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TANAKA HIROMI
 
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Professor of Gender, Media and Digital Culture, School of Information and Communication, Meiji University

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Degree

  • PhD in Sociology (Dr. rer. soc.) ( 2007.7   Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany )

Research Interests

  • digital platform

  • media

  • digital technology

  • intimacy

  • gender

  • AI

Research Areas

  • Humanities & social sciences / Gender studies

  • Humanities & social sciences / Sociology  / Sociology/Media Studies

Research History

  • Utrecht University   ICON (Institute for Cultural Inquiry)/Department of Media and Culture Studies   Visiting Researcher

    2023.4 - 2024.3

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  • University of Amsterdam   Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)   Visiting Researcher

    2022.4 - 2023.3

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  • Meiji University   School of Information and Communication   Professor

    2026.10

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  • Meiji University   School of Information and Communication   Associate Professor

    2014.4 - 2026.9

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  • Meiji University   School of Information and Communication   Assistant Professor

    2011.4 - 2014.3

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  • German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ Tokyo)   Senior Research Fellow

    2008.4 - 2011.3

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  • University of Kassel   Faculty of Social Sciences   Adjunct Instructor

    2006.10 - 2007.3

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  • Heinrich-Heine-University of Dusseldorf   Modern Japanese Studies   Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin)

    2004.4 - 2004.8

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  • Ochanomizu University   Institute for Gender Studies   Research Collaborator

    2002.4 - 2002.8

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  • Heinrich-Heine-University of Dusseldorf   Modern Japanese Studies   Research Assistant (Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft)

    2000.5 - 2001.12

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Professional Memberships

  • International Society for Gender Studies

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  • International Sociological Association

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  • The Japan Sociological Society

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  • Japan Association for Media, Journalism and Communication Studies

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  • International Communication Association

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  • Japan Society for Sport and Gender Studies

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Committee Memberships

  • Cambridge University Press   Editorial Board member, Book Series (Elements: Digital Asia)  

    2026.8   

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  • Gender Equality Council, Meguro Ward, Tokyo   Member (President, 2026-2028)  

    2020.6   

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  • Springer Nature   Editorial Board member, International Journal of the Sociology of Leisure  

    2024.2   

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  • De Gruyter Brill   Editorial Board member, Book Series (Technology, Power & Society)  

    2023.2   

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Papers

  • Romancing AI: New digital intimacies in contemporary Japan (forthcoming in 2026) Reviewed

    Hiromi Tanaka, Michelle S. H. Ho

    T. C. Bächle & C. Katzenbach (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence and the Human. Routledge.   2026

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  • Artificial intelligence's sexual politics: Three modes and the case of Japan Reviewed

    Hiromi Tanaka, Michelle H. S. Ho

    D. Nguyen, B. Mutsvairo, & J. Zeng (Eds.), Technology, Power & Society: Global Perspectives on the Digital Transformation. Brill.   228 - 250   2025.8

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    DOI: 10.1163/9789004711396_013

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  • Kawaii aesthetics in human-machine romance: Reimagining gender, cuteness, and digital intimacy in A.I. Love You (2016) Invited

    Pei-Sze Chow, Jacopo Barbero, Hiromi Tanaka, Michelle H. S. Ho

    E. Giannoulis (Ed.), The Future of Humans and Emotional Machines. Routledge.   107 - 119   2025.7

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    DOI: 10.4324/9781003570653-12

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  • Negotiating digital visibility in Asia: Rethinking conceptual frameworks through (g)local communities and practices Reviewed

    Qian Huang, Jing Zeng, Hiromi Tanaka, Saif Shahin

    Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies   31 ( 3 )   715 - 727   2025.6

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    This special issue explores the complex dynamics of digital visibility negotiation in Asian contexts. Emerging scholarship on this topic reveals how users strategically negotiate their visibility online. However, we still need to broaden the scope of our knowledge, especially outside Western contexts, in order to advance our theoretical understanding of such negotiations. Asian societies and communities, with their distinctive platform political economies and socio-cultural landscapes, offer rich yet underexplored contexts for advancing visibility theories beyond Western-centric frameworks. Responding to Brighenti’s call to treat visibility as an interdisciplinary social scientific category, this special issue presents 19 articles organized into four thematic clusters that analyze visibility practices across Asian communities and diasporic spaces. By centering Asian case studies and perspectives, we illustrate how visibility negotiations in Asian contexts can inform broader theoretical understandings of digital visibility negotiation practices and the power dynamics that shape them.

