Kawaguchi, Hirofumi

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Affiliation

Faculty of Policy Management ( Shonan Fujisawa )

Position

Associate Professor
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Career 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2018.04
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    2021.08

    The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics Institute of Business Law and Comparative Law & Politics, Project Researcher

  • 2021.09
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    2022.03

    The University of Tokyo, Institute of Social Science, Project Researcher

  • 2022.04
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    2023.03

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Research Fellow (PD)

  • 2023.04
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    2025.03

    University of the Ryukyus, Graduate School of Community Engagement and Development, Associate Professor

  • 2023.04
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    2025.03

    University of the Ryukyus, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Law, Politics & International Relations, Associate Professor

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Academic Background 【 Display / hide 】

  • 2005.04
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    2009.03

    The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law, Political Science

  • 2009.04
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    2011.03

    The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Master's Program, School of Legal and Political Studies

  • 2011.04
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    2020.12

    The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, Ph.D. Program, School of Legal and Political Studies

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Academic Degrees 【 Display / hide 】

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Tokyo, Coursework, 2020.12

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Books 【 Display / hide 】

  • Agricultural Politics and Farmers in Postwar Japan: Organization, Mobilization, and Loyalty

    Hirofumi Kawaguchi, Tokyo: Yoshidashoten, 2025.03,  Page： 220p

  • 戦後日本の学知と想像力――〈政治学を読み破った〉先に

    前田 亮介, 吉田書店, 2022.04

    Scope: 「失われた二〇年」の日本政治研究――困難と希望 (pp. 235-249)

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Papers 【 Display / hide 】

  • When economic incentives become repugnant: Moderating roles of construction probability and initial acceptance in high-level radioactive waste siting

    Reona Hayashi, Ryutah Kato, Rin Watanabe, Hirofumi Kawaguchi, So Morikawa, Shunsaku Komatsuzaki

    Energy Policy (Elsevier BV)  209   114956 - 114956 2026.02

    Accepted,  ISSN  03014215

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    Economic incentives are expected to play an important role in increasing the acceptability of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) repositories; however, their effectiveness is debated and there is a lack of sufficient evidence concerning the specific factors that affect their efficacy. This study identified two factors that may be particularly pertinent to HLW management issues, namely the probability of construction and the initial level of acceptance. We tested their moderating effects on the ability of perceived economic benefits to promote acceptability, based on the framework of the repugnant transaction theory. Analysis of original survey data for hypothetical HLW management scenarios in Japan revealed that the subjective probability of construction significantly diminished the positive impact of economic incentives on acceptability. In contrast, whether participants lived in candidate areas, i.e., areas with a high objective construction probability, did not alter the effects of these incentives. Furthermore, quantile regression analysis revealed that economic incentives were less effective in influencing those with lower initial levels of acceptance. In the context of site selection policies, these findings caution against an over-reliance on monetary incentives to tackle issues of unfairness and point to the urgency of developing a more sophisticated understanding of these dynamics. Our results show that well-structured, responsive public engagement processes and transparent governance schemes are crucial for long-term acceptability, particularly when construction becomes more imminent.

  • The Role of Individuals' Ideas in Policy Changes: The Case of Japanese Agriculture

    Hirofumi Kawaguchi

    Review of Policy Science and International Relations  ( 24 ) 77 - 102 2025.03

  • Geographic divides in protectionism: the social context approach with evidence from Japan

    Hirofumi Kawaguchi, Ikuma Ogura

    Review of International Political Economy (Informa UK Limited)  31 ( 2 ) 700 - 727 2024.03

    Accepted,  ISSN  0969-2290

  • A Study on the Investment Behavior of Elderly People toward Savings and Life Insurance: Focusing on Investment Knowledge and Risk Propensity

    Shinya Saisho, Yoku Kado, Hirofumi Kawaguchi, Takahisa Suzuki

    JILI Journal  ( 216(別) ) 143 - 154 2021.09

  • The 2017 UTokyo-Asahi Survey

    Masaki Taniguchi, Tomoki Kaneko, Shusuke Takamiya, Hiroki Tsukiyama, Taka-aki Asano, Hirofumi Kawaguchi

    Kokka Gakkai Zasshi (The Journal of the Association of Political and Social Sciences) (東京大学大学院法学政治学研究科)  131 ( 9 ) 801 - 831 2018.10

    ISSN  0023-2793

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Awards 【 Display / hide 】

  • Highest Dissertation Award

    2020.12, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo

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Courses Taught 【 Display / hide 】

  • SEMINAR B

    2025

  • POLICY MAKING PROCESS

    2025

  • MODERN POLITICS

    2025

  • MASTER SEMINAR

    2025

  • INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

    2025

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