Reposted by Kyung-Gu LeeIkuma Ogura @ikumaogura.bsky.social · 05/07/2026JSQPS 2026 Summer Meeting (July 4-5, 2026@Hitotsubashi University) I want to thank everyone who attended the meeting and helped me organize it! 031
Reposted by Kyung-Gu LeeJapanese Journal of Political Science @jjps.bsky.social · 30/06/2026#OpenAccess - Strategic oversupply: minor parties and contamination effects in Japan’s mixed-member majoritarian elections - cup.org/4epw7Vc - @kglee98.bsky.social #FirstView #jjps 021
Kyung-Gu Lee @kglee98.bsky.social · 20/06/2026My paper is now published open access at @jjps.bsky.social I test whether there's a contamination effect between the District tier (SMD/MMD) and PR tier in Japan's Mixed-Member Majoritarian(MMM) electoral system, which is one of the ongoing debates in the fields. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgStrategic oversupply: minor parties and contamination effects in Japan’s mixed-member majoritarian elections | Japanese Journal of Political Science | Cambridge CoreStrategic oversupply: minor parties and contamination effects in Japan’s mixed-member majoritarian elections 111
Reposted by Kyung-Gu LeeJapanese Journal of Political Science @jjps.bsky.social · 16/06/2026#OpenAccess - Strategic oversupply: minor parties and contamination effects in Japan’s mixed-member majoritarian elections - cup.org/4epw7Vc - @kglee98.bsky.social #FirstView #jjps 022
Reposted by Kyung-Gu LeePacific Affairs @pacificaffairs.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Why did the LDP lose the 2025 House of Councillors election... & what comes next for Japanese politics? New Perspectives piece in @pacificaffairs.bsky.social by @kglee98.bsky.social traces the causes and consequences of the snap House of Representatives election. Read it in our forthcoming issue! 021
Kyung-Gu Lee @kglee98.bsky.social · 28/02/2026My paper on Japan’s Upper House election last July has been published Open Access in @pacificaffairs.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comThe Mountain Is Moving, but Where To? Japan's 2025 Upper House Election and the Future of Japanese PoliticsThis perspective analyzes the 2025 House of Councillors election in Japan, which ended the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)–Komeito coalition's majority in both houses of the Diet. While not producin... 100
