironori Sasada; Tadashi Iwami, East Asia Forum, 11 Oct. 2022, [Peer-reviewed]
  English, Introduction scientific journal
• Challenges in Boosting Japan’s Agricultural Exports
  Hironori Sasada, East Asia Forum, Mar. 2021, [Invited], [Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author]
  English, Introduction commerce magazine, 13226767
• Review of Dynasties and Democracy, by D. Smith (2018)
  Hironori Sasada, Japanese Studies, 39, 3, 401, 403, Sep. 2019
  English, Book review
• Review of Japan remodeled: How government and industry are reforming Japanese capitalism
  Hironori Sasada, GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION, 20, 4, 713, 715, Oct. 2007
  English, Book review
• Review of Institutions, Incentives, and Electoral Participation in Japan, by Yusaku Horiuchi (2005)
  Hironori Sasada, Journal of East Asian Studies, 7, 3, 506, 508, 2007
  Book review

• 農政トライアングルの誕生 : 自己組織化する利益誘導構造1945-1980
  佐々田 博教
  千倉書房, Feb. 2025, 9784805113424, 210p, Japanese, Scholarly book, 13226767, [Single work]
• The Origin of Japan’s Protectionist Agricultural Policy: Agricultural Administration in Modern Japan (Routledge Contemporary Japan Series)
  Hironori Sasada
  Routledge, 27 Oct. 2023, 1032539429, 208, 13226767, [Single work]
• 農業保護政策の起源: 近代日本の農政1874~1945
  佐々田 博教
  勁草書房, 16 Nov. 2018, 4326351772, 324, 9577569, [Single work]

  
• 通産省と日本の奇跡: 産業政策の発展1925-1975
  佐々田 博教
  チャルマーズ ジョンソン, 勁草書房, Feb. 2018, 4326302623, 348, [Single translation]

  
• The Evolution of the Japanese Developmental State: Institutions locked in by ideas (Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia)
  Hironori Sasada
  Routledge, Aug. 2012, 0415503469, 220

  
• 制度発展と政策アイディア： 満州国・戦時期日本・戦後日本にみる開発型国家システムの展開
  佐々田 博教
  木鐸社, Oct. 2011, 4833224488, 12214180, [Single work]

  
• Institutions, interests, and ideas: The evolution of developmental state systems in Manchuria, wartime Japan, and postwar Japan.
  Hironori Sasada, 単著
  ProQuest, UMI Dissertation Publishing, Sep. 2011, 1243590076, 354

  
• 日本における市民社会の二重構造 政策提言なきメンバー達
  佐々田 博教
  ロバート ペッカネン, 木鐸社, May 2008, 4833223996, 267, [Single translation]

  

• Chasing the Mirage? Decoding the Elusive Shifts in Japan's Agricultural Policy
  Hironori Sasada
  Nordic Association for Japanese Studies, 29 May 2026, English, Oral presentation
  54040753
• 農政トライアングルの誕生：自己組織化する利益誘導構造
  佐々田 博教
  グローバル化と公共性研究会, 06 Feb. 2026, Japanese, Nominated symposium
  13226767, [Invited]
• 農政トライアングルの誕生：自己組織化する利益誘導構造
  佐々田 博教
  北海道大学大学院法学研究科・政治研究会, 10 May 2024, Japanese, Oral presentation
  13226767, [Invited]
• 農政トライアングルの誕生：自己組織化する利益誘導構造
  佐々田博教
  関西行政学研究会, 16 Dec. 2023, Japanese, Oral presentation
  13226767, [Invited]
• The End of Japan’s Coal-Fired Power Plants Support: Explaining the ‘Greet Shift’ in Japan’s Development Cooperation
  Raymond Yamamoto; Hironori Sasada
  European Association for Japanese Studies, 20 Aug. 2023, English, Oral presentation
  [International presentation], ［Internationally co-authored］
• Ending Overseas Coal Support: A “Green Shift” in Japan’s Development Cooperation Thinking?
  Raymond Yamamoto; Hironori Sasada
  International Studies Association, 17 Mar. 2023, English, Oral presentation
• 鉄の三角同盟の誕生：日本農政の歴史的展開
  佐々田博教
  慶應義塾大学 比較政治セミナー, 13 Nov. 2022, Japanese, Public discourse
  13226767, [Invited]
• A ‘Green Shift’ in Japan’s Development Cooperation Thinking? Explaining the End of Overseas Coal-Fired Power Support
  Raymond Yamamoto; Hironori Sasada
  The European Japan Advanced Research Network, 15 Jun. 2022, English, Oral presentation
• The Birth of the Iron Triangle: A historical analysis of Japanese agricultural politics,
  Hironori Sasada
  American Political Science Association, 25 Sep. 2021, English, Nominated symposium
  13226767, [Invited]
• New Wine in Old Bottles: An Analysis of Changes in Japan’s Agricultural Policies (1970-2020)
  Hironori Sasada
  European Association for Japanese Studies, 28 Aug. 2021, English, Oral presentation
  13226767
• 海外研究機関で学位を得た研究者としてのキャリア形成
  佐々田 博教
  日本政治学会, 06 Oct. 2019, Japanese, Nominated symposium
  [Invited], [Domestic Conference]
• 中小農保護政策の起源 ― 産業組合制度の発展過程
  佐々田 博教
  日本政治学会, 23 Sep. 2017, Japanese, Oral presentation
  9577569, [Domestic Conference]
• The Reform Plan for the Japanese Agricultural Co-op by the Abe Administration
  SASADA Hironori
  European Association for Japanese Studies, 02 Sep. 2017, English, Oral presentation
  [International presentation]
• Overseas Infrastructure Investment Policies of Japan and Korea
  Hironori Sasada
  Public Image and Narrative-Making in Japan - Korea Relations, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 28 May 2017, Nominated symposium
  [Invited]
• 歴史分析における因果推論：政治学と歴史学の接点
  佐々田 博教
  日本比較政治学会, 28 Jun. 2015, Japanese, Oral presentation
  [Domestic Conference]
• Prisoners of Their Own Devise: A Constructivist View of Japanese Agricultural Policy
  SASADA Hironori
  European Association for Japanese Studies, 30 Aug. 2014, English, Oral presentation
  [International presentation]
• The Impact of Rural Votes in Foreign Policies: A Comparative Study of the FTA Policies of Japan and Korea
  SASADA Hironori
  Nordic Association for the Study of Contemporary Japanese Society, 21 Mar. 2014, English, Oral presentation
  [International presentation]
• 政策アイディアによる利益と選好の構成過程
  佐々田 博教
  関西行政研究会, 17 Nov. 2012, Japanese, Oral presentation
  [Domestic Conference]
• The Trade Policies of the Democratic Party of Japan
  SASADA Hironori
  The British Association for Japanese Studies, 07 Sep. 2012, English, Oral presentation
  [International presentation]
• End of an ‘Urban Party’: The Democratic Party of Japan and its Trade Policies
  SASADA Hironori
  The US-Japan Research Institute Symposium, Sep. 2011, The US-Japan Research Institute, English, Nominated symposium
  Washington D.C., [Invited], [International presentation]
• Behind Green Politics: A Comparative Analysis of Biofuel Policies in Japan and the United States
  SASADA Hironori
  The European Association for Japanese Studies, Aug. 2011, English, Oral presentation
  Tallinn, Estonia, [International presentation]
• Alternative Paths to Party Polarization: External Impact of Intraparty Organization in Japan
  The South Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, 2011
• Alternative Paths to Party Polarization: External Impact of Intraparty Organization in Japan
  The Association for Asian Studies Annual Meeting, 2011
• Alternative Paths to Party Polarization: A Case of Japan
  東京大学・国際シンポジウム「民主政治と政治制度」, 2010
• 統制会・業界団体制度の発展過程 ――経路依存とアイディア
  日本政治学会, 2009
• 保護貿易から『攻めの農政』へ ―日本の新しい農業貿易政策と選挙制度改革
  比較政治学会, 2008
• The Dividing Effect of Primary Election: A Comparative Study of Party Polarization
  The American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2008
• 経路依存の構造 ―制度の粘着性とアイディア
  日本政治学会, 2008
• The Dividing Effect of Primary Election: A Comparative Study of Party Polarization
  The American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2008
• Ideas, Individuals, and Institutions
  The American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2006, Poster presentation
• Ideational Foundations of Institutions
  Princeton University PIIRS Graduate Student Conference, 2005
• 政治制度の思想的基盤
  RIEBセミナー, 2005
• The Origin of the Developmental State Systems in Japan and Manchuria
  The Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies, 2005

