Introduction

Professor Yoshikazu Shiobara was born in Saitama Prefecture in 1973. Withdrew after obtaining credits from the doctoral program in the Graduate School of Sociology at Keio University, he got a Ph.D. in Sociology. After serving as a JSPS Postdoctral Fellow for Research Abroad (University of Sydney) and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Foreign Studies at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, he is currently a Professor at the Faculty of Law, Keio University. His specializes are Global Sociology, Social Change Theory, and Multiculturalism Studies. He has beein conducting research on multicultural societies with a focus on Australia and Japan. His major works include 'The Way of Thinking for Living Together (Akashi-Shoten, 2025), 'Dividing Communities' (Hosei University Press, 2017), 'Sociology of Division and Dialogue' (Keio University Press, 2017), 'Living Together' (Kobundo, 2012), 'Towards Multiculturalism for Transformation' (Hosei University Press, 2010), 'Multiculturalism in the Age of Neoliberalism' (Sangensha, 2005), 'Migration Policies In Asia' (Co-Edited, Sage, 2020), 'Cultural And Social Division In Contemporary Japan' (Co-Edited, Routledge, 2019), 'Transcending Social Divisions' (Co-Edited, Seikyusha, 2017), 'The Reality of Transforming International Migration' (Co-Edited, Harvest, 2017), among others.
For a detailed list of achievements, please refer to the following URL: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1p0XoWEW1L4pVvwAUDe4FPhQqk3rxEQ2n?usp=drive_link

■Multiculturalism and Immigration Policy in Australia
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2005, Multiculturalism in the Age of Neoliberalism: The Transformation of Australian Multiculturalism. Sangensha.
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2010, Toward Multiculturalism for Transformation: Perspectives from Australia. Hosei University Press.
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2017, Dividing Communities: Immigration and Indigenous Policies in Australia. Hosei University Press.

■Japanese Immigrants in Australia
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2004. "The Beginnings of Multiculturalization of Japanese Immigrants to Australia: Japanese Community Organizations and the Policy Interface." Japanese Studies, 24(2): 247–261.
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2005. "Middle-Class Asian Immigrants and Welfare Multiculturalism: Case Study of a Japanese Community Organization in Sydney." Asian Studies Review, 29(4): 395–414.
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2016. "Permanent Japanese Residents and Multiculturalism in Australia: Development of Japanese Community Language Education in Sydney." In Atsushi Nagatomo (ed.), The Japanese in Australia: Past and Present, Horitsu Bunka Sha, pp. 118–133.
Takeshi Hamano, Yoshikazu Shiobara, and Miho Kobayashi, 2023. "Creating Places of Belongings through the Maintenance of Community Languages: Experiences of Japanese Second-Generation Youths and Their Parents in Australia." Journal of Australian Studies, 36: 17–36.

■Foreign Residents and Multicultural Coexistence in Japan
Kondo, Atsushi, Yoshikazu Shiobara, and Eriko Suzuki (eds.), 2010, Irregular Migrants and Special Permission to Stay: The Past, Present and Future of Migrants in Japan. Nihon Hyoronsha.
Shiobara, Yoshikazu and Hideki Inazu (eds.), 2017, Transcending Social Division: Imagination for Re-encountering Others. Seikyusha.
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, Kohei Kawabata, and Joel Matthews (eds.), 2019. Cultural and Social Division in Contemporary Japan: Rethinking Discourses of Inclusion and Exclusion. Oxford: Routledge.
Yoshikazu Shiobara et al. (eds.), 2020. Migration Policies in Asia. London: Sage.
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2020. “Genealogy of ‘Tabunka Kyōsei’: A Critical Analysis of the Reformation of the Multicultural Co-living Discourse in Japan.” International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 29(1): 22–38.
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2024. “The Changing Implications of ‘Tabunka Kyōsei in Regional Societies’: The Confused Reformation of Official Concepts of Multicultural Co-living in Japan in the 2010s.” Japanese Studies, 44(2): 229–248.

■Theories of Multiculturalism, Coexistence, and Social Change
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2012, Living Together: Dialogue in Multiethnic and Multicultural Societies. Kōbundō.
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2017, Sociology of Division and Dialogue: Imagination for Living in a Global Society. Keio University Press.
Shiobara, Yoshikazu, 2025, The Ways of Thinking for Living Together: Where Different Realities Overlap. Akashi Shoten.

Areas of Research

・The relationship between multicultural coexistence and xenophobia and its consequences: Towards theorization through Japan-Australia comparison
・International comparison of selective immigration policies: Neoliberalism/neoconservatism and the reorganization of national boundaries
・Dynamic study of immigration integration modes and immigration policies in East Asia: Comparison of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan
・Sociological comparative study of social policies for ethnic minorities in Japan and Australia
・From multiculturalism to multi-realism/naturalism: Towards theoritical turn in the age of Anthropocene
・Fragmentation of national citizenship and immigrants, refugees, indigenous peoples: Sociological Japan-Australia comparative study
・Publicness of media and cultural citizenship in multicultural societies
・Renewal and integration of urban theory and immigration studies: From the perspective of Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
・Sociology
・Area Studies

Social Contributions

・Understanding multicultural policies to combat xenophobia is essential for fostering inclusive societies.
・Insights into the transformation of citizenship in response to globalization and neoliberalism can enhance social integration and harmony in diverse societies.
・Comparative analysis of ethnic minority policies in Japan and Australia can guide improvements in immigrant and indigenous policies in advanced countries.