Strategic Peace and International Affairs Research Institute, Tokai University

Experts

The Steering Committee

Director　Yoshimasa Suenobu

SUENOBU, Yoshimasa, is Director at the Strategic and International Research Institute for Peace (SPIRIT), and full-time Professor (Specially Appointed) at Department of Political Science, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University. Born in 1954 in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. In 1979 he graduated from the School of Social Sciences, Waseda University. In 2013 he Completed the first semester of a doctoral course at the Graduate School of Law, Keio University. In 1979 he joined Asahi National Broadcasting (now TV Asahi). Worked as cameraman in News Coverage Bureau, reporter in Local News Bureau, reporter in Political Bureau, Program Director of “News Station”, Special Correspondence in New York (International reporter in reserve), Reporter in Political Bureau (Captain of the Defense Agency and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Bangkok Bureau Chief (Joint Bureau Chief of TV Asahi and CNN) cum Temporary Bureau Chief in Phnom Penh, Desk Chief and Reporter of “News Station”, Chief Producer of “Sunday Project” and “Asamade NamaTV”, Chief of Economic Bureau, Chief of Political Bureau. 04 Retired from TV Asahi. 2004 onwards, he became an independent Journalist. In 2005-08, appointed as Visiting Professor at Ritsumeikan University. In 2009-13 Specially Appointed Professor at Chuo University. In 2015-19 assigned to be Professor at Tokai University (Challenge Center, Department of Public Relations and Media, Deputy Director of Public Relations Department). In 2020 Professor at Tokai University, Department of Public Relations and Media (Specially Appointed). In 2021 Professor at Tokai University, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Political Science and Economics (Specially Appointed). In 2017 Appointed as Director of the Strategic and International Research Institute for Peace (SPIRIT) of Tokai University. As a reporter and correspondent for TV Asahi, reported on the U.S. presidential election, the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the Gulf War, the Iraq War, the Afghan War, Somalia, South African Apartheid, the Colombian drug war, the military government of Myanmar, the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, PKO to Cambodia and Bosnia, the fake dollar Super K in Southeast Asia, Prime Minister Koizumi’s visit to North Korea, the LDP presidential election, the second round of “Rincho” (Special Administrative Reform Promotion Committee) and privatization of Japan National Railways. He specializes in international journalism theory based on his experience covering wars and conflicts, and contemporary Japanese politics and political communication based on his experience covering Nagata-cho and Kasumigaseki. Thesis (Master): “Television as Political Power: An Analysis of Media Politics under the Junichiro Koizumi and the first Shinzo Abe Administrations”. International Symposium on Cyber Security. 2017 As the director of The Strategic and International Research Institute for Peace co-hosted an international symposium on cyber security with the Institute for Information Security Studies of Moscow State University. He currently engaged in research on media politics under the second Shinzo Abe and Yoshihide Suga administrations. In addition, as the director of The Strategic and International Research Institute for Peace, working with visiting professors and researchers to examine international relations trends under the principle of “human security” such as the human rights situation in Myanmar after the military coup, maritime security in the East China Sea surrounding Senkaku Islands, the strategies of authoritarian states such as Russia, China, and North Korea and the rebuilding of alliances and quasi-alliances among democratic countries after the inauguration of the Biden administration in the United States. Also focuses on media literacy education for students.

Tatsuya Nishida

NISHIDA, Tatsuya, is full-time Professor of International Political Economy and International Security at the Department of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University.
Until 2003, he had developed international experience through the work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Japanese Government (MOFA), Japan Embassy in Singapore, and the Resident Representative Office of United Nations Development Programme in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
Conferred a Ph.D. in Public Policy at Harvard University in 2009, he started his academic career at the Department of International Studies, Hiroshima City University from 2010. He also had a research experience as a guest researcher at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC) of the Australian National University.
His recent publications include “Bipolarity or Unipolarity: Structural Changes in the International System of the Asia-Pacific region,” Japan Association for International Relations eds. International Politics, no. 201, Sept. 2020, 140-149 and “From a Pacific Pact to the Hub and Spokes Alliance,” Bulletin of Department of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University, no. 52, Nov., 2020, 1-26.

URL:　https://www.u-tokai.ac.jp/facultyguide/faculty/4379/

Takumi Okada

OKADA, Takumi, is full-time Professor of Student Achievement Center, Tokai University. He received the doctor’s degree in Engineering for a thesis entitled “a study on Coherent Control of Semiconductor by High-Resolution and Stable Michelson Interferometer” from Kagawa University in 2009. In 1992, he was assigned to be Assistant Lecturer at Dept. of Electronic Communications Eng., Tokai University Junior college. In2008, Associate Professor at Student Project center, Tokai University, in 2010, Professor at Student Project center. In 2017, Executive Director at Student Project center, and Assistant General Manager at Center for Liberal arts. He Studied on ”Coherent control of a quantum dot using the high resolution Michelson interferometer” as a visiting researcher at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology （AIST）. Recently, he is studying education of a group work using ICT.

