EXPERTS
Executive Officers
President: Kenichiro SasaeDirector General: Tomiko Ichikawa
Secretary General: Akemi Suto
Director of the Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology: Hirofumi Tosaki
Policy Director of the Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology: Akemi Suto
Director of Research Coordination: Sotaro Ozaki
Senior Research Adviser
Seiichiro Takagi
[Expertise] International Politics, Chinese studies, International Relations of Asian Pacific region
Special Research Fellow
Director, Japan Information Center: Masao Kochi
Senior Fellows
Chushiro Yonezawa (Senior Research Fellow of the Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology)
[Expertise] CTBT (Radionuclide data analysis)
Toyomi Sakamoto (Senior Research Fellow of the Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology)
[Expertise] CTBT (Seismological data)
Tetsuo Kotani
[Expertise] Japan-US Alliance, Maritime Security
Fellows
Shohei Akagawa
[Expertise] British Imperial History, British policy in the Middle East, Muslims and Converts of the British Empire
Koji Enomoto
[Expertise] Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Naoko Funatsu
[Expertise] American Politics and Foreign Relations
Hironori Fushita
[Expertise] Political and economic issues in Russia
LI Hao
[Expertise] Comparative Politics, Contemporary Chinese Politics, International Relations in East Asia
Yuko Ido
[Expertise] Development and Political Economy in the Middle East and North Africa
Yumi Iijima
[Expertise] China's Environmental Diplomacy and Environmental Policy
Tomoki Iimura
[Expertise] Political and Economic Issues in Korean Peninsula
Daisuke Kawai
[Expertise] Indo-Pacific/Asia-Pacific Security, Emerging Security Technology, Arms Control, Japan-UK Partnership
Kazumi Kitagawa (Public Communications Officer)
Kyoko Kuwahara
[Expertise] Public Diplomacy, Soft Power, Disinformation
Shigeru Osugi (Research Fellow of the Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology)
[Expertise] CTBT (On-site inspections)
Chihiro Shikata
[Expertise] Public Diplomacy
Asako Takashima
[Expertise] EU, German Politics, Japanese Politics, Security Policy
Yoshiaki Takayama (Research Fellow of the Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology)
[Expertise] International Politics, Economic Security, Security Export Control
Kazushi Tani
[Expertise] British Diplomacy, International History
Hideaki Tamai
[Expertise] Japan-ROK relations, International Relations of East Asia
Kensuke Yanagida
[Expertise] International Economy, Development Issues, APEC
Fumi Yoshimoto
[Expertise] EU Law, Common Foreign and Security Policy
Senior Adjunct Fellows
Yuichi Hosoya (Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University)
[Expertise] Dplomatic History, British Diplomatic History
Tsutomu Kikuchi (Professor Emeritus, Aoyama Gakuin University)
[Expertise] International political economy of the Asia-Pacific, APEC, Japanese foreign policy
Fumiaki Kubo (Professor in the faculty of law at the University of Tokyo)
[Expertise] American politics and foreign policy
[Expertise] U.S. politics and foreign policy; Japan-U.S. relations; international relations
Akio Takahara (Professor, University of Tokyo)
[Expertise] Current Chinese Politics and International Relations in East Asia
Akihiko Tanaka (President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS))
[Expertise] International politics in Asia
Naoya Okuwaki (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
[Expertise] International Law
Adjunct Fellows
Nobumasa Akiyama (Professor, Hitotsubashi University)
[Expertise] Arms control, peace building and conflict prevention
Kiyoshi Araki (Former Ambassador of Japan to Republic of Turkey)
Masahiko Asada (Adjunct Fellow of the Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology)
Professor, Faculty of Law Department of Law, Doshisha University
[Expertise] International Law
Hideaki Asahi (Former professor of international security, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo / Former ambassador to East Timor)
Kunio Umeda (Former Ambassador of Japan to Brazil, Former Ambassador of Japan to Vietnam, and Vice Chairman, National Association for Global & Open Minded Communities (NAGOMi))
Ken Endo (Professor, Hokkaido University)
[Expertise] The European Union, Security, International Politics
Kazuko Hikawa (Professor, Osaka Jogakuin University)
[Expertise] Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation
Yoko Hirose (Professor, Faculty of Policy Management Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
[Expertise] Former USSR, International politics, Russia, Frozen conflict, unrecognized states, Hybrid Warfare
Kazuhide Ishikawa (Former Ambassador of Japan to Republic of the Philippines)
Matake Kamiya (Professor, National Defense Academy)
[Expertise]Security, Japan-US Alliance
Saori N. Katada (Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California)
[Expertise] International Political Economy, Japanese Foreign Economic Policy
Kenichi Kawasaki
[Expertise] Macroeconomic Policy, Business Cycles, Economic Outlook
Hideya Kurata (Professor, National Defense Academy)
[Expertise] North and South Korean politics and foreign relations, international security
Mitsuru Kurosawa (Adjunct Fellow of the Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology)
Professor Emeritus, Osaka University
[Expertise] Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation
Sumio Kusaka (Former Ambassador of Japan to Australia)
Chisako T. Masuo (Professor, The Faculty of Social and Cultural Studies, Kyushu University)
[Expertise] Chinese Politics, Diplomacy, and Maritime Policy
Toru Nakakita (Professor, Toyo University)
Mutsuyoshi Nishimura (Special Advisor to the Cabinet)
Shotaro Oshima
[Expertise] Japan-U.S. Diplomatic History; Multilateral Trade/Investment Issues
Heigo Sato
(Professor, Takushoku University)
[Expertise] International Relations, Security Studies, Export Control, Arms Control and Disarmament
Kazuto Suzuki
(Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)
[Expertise] International Political Economy, Science and Technology Policy, Space Policy, Security Trade Control (Export Control), Economic and Targeted Sanctions, Economic Statecraft, Nuclear Safety, European Integration, Middle East Studies
Yoichi Suzuki (Former Ambassador of Japan to French Republic)
Adm. Tomohisa Takei (Former Chief of Staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)
[Expertise] Maritime Security
Shigenobu Tamura
[Expertise] Foreign Relaitions, Security
Motohiro Tsuchiya (Vice-President, Keio University, and Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance)
[Expertise] International Relations, Cybersecurity
Toshiya Tsugami (Representative, Tsugami Workshop)
[Expertise] Chinese Economy
Kyoichi Wakayama (Director, Japanese Secretariat of Japan-China Joint Study)
Masaru Watanabe (Former Ambassador of Japan To Cuba)
Katsuyuki Yakushiji (Professor, Toyo University)
Senior Fellows (non-resident/resident)
Mirna Galic (the Atlantic Council, U.S.)Monika Chansoria (India)
Jonathan Berkshire Miller (Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada; Council on International Policy, Canada )
Valerie Niquet (Fondation pour la Recherche Strategique, France)
Thomas S. Wilkins (University of Sydney, Australia)
Visiting Fellows
2022
Daniel Mandell(U.S.A)Visiting Research Fellow at The Japan Institute of International Affairs, and a Council on Foreign Relations/Hitachi International Affairs Fellow.
2019
Dr. Ben Schreer (Australia)Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of Department, Department of Security, Studies and Criminology, Macquarie University
[Research Topic]
"Rethinking Japan-Australia Defense Relations"
2018
Dr Stephen Nagy (Canada)Senior Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Studies, International Christian University, Tokyo
(Sep 10, 2018 - Mar 31, 2023)
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