    DOI: 10.1177/13548565251352729

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  • Platform capitalism and gender: Platformization and new cultural practices as labor

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Japan Journal of Media, Journalism and Communication Studies   ( 106 )   35 - 50   2025.1

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    DOI: 10.24460/jamsmedia.106.0_35

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  • Following Naomi Osaka and Rui Hachimura on social media: Silent activism and sport commodification of multiracial Japanese athletes Reviewed

    Michelle H. S. Ho, Hiromi Tanaka

    Social Media + Society   2023.11

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    This article explores the role of social media in athlete activism and sport commodification through the case studies of two elite multiracial athletes who represent Japan, professional tennis player Naomi Osaka and professional basketball player Rui Hachimura. Osaka’s mother is Japanese and her father is Haitian-American, whereas Hachimura’s mother is Japanese and his father is Beninese. Employing critical discourse analysis of Twitter and Instagram, we ask: How do they use social media to amplify their voices and advocacy for race and ethnicity? How do their athlete activism and multiracial identity appeal to fans and sponsors? We argue that social media lend them various ways for resistance through defying monoracial labeling and racialized sport stereotypes, manifesting their multiracial identity, speaking up against social justice issues, and affiliating with certain sponsors. We demonstrate how their “silent activism” is subtle, situated in everyday life, and not antithetical to the commodification of their (athlete-activist) image.

    DOI: 10.1177/20563051231211858

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  • How Nissin represented Naomi Osaka: Race, gender, and sport in Japanese advertising Reviewed

    Michelle H. S. Ho, Hiromi Tanaka

    Communication & Sport   10 ( 4 )   594 - 615   2022.8

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    In January 2019, instant noodle giant Nissin Foods released two animated advertisements online featuring Naomi Osaka, which elicited backlash over “whitewashing” the multiracial professional tennis player who represents Japan. Although Nissin has since pulled the advertisements and officially apologized for portraying Osaka as lighter-skinned, underlying these issues are also those of gender, especially its intersections with race/ethnicity, nation, and sport in Japanese media. Employing discourse analysis of these two advertisements, this article examines how Nissin represented Osaka and what ideologies these representations reflect in Japanese society. Drawing on intersectional and transnational feminist cultural studies approaches, we argue that the advertisements’ representation of Osaka and the ensuing controversy reflect racialized and gendered ideologies in an allegedly homogeneous Japanese society, informed by local media and popular cultures that regularly portray “racially neutral” characters, celebrate lighter-skinned hāfu (half; multiracial) women, and diminish sportswomen’s athletic abilities. This article contributes to communication and sport studies by situating Osaka within broader contexts of how hāfu and sporting women are depicted in Japanese media and how elite sportswomen and multiracial athletes are portrayed in international media. Our article concludes by offering two suggestions on how to research multiracial sportswomen in the media.

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  • The youth's social media use and gender Reviewed

    Hiromi Tanaka, Kanae Takahashi

    Information and Communication Studies   20   95 - 110   2021.3

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  • Japanese manga Reviewed

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Ross, K., Bachmann, I., Cardo, V., moorti, S., & Scarcelli, C. M. (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media and Communication. Wiley-Blackwell.   2   759 - 766   2020.7

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    DOI: 10.1002/9781119429128.iegmc161

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  • Gender representation in contemporary media: Changing images of women in a women's magazine, an an Reviewed

    H. Tanaka, K. Koma

    Memoirs of Institute of Cultural Sciences, Meiji University   87   2020.3

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  • Gender issues in communication: Old and new challenges Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Journal of Japan Association of Physical Education for Women   62 ( 2019.12-1 )   12 - 15   2019.12

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  • Towards a reconstruction of gender and media studies Invited Reviewed

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    Japanese Journal of the International Society for Gender Studies   16   34 - 46   2018.12

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  • Enjoying manga as fujoshi: Exploring its innovation and potential for social change from a gender perspective Reviewed

    Hiromi Tanaka, Saori Ishida

    International Journal of Behavioral Science   10 ( 1 )   77 - 85   2015.1

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  • Parental well-being and the sexual division of household labor: A new look at gendered families in Japan Reviewed

    Barbara Holthus, Hiromi Tanaka

    Asiatische Studien/Etudes Asiatiques   LXVII ( 2 )   401 - 428   2013.6

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  • Youth's manga reading and the reception of gender images: The case of readers of "SLAM DUNK" Reviewed

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Journal of Information and Communication Studies   ( 13 )   1 - 15   2013.3

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  • Individualization of marriage and work life choices: A study of never-married employed women in Hong Kong and Tokyo Reviewed

    Hiromi Tanaka, Catherine W. Ng

    Asian Women   28 ( 1 )   85 - 119   2012.3

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  • Identifying and explaining ambiguities and ambivalences in middle adulthood: The life story of Ms K Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    BIOGRAPHY AND SOCIETY: Newsletter of the RESEARCH COMMITTEE 38 OF THE ISA [Reprinted in Kobayashi, T. (Ed.)(2011), Different perspectives on biographies (pp. 11-32). Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University].   December 2010   17 - 32   2010.12

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    Reprinted in T. Kobayashi, ed. 2011. Different Perspectives on Biographies. Tokyo: Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Social Sciences, 11-32

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  • International migration and the state: Nurse migration from Korea to Germany

    Yukie Hirata, Hiromi Tanaka

    Mathesis Universalis   12 ( 1 )   87 - 119   2010.11

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  • Stated desire versus actual practice: Reviewing the literature on low fertility rates in contemporary Japanese society Reviewed

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Japanese Studies   29 ( 3 )   415 - 430   2009.11

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  • State feminism and female bureaucrats Reviewed

