Makihara Laboratory examines and analyzes various political and administrative issues based on the historical research. We conduct the comparative historical research mainly in modern Japan and other developed countries. As for the research method, we aim to discover new facts and clarify the political structure, analyzing historical materials including oral history records. We also advance the cross-disciplinary research through the various joint research projects. In addition, we actively commit ourselves to analyzing the historical and the current situations in cooperation with political and administrative practititoners, the private firms, and mass media. Our Labo pursues the possibility of "what is the advanced" in the field of political and administrative study.

2021



「日本继任首相未知数 亲美抗中友台或已定调」Voice of America,７ September
VOA

「菅義偉支持率暴跌　民?不認同抗疫表現」鳳凰衛視, 3 September

"Under pressure, a Japanese official killed himself. Now his story id revealed" New York Times, June 24

"Japanese politics and its challenges under the global pandemic" Webinar, The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, 1 June, 2021


"Suga's top-down management style under scrutiny after series of rapid policy shifts" The Japan Times, 27 May 2021
The Japan Times


2020

"U-turn on travel subsidy adds to pressure on Japanese PM" Reuters, 15 December, 2020
Reuters

"Despite scandals, Suga achieves his goals in first Diet session as PM" The Japan Times, 4 December, 2020
The Japan Times

"Challenges Exposed by COVID-19: Forward-Leaning Experts and Recoiling Politics" Discuss Japan－Japan Foreign Policy Forum, 29 September, 2020.
Discuss Japan


2019

New academic article was published: Hitoshi SUZUKI and Izuru MAKIHARA. 2019. "Japan-EEC/EU Relations, 1970-2005: Re-Emergence as Strategic Partners in Trade and Environment." Journal of European Integration History Vol.25: 23-36.

Makihara became a member of the Advisrory Board of EU HORIZON 2020 Project "Building European Communities' Resilience and Social Capital."
BuildERS


2018

Makihara's new book on the operation of the Japanese government was launched.
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2017

Makihara was a visiting fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, January to March, 2017.

2016

Makihara's article "Japan and the Abdication of the Emperor" was on The Diplomat, November 15, 2016.
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Its Chinese version is on 联合早报, November 6, 2016.
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Makihara is an editor of Discuss Japan.
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Makihara's new book on the Abe Government was launched.
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