[KAKENHI] Project on the Formation and Transformation of Historical Perceptions in Russia, China, North Korea, and Mongolia through Interactions within East Asia
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Prof. Satoshi IKEUCHI coorganizes KAKENHI the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) project “The Formation and Transformation of Historical Perceptions in Russia, China, North Korea, and Mongolia through Interactions within East Asia” (Project/Area Number 26K00309), led by Prof. Satoru MIYAMOTO, the Principal Investigator of this project and Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics ofv Seigakuin University. Prof. MIYAMOTO is concurrently Visiting Senior Fellow of RCAST of the University of Tokyo and Senior Associate Member of ROLES.
This project was selected and adopted as Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B for the preiod of fiscal year 2026-2029 (ending in March 2030) .
ROLES will collaborate with this KAKENHI project to co-host academic exchanges with major research institutions in Inner Asia and Eurasia, such as the National University of Mongolia and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy(UWED) of Uzbekistan. Through this collaboration, ROLES will explore avenues for Japan to engage in policy and strategic dialogue with these countries and regions as well.
Secretariat of the KAKENHI the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) project “The Formation and Transformation of Historical Perceptions in Russia, China, North Korea, and Mongolia through Interactions within East Asia” (Project/Area Number 26K00309) is located in Seigakuin University General Research Institute.
Prof. Satoshi IKEUCHI coorganizes KAKENHI the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) project “The Formation and Transformation of Historical Perceptions in Russia, China, North Korea, and Mongolia through Interactions within East Asia” (Project/Area Number 26K00309), led by Prof. Satoru MIYAMOTO, the Principal Investigator of this project and Professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Economics ofv Seigakuin University. Prof. MIYAMOTO is concurrently Visiting Senior Fellow of RCAST of the University of Tokyo and Senior Associate Member of ROLES.
This project was selected and adopted as Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research B for the preiod of fiscal year 2026-2029 (ending in March 2030) .
ROLES will collaborate with this KAKENHI project to co-host academic exchanges with major research institutions in Inner Asia and Eurasia, such as the National University of Mongolia and the University of World Economy and Diplomacy(UWED) of Uzbekistan. Through this collaboration, ROLES will explore avenues for Japan to engage in policy and strategic dialogue with these countries and regions as well.
Secretariat of the KAKENHI the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) project “The Formation and Transformation of Historical Perceptions in Russia, China, North Korea, and Mongolia through Interactions within East Asia” (Project/Area Number 26K00309) is located in Seigakuin University General Research Institute.
Members
IKEUCHI, Satoshi
Founding Chair of ROLES and Professor of Religion and Global Security of RCAST of the University of Tokyo
Satoshi Ikeuchi is Professor of the Division of Religion and Global Security at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo. He is the founding chairperson of the RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES).
He is a scholar on Islamic political thought and the Middle East politics. As a leading public intellectual in Japan, he has been vigorously publishing on the Middle East and Islamic affairs.
His first publication based on his doctoral studies, Gendai Arabu-no Shakai Shiso: Shumatsuron-to Isramu-shugi (Contemporary Arab Social Thought: Eschatology and Islamism), was published in 2002 and earned Osaragi Jiro Prize for Critical Works. He also earned Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities in 2009 for his book Islamu Sekai-no Ronjikata (Methods of Discussing Islam).
His book on the Islamic State Isulamu Koku no Shogeki (The Impact of the Islamic State) published in January 2015 was a nation-wide best seller in Japan and awarded Mainichi Publishing Cultural Prize. His recent publication includes Saikusu Piko Kyotei: Hyakunen no Jubaku (Sykes-Picot Agreement: One Hundred Years of Obsession) in 2016 and Shiiaha to Sunniha (Shite and Sunnite) in 2018 both published from Shinchosha. He is the recipient of the 12th Nakasone Yasuhiro Prize in 2016 for his academic works and social engagements.
His collection of literary essays and book reviews Shomotsu not Unmei (The Fate of Books) published in 2006 and earned Mainichi Book Review Award for the year.
He was a visiting professor at the Alexandria University 2007-2008, Japan Scholar chair visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2009 and Visiting Fellow at the Clare Hall, University of Cambridge in 2010.
For the year 2022-2023, he was Senior Visiting Scholar in Residence at the Moshe Dayan Center (MDC) for Middle Eastern and African Studies of Tel Aviv University. He was also affiliated with the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) as a Senior Visiting Fellow on July 2023.
Satoshi Ikeuchi is Professor of the Division of Religion and Global Security at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo. He is the founding chairperson of the RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES).
He is a scholar on Islamic political thought and the Middle East politics. As a leading public intellectual in Japan, he has been vigorously publishing on the Middle East and Islamic affairs.
His first publication based on his doctoral studies, Gendai Arabu-no Shakai Shiso: Shumatsuron-to Isramu-shugi (Contemporary Arab Social Thought: Eschatology and Islamism), was published in 2002 and earned Osaragi Jiro Prize for Critical Works. He also earned Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities in 2009 for his book Islamu Sekai-no Ronjikata (Methods of Discussing Islam).
His book on the Islamic State Isulamu Koku no Shogeki (The Impact of the Islamic State) published in January 2015 was a nation-wide best seller in Japan and awarded Mainichi Publishing Cultural Prize. His recent publication includes Saikusu Piko Kyotei: Hyakunen no Jubaku (Sykes-Picot Agreement: One Hundred Years of Obsession) in 2016 and Shiiaha to Sunniha (Shite and Sunnite) in 2018 both published from Shinchosha. He is the recipient of the 12th Nakasone Yasuhiro Prize in 2016 for his academic works and social engagements.