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    Japanese Journal of International Society for Gender Studies   6   149 - 162   2008.12

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  • Conceiving and researching women's networks in globalisation Reviewed

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies: JIGS   8 ( 1/2 )   18 - 37   2004.6

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  • Equal employment in contemporary Japan: A structural approach Invited

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    PS   37 ( 1 )   66 - 66   2004.1

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    DOI: 10.1017/S1049096504003749

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Books

  • Ethical design of social media [in Japanese]

    Shigeo Kawashima, Jun Sakamoto, Atsushi Udagawa, Ryo Shiozaki, Hiromi Tanaka, Yuko Murakami, Yoshinori Sugiura, Tadashi Takenouchi( Role: ContributorThe affordance of social media and gender)

    Iwanami Shoten  2026.6 

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  • Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Special Issue on "Negotiating Digital Visibility in Asia", Vol. 31, No. 3

    Qian Huang, Jing Zeng, Hiromi Tanaka, Saif Shahin( Role: Joint editor)

    Sage  2025.6 

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  • Diversity and Creativity in a Digital Society

    Tanaka, H., Koma, K., & Takamine, O. (Eds.)( Role: Joint editorBook chapter: "Digital technology and gender: towards an analysis of power in social media, data, and artificial intelligence")

    Meiji University Press  2023.2 

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  • Carta, S. (Ed.), Machine Learning and the City: Applications in Architecture and Urban Design

    Vian Bakir, Nader Ghotbi, Tung Manh Ho, Alexander Laffer, Peter Mantello, Andrew McStay, Diana Miranda, Hiroshi Miyashita, Lena Podoletz, Hiromi Tanaka, Lachlan Urquhart( Role: ContributorEmotional AI in cities: Cross-cultural lessons from the UK and Japan on designing for an ethical life)

    Wiley-Blackwell  2022.11 

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  • Introduction to Information and Communication Studies

    School of Information, Communication, Meiji University( Role: ContributorAnalyzing society through the lens of Differences: A gender perspective)

    Minerva  2022.3 

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  • Gendered Cityscapes: Revisiting Questions of Gender Identity, Equity and Marginalization in Urban Asia

    Divya Joshi, Hiromi Tanaka, Chompoonuh K Permpoonwiwa( Role: Joint editorBook chapter: Gender and Sexualization in Urban Japan: Reflections in the Media)

    Rawat  2022.1 

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  • Media Studies of Looking and Being-looked-at-ness

    Kentaro Matsumoto, Takehiko Daikoku, Shinya Miyamoto, Hiromi Tanaka, Fumiaki Takaoka, Shinichiro Wada, Tatsuo Yamaguchi, Yukie Ban, Saeko Ishita, Kyoko Koma, Hideki Kakita, Mika Okubo, Shoji Yamada, Yuta Kurosawa, Saki Nabekura, Naoya Ito( Role: ContributorBook chapter "Politics of looking and being-looked-at-ness: the gaze, surveillance and gender")

    Nakanishiya  2021.4 

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  • Critical Words: Media Theory

    T. Kadobayashi & N. Masuda (Eds.)( Role: ContributorBook chapter "Gender and Media")

    Film Art, Inc.  2021.2 

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  • International Encyclopedia of Gender, Media and Communication

    Ross, K., et al (eds.)( Role: Contributor"Japanese manga")

    Wiley-Blackwell  2020.7 

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    DOI: 10.1002/9781119429128.iegmc161

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  • Global Leisure and the Struggles for a Better World

    Beniwal, A., Rashmi, J., & Spracklen, K. (Eds.)( Role: Contributor"Doing manga as leisure and its meaning and purpose", co-authored with Saori Ishida)

    Palgrave Macmillan  2018.5 

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  • Body Studies

    H. Tanaka, A. Kaneko, K. Saito, K. Takesaki, K. Hirano( Role: Joint translator)

    Kyoto: Koyo Shobo  2017.5 

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  • Equating Gender: Explorations in the Asia-Pacific

    Joshi, D. U. & Permpoonwiwat, C. K. (Eds.)( Role: Contributor"Women's political participation in Japan: What stirs their political ambition and what promotes their candidacy")

    Rawat  2016.9 

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  • Parental Well-Being in Japan

    Barbara Holthus, Matthias Huber, Hiromi Tanaka( Role: Joint author)

    DIJ  2016.6 

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  • Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research

    Michalos, A. C. (Ed.)( Role: Contributor"Women's empowerment", co-authored with Yin-Zu Chen)

    Springer  2014.1 

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  • Frauenbilder/ Frauenkoerper: Inszenierungen des Weiblichen in den Gesellschaften Sued- und Ostasiens

    H. Moser & S. Koehn (Eds.)( Role: Contributor"Japanische Frauen als politische Akteure")

    Harrassowitz  2013.3 

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  • Beyond a Standardized Life Course: Biographical Choices about Work, Family and Housing

    Hiromi Tanaka, Maren Godlik, Kristinta Iwata-Weickgenann( Role: Joint editor)

    Shin-yo-sha  2013.2 

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  • Introduction to Communication Studies

