Ryan Hartley
Biographic Data
| ID | 4222855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryan Hartley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Hartley |
| SIGNATURE | HARTLEY R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tohoku University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4969-8334 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rethinking the ‘Special Relationship
Throughout much of the twentieth century, Japan maintained a “special relationship” with Myanmar, often bucking the policy approach of Western countries to provide financial and political support to the country’s military leaders. Following the February 2021 coup d’état in Myanmar, however, Japan’s policy approach toward the country notably shifted in response to domestic and international pressures. Utilizing declassified documents from Japan’s …
Nightclubs, dancing, and reforms to Japan’s sex-industry laws (fueihō)
In December 2010, nightclubs in Osaka were raided by Japan’s police. Such raids quickly spread to Tokyo, and sparked a nationwide crackdown on nightclubs that drew global media attention to the fact that – unbeknownst to many Japanese – it was illegal during Japan’s post-Second World War period to dance due to the arcane sex-business related legislation of fueihō. This was remedied in June 2016 through reforms to fueihō brought about by a vocifer…
Japan’s rush to rejuvenate Burma relations
This article interrogates one of the most important emerging bilateral relationships in East Asian international relations: Japan’s politico-economic relations with Burma/Myanmar (herein referred to as Burma). A long-time ally since the Second World War, Japan’s role in Burma came under increasing and eventually unbearable pressure with US sanctions from the 1990s. However, since 2011 Japan has rapidly extended its influence in Burma—influence un…
Contemporary Thailand–Japan Economic Relations
This article centres on the nature of the Thai state amid a shifting global economic environment, examining it through the lens of foreign direct investment and specifically Japan's declining foreign direct into the kingdom since 2015. It posits that the Thai state is neither a liberal democracy nor a liberal capitalist model and is instead akin to a deep and global competition‐oriented state. Through this modality, the article examines recent dr…
Contemporary Thailand–Japan Economic Relations
This article centres on the nature of the Thai state amid a shifting global economic environment, examining it through the lens of foreign direct investment and specifically Japan's declining foreign direct into the kingdom since 2015. It posits that the Thai state is neither a liberal democracy nor a liberal capitalist model and is instead akin to a deep and global competition‐oriented state. Through this modality, the article examines recent dr…
Contemporary Thailand–Japan Economic Relations
This article centres on the nature of the Thai state amid a shifting global economic environment, examining it through the lens of foreign direct investment and specifically Japan's declining foreign direct into the kingdom since 2015. It posits that the Thai state is neither a liberal democracy nor a liberal capitalist model and is instead akin to a deep and global competition‐oriented state. Through this modality, the article examines recent dr…
Japan’s rush to rejuvenate Burma relations
This article interrogates one of the most important emerging bilateral relationships in East Asian international relations: Japan’s politico-economic relations with Burma/Myanmar (herein referred to as Burma). A long-time ally since the Second World War, Japan’s role in Burma came under increasing and eventually unbearable pressure with US sanctions from the 1990s. However, since 2011 Japan has rapidly extended its influence in Burma—influence un…
Nightclubs, dancing, and reforms to Japan’s sex-industry laws (fueihō)
In December 2010, nightclubs in Osaka were raided by Japan’s police. Such raids quickly spread to Tokyo, and sparked a nationwide crackdown on nightclubs that drew global media attention to the fact that – unbeknownst to many Japanese – it was illegal during Japan’s post-Second World War period to dance due to the arcane sex-business related legislation of fueihō. This was remedied in June 2016 through reforms to fueihō brought about by a vocifer…
Rethinking the ‘Special Relationship
Throughout much of the twentieth century, Japan maintained a “special relationship” with Myanmar, often bucking the policy approach of Western countries to provide financial and political support to the country’s military leaders. Following the February 2021 coup d’état in Myanmar, however, Japan’s policy approach toward the country notably shifted in response to domestic and international pressures. Utilizing declassified documents from Japan’s …
Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · State (computer science (2 works) · Art (1 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (1 works) · Cambodian History and Society (1 works)