Yutaka Tsujinaka (born 1954) is a professor of political science and the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba. He is now teaching at the College of Social Sciences and the doctoral program in International and Advanced Japanese Studies. He is also the president of Japan Political Science Association, a member of the International Association of Universities (2012–2016), the director of Internationalization Subcommittee of IAU (2013–), the executive assistant to the President at University of Tsukuba (2013–) and the director of Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences (ICR) (2014–). Youji Inaba professor of economy at Nippon University said in a newspaper column that Professor Tsujinaka talks in friendly Kansai dialect and always gives everyone warm smile as if he has "Tender-Heated DNA" in his body. (Nikkei: July 8, 2015)

Academic background

• 1972 Graduate from Kozu High School in Osaka
• 1976 LL.B Osaka University, School of Law
• 1978 LL.M. Osaka University, School of Law (Political Science)
• 1981 Completion of the coursework for doctoral program of Osaka University School of Law (Political Science)
• 1996 Doctor of Law (Political Science) Kyoto University

Positions and teaching career

• 2022–present President of Toyo Gakuen University
• 2022–present visiting professor, University of Tsukuba
• 2022–present Part-time Lecturer, Tokai University
• 2019–2022 Vice chancellor for Arts and Humanities, Tokai University
• 2018–2022 Professor of Political Science, Tokai University
• 2014–2016 President of Japanese Political Science Association
• 2013–current Director of Institute for Comparative Research in Human and Social Sciences (ICR)
• 2013–current Executive Advisor to the President at University of Tsukuba
• 2013 current Chairman of Internationalization Subcommittee of IAU
• 2012–2016 current Administrative board member of International Association of Universities (IAU)
• 2011–2013 Headquarter Vice President at University of Tsukuba
• 2008–2011 Chair of Doctoral Program in International and Advanced Japanese Studies
• 2003–2008 Manager of Special Research Project on Civil Society, the State and Culture in Comparative perspective
• 2001–2004 Dean of College of Social Sciences University of Tsukuba
• 1998–current Professor of Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at University of Tsukuba
• 1989–1991 Visiting Fellow: Cornell University East Asia Program and Department of Government
• 1986–1998 Associate professor of Institute of Social Sciences and Political Science at University of Tsukuba
• 1984–1986 Associate professor at Department of Law and Political Science, University of Kitakyushu
• 1981–1984 Assistant professor at Department of Law and Political Science, University of Kitakyushu

Academic societies

• Japan Political Science Association
• Association for Asian Studies
• American Political Science Association
• Japan NPO Research Association
• Public Policy Studies Association
• Japan Association For Comparative Politics

Honors and awards

• 2010 Japan NPO Research Association Award
• 2010 Best Faculty member 2009
• 1995 Okinaga Award
• 1990 American Council of Learned Societies Award
• 1989 Fulbright Award

Research projects

• 2016- current "Comparative Study on Local Governance　(State / Civil Society Relations) in Japan and Asia"
• 2010–2015 "A Comparative and Empirical Study of the Structural Change in Politics and Transformations in Pressure Groups, Policy Networks, and Civil Society in Japan since 2009"
• 2005–2010 "A Comprehensive Empirical Study on the Three-Level Civil Society Structure and Governance in Japan, South Korea, the United States, Germany, and China in Comparative Perspective"
• 2002–2005 "A Systematic and Comparative Study on Public Policy and Policy-Making Processes in Japan and Korea"
• 2000–2004 "Comparative and Empirical Study of Interest Groups and Civil Society Organizations focusing Primarily on Contemporary China"
• 1996–1998 "A Comparative and Empirical Study on Changes in Government and Interest Group Sector in Japan and Korea"
• 1995–2002 "A Comparative and Empirical Analysis of Environmental Policy Network in Japan, the United States, Germany, and Korea"
• 1993–1995 "A Comparative Statistical Analysis of the Formation and Change in Interest Groups in Advanced Countries"

