Nakakita Kōji

Professor at the Institute for the Study of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University. Born in 1968 in Mie Prefecture. Graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1991. Undertook doctoral studies at the University of Tokyo, where he obtained his PhD in law in 1995. Previously taught at Osaka City University and Rikkyō University. He specializes in the history of Japanese foreign diplomacy and contemporary Japanese political discourse. His writings include Jimintō “ikkyō” no jitsuzō (The Liberal Democratic Party: Reality Versus Image of “The Strongest”), Jikō seiken to wa nani ka (What is the LDP-Komeitō Government?), Gendai Nihon no seitō demokurashī (Contemporary Party Democracy in Japan), and Jimintō seiji no hen’yō (Transformation of LDP Politics).