Takao, Yasuo

Yasuo Takao is Senior Lecturer in political science at Curtin University of Technology. His current research interest resides in the area of society-initiated transnationalism at the grassroots level in Japan. His recent publications include: sole-authored books, "National Integration and Local Power in Japan" and "Is Japan Really Remilitarizing?: The Politics of Norm Formation and Change," a sole-authored monograph, "Building Transnational Civil Society: Can Japanese Local Government Bring it Together?," and numerous articles on local governance and transnationalism in international academic