Hiroyuki Fujimaki

FUJIMAKI, Hiroyuki, is full-time Associate Professor at Department of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University. He is currently teaching International Relations, Regionalism in Northeast Asia and Eurasia and Politics of International Organizations at Tokai University. He is ABD in Tokai University. He received his M.A. from Webster University (U.S.) in International Relations in 1997. He studied at Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO) in Russian Academy of Sciences, while he was working on his dissertation in Graduate School of Tokai University from 2002 to 2003. He starts his career as assistant researcher and part time lecturer at Strategic Peace and International Affairs Research Institute, Tokai University (SPIRIT). Recently, he focuses on two themes; one is international relations between Russia and regionalism in Northeast and Eurasia; second is international politics and cyber security. His works are included “New Threat in Post-Soviet Area” (Seijikeizaigakubu kiyou, Tokai University, 2018), “Possibility of Regional Security Governance in Central Asia” (Russia/Eurasia Economics and Society, 2015, Eurasian Association in Japan), “The World Order created by the United States (co-authorship)” (2014), “Creating East Asian Community” (2006) and etc.

Ryuta Wada

WADA, Ryuta is full-time Associate Professor of International History at School of Global Studies, Tokai University.

In 2013, he received Ph.D. International Political Economy at University of Tsukuba, Japan.

He was assigned to be Visiting Researcher at the Sigur Center of Asian Studies in the George Washington University, Adviser/Researcher of the Political Section at the Embassy of Japan in the United States of America, and Analyst of Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute (MGSSI).

He is the author of Anglo-American Relations towards China: British Exports of Aircraft Technologies to China 1969-1975 (Tokai University Press, 2019). His article ‘Anglo-American Relations over the Falklands Crisis’ was published in the Journal of Military History.

URL:https://www.u-tokai.ac.jp/facultyguide/faculty/4116/

Special Advisor

Shotaro Yachi

Former Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Former Director of National Security Secretariat

Researcher

Hirohisa Uchida

UCHIDA, Hirohisa, born in Tokyo (1949), Distinguished Professor of Tokai University, is acting as President/CEO of Kanagawa Science Park Inc., and as Honorary President of Asian Science Park Association (ASPA). He has been globally active as Fellow/Vice President of International Association for Hydrogen Energy, Honorary Member of German Society of Materials, and Honorary Editor of Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier. He received Dr. rer. nat. from University of Stuttgart (1977) and was researcher at Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, Germany (1975-81). He has published 294 research papers, 21 books, and 203 newspaper columns (Nikkei).

Haruhisa Uchida

UCHIDA, Haruhisa, is currently Vice Chancellor Tokai University General Manager of the University Bureau Professor of the Department of Human Development Environment and Resources Course School of Humanities and Culture, Tokai University He completed the master’s program in applied science at the Graduate School of Engineering, Tokai University in 1983, and Conferred a Doctor of science in metal science from the Department of Metallurgy, Faculty of Chemistry, Stuttgart University, Germany in 1987. He is a professor at the Department of Life Sciences (currently of the Department of Human Development Environment and Resources Course School of Humanities and Culture) School of Humanities and Culture, Tokai University, Dean of the Graduate School of Humanities and Culture, Deputy Director of the Chancellor’s Office, Director of the Education Support Center , Director of the University Administration Headquarters. Currently, he is the Vice President and, and he is the General Manager of the University Bureau.

Yoshishiko Yamada

YOSHIDA, Yoshihiko, is Provost,Shizuoka Campus, Tokai University. Professor Dept.of Maritime Civilizations. Specializes in Maritime management, Maritime policy, Maritime security, Islands economy. Acting as a commentator on marine issues. Written many books.

Kazuhiko Hamamoto

HAMAMOTO, Kazuhiko, received the doctor’s degree in Engineering for a thesis entitled “a study on a solution of ill-posed inverse scattering problem and its application to medical ultrasonic imaging” from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology in 1994.

In 1994, he was appointed as Assistant Lecturer at Dept. of Communications Eng., School of Eng., Tokai University. In 2009, Professor Dept. of Information Media Tech., School of Information and Telecommunication Eng. He is currently Dean of the school from 2017.

