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NISHIKAWA Taro
Institute for Promotion of Higher Education
Assistant Professor

Researcher basic information

■ Research Keyword
  • European Union (EU)
  • EU-Japan Relations
  • International Political Economy (IPE)
  • International Trade
■ Research Areas
  • Humanities & social sciences / International relations / European Union (EU)
  • Humanities & social sciences / International relations / Japan-EU relations
  • Humanities & social sciences / International relations / International Political Economy (IPE) (international trade)
  • Humanities & social sciences / Politics / policy-making process

Research activity information

■ Award
  • Nov. 2021 University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), UACES Scholarship 2022
    Nishikawa, Taro

■ Paper
■ MISC
■ Books And Other Publications
  • Introduction to Global Political Economy
    Yoshizawa, Hikaru, Nishikawa, Taro, Takagi, Aya, Kawanami, Ryuzo, Owa, Masumi, Miyoda, Yuki, Watanabe, Ayako, Hasegawa, Masanori, Tezuka, Saori, Tsuda, Kumiko, Nishimura, Momoko, Suda, Yuko, Zhong, Zhun, Nishimura, Takumi, Usui, Yoichiro
    Contributor, Chapter 6 "International Trade (1) World Trade Organization (WTO)"; Chapter 7 "International Trade (2) Free Trade Agreement (FTA)", Horitsu Bunka Sha, Sep. 2025, 74-104, Japanese, ISBN: 9784589044303

  • Easy-to-understand EU Politics (*provisional translation)
    Sakai, Kazunari, Yasoda, Hirohito
    Contributor, Part 5 IX-3 "OECD"; Part 5 IX-4 "WTO", Minerva-Shobo, Apr. 2020, Japanese, ISBN: 9784623088249

■ Lectures, oral presentations, etc.
  • EC-Japan Automobile Arrangement (1991): The European Commission’s Internal and External Strategies
    Nishikawa, Taro
    2026 EUSAAP Annual Conference (Panel 5-B), Jun. 2026, English, European Union Studies Association Asia Pacific (EUSAAP), Tokyo, Japan, International conference
    Oral presentation

  • Why Did the EU Introduce Trade Sanctions in Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters in Its Free Trade Agreements? Possible Principal-agent Analysis
    Nishikawa, Taro
    The 19th Research Conference of the Japan Association of Global Governance, Session 2: Free Topic Session, May 2026, Japanese, Japan Association of Global Governance, Nagoya, Japan
    Oral presentation

  • The European Commission’s Internal and External Strategies in International Trade Negotiations - An Empirical Analysis of the European Community’s Negotiations of Voluntary Export Restraints with Japan from the 1980s to the Early 1990s-
    Nishikawa, Taro
    RIEB Seminar "International Economy and Trade Policy: From Multidimensional Perspectives", Mar. 2026, Japanese, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
    [Invited]
    Oral presentation

  • Path to Becoming a Political Scientist: Kasumigaseki, Kobe, and Belgium
    Nishikawa, Taro
    Advanced Seminar 2b (International Political Economy), Dec. 2025, Japanese, Faculty of Law, Kansai University, Suita, Japan
    [Invited]
    Public discourse

  • EU and Asian Countries in International Trade: Free Trade Agreements and Sustainable Development
    Nishikawa, Taro
    Transnational and Global Perspectives on East Asia: Policy, Society and Methodologies, Nov. 2025, English, Master of European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives, KU Leuven, Online
    [Invited]
    Public discourse

  • Frictions and Cooperation between Japan and the EU in Global Society
    Nishikawa, Taro
    Special Lecture on International Exchanges: Global Civil Society 01 (Spring), Jun. 2025, Japanese, St. Andrew's University, Izumi, Japan
    [Invited]
    Public discourse

  • The European Commission’s Internal and External Strategies in International Trade Negotiations: The European Community’s Trade Negotiations with Japan from the 1980s to the Early 1990s
    Nishikawa, Taro
    100th conference of Japanese Association for Belgian Studies, Dec. 2024, Japanese, Nishinomiya, Japan
    Oral presentation