• 特別講義, 2024年, 学士課程, 国際
• Public Policy in Japan, 2024年, 修士課程, 国際広報メディア・観光学院
• Modern Japanese Studies, 2024年, 修士課程, 国際広報メディア・観光学院
• プロジェクトスタディⅠ, 2024年, 学士課程, 現代日本学プログラム課程
• プロジェクトスタディⅡ, 2024年, 学士課程, 現代日本学プログラム課程
• プロジェクトスタディⅢ（卒業論文）, 2024年, 学士課程, 現代日本学プログラム課程
• Aspects of Japan Ⅰ, 2024年, 学士課程, 総合教育部
• Aspects of Japan Ⅰ, 2024年, 学士課程, 現代日本学プログラム課程
• Introduction to Japanese Studies Ⅳ(Political Economy), 2024年, 学士課程, 総合教育部
• Introduction to Japanese Studies Ⅳ(Political Economy), 2024年, 学士課程, 現代日本学プログラム課程
• 国際交流Ⅱ, 2024年, 学士課程, 国際本部
• 日本制度論Ⅱ, 2024年, 学士課程, 現代日本学プログラム課程
• 日本社会論Ⅲ, 2024年, 学士課程, 現代日本学プログラム課程
• 特別講義, 2024年, 学士課程, 国際本部
• 専門横断科目（一般科目）：人文社会科学, 2024年, 学士課程, 専門横断科目
• 専門横断科目（一般科目）：人文社会科学, 2024年, 学士課程, 専門横断科目
• 専門横断科目（一般科目）：複合領域, 2024年, 学士課程, 専門横断科目

• European Association for Japanese Studies
• 日本政治学会
• American Political Science Association
• JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR COMPARATIVE POLITICS

• 農政における概念定義と政策転換：食料安全保障政策と担い手政策の構成主義的分析
  科学研究費助成事業
  01 Apr. 2026 - 31 Mar. 2030
  佐々田 博教
  日本学術振興会, 基盤研究(C), 北海道大学, 26K04731
• 農政トライアングルの誕生：利益誘導構造の形成過程
  科学研究費補助金
  2024
  佐々田博教
  日本学術振興会, 研究成果公開促進費 （学術図書）, Principal investigator, 24HP5102
• 農業における鉄の三角同盟形成過程の構成主義的分析
  科学研究費補助金 基盤研究（c）
  Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2023
  佐々田 博教
  日本学術振興会, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• 農政制度発展過程の構成主義制度論的分析
  科学研究費補助金 基盤研究（c）
  Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019
  佐々田博教
  日本学術振興会, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding
• 制度発展と政策アイディア―満州国・戦時期日本・戦後日本にみる開発型国家システムの展開
  科学研究費補助金
  2011
  佐々田 博教
  日本学術振興会, 研究成果公開促進費 （学術図書）, Principal investigator, Competitive research funding