    Suzuki, T( Role: ContributorBook chapter: "Gender and Communication")

    Taishukan  2011.7 

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  • Japanische Geschlechterpolitik und Frauennetzwerke im Zeitalter der Globalisierung

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    Iudicium  2009.4 

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  • Gender dynamics and globalisation: Perspectives on Japan within Asia

    ( Role: Contributor"Dynamics of global gender Politics: A comparative analysis of the implementation of CEDAW in Japan and South Korea", co-authored with Mihee Hong)

    LIT  2007.12 

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MISC

  • Media literacy: Rethinking our approach in the age of social media Invited

    Deai Kirari (a journal published by Gender Equality Center, Meguro Ward, Tokyo)   75   2 - 4   2024.3

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  • Contemporary feminism cannot Be told without social media: Showcasing the diversity and creativity of US feminism Invited

    The Tosho Shimbun (The Book Review Press)   3580 ( 2023年2月25日 )   1 - 2   2023.2

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  • Sekai no machikado kara vol. 89: The Netherlands - a free and open multicultural society Invited

    The Quarterly Meiji   100 ( 1月15日 )   42 - 43   2024.1

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  • Media Watch: US Media on Abortion Rights in Midterms. Highlighting the Gender Gap in Interest Invited

    The Weekly Friday (Shukan Kinyobi)   1401 ( 11月18日 )   57   2022.11

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  • Media Watch: Western Media Reporting Archaeological/Anthropological Findings to Re-evaluate Gender Roles; Importance of Questioning Preconceptions Invited

    The Weekly Friday (Shukan Kinyobi)   1391 ( 9月2日 )   25   2022.9

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  • Media Watch: Media presenting transgender voices; Sharp increase in uniform and gender reports Invited

    The Weekly Friday (Shukan Kinyobi)   1383 ( 7月1日 )   53   2022.7

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  • Foreword: Toward the future of an advanced digital society Invited

    2022.5 ( 818 )   3   2022.5

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  • Media Watch: International Perspectives in Ukraine War Coverage Invited

    1374 ( 4月22日 )   33   2022.4

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  • Media Watch: Emerging digital technologies and new inequalities Invited

    The Weekly Friday (Shukan Kinyobi)   1364 ( 2月11日 )   47   2022.2

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  • Media Watch: Intersectionality (Gender + Other Differences) Vital for Diversity; 'Gender' Doubles in Olympic/Paralympic Media Invited

    The Weekly Friday (Shukan Kinyobi)   1345 ( 9月17日 )   25   2021.9

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  • Media Watch: Misogyny behind harassment on social media Invited

    The Weekly Friday (Shukan Kinyobi)   1337 ( 7月16日 )   31   2021.7

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  • Gender and communication Invited

    IKUEI NEWS   88 ( 2019.10 )   11 - 12   2019.10

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  • Society and humanity as quetioned by gender and media studies Invited

    The Quarterly Meiji   82 ( 2019.4 )   38 - 39   2019.4

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  • Exploring life patterns: A life course perspective Invited

    2019.3 ( 519 )   6 - 12   2019.3

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  • Embracing sexual diversity: Moving toward a new era Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Shall we?   68   5   2019.3

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Presentations

  • Platformization and gender Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Annual Spring Meeting of the Japan Association for Media, Journalism and Communication Studies  2024.6 

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  • The affordances of social media and gender Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    The "Ethical Design of Social Media" Book Launch Symposium: Is Social Media Fine as It Is? Toward the Ethical Design of a Digital Society  2026.9 

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  • From the perspective of platformization: Comments as a discussant Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    JAMS the 9th Research Workshop: Platform and Artist/Curation/Fandom  2026.8 

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  • Gender issues in the digital age Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Public Seminar, organized by Libra, Gender Equality Center, Minato-ku, Tokyo  2025.5 

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  • Comparing romantic AI companions in Japan and China: Anime fantasy, gendered embodiment, and Asian posthumans

    Jindong Leo-Liu, Hiromi Tanaka, Michelle H. S. Ho

    74th Annual ICA Conference Gold Coast, Australia  2024.6 

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  • Negotiating visibility through voice: Japanese digital feminism using podcasts

    Honoka Kato, Hiromi Tanaka

    74th Annual ICA Conference Gold Coast, Australia  2024.6 

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  • Comparing romantic AI companions in Japan and China: Anime fantasy, gendered embodiment, and Asian posthumans

    Jindong Leo-Liu, Hiromi Tanaka, Michelle H. S. Ho

    Research Conference and Workshop on Gender, Youth, and Media in Asia, The Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore  2024.2 

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  • Azuma Hikari, My healing bride: Tracing gender and human-machine intimacies in contemporary Japan

    Michelle H. S. Ho, Hiromi Tanaka

    73rd Annual ICA (International Communication Association) Conference  2023.5 

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  • Digital intimacy in human–machine relationships: Gendered representations in fiction and beyond

    Hiromi Tanaka, Michelle H. S. Ho

    EMTECH Conference 2022: Narrating Emotional Closeness between Humans and Machines in Japanese (Popular) Culture and Literature  2022.10 