Major publications in English

English language books

• 2017　Yutaka Tsujinaka, Hiroaki Inatsugu.
  Aftermath: Fukushima and the 3.11 Earthquake (Japanese Society).
  Trans Pacific Press
• 2017 Timur Dadabaev, Murod Ismailov, Yutaka Tsujinaka
  Social Capital Construction and Governance in Central Asia
  Palgrave Macmillan US
• 2016 Sae Okura, Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki, Yohei Kobayashi, Manuela Hartwig, and Yutaka Tsujinaka
  "Analysis of the Policy Network for the “Feed-in Tariff Law” in Japan: Evidence from the GEPON Survey."
  Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia vol15.
  World Association for Triple hElix and Future strategy studies
• 2015 Yutaka Tsujinaka, Shakil Ahmed, and Yohei Kobashi
  "Constructing Co-Governance between Government and Civil Society: An Institutional Approach to Collaboration."
  Edited by Ishtiaq Jamil, Salahuddin M. Aminuzzaman, Sk. Tawfique M. Haque
  Governance in South, Southeast, and East Asia:Trends, Issues and Challenges
  Springer
• 2015 Edited by Fahimul Quadir with Yutaka Tsujinaka
  Civil Society in Asia: In Search of Democracy and Development in Bangladesh
  Routledge
• 2014 Edited by Robert J. Pekkanen, Steven Rathgeb Smith, and Yutaka Tsujinaka
  Nonprofits and Advocacy: Engaging Community and Government in an Era of Retrenchment
  The Johns Hopkins University Press
• 2014 Robert J. Pekkanen, Yutaka Tsujinaka, and Hidehiro Yamamoto
  Neighborhood Associations and Local Governance in Japan
  Routledge
• 2012 Robert Pekkanen, Yuko Kawamoto, and Yutaka Tsujinaka
  "Civil Society and the Triple Disasters: Revealed Strengths and Weaknesses" pp. 78–93
  Edited by Jeff Kingston
  Natural Disaster and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: Response and Recovery after Japan's 3/11
  Routledge
• 2010 Yutaka Tsujinaka
  "Civil Society and Social Capital in Japan" pp. 252–259
  Edited by Helmut Anheier and Stefan Toepler
  International Encyclopedia of Civil Society
  Springer
• 2008 Robert Pekkanen and Yutaka Tsujinaka
  "Neighbourhood Associations and the Demographic Challenge" pp. 707–720
  Edited by F. Coulmas, H. Conrad, A. Schad-Seifert, and G. Vogt
  The Demographic Challenge: A Handbook about Japan
  Brill
• 2008 Yutaka Tsujinaka
  "Japan's Internal Security Policy" pp. 76–103
  Edited by Peter J. Katzenstein
  Rethinking Japanese Security: Internal and External Dimensions
  Routledge
• 2003 Yutaka Tsujinaka
  "From Developmentalism to Maturity: Japan's Civil Society Organizations in a Comparative Perspective" pp. 83–115
  Edited by Frank J. Schwartz and Susan J. Pharr
  The State of Civil Society in Japan
  Cambridge University Press
• 1996 David Knoke, Frantz Urban Pappi, Jefferey Broadbent, and Yutaka Tsujinaka
  Comparing Policy Networks: Labor Politics in the U.S., Germany, and Japan
  Cambridge University Press
• 1995 Peter J. Katzenstein and Yutaka Tsujinaka
  '"Bullying", "Buying", and "Binding": US-Japanese Transnational Relations and Domestic Structures"' pp. 79–111
  Edited by Thomas Risse-Kappen
  Bringing the Transnational Relations Back In: Non-State Actors, Domestic Structures and International Institutions
  Cambridge University Press
• 1993　Yutaka Tsujinaka　
  "Rengo and Its Osmotic Networks" pp. 200–213　
  Edited by Gary D. Allison and Yasunori Sone　
  Political Dynamics in Contemporary Japan
  Cornell University Press
• 1991 Peter J. Katzensein and Yutaka Tsujinaka
  Defending the Japanese State: Structures, Norms and the Political Responses to Terrorism and Violent Social Protest in the 1970s and 1980s
  Cornell University Press

Regular articles

• 2013 Yutaka Tsujinaka, Shakil Ahmed, and Yohei Kobashi
  "Constructing Co-governance between Government and Civil Society: An Institutional Approach to Collaboration"
  Public Organization Review
• 2012 Kazuko Kojima, Jae-Young Choe, Takafumi Ohtomo, and Yutaka Tsujinaka
  "The Corporatist System and Social Organizations in China"
  Management and Organization Review
• 2007 Yutaka Tsujinaka, Jae-Young Choe, and Takafumi Ohtomo
  "Exploring the Realities of Japanese Civil Society through Comparison"
  ASIEN
• 2007 Yutaka Tsujinaka and Robert Pekkanen
  "Civil Society and Interest Groups in Contemporary Japan"
  Pacific Affairs

Miscellaneous

• 2016 Yutaka Tsujinaka and Hiroomi Abe
  "Social Capital and Citizen Satisfaction in Associational Perspective: Analyzing Urban Governance in Japan"
• 2005 Yutaka Tsujinaka
  "Chinese Civil Society Organisations from the Comparative Perspective: Civil Society Organisations Research (JIGS) 6-Country Comparison"
• 2005 Yutaka Tsujinaka, Robert Pekkanen, and Takafumi Ohtomo
  "Civil Society Groups and Policy-Making in Contemporary Japan"
• 2002 Yutaka Tsujinaka
  "The Cultural Dimension in Measuring Social Capital: Perspective from Japan"