Arthur Stockwin

James Arthur Ainscow Stockwin OBE (born 28 November 1937) is a British political scientist who is a specialist in the politics and foreign policy of Japan.

Early life

Arthur Stockwin was born in Birmingham. He obtained a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford and a PhD in International Relations from the Australian National University in Canberra. His thesis was titled "The Neutralist Policy of the Japanese Socialist Party".[1]

Career

Stockwin taught at the Department of Political Science at the Australian National University from 1964 to 1981. He returned to the United Kingdom in 1982, to take up the position of Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies, and director of the Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford. Since his retirement in 2003, he has continued to write and research on Japanese topics.

Honours

In 2004, he was presented with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by ambassador to London Yoshiji Nogami on behalf of the Emperor of Japan for his efforts to promote Japanese Studies in the United Kingdom.[2]

In 2006, a festschrift was published in his honour, The Left in the Shaping of Japanese Democracy: Essays in Honour of J.A.A. Stockwin, edited by David Williams and Rikki Kersten.

He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2009 for "services to academic excellence and the promotion of UK-Japanese understanding".

Selected publications

References

  1. ↑ The Abe Government, Freedom of Speech and the Issue of War Apology with Professor Arthur Stockwin. The Japan Society. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. ↑ The Japanese government honours Professor JAA Stockwin. Embassy of Japan in the UK, 19 November 2004. Retrieved 13 November 2016.

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