Takashi Osanai			Deputy Director-General at The Japan Institute of International Affairs.
		1974	Graduated from Hitotsubashi University, Department of Social Studies
		2007		Deputy Director-General, The Japan Institute of International Affairs
		2004	Consul-General of Japan in Khabarovsk, Russia
		2002	Minister, Embassy of Japan in Russia
		2001	Counsellor for Arms Control and Scientific Affairs, Foreign Policy Bureau, MOFA
		1999	Director of the Communications Division, MOFA
		1997	Director of the Post Entry Examination and Customs Area Division, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance
		1993	Alternate Director of Japan, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London
		1993	Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in Russia
		1992	First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Russia
		1990	First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the USSR
		1988	First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations
		1976	Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA)