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BSc in Economics

Yuma Osaki

Economics Assistant Professor

Yuma Osaki

Biography

Yuma Osaki received a Ph.D. in Political Science from Doshisha University. He has also been enrolled at the Crawford School of Public Policy of the Australian National University, pursuing another Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations. He holds an M.A. in Comparative Political Studies from Doshisha University and an LL.M. from the University of Sheffield, as well as a B.A. in Global Political Economy from Waseda University.
He has previously held a National Parliamentary Fellowship between Australia and Japan and an Indo-Pacific Fellowship at the PerthUSAsia Centre.
His research examines the theory and practice of Asian economic diplomacy, with a particular focus on international trade issues and regional integration, as well as geo-economic developments in the Indo-Pacific.

Research Interests

International Relations, International Political Economy

Final Education

Ph.D., Doshisha University

Academic Papers

  • Yuma Osaki (2026) China-New Zealand Relations Under the U.S.-China Rivalry: Interplay with the Shifting International Order and Regional Order in Oceania. Issues and Studies 55 (1)
  • Yuma Osaki (2023) Japan's role in the evolution of East Asian regional integration - from the adoption of bilateral FTAs to the making of RCEP. Graduate School of Law, Doshisha University

Grants

  • (2025) Asian Economic Diplomacy during the Period of Order Reorganization: The Historical Development of Australia-Japan Trade Cooperation. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Primary Researcher
  • (2025) Beyond geographical boundaries: Europe and Indo-Pacific institutional proximity. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Co-researcher
  • (2023) Indo-Pacific Geo-economics in an Era of Sino-US Competition for Hegemony: Rule Formation Processes by Intra-regional and External Like-Minded Countries. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Primary Researcher

Book & Case Publishing

  • Quitzow, R., Zabanova, Y. (2025) Japan: Putting Hydrogen at the Core of its Decarbonization Strategy (Chapter 5 in The Geopolitics of Hydrogen Volume 2: Major Economies and Their Strategies). Springer, Cham.
  • Minohara, Tosh (ed.) (2025) A Decade of Strategic Alignment and Deepening Ties for Australia and Japan (Chapter 6 in Handbook of Japan’s Foreign and Domestic Policies in the 2010s: The Decade of Abe). Routledge
  • Hideki, Hayashida (2024) Can ASEAN Survive — The South China Sea, Economic Integration, and Human Rights Issues That Risk Division —. Koyoshobo
  • Takashi, Terada (2023) China's Interdependence Trap: Institutional Proximity as a Countermeasure. Sairyusha Publishing Company Limited

Working Papers

  • Yuma Osaki (2022) The Sino-U.S. Hegemonic Competition and the Indo-Pacific Geo-economics (Part 2: Clarifying Geo-economic Concepts Surrounding the “Economic Interdependence Trap”). JFIR Commentary