JFIR Resarch Fellows

Background and Current Position

2006-	Professor Emeritus, Aoyama-Gakuin University
2004-	President, The Council on East Asian Community
1999-2004	President, The Japan Center for Conflict Prevention
1987-	President & CEO, The Japan Forum on International Relations, Inc.
1985-1986	Lecturer, University of Tokyo (International Security)
1984-2006	Professor, Aoyama-Gakuin University (International Politics)
1983-	President, The Global Forum of Japan (formerly "The Quadrangular Forum)
1980-1987	Tokyo Representative, The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS), Georgetown University
1980-1984	Associate Professor, Aoyama-Gakuin University (International Politics)
1977	Resigned from the Japanese Foreign Service
1975	Director, First Southeast Asian Division, Asian Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1973	First Secretary, Embassy of Japan, Washington D.C.
1970	Second Secretary, Embassy of Japan, Manila
1967	Officer, Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1965	Officer, Research and Analysis Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1963	Third Secretary, Embassy of Japan, Moscow
1960	Entered the Japanese Foreign Service
1959	Passed the Japanese Foreign Service Examination

Education

1961-1963	Department of Government and Russian Research Center, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
1960-1961	Russian Language Department, The US Army Language School, Monterey, California
1956-1960	School of Jurisprudence, Hitotsubashi University

Publications

<Books>

Shin Senso-ron (The Advent of the No-War Era) (2007, Shincho-sha)

Higashi-Ajia Kyodotai to Nihon no Shinro (East Asian Community and the Course of Japan) (2005, NHK Press)

Rekishi o Yomitoku (Read the History) (2003, The Institute of Moralogy)

Cho-kindai no Shogeki (The Impact of Post-modern Civilization) (1995, Toyo Keizai Inc.)

21seiki Sekai ye no Michian-nai (The Roadmap to the World in the 21st Century) (1995, Mita Shuppan-kai)

Chiheisen wo Koete (Beyond the Horizon) (1993, Mita Shuppan-kai)

Futatsu no Shogeki to Nihon (Japan's Response to The Two Shocks) (1991, PHP Research Center)

Nihon no Daisenryaku (The Grand Strategy of Japan) (1990, Asuka Shinsha)

Taikoku to Senryaku (Great Powers and Strategy) (1988, Bungei Shunju)

Sekai ga Nihon no Shorai ni Aozameru Riyuu (The Reason that the World Turn Pale at Japan�fs Future) (1986, Kobun-sha)

Kokka to Senryaku (State and Strategy) (1985, Chuo-Koron)

Soren wa Tsuyoimono ni wa Te o Dasanai (The Soviet Union does not Involve with the Strong) (1983, Goma Shobo)

Amerika wa Yomigaeruka (Will America Arise?) (1980, Godo Shuppan)

 

<Current Articles>

International realities demand switch to 'positive pacifism' (Japan Times, November 13, 2009)

What Does Russia's Action Mean for Us? (AJISS-Commentary, September 9, 2008)

Sino-Japanese Relations: The Impact of Wen's Visit (AJISS-Commentary, April 23, 2007)

"Examining Japan's Identity Now" (JAPAN SPOTLIGHT, January/ February 2005)

"A Japanese Perspective of the Community Building in East Asia" (the Dinner Speech at the 2nd Network of East Asian Think-tanks (NEAT) Conference in Bangkok, Thailand, August 16, 2004)

"Japan's move to community" (The Japan Times, April 16, 2004)

"Korean Peninsular and Regional Security" (Keynote Speech at "2004 Asia Pacific Round Table of the Asian League for Freedom and Democracy", 21 February, 2004)

"Economic Development and Human Security" (Opening Keynote Speech at "1st KEIO-UNU-JFIR Panel Meeting", 13 February, 2004)   [URL] http://coe21-policy.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ja/event/20040214.html

"The Security Questions in the Post-War Era" (Keynote Speech Delivered at the NIDS International Forum on the History of War, 18 September, 2002)   [URL] http://www.nids.go.jp/english/index.html

"Non-European Civilizations Rediscovered" (Presentation at Conference on "Germany, Japan and the United States", JGCB (Japanese-German Center Berlin), Germany, May 30 to June 1, 1996)

"The Japanese State of Mind: Deliberations on the Gulf Crisis" ("Journal of Japanese Studies", Vol. 17, No. 2 (1991), The Society for Japanese Studies, Seattle)

 

<JFIR Commentary>

What was Wrong with "War on Terror"? (March 7, 2008)

Is the Iraq War without "Just Cause"? (April 8, 2008)

Some Thoughts on Northeast Asian Security Cooperation (November 15, 2007)

Dealing with the Real Russia (November 13, 2005)

The Point in Dispute Between Japan and Russia (1) (2) (3) (April 20 - May 7, 2005)

The Meaning of Nationalism in Japan Today (1) (2) (3) (March 7-9, 2005)

On CEAC and Community Building in East Asia (November 18, 2004)

A Japanese Perspective of the Community Building in East Asia (August 16, 2004)