SASAE Kenichiro

Mar.1974　 Graduated from The University of Tokyo
Apr.1974　 Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aug.1990　Director of the Second North America Division
Aug.1993　Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom
Sep.1993　Research Associate, The International Institute for Strategic Studies(IISS)
Jul.1994　  Counsellor, The Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva
Aug.1994　Special Adviser to Mrs. Ogata, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Sep.1997　Director of the Northeast Asia Division
Jul.1999　  Deputy Director-General, Asian Affairs Bureau
Apr.2000　 Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs
Apr.2001　 Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau
Mar.2002    Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau
Jan.2005    Director-General, Asian and Oceania Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Jan.2008    Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
Aug.2010   Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs
Sep.2012   Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America
Jun.2018    President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs