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Prof. Naoto Higuchi
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Naoto Higuchi (Ph.D. Sociology, Hitotsubashi University) is a professor of sociology at the Faculty of Human Sciences. His research examines immigrants’ economic and social mobility in Japan, and xenophobia and the far right. Currently, he investigates how ethnic businesses in Japan can be analyzed in relation to intersectionality, how to understand the “Mediterranean crisis” of refugees and migrants in Italy, and how the newly emerging far right in Japan differs from others. His books include Japan’s Ultra-right (Trans Pacific Press, 2016) and The Digital Rise of the Far Right in Japan (co-edited with Yuki Asahina, Manchester University Press, 2026).
Research Projects
2024-2027 Primary Investigator (PI): JSPS KIBAN-B "The development of migration systems across the Mediterranean: A Multi-sited fieldwork on migration and settlement".
2024-2026 Primary Investigator (PI): JSPS Chosenteki Houga “Intersectionality and ethnic businesses in Japan”.
Recent publications
Higuchi, N. (2026). Migrant religions in Japan: Sociology of religion vs migration studies. Journal of Religion in Japan, 1-11. DOI:10.1163/22118349-01501004
Higuchi, N. (2025). What is new about Japan’s new migration policy? From recruitment of “nonlabor” workers to selection by neoliberal meritocracy. Social Science Japan Journal, 1–14. doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyae011
Higuchi, N. (2025). Migration ethics in East Asia. J. Gördemann, A. Niederberger and U. Okeja eds. Handbook of Migration Ethics, Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-89877-8_3
Higuchi, N. (2024). Immigration and nationalism in Japan. M. Samers and J. Rydgren eds. Migration and Nationalism, Edward Elgar. doi.org/10.4337/9781839100765.00013
For the list of Naoto Higuchi's previous publications, please go here.