Peter Chai is a Research Associate in the Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University. His research areas are political sociology, comparative politics, and public opinion, and his research methods include survey analysis and survey experiments. He is particularly interested in attitudes toward immigration and gender equality in Japan and East Asia. His research articles and book reviews have appeared in Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Asian Affairs, and Japanese Studies. His opinion articles have appeared in Nikkei Asia, The Japan Times, The Diplomat, and East Asia Forum. His research uses national and cross-national survey data to examine longitudinal and demographic patterns in public attitudes and politicians’ positions toward immigration and gender equality in East Asia.