His collection of literary essays and book reviews Shomotsu not Unmei (The Fate of Books) published in 2006 and earned Mainichi Book Review Award for the year.
He was a visiting professor at the Alexandria University 2007-2008, Japan Scholar chair visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2009 and Visiting Fellow at the Clare Hall, University of Cambridge in 2010.
For the year 2022-2023, he was Senior Visiting Scholar in Residence at the Moshe Dayan Center (MDC) for Middle Eastern and African Studies of Tel Aviv University. He was also affiliated with the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) as a Senior Visiting Fellow on July 2023.
MIYAMOTO, Satoru
Professor, Faculty of Political Science & Economics, Seigakuin University
Visiting Senior Fellow, RCAST of the University of Tokyo
Senior Associate Member, ROLES
Visiting Senior Fellow, RCAST of the University of Tokyo
Senior Associate Member, ROLES
KAWASHIMA, Shin
Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Senior Associate Member of ROLES
Shin Kawashima is the professor of the Department of International Relations, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the University of Tokyo.
His research covers Chinese/Taiwanese diplomatic history and the contemporary international relations in East Asia. His first book, Formation of Chinese Modern Diplomacy (2004) was awarded the Suntory Academic Prize in 2004. He received Foreign Minister’s Award in 2023.
Aside from his academic positions, he is involved in policy think tanks, including Nakasone Peace Institute (NPI) as Executive Director of Research. and JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development as Visiting Fellow. He is Senior Associate Member of ROLES and has been committed to ROLES activities since its establishment in 2020 as a group leader of several research groups on China, Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific.
He earned his Ph.D. in Literature from Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo in 2000. He was an associate professor at Hokkaido University (1998-2006) and at the University of Tokyo (2006-2015), and then as professor in 2015.
Senior Associate Member of ROLES
Shin Kawashima is the professor of the Department of International Relations, the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, the University of Tokyo.
His research covers Chinese/Taiwanese diplomatic history and the contemporary international relations in East Asia. His first book, Formation of Chinese Modern Diplomacy (2004) was awarded the Suntory Academic Prize in 2004. He received Foreign Minister’s Award in 2023.
Aside from his academic positions, he is involved in policy think tanks, including Nakasone Peace Institute (NPI) as Executive Director of Research. and JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development as Visiting Fellow. He is Senior Associate Member of ROLES and has been committed to ROLES activities since its establishment in 2020 as a group leader of several research groups on China, Eurasia and the Indo-Pacific.
He earned his Ph.D. in Literature from Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, the University of Tokyo in 2000. He was an associate professor at Hokkaido University (1998-2006) and at the University of Tokyo (2006-2015), and then as professor in 2015.
He was engaged in education and research at Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica (Taipei), Beijing Center for Japanese Studies, Peking University, National Chengchi University (Taipei), and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
He is Visiting Professor at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken) appointed in 2026.
Selected recent publications and commentaries in English
Yuka Tsuchiya Moriguchi, Shin Kawashima, Somei Kobayashi eds., Knowledge Production In Cold War Asia: US Hegemony and Local Agency, Indian University Press, 2025.
Ryosei Kokubun, Yoshihide Soeya, Akio Takahara, Shin Kawashima, Japan–China Relations. in the Modern Era, Routledge, 2017.
Shin Kawashima, “The Evolution of Japanese Perceptions of China since 1945”,
Asia Pacific Review, 2023, 30(2), pp. 148-166.
Shin Kawashima, “War in Ukraine from China’s Perspective: Limited Options for State that Cannot Reject Existing Policies”, Asia Pacific Review, 2022, 29(2), pp. 35–55
Shin Kawashima, “Taiwan and International Relations in the Western Pacific”, in Kitaoka. Shinichi, eds., A Western Pacific Union: Japan’s New Geopolitical Technology, Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2023, p. 372-405.
Shin Kawashima, “Historical Policy of the Xi Jinping Administration: Four Histories and “Ma Project”, Asia Pacific Review, vol.28-2, pp.57-76
Shin Kawashima, “Chinese New Terminology: “World Order” and “International Order”, in. Axel Berkofsky and Giulia Sciorati eds., Mapping China’s Global Future: Playing Ball or Rocking the Boat?, ISPI Report, p.37-49.
Shin Kawashima, “Xi Jinping’s Diplomatic Philosophy and Vision for International Order: Continuity and Change from the Hu Jintao Era”, Asia Pacific Review, Volume 26, 2019, pp. 121-145.
Shin Kawashima’s articles published at Think China (Singapore online media)
https://www.thinkchina.sg/shinkawashima (Shin Kawashima’s page)
Shin Kawashima’s articles published at The Diplomat (Australian online media)
https://thediplomat.com/search?gcse=shin+kawashima (Shin Kawashima’s articles)
Shin Kawashima’s articles published at Discuss Japan (Japanese online media)
https://www.japanpolicyforum.jp/?s=shin+kawashima&submit=Search
(Shin Kawashima’s articles)
Shin Kawashima’s articles published at nippon.com (Japanese online media)
https://www.nippon.com/en/search.html?s=shin%20kawashima
(Shin Kawashima’s articles)
Shin Kawashima’s articles published at East Asian Forum (online media)
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/index.php?s=shin+kawashima
(Shin Kawashima’s articles)