  • The European Commission’s Internal and External Strategies: EC-Japan Automobile Arrangement (1991)
    Nishikawa, Taro
    Workshop ‘European Studies’, Jul. 2024, English, EU*Asia Institute, ESSCA School of Management, Jean Monnet Chair “Teaching and Research in European Studies (TRES)”, Online/Angers, France, International conference
    Oral presentation

  • Frictions and Cooperation between Japan and the EU in Global Society
    Nishikawa, Taro
    Special Lecture on International Exchanges: Global Civil Society 01 (Spring), Jun. 2024, Japanese, St. Andrew's University, Izumi, Japan
    [Invited]
    Public discourse

  • From Rivals to Partners: A Half Century of the EU-Japan Trade Relations
    Nishikawa, Taro
    Economische Ontwikkelingen van Japan, May 2023, English, Japanese Studies Research Group, Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    [Invited]
    Public discourse

  • EU Trade Policy to Japan: From Rivals to Partners
    Nishikawa, Taro
    EU Trade Policy, Apr. 2023, English, Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    [Invited]
    Public discourse

  • Encounters between the European Union and Japan: Trade, Cohesiveness and Autonomy
    Nishikawa, Taro
    3rd ETEE Conference on Europe’s Interactions with World Regions, Nov. 2022, English, Jean Monnet Network “European Transoceanic Encounters and Exchanges (ETEE), Kobe, Japan, International conference
    [Invited]
    Oral presentation

  • Trade Policy of the European Union toward Japan: Cohesiveness and Autonomy
    Nishikawa, Taro
    14th KU & 13th EU Workshop, Nov. 2022, Japanese, Sub-Major Curriculum EU-Japanology, Kansai University Graduate School of Letters, Online, International conference
    Oral presentation

  • The Development of the Actorness of the European Union: Recognition, Autonomy and Cohesiveness
    Nishikawa, Taro
    15th EISA Pan-European Conference on International Relations (PEC) (Session ID-258: Historicizing the International System), Sep. 2022, English, European International Studies Association (EISA), Athens, Greece, International conference
    Oral presentation

  • Japanese Bilateral Recognition of the European Commission as Trade Negotiation Counterpart: Authority, Autonomy, and Low Cohesiveness
    Nishikawa, Taro
    2022 NEXTEUK PhD Summer School, Jun. 2022, English, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence program NEXTEUK, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne/Paris, France, International conference
    Others

  • Japanese Bilateral Recognition of the European Commission as Trade Negotiation Counterpart: Low Cohesiveness and Autonomy
    Nishikawa, Taro
    LINES Sessions, May 2022, English, Leuven International and European Studies (LINES), Faculty of Social Sciences, KU Leuven, Online
    Oral presentation

  • A Half Century of the EU-Japan Trade Relations: From Trade Conflicts to the Economic Partnership Agreement
    Nishikawa, Taro
    Economische Ontwikkelingen van Japan, May 2022, English, Japanese Studies Research Group, Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    [Invited]
    Public discourse

  • Japan-EC Trade Conflicts: Japanese Reaction to the EC’s Request for an Import Target in 1985
    Nishikawa, Taro
    11th International Symposium for Young Researchers in Translation, Interpreting, Intercultural Studies & East Asian Studies, Jul. 2021, English, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Online, International conference
    Oral presentation

  • Vertical Interplay between the European Commission and the Member States in EU Trade Policy
    Nishikawa, Taro
    2021 UACES Graduate Forum Research Conference (Panel 203: Foreign policy: EU and the world), Jun. 2021, English, University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES), Online, International conference
    Oral presentation

  • An Ideational Institutionalist Analysis of the Japanese Trade Policy-Making Process vis-à-vis the EC: Focus on the EC-Level Voluntary Export Moderation in 1983
    Nishikawa, Taro
    Satsuma/Konishi Chair of Lecture Series, May 2021, Japanese, Japanese Studies Research Group, Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven, Online
    Public discourse

  • A New Institutionalist Analysis of the Japanese Trade Policy-making Process vis-à-vis the EC: Focus on the EC-level Voluntary Export Moderation in 1983
    Nishikawa, Taro
    41st Annual Conference, European Union Studies Association-Japan (EUSA-Japan) (Session A: Japan and EU), Nov. 2020, Japanese, European Union Studies Association-Japan (EUSA-Japan), Online
    Oral presentation

