The defence is public, and everybody is welcome; the defence, scheduled for a maximum of three hours, will be held in English; the defence proceedings will be presided by Marianne Schleicher, Associate Professor and Director of PhD programme, Aarhus University.

The dissertation will be available for reading in a digital version before the defence. If you wish to read the dissertation, please write to Jacob Hedegaard at jached@cas.au.dk before15 December 2025 at 1pm CET

Assessment committee:
• Hugo Dobson, Professor of Japan's International Relations, School of Languages, Arts and Societies, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
• Paul Sharp, Professor of Political Science, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA
• Anemone Platz, Associate Professor, Japan Studies, Department of Global Studies, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark (Chair) 

Principal supervisor:
• Raymond Yamamoto, Associate Professor, Japan Studies, Department of Global Studies, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, Denmark

Co-Supervisor:
• Akio Takahara, Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan

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