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Yuki Shiraito

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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan. Affiliated with the Center for Political Studies, the Michigan Institute for Data Science, and the Center for Japanese Studies. Website: https://shiraito.github.io

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JJPS abstract from a scholarly article about a study in political science, examining how voters' perceptions of candidates' gender influences their policy evaluations, specifically in the context of immigration policy in Japan.

JJPS abstract from a scholarly article about a study in political science, examining how voters' perceptions of candidates' gender influences their policy evaluations, specifically in the context of immigration policy in Japan.

#OpenAccess from our latest issue -

Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi

"gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..."

- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social

#jjps

04.11.2025 14:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
JJPS abstract from a scholarly article about a study in political science, examining how voters' perceptions of candidates' gender influences their policy evaluations, specifically in the context of immigration policy in Japan.

JJPS abstract from a scholarly article about a study in political science, examining how voters' perceptions of candidates' gender influences their policy evaluations, specifically in the context of immigration policy in Japan.

#OpenAccess from our latest issue -

Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - https://cup.org/4hxDATi

"gender bias in voter evaluations may not be as severe as the literature expects..."

- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social

23.10.2025 08:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Logo of JJPS with a hashtag 'OpenAccess' on a green background.

Logo of JJPS with a hashtag 'OpenAccess' on a green background.

#OpenAccess -

Gendered views on immigration policy stances? The case of Japan - cup.org/4lV2PiL

- Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social & @ykshrt.bsky.social

#FirstView

04.09.2025 10:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks!

25.08.2025 18:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Our results were successfully replicated. The paper is now forthcoming!

25.08.2025 17:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Saki Kuzushima, Itsuki Umeyama, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Yuki Shiraito. β€œIO Endorsements, Perceived Alignment, and Public Support for Unpopular Policies.” Internatioanl Studies Quarterly (Accepted p... Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

"IO Endorsements, Perceived Alignment, and Public Support for Unpopular Policies" with Saki Kuzushima (sakikuzushima.github.io), Itsuki Umeyama, and @kmcelwain.bsky.social is now accepted (pending replication of empirical results) at
@isq-jrnl.bsky.social!

shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

29.07.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Masaaki Higashijima, Gento Kato, and Yuki Shiraito. β€œThe Impact of Elections on Civic Attitudes: Causal Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Staggered Local Elections.” Unpublished manuscript. Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

New version of a paper, "The Impact of Elections on Civic Attitudes: Causal Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Staggered Local Elections," with @mhigashi.bsky.social and Gento Kato is now available! We find that elections may not enhance civic political engagement.
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

22.07.2025 11:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Attitudes on the entry ban in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic Abstract. Japan had one of the most restrictive entry bans between 2020 and 2023 to curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While there was

My article with Melanie Sonntag and @ykshrt.bsky.social about how supportive the Japanese public was of COVID-era entry bans on foreigners (short answer: very supportive) was just publised in Social Science Japan Journal: urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

18.06.2025 18:27 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan's Diarchy | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

The accepted version of "Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan's Diarchy" with @mhigashi.bsky.social is now available @thejop.bsky.social! See also shiraito.github.io/research/pag... for SI and code/data.

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

12.06.2025 18:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning - Volume 119 Issue 2

From our new issue: "Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" by MITCHELL BOSLEY (@mitchellbosley), SAKI KUZUSHIMA, TED ENAMORADO (@TedEnamorado), and YUKI SHIRAITO (@yshiraito) #APSRNewIssue www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

11.06.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/yksh...

07.05.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning - Volume 119 Issue 2

"Improving Probabilistic Models in Text Classification via Active Learning" with Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, and TedEnamorado has appeared @apsrjournal.bsky.social in print! Please visit doi.org/10.1017/S000....

07.05.2025 19:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As someone educated outside the elite doctoral programs, EITM was huge for me.

If you want to be good enough at finding stuff out (i.e., "research") to be paid to do it, there's no substitute for being around the best of the best and trying to learn from them.

01.04.2025 19:33 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m hosting lectures on February 20 by @kmcelwain.bsky.social (UTokyo/Columbia) and on March 27 by Prof. Junko Kato (UTokyo)! If you’re outside of Ann Arbor, please register for Zoom webinars at myumi.ch/XGpyJ and myumi.ch/qV4ZD, respectively.

11.01.2025 08:56 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! It was a nice Thanksgiving treat.

28.11.2024 00:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Masaaki Higashijima and Yuki Shiraito. β€œTutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Tutelage.” The Journal of Politics (Conditionally accepted). Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

"Tutelary Power and Autocratic Legitimacy: Experimental Evidence from Kazakhstan’s Tutelage" with @mhigashi.bsky.social has been conditionally accepted at the JOP! We examine whether a de fact guardian boosts popular support for a de jure autocratic leader.
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

28.11.2024 00:16 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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#LAPolMeth2024 I presented a paper with @mhigashi.bsky.social and Gento Kato, "Do Elections Change Political Attitudes in Autocracies? Identification through the Staggered Introduction of Local Elections in Kazakhstan". I appreciate the opportunity to receive helpful feedback!
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25.11.2024 04:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#LAPolMeth2024 has begun, after a long trip and a nice pre-conference dinner!

22.11.2024 15:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
LAPolMeth – Latin American PolMeth Meeting

On my way to LAPolMeth VIII. Looking forward to it!

lapolmeth.info

20.11.2024 22:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This paper is forthcoming in @jjps.bsky.social!

20.11.2024 15:39 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gendered views may affect how voters evaluate candidates on education and national security, but they may be less salient on the issue of immigration, an experimental study in Japan shows. Melanie Sayuri Sonntag, @strauszm.bsky.social @ykshrt.bsky.social shiraito.github.io/research/fil...

19.11.2024 16:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Nuannuan Xiang and Yuki Shiraito. 2024. β€œA Dynamic Dirichlet Process Mixture Model for the Partisan Realignment of Civil Rights Issues in the U.S. House of Representatives” Unpublished manuscript. Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

Working paper, "A Dynamic Dirichlet Process Mixture Model for the Partisan Realignment of Civil Rights Issues in the U.S. House of Representatives," is now available on my website. We develop a nonparametric Bayesian model for analyzing gradual structural changes.
shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

16.10.2024 20:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning

"Improving Probabilistic Models In Text Classification Via Active Learning" with Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, and Ted Enamorado is now published as FirstView (doi.org/10.1017/S000...)! Our reproduction code and R package can be found at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

07.08.2024 04:58 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Saki Kuzushima, Itsuki Umeyama, Kenneth Mori McElwain, and Yuki Shiraito. 2024. β€œWhen International Organizations Help Domestic Leaders Avoid Blame for Unpopular Policies.” Unpublished manuscript. Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

New working paper, "When International Organizations Help Domestic Leaders Avoid Blame for Unpopular Policies" with Saki Kuzushima (sakikuzushima.github.io, who just defended dissertation!), Itsuki Umeyama, and @mcelwain444 is available at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

28.06.2024 07:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Mitchell Bosley, Saki Kuzushima, Ted Enamorado, and Yuki Shiraito. β€œImproving Probabilistic Models in Text Classification via Active Learning” American Political Science Review (Forthcoming). Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan

Our paper on the use of active learning for text classification is forthcoming at American Political Science Review! The author version of the accepted manuscript and the R package to implement our proposed approach are available at: shiraito.github.io/research/pag...

28.04.2024 03:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Public preferences for international law compliance: Respecting legal obligations or conforming to c... Despite significant debate about the ability of international law to constrain state behavior, recent research points to domestic mechanisms that deter non-compliance, most notably public disapproval ...

As @ykshrt.bsky.social wrote, our paper (with Saki Kuzushima, now on the job market!) on how international law, backed by constitutional principles, can persuade citizens to support political reforms is now out (Open Access). A true pleasure to work with these fantastic colleagues and friends.

21.01.2024 12:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Public preferences for international law compliance: Respecting legal obligations or conforming to c... Despite significant debate about the ability of international law to constrain state behavior, recent research points to domestic mechanisms that deter non-compliance, most notably public disapproval ...

Paper with @kmcelwain.bsky.social and Saki Kuzushima (U-M PhD candidate) titled "Public preferences for international law compliance: Respecting legal obligations or conforming to common practices?" is now in print in the Review of International Organizations!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

19.01.2024 19:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Final keynote at #LAPolMeth 23!

18.11.2023 19:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 1 of #LAPolMeth meeting 2023 was really stimulating! Productive discussion, great keynote, and fun socializing. Huge thanks to the organizing team! latam-polmeth.github.io/Meeting2023/

18.11.2023 05:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1