Gabriel Fung

My thanks to @Diplomat_APAC for publishing my article on Yasukuni Shrine visits! Following the recent visits last month, I thought it timely to examine claims of "rising nationalism" in Japan. TL;DR: evidence points to the opposite thediplomat.com/2021/09/are-ya…

@JiaqianNi @n_nationalism exciting!!

I'm super excited to share that my work with Felix Wang and Kai Quek is now out @n_nationalism! 🥳This is my very first publication, and it's just amazing that it gets published on the first day of the Chinese New Year!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

@Yubs89 @GidongKim3 @JinhoKim05 @aramhur @MizzouTSGPA @MizzouIKS Congratulations!!

The politics of shifting baselines musgrave.substack.com/p/the-politics…

Troubled by the horrors of war from afar, a Ukrainian restaurant in Hong Kong finds solidarity and support in the city hongkongfp.com/2022/03/08/tro…

Happy Birthday to Emperor Naruhito. For the family saga that got him to this seat: nytimes.com/2019/04/29/wor…

new Hegemon post on Putin, grand theory, and Kaiser Wilhelm’s withered arm. How do we reconcile structural and individual-level explanations in politics? hegemon.substack.com/p/making-it-pe…

Decoupling denied: Japan Inc lays its bets on China ft.com/content/d1e2f8…

For U.S. presidents, drawing redlines has often been a self-defeating foreign policy strategy. But as Washington responds to new crises around the world, carefully calibrated public threats can still serve a purpose, argue @daltman_IR and @ke_powers. trib.al/fcbob75

Happy to share that the documentary was screened at two Lift-Off Film Festivals! Thanks @liftoffnetwork for the opportunity!!

This is, of course, just a snippet of my findings. For more, please watch the full documentary available on Youtube! (6/6)

My documentary on Japanese whaling is officially out! I explain that the whaling triangle, akin to the ubiquitous iron triangles of the country, is the main driving force behind its resumption of commercial whaling. (1/6) youtu.be/F9TadkEm3xI

In rapidly aging Japan, where more diapers are used by incontinent adults than by babies, the country is groaning under this growing pile of waste. Houki, in western Japan, has a solution nytimes.com/2021/11/15/wor… @imakiky and I went to check out the diaper recycling operation

难怪觉得在哪儿见过… 图1 美国卫星公司Maxar Technologies发布卫星图像显示，解放军在塔克拉玛干沙漠靶场打造了形如美国航母及战舰的标靶。

While Komeito’s total seat count in the Diet (Japan’s parliament) remains modest, it punches above its weight by mobilizing its religious supporters for every election, from village assemblies up to the Diet, @mclaughlin_levi and @observingjapan write. buff.ly/2YnqWC8

What happens when you submit international treaties to Turnitin: academic.oup.com/isq/article/63…

No time to die: An in-depth analysis of James Bond's exposure to infectious agents sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

#OnThisDay 1976: The Water Margin was first broadcast on BBC Two. Here's how a Japanese TV epic, based on a Chinese Classic, was dubbed into English by a writer who understood neither Chinese nor Japanese.

LDP chose the status quo over change on key policy issues, experts say. s.nikkei.com/39MXXda

@E_IR's methods page is up! A fantastic place for IR folks to find online materials on research. Very happy to have worked with @mcglincheyst @Tusharika24 @MattiSpara @R_Schulenburg and others on this project e-ir.info/resources/rese…

"Political observers in South Korea say it could be another two or three years before the countries can turn around their relations as there is no strong will on either side to break the impasse." asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan…