• PhD Modern Japanese History, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
• BA, Chinese History and Sociology, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan

• Introduction to the Pacific Basin
• The Emergence of Modern Japan
• Media and Society in Pacific Asia
• War and Memory in Pacific Asia
• Human Rights and Civil Society in East Asia

Current research interest includes the history of medicine in Japan with particular reference to the social history of leprosy and leprosy control. A co-authored article that compares disease control in modernizing states (Chile and Japan) is currently in progress, and a single-authored monograph, A Social History of Leprosy and Leprosy Control in Japan, is planned. A second book (edited) project, Race and Ethnicity in Asia, will be published by Routledge.

• Routledge Handbook on Race and Ethnicity in Asia (2021) Edited by Michael Weiner.
• Barter, Shane, and Michael Weiner. “An Introduction to the Pacific Basin.” In The Pacific Basin: An Introduction, edited by Shane Barter and Michael Weiner, 1-10. New York: Routledge, 2017.
• Weiner, Michael. “East Asia: Convergence and Divergence.” In The Pacific Basin: An Introduction, edited by Shane Barter and Michael Weiner, 35-45. New York: Routledge, 2017.
• Weiner, Michael. “The Pacific War: Remembering & Forgetting.” In The Pacific Basin: An Introduction, edited by Shane Barter and Michael Weiner, 81-90. New York: Routledge, 2017.
• England, Sarah and Michael Weiner. “Migration, Immigration, and Settlement within the Pacific Basin.” In The Pacific Basin: An Introduction, edited by Shane J. Barter and Michael Weiner, 91-100. New York: Routledge, 2017.
• Read, Ian, and Michael Weiner. “State building, Disease, and Public Health.” In The Pacific Basin: An Introduction, edited by Shane J. Barter and Michael Weiner, 158-67. New York: Routledge, 2017.
• Japan’s Minorities; The Illusion of Homogeneity [second edition], Routledge, 2009
• Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan (3 volumes), [ed.] Routledge Major Works Series, 2004
• Japan’s Minorities: The Illusion of Homogeneity, Routledge, 1997
• Race and Migration in Imperial Japan, Routledge, 1994
• The Internationalization of Japan, (Co-editor and translator) with GD Hook, Routledge, 1992
• The Origins of Korean Community in Japan, Humanities Press, 1990

• 2014-present, Assistant Dean of Faculty, Soka University of America
• 2005-present, Professor of East Asian History and International Studies, Soka University of America
• 2005-2011, Director, International Studies, Soka University of America
• 2000-2005, Chair, Department of Asian Studies, San Diego State University
• 2000-2005, Director, Japan Studies Institute, San Diego State University
• 1996-2000, Reader in Modern Japanese History, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
• 1995-2000, Director, East Asia Research Center, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
• 1995-2000, Managing Editor, Japan Forum

• Professor of the Year, Soka University of America, 2006
• Professor of the Year, San Diego State University, 2005
• Economic and Social Research Council, Pacific Asia Initiative
• British Academy
• Japan Foundation (multiple)
• Japan Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (multiple)
• Japanese Ministry of Education (multiple)
• Reischauer Institute Fellowship, Harvard University