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Author’s Information

Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University.
Born in Tokyo in 1975. Graduated with a Master's degree in International Relations from the University of Chicago Graduate School. Received a PhD in Political Science from the Graduate School of Political Science at Waseda University. After working in the offices of a U.S. House of Representatives member and the Senate Election Headquarters, and as a reporter in the Economics and Politics Department of the TV Tokyo News Bureau, he is now an associate professor at Hokkaido University Graduate School. He has served as a visiting researcher at Columbia University, George Washington University, National Chengchi University in Taiwan, and Harvard University. He will assume his current position in 2023. His specialty is American politics. In addition to his original biography of President Obama from Asia, "The Conditions of the President" (Shueisha), he has written and translated many books, including "Invisible America" (Kodansha Gendai Shinsho) and "The Wall of American Politics" (Iwanami Shinsho). His awards include the Ohira Masayoshi Memorial Award and the Saito Makoto Award from the American Studies Association.