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Yuji Mizuno

Visiting Researcher

Yuji Mizuno is a research fellow at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) and a PhD candidate at the Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University. His current PhD project seeks to understand the factors that predict variations in political culture and social values among Muslims in Indonesia. His other research interests include Indonesian politics, Muslim social identity and its role in intergroup relations, as well as Muslim intergroup relations in Japan. His methodological approach primarily involves survey data analysis, case studies, and fieldwork.

IDE-JETRO profile

Research Projects

KAKEN Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Project No. 25K03342 (2024–)
Digital-Driven Multi-layered Social Transformation and Power Restructuring: The Case of Indonesia
Risona Foundation Research Grant (2024)
An Empirical Study on Mosques and Religious Tolerance in Indonesia Using Large-Scale Data
KAKEN Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Project No. 22H03846 (2022–2025)
Standardization of Halal Standards and Dynamics of Diversity in the Global Era
KAKEN Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Project No. 21K20118 (2021–2024)
Islamism and Political Polarization in Indonesia

Recent publications

Scholarly Publications

Mizuno, Yuji. 2023. “Digital Anti-Islamist Activism at the Forefront of Political Polarization in Indonesia.” In Norshahril Saat and Aan Suryana (eds.), Trending Islam: Cases from Southeast Asia. Singapore: ISEAS Publishing.
Aidulsyah, Fachry & Mizuno, Yuji. 2020. “The Entanglement between Anti-Liberalism and Conservatism: The INSISTS and MIUMI Effect within the ‘212 Movement’ in Indonesia.” Journal of Indonesian Islam, 14(1), 1–25.

Policy Publications

“Indonesia in 2024.” Yearbook of Asian Affairs 2025. Chiba: IDE Publications, May 2025.
“Indonesia in the Decade 1980–1989.” Yearbook of Asian Affairs 1980–1989. Chiba: IDE Publications, December 2023.
“Indonesia in 2023.” Yearbook of Asian Affairs 2024. Chiba: IDE Publications, May 2024.
“Indonesia in the Decade 1990–1999.” Yearbook of Asian Affairs 1990–1999. Chiba: IDE Publications, December 2023.