Hi specialties include Medical Engineering (especially, medical ultrasound and image processing), Human Interface, Cognitive Science and Virtual Reality. He has published around 60 papers (journal and transaction) and 85 international conference papers. He is member of IEEE and many national societies in Japan. He also takes some active parts in national societies as a committee member. In addition, He participated in JICA AUN/SEED-Net Project as a coordinator of Japanese Support Universities in the field of Computer and Information Engineering since Phase-1 (2006)

URL: http://www.ji.u-tokai.ac.jp/hamalab/

Ikuo Misumi

MISUMI, Ikuo, is Guest Professor at the School of Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Tokai University. Dr. Misumi is the former Deputy Director-General of the National center of Incident readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC), Cabinet Secretariat. He had long served in the Government of Japan, especially in the fields of security export control and cybersecurity policy in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the NISC. He had been in charge of a number of important cybersecurity related tasks, including the establishment of the Basic Act on Cybersecurity of 2014 and its amendments, and the formation of the Cybersecurity Strategy of 2015 and 2018. His believes that encouraging executives in the private sector to have a new mindset “Cybersecurity is not the burden of cost but the destination of investment” is highly important to increase the level of security in the cyberspace. Based on his belief, he has been researching the human resource develop methods for that purpose for more than ten years.

Takuo Nakajima

NAKAJIMA, Takuo, Specializes in computer networks, security, and “Implementation of the Classification System of E-mail with Attached Diverse Files to Detect Malware Files” (International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control Express Letters, Part B: Applications, 2018) has been published. Professor at Tokai University Faculty of Industrial Engineering since 2010. Since 2013, he has been the President of Tokai University Kyushu Campus (Assistant Chancellor), and since 2017, he has been Assistant Chancellor for Information Technology of Tokai University. From 2015 to 2017, IPSJ Kyushu Branch Director. Received the 2006 Yamashita Memorial Research Award from Information Processing Society of Japan, and the 2007 Shigeyoshi Matsumae Award (Academic Division) from Tokai University. Ph.D. (Engineering).

Shigeru Yamaguchi

YAMAGUCHI, Shigeru, has been affiliated with the Department of Physics, School of Science, Tokai University where he currently holds the position of both Professor and the Executive Director, Head office of International Affairs. Before joining Tokai University, he was a research scientist of Aero-Engines and Space Development department, IHI Co., Ltd. where he was responsible for developing high energy laser systems from 1983 to 1997. Between 1989 and 1991, he worked at the Rice Quantum Institute, Rice University Houston, Texas, U.S.A. as a visiting researcher. Throughout his career, diverse laser research has been performed interdisciplinary. For example, recent his research on laser clinical breath analysis to find out one’s own disease was established by collaboration where “physics and chemistry” meet “medicine”. Such experiences help to educate graduate students internationally with excellent collaboration between universities and research institutes. Dr. Yamaguchi is a member of the IEEE Photonics Society, IEEJ Japan, Japan Society of Applied Physics, and a fellow member of Laser Society Japan.

Takaaki Kinoue

KINOUE, Takaaki, researched in the fields of environmental physiology including space medicine, sports medicine, hyperbaric medicine, (and received his Ph.D. degree in space medicine / hygiene), and then toxicology including trace gas analysis with a sophisticated measuring device called APIMS (Atmospheric Pressure Ionizing Mass Spectrometry system, Hitachi, Co. Ltd.). He joined in the human resource development in global health through ‘Training Course for Future Health Leadership Development in collaboration with WHO, and supported by JICA, which was inaugurated in 1996 and joined by JICA since 2001, and lasted for 22 years. Participants to the trainings discussed with and learn from each other to polish up their own health planning and policy in harmony with their own backgrounds such as history, culture, geography, etc. and added up to 25o in all from 53 WHO member states, among whom there are people taking important position in their home country.. As a rippling effect of the initiative, he is now working with university hospital clinical engineers to help Thailand Biomedical engineering system (through Rangsit University College of Biomedical Engineering) in the Projects for global growth of medical technologies, systems and services through human resource development conducted by National Center for Global Health and Medicine under the Ministry of health, Labour and welfare, Japan. He belongs to Department of Community Health, Tokai University School of Medicine, holding chair in global health, occupational health, and hygiene & public health.

Visiting professor

Yongxin Shi

SHI, Yongxin, Visiting Professor at the Strategic Peace and International Affairs Research Institute, Tokai University. He is the Vice Chairman of the Buddhist Association of China

Shaolin Temple

Aiming for the rise of Shaolin culture, the Shaolin Temple Buddhist priests promoted tours around the world and fusion with entertainment such as the movie industry, and led the commercialization strategy of the temple. We also promote the development of Shaolin culture and cooperation with countries around the world. In Japan, he represented the 9th to 12th National People’s Congress. He also has close ties with Queen Elizabeth of England, President Putin of Russia and Pope of Rome.