  • Japanese Trade Policy Making Process to the European Community: 1978-1991 - From a New Institutionalist Perspective-
    Nishikawa, Taro
    11th EU Workshop, Oct. 2019, Japanese, Sub-Major Curriculum EU-Japanology, Kansai University Graduate School of Letters, Leuven, Belgium, International conference
    Oral presentation

  • Trade and Sustainable Development Chapter and Future Japan-EU Cooperation
    Nishikawa, Taro
    10th Anniversary Kobe University Brussels European Centre Symposium "Open Science, Evolving Societies: New Horizons for EU-Japan Research", Oct. 2019, English, Kobe University, Brussels, Belgium, International conference
    [Invited]
    Nominated symposium

  • Interest Groups’ Lobbying to Political Groups in the European Parliament -Trade and Sustainable Development Clauses in Free Trade Agreements-
    Nishikawa, Taro
    9th European Studies Student Conference, May 2018, English, Master of European Studies: Transnational and Global Perspectives, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
    Oral presentation

  • Interest Groups’ Lobbying to Political Groups in the European Parliament -Trade and Sustainable Development Clauses in Free Trade Agreements-
    Nishikawa, Taro
    Kobe University – KU Leuven Joint Seminar, Mar. 2018, English, Kobe University; KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, International conference
    Public discourse

■ Affiliated Academic Society
  • Japan Association of Global Governance (JAGG)
    Apr. 2026 - Present

  • European Union Studies Association (EUSA)
    Oct. 2023 - Present

  • European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
    Sep. 2023 - Present

  • European International Studies Association (EISA)
    Mar. 2022 - Present

  • Japan Association for Comparative Politics (JACP)
    May 2021 - Present

  • University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES)
    Mar. 2021 - Present

  • European Union Studies Association in Japan (EUSA-JAPAN)
    Nov. 2018 - Present

  • Japan Association of International Relations (JAIR)
    Nov. 2018 - Present

  • International Political Science Association (IPSA)
    Oct. 2023 - Dec. 2025

  • European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)
    Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2022

■ Research Themes
  • Changes in Trade and Sustainable Development Chapters in the EU's FTAs: A Principal-Agent Model Analysis
    西川 太郎
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Kobe University, Apr. 2025 - Mar. 2030, Principal investigator

■ Social Contribution Activities
  • Looking at the Diversity in the World and Japan
    Osaka Seiko Gakuin
    Contribution, Journal "Seiko", 01 Mar. 2026

  • Path to Becoming a Political Scientist: Kasumigaseki, Kobe, and Belgium
    Osaka Seiko Gakuin Junior High / High School
    Lecturer, Extracurricular Classe "Hoshi Zemi, 15 Feb. 2025, Osaka

  • Overseas Research Activities: Lessons Learned from My Experience in Belgium
    Graduate School, Kansai University
    Lecturer, "Information Exchange Session on Overseas Research Activities", "Action-Oriented Thinking" Human Resources Development Project (*provisional translation), 22 Jul. 2022, Suita, Graduate students

  • Japan and the EU: Through My Study in Belgium
    Osaka Seiko Gakuin Junior High / High School
    Lecturer, Extracurricular Classe "Hoshi Zemi, 29 Nov. 2020, Osaka

■ Others
  • 16th Kobe University Europe Forum “Kobe U Day – One Kobe Family” (March 7, March 9, 2026)
    Mar. 2026, Organiser of the 16th Kobe University Europe Forum “Kobe U Day – One Kobe Family” (March 7, March 9, 2026) Detail: https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/news/event/20260218-67577/

  • 14th Kobe University Europe Forum “Kobe U Day – One Kobe Family” (March 7-8, 2025))
    Mar. 2025, Organiser of the 14th Kobe University Europe Forum “Kobe U Day – One Kobe Family” (March 7-8, 2025) Detail: https://www.kobe-u.ac.jp/ja/announcement/20250326-66553/

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