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  • Affective politics of digital feminism: Complexities of feminism in Japan’s social media space

    Hiromi Tanaka, Honoka Kato

    IAMCR Beijing 2022  2022.7 

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  • Connectivity and division, and what?: Social Media, social Change and new possibilities Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Japanese Association of Media, Journalism and Communication Studies, Symposium: Everyday Lives of Social Media  2022.6 

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  • Romancing AI: Gender and new digital intimacies in contemporary Japan

    Hiromi Tanaka, Michelle H. S. Ho

    Conference: Artificial Intelligence and the Human?: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Science and Fiction, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Japanese-German Center Berlin (JDZB)  2022.5 

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  • Digital technology and gender: Social media's new opportunities and risks

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Annual Meeting of the International Society for Gender Studies 2020  2020.9 

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  • Moderator/Planner/Coordinator

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Symposium "Diversity and Creativity in Digital Society: New Directions in Art and Fashion"  2019.10 

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  • Digital technologies from the perspective of gender Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Nagano Educational and Cultural Council 2024 General Research Convention: Towards "Gender-Equal Education"  2024.12 

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  • Romancing AI: New digital intimacies in contemporary Japan Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Invited talk, Department of Media and Communication Research, University of Zurich  2022.10 

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  • Literacy in the age of social media Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Online Seminar organized by Gender and Social Equality Division, Itabashi Ward, Tokyo  2022.8 

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  • Gender and new digital intimacies in contemporary Japan Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka, Michelle Ho

    CNM Research Talk, Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore  2022.3 

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  • Changing situation concerning media and gender: A research perspective Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Online Symposium: Gender and Media in Change (Organized by Meiji University Gender Center & Digital Media "Kagamino Kagami (Mirror Mirror)")  2020.10 

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  • Gender representation in contemporary media, co-authored

    Hiromi Tanaka, Kyoko Koma

    Research Workshop, Section Media and Gender, International Society for Gender Studies  2020.6 

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  • Film Screening & Talk Event (Moderator)

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Premiere Screening & Talk Event for the Film "his" (2020, Produced by Nagoya TV / Distributed by Phantom Film) at Meiji University  2020.1 

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  • Roundtable: Creating a supportive environment for all university members (as a representative of Meiji University's Gender Center)

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Symposium: University Presidents' Joint Statement on SOGI's Diversity: Achievements and Challenges  2020.1 

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  • Moderator/Planner/Coordinator

    Symposium "New Directions in Gender Studies: The Past Decade and the Future"  2019.9 

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  • The construction and representation of the body: For a discussion about the body, sport, and diversity Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    The 18th annual conference of Japan Society for Sport and Gender Studies, Public Symposium  2019.6 

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  • Gender and the media in the digital age: Old and new issues Invited International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Special Session: Gender and Information in the Digital Age, The 12th Srinakharinwirot University Research Conference  2019.3 

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  • Gender and media in contemporary Japan Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Guest Lecture, Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore  2019.2 

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  • The portrayals of women in a Japanese women's lifestyle magazine, an an Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka, Kyoko Koma

    Guest Lecture, Department of Taiwanese Languages and Culture, National Taiwan Normal University  2018.11 

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  • Gender representation and the portrayals of women in Japanese media: A changing pattern Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka, Kyoko Koma

    Guest Lecture, Department of Sociology, National Taipei University  2018.11 

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  • The relationship between the self, the body and the society: On the consideration of the body Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Gender Equality Seminar, KIta-Ward, Tokyo  2018.9 

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  • Towards a reconstruction of gender and media studies

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Annual Meeting of the International Society for Gender Studies 2018, Roundtable 2: Gender and media in an era of social media  2018.9 

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    Venue:University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo  

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  • The sexualization of Japanese women in a global postfeminist era International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    The 22nd Biennial Conference of The Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 2018  2018.7 

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    Venue:The University of Sydney  

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  • Film Screening + Talk Event

    Hiromi Tanaka

    "Kalanchoe Flower" (2016, dir. Shun Nakagawa): Preview & Talk at Meiji University  2018.6 

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  • Reorganization of the public/private divide: the sexualization of men and women in Japanese women’s popular media International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    International Conference: Urban Spaces and Gender ? Exploring Gender, Marginalization and Equity in Urban Spaces in the Asia-Pacific  2017.11 

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  • Redefinition of femininities and rigidity of gender norms: Discussant's comment International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    The 15th International Conference of the European Association of Japanese Studies  2017.8 

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    Venue:Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal  

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  • Moderator/Planner/Coordinator

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Film "Hands of Love" (2015) Preview & Talk at Meiji University, organized by Gender Center in collaboration with Shochiku  2016.11 

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  • Gender and the media reconsidered

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Annual Conerence of the International Society for Gender Studies  2016.9 

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    Venue:Hitotsubashi University  

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  • The meaning and purpose of leisure activities of manga/anime fans Called fujoshi: Contradictions and ambivalences in a Japanese women's fan community International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka, Saori Ishida

    The Third ISA Forum of Sociology  2016.7  International Sociological Association (ISA)