Kantaro Matsui

MATSUI, Kantaro, Visiting Professor at the Strategic Peace and International Affairs Research Institute, Tokai University. He has been a professor at International Budo University since 2007, where he assumed the roles of dean in 2015 and vice-president in 2019. His research focuses on budo, a comprehensive system of Japanese martial arts, for the disabled. He runs the Association of Budo Culture for the Disabled, promotes budo to the disabled, and has been involved in the Japanese government’s program “Sports for Tomorrow”, which worked on promoting the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games scheduled for 2020 in Tokyo. During this, he visited 6 European countries holding lectures for the promotion of Japanese martial arts for the disabled. In the 2020 Yokohama Sport Conference, organized by Science Council of Japan, he coordinated the “Diversity and Inclusion! Session, where he gave a presentation titled “The inclusive nature of Budo, Japanese martial arts“ and a symposium titled “ Body-mind Coalescence as an Extension of Entities and the Environment “.

Selected publications

books: “BUDO PERSPECTIVE volume ONE” 2005　Kendo World Publications Ltd.

papers: “Budo practice for post-stroke patients – reflections on historical and scientific issues” 2015 Archives of Budo

“An insight into the rule-defining process of Paralympic Karate and its benefits on karate and people with disabilities” 2019 Archives of Budo

https://blog.canpan.info/kantaro/img/SFT-English.pdf

Ichiyo Ishikawa

ISHIKAWA, Ichiyo, is Visiting Professor at the Strategic Peace and International Affairs Research Institute, Tokai University. Born in prefecture Iwate 1957 He graduate from Tokyo University, faculty of literature. His speciality is Russian Literature. In 1982 he started Journalist Career in NHK In 1988-1992 he was Correspondent NHK News Centre, Started career as Journalist on international affairs. In 1990-1992 he covered many historic moments, including collapse of USSR. In 1992-1996 He was Correspondent NHK Moscow. In 1996-2002 He was Senior Correspondent NHK News Centre, and Deputy Chief of Department on international affairs and head of Japan-Russia project. In 2002-2007 he was Chief Correspondent and chief bureau of NHK Moscow In 2007-2010, he was Senior Commentator, NHK In 2010-2017 he was Executive Commentator, NHK In 2017 he was retired NHK by age and continue to work as Senior Commentator NHK on contract. ▼Programme NHK special Awful Chronology of nuclear experiments in USSR NHK Special Battles on Caspian Resources, NHK special Memories of little people in USSR, ETV special on Russian Identity, NHK special Zone: Nuclear and Mankind, NHK special Russia revived great power, Special programme on modern history by evidences Collapse of USSR And others ▼Main theme of commentary Japanese policy toward Russia and Eurasia including Central Asia, geopolitics of north east Asia, Domestic and foreign policies of Russia, Russian economy, energy policy, nuclear security, Chernobyl and Fukushima and so on ▼Award 1992 Kikuchi Kan Award by special program on collapse of USSR 1995 Broadcasting Culture Foundation (Hoso Bunka Kikin) prize by special program on nuclear pollution

Takahiro Sasaki

SASAKI, Takahiro, is Visiting Professor at the Strategic Peace and International Affairs Research Institute, Tokai University Rear Admiral (retired) Takahiro SASAKI joined the Maritime Self-Defense Force after graduating from the National Defense Academy (electrical engineering) in 1986. He served as a Liaison Officer of the Third Fleet HQ in the U.S. Navy, studied at the Royal Australian Naval Staff College. And also served as a Defense Attaché in Russian Federation, Commander of Escort Division Eight, the first Cybersecurity Coordinator at the Joint Staff Office, Commanding Officer of C4I Systems Center, and Commander Sub-Area Activity, Shimonoseki, before retiring in 2018 as Rear Admiral. Currently, he is engaged in research and study of “Security and Military Affairs of Russia” and “Cyberwarfare, Information Warfare and Intelligence” as a Research Principal at Fujitsu System Integration Laboratories. In addition to be a Visiting Professor at the Strategic Peace and International Affairs Research Institute, Tokai University, he is also a Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hiroshima University, and a Visiting Researcher at the Cybersecurity Laboratory, Meiji University. His books include “Contemporary War Theory – Countering ‘Unlimited Warfare’” (co-authorship) (Wanibooks), and his academic papers include “Similarity between Russian Nuclear Strategy and Cybersecurity Strategy” ‘Defense’ (TAIYUUKAI) etc.. He holds a master’s degree in International Affairs from Nihon University, and Graduate Certificate in Management from the Queensland University of Technology

Takuya Shimodaira

SHIMODAIRA, Takuya, is Visiting Professor at the Strategic Peace and International Affairs Research Institute, Tokai University. His academic specialties are Political Science, Area Studies, Strategy, and Leadership. Ph. D in Political Science, Retired RADM JMSDF. He is a Professor at the Graduate School of Project Design; an Adjunct Lecturer of Edogawa University; a Senior Research Fellow at Japan Forum for Strategic Studies; and an Executive Director of Crisis & Risk Management Society of Japan. He graduated from the National Defense Academy, graduate school of