Areas of Expertise

Public Policy, Political Economy, International Relations, Japanese Politics. Hiromi Murakami’s current projects include Japanese Industries’ Order and Industry-State relations.

Representative Publications

• Murakami, H. (2023) Resilience and Autonomy: The Internal Governance of Prewar/Wartime Japanese Industries and Interaction with the State, 1925-1945. Lexington Books
• Murakami, H. (2021). Gender Policies and Conservative Values. In R. Dujarric et al (Ed.), The Abe Legacy: How Japan has been Shaped By Abe Shinzo. Lexington Books.
• Murakami, H. (Forthcoming 2021). Gender Policies and Conservative Values. In The Abe Legacy: How Japan has been Shaped By Abe Shinzo. Lexington Books.
• Sunami, A., and Murakami, H. (2017). Green Innovation and Japan’s competitiveness of environmental technology. In K. Ueda (Ed.), Environmental Management: Green Innovation. Chuokeizai sha.
• Murakami, H. (2012). The origins of Japanese developmental state: Japanese Management of ‘Manchukuo’ through Special Corporations. Asian Journal of Political Science, 20(2), 129-153.

Education

• MA and PhD in International Relations, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
• MBA International Business, St. Mary’s College.
• BS in Physics, Sophia University

Previous Appointments

• Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic International Studies (2014- 2020)
• Assistant Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo (2011-2014)
• Fellow (2006-2010); Senior Fellow (2010-2014), Economic Strategy Institute
• Instructor, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins, Washington, D.C. (2004-2006)

Professional Associations

• Visiting Scholar, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
• Academic Fellow, Health and Global Policy Institute