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    Gender Gradation Fashion Show/Talk at Meiji University  2015.12 

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  • A commentary: On the use of the category of men and how researchers can speak within and outside their academic communities

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Annual Meeting of the International Society of Gender Studies  2015.9 

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  • Enjoying manga as fujoshi: Exploring its innovation and potential for social change from a gender perspective International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka, Saori Ishida

    International Interdisciplinary Symposium "Knowledge Construction through the Lens of Social and Cultural Diversity"  2014.11 

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    Venue:Graduate School at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand  

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  • Sexual stratification in a digital age International conference

    Soshi Matsuoka, Hiromi Tanaka

    International Interdisciplinary Symposium "Knowledge Construction through the Lens of Social and Cultural Diversity"  2014.11 

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    Venue:Graduate School at Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand  

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  • Moderator/Planner/Coodinator

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Professor Raewyn Connell Special Lecture "Towards De-colonizing Gender: Masculinities, Femininities, and Gender Relations" at Meiji University  2014.7 

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  • A biographical analysis of women's political participation: The importance of politicization in women legislators' biographies International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology  2014.7  International Sociological Association

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  • Studying manga and gender Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Guest Lecture, University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Humanities  2014.3  University of Southern Denmark, Faculty of Humanities, Graduate School

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  • Sportmanga und Geschlecht Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Guest Lecture, University of Heidelberg, Center for East Asian Studies, Institute for Japanology  2014.2  University of Heidelberg, Center for East Asian Studies, Institute for Japanology

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  • Gender, manga and social change Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    International Conference "Women's Movements and Complex (Gender) Relations in International Perspective  2014.2  Ruhr University, Bochum, Faculty for Social Science

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  • Moderator/Planner/Coordinator

    Hiromi Tanaka

    "Migration, Body and Gender: Transnational Feminist Analysis of Egg Donation," Gender Center Seminar Series, Meiji University  2013.5 

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  • Women's political participation in Japan: What stirs their political ambition and what promotes their candidacy International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Asia-Pacific Gender Studies Conference "Gender Equity: Issues of Theory, Practice and Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region"  2013.3  UGC-Academic Staff College, Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

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  • Japanese sports manga and gender

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Special Lecture, Department of Comparative Literature/Women's Studies Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong  2013.1  Department of Comparative Literature/Women's Studies Research Centre, The University of Hong Kong

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  • Gender equality in contemporary Germany: A focus on life style changes

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Public Lecture Series "Kita-ku Gender Equality College" organized by Gender Equality Center, Kita Ward, Tokyo  2012.10 

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  • Parental well-being: A new look at gendered families in Japan International conference

    Barbara Holthus, Hiromi Tanaka

    15. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag  2012.8  Gesellschaft f?r Japanforschung, Universit?t Z?rich

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  • Fathers and well-being: Comparing Germany and Japan International conference

    Barbara Holthus, Herbert Bertram, Sophie Olbrich, Hiromi Tanaka

    Fathers & Fathering in Contemporary Contexts  2012.5  National Center for Family & Marriage Research, Bowling Green State University, Natcher Conference Center, Balcony B, USA

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  • German Society and Gender Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Lecture Series: Gender equality around the world, organized by Gender Equality Center, Gunma Prefecture & Toyo Kasei University  2011.10 

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  • Elterliches Wohlbefinden: Japan und Deutschland im Vergleich International conference

    Barbara Holthus, Hiromi Tanaka

    Jahrestagung der Vereinigung fuer sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung 2010  2010.11  Goethe-Universit?t Frankfurt am Main

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  • Heirat und Arbeit für Frauen im gegenwärtigen Japan Invited

    Hiromi Tanaka

    OAG (Deutschen Gesellschaft fuer Natur- und Voelkerkunde Ostasiens) Special Lecture Commemorating 150 Years of Japan-German Exchange  2010.11 

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  • Single working women in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul: Their desires and choices on marriage and work

    Hiromi Tanaka, Catherine W. Ng, Yukie Hirata

    International Conference: Life Courses in Flux - New Opportunities and New Constraints  2010.10  Meiji University, The Shikonkan Hall

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  • Unmarried working women in Tokyo: Social change or continuity? International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    British Association of Japanese Studies (BAJS) Triennial Conference  2010.9  School of Oriental and Asian Studies (SOAS), London, UK

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  • Family effects on women's decision to run for office: Women candidates in the 2009 Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka, Tokuko Ogai, Naoko Shima

    The 6th Japan-America Women Political Scientists' Symposium (JAWS) "Gender, Politics and Policy: Post Elections  2010.8  Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland

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  • Identifying and explaining ambiguities in Middle adulthood: A life story interview with Ms. K International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    XVII World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden  2010.7  International Sociological Association

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  • Single working women in Hong Kong and Tokyo: Cases of normal deviance? International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka, Catherine W. Ng

    XVII World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden  2010.7  International Sociological Association

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  • The pursuit of happiness across borders? Internationalization of Japanese women's movements in an age of globalization International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    The Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies  2010.3  Philadelphia, USA

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  • Global norm diffusion and the rise of networks: The case of gender norm and Japanese women's networks International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    The European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) 5th General Conference  2009.9  University of Potsdam, Germany

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  • Single working women in Tokyo: Their wishes and choices on marriage and work International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    The Thirteenth Asian Studies Conference Japan  2009.6  Sophia University, Japan

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  • Geburtenrueckgang und Kinderwunsch in Japan: Eine Gender-Analyse International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Gender-Workshop, Jahrestagung der Vereinigung fuer sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung  2008.11  Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin

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  • A gap between the declining birth rate and the continued wish to have children and emergent social inequalities in contemporary Japanese society International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Women's Worlds 2008: The 10th Interdisciplinary Congress on Women  2008.7  Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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  • When bureaucrats become femocrats

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Annual Meeting of the Japanese Political Science Association  2007.10  Meiji Gakuin University

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  • When female bureaucrats become femocrats: A qualitative analysis of gender-equality property of Japanese female bureaucrats International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    The Fourth Japan-America Women Political Scientists Symposium  2007.8  Macalester College, St. Paul, USA

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  • Women, the nation, and migration: The case of migration of Korean nurses to Germany International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka, Yukie Hirata

    Women's Worlds 2005: The Ninth Interdisciplinary Congress on Women  2005.6  Ewha Womans University, Seoul

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  • Women's networks in disrupted national spaces: The case of transnational women's networks between Japan and Korea International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Women's Worlds 2005: The Nineth Interdisciplinary Congress on Women  2005.6  Ewha Womans University, Seoul

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  • Globalization of gender politics in East Asia International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka, Mihee Hong

    Annual Meeting of the German Association of Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF)  2004.11  Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin

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  • Equal employment in contemporary Japan International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    The Third Japan-American Women Political Scientists' Symposium  2003.8  University of Delaware, USA

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  • Die Entwicklung von japanischen Frauennetzwerken und Frauenpolitik vor dem Hintergrund der UN-Dekade der Frau International conference

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Jahrestagung der Vereinigung fuer sozialwissenschaftlicher Japanforschung  2001.12  Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin

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  • Asiatisierung von japanischen Frauennetzwerken: Gegen sexuelle, oekonomische und (post-) koloniale Machtverhaeltnisse im Sued/Ostasien

    Hiromi Tanaka

    Gender-Workshop, Jahrestagung der Vereinigung fuer sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung  2001.12  Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin

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Awards

  • Encouragement Award, Encouragement Program for Promoting Gender and Low Fertility Research, Hodogaya Foundation

    2011.12  

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  • Best Paper Award, International Interdisciplinary Symposium, Knowledge Construction through the Lens of Social and Cultural Diversity

    2014.11   Srinakharinwirot University  

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  • Heinrich Boell Foundation Doctoral Research Fellowship/Scholarship (3 years)

    2001.4  

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Research Projects

  • Digital technologies and a reconfiguration of creative labor in Japanese manga and anime industry (PI)

    Grant number:26KF0099  2026.6 - 2028.1

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)  Grants-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows 

    Hiromi Tanaka, Zhen Ye

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  • A study of technology-facilitated sexual harms (PI)

    2024.4 - 2026.3

    Meiji University Institute for Humanities  Research Grant  Individual Research Grant Type 1

    Hiromi Tanaka

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  • The rise of social media and the construction of Gender and Sexuality Norms (PI)

    Grant number:19K12616  2019.4 - 2022.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Basic (C)

    Hiromi Tanaka

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  • Global Perspectives on GenAI and Cultural Production (Co-I)

    2026.8 - 2028.5

    Canada Social Sciences and Humanities Research Coincil (SSHRC)  Partnership Development Grant 

    David Nieborg, Beth Coleman, Thomas Poell, Hiromi Tanaka, Marko Monteiro, Rucchi Jaggi

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  • Tracing the pathway of broadcasting culture and gender studies (video production)

    2026.3 - 2026.12

    Event support grant 

    Naomi Kobayashi, Hanano Yasuko, Hiromi Tanaka

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  • The Construction of Gender Norms in National and Transnational Digital Media Spaces

    Grant number:21K12512  2021.4 - 2024.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Basic (C)

    Kyoko Koma, Hiromi Tanaka

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  • Emotional AI in Cities: Cross Cultural Lessons from UK and Japan on Designing for An Ethical Life

    Grant number:PMJRX19H6  2020.1 - 2023.9

    JST-RISTEX  Human Information Technology Ecosystem (HITE) Program  JST-UKRI Joint Call on Artificial Intelligence and Society

    Peter Mantello, Nader Ghotbi, Hiromi Tanaka, Hiroshi Miyashita

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  • Gender representation in a Japanese women's magazine "an an" (PI)

    2017.4 - 2019.3

    Meiji University, Institute for Humanities  Research Grant  Joint Research

    Hiromi Tanaka, Koko Koma

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  • Women's political participation and policy change (Co-I)

    Grant number:24530133  2012.4 - 2014.3

    JSPS  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Basic (C)

    Misako Iwamoto, Makiko Hamasaki, Chieko Otsuru, Hiroko Takeda, Hiromi Tanaka, Tokuko Ogai

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  • International German-Japanese Symposium: Life Course in Flux

    2010.10

    German Research Foundation (DFG)  International Conference Organization Grant 

    Maren Godzik, Hiromi Tanaka, Kristina Iwata-Weickgenannt

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  • Empirical research on family factors that promote women's political participation (Co-I)

    2010.4 - 2011.3

    Tokai Gender Institute  Joint-Research Grant 

    Naoko Shima, Tokuko Ogai, Hiromi Tanaka

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  • Fieldwork on transnational women's networks (PI)

    2002.3 - 2002.8

    Heinrich Boell Foundation  Research travel grant 

    Hiromi Tanaka

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  • Japanische Frauennetzwerke und Geschlechterpolitik im globalen Zeitalter

    2001.4 - 2004.3

    Heinrich Boell Foundation  Doctoral Research Fellowship 

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Other

  • Certificate of Advanced Social Researcher (Reference No. 001877)

    2012.10

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Social Activities

  • Public Lecture, Libra, Gender Equality Center, Minato Ward, Tokyo

    Role(s): Lecturer

    2025.5

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  • Expert Member (Chair, 2026-2028; Sub-Committee Chair, 2024-2026), Gender Equality Council, Meguro Ward, Tokyo

    Role(s): Advisor

    2020.6

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  • Contributing an article to the newsletter of Meguro Ward's Gender Equality Center

    Role(s): Contribution

    2024.3

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  • Member, Research Group on Social Media Dependent Society, Research Project, Ushiro Ethics Foundation

    Role(s): Investigater, Report writing

    2023 - 2026

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  • Online Seminar organized by Gender and Social Equality Division, Itabashi Ward, Tokyo

    Role(s): Lecturer

    2022.8

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  • Writer, Shall We?, a public newsletter issued by Mitaka City, Tokyo

    Role(s): Contribution

    2019.3

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  • Public Lecture, organized by Gender Equality Space, Kita Ward, Tokyo

    Role(s): Lecturer

    2018.9

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  • Support for High School Students' Inquiry-Based Learning

    Role(s): Media coverage, Advisor, Informant

    2016

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  • Public Lecture Series, Kita Ward College, Gender Equality Space You, Kita Ward, Tokyo

    Role(s): Lecturer

    2012.10

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  • Public Lecture, organized by Gender Equality Center, Gunma Prefecture

    Role(s): Lecturer

    2011.11

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  • Gave a talk at OAG, as its 150th Anniversary event of 150 Years of Japan-Germany Exchange

    Role(s): Lecturer

    2010.10

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Media Coverage

  • [Newspaper Feature] The Japan Times 2026/2/14-15, p. 10: "Love, engineered in the age of AI" (Commentary included) Newspaper, magazine

    The Japan Times  p. 10  2026.2

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  • Interviewed for digital media for high school students introducing research laboratories Internet

    e-CSTI, Cabinet Office, Mirai Book Research  2020.12

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  • Special Issue: Because we have SNS: How we use? - Roundtable with readers Internet

    (then Asahi Shimbun's) Digital Media, Kagami yo Kagami (Mirror, Mirror)  2020.9

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  • Interviewed for Special Issue "Because we have social media" Internet

    (then The Asahi Shimbun's) Web Media "Kagami yo Kagami (Mirror, Mirror)"  2020.3

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  • Interviewed for the article "Gender is gradation. A pioneer? Meiji University's Ally Week Fashion Show Internet

    Otomejuku's blog  2020.2

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  • Appeared as a commentator on NHK morning show Asaichi TV or radio program

    NHK  2018.11

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  • Appeared as a commentator on NHK Osaka's Kansai Nesshisen TV or radio program

    NHK  2018.7

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  • Appeared as a commentator on the article "High School as the film's setting: LGBT in the classroom... Newspaper, magazine

    Tokyo Shimbun  2018.7

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  • Making School a Happy Place for All: Learning About LGBT (interviewed with a student) Internet

    Japan Teachers Union News  2017.12

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  • Interviewed for NHK Radio 1 program NHK Journal (commentary included) TV or radio program

    NHK  2016.11

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  • [Newspaper article] The Asahi Shimbun article on fatherhood in films (commentary included) Newspaper, magazine

    The Asahi Shimbun  2014.10

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Academic Activities

  • Member, JAMS Theory Section (Advanced Theory PJ)

    Role(s): Planning, management, etc.

    2026 - 2027

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  • Editorial Board Member (academic journals, book series)

    Role(s): Planning, management, etc., Supervision (editorial)

    2012

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  • Reviewer (Australian Feminist Studies, European Journal of Cultural Studies, Social Media + Society, Communication and Sport, Convergence, Contemporary Japan, Japanese Journal of Sociology, etc.)

    Role(s): Peer review

    2010

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  • Reviewer for Best Paper Award, JAMS

    Role(s): Review, evaluation

    2026

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  • Chair, Organizing Committee, ISGS Annual Meeting 2021

    Role(s): Planning, management, etc.

    2021.10

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    Type:Competition, symposium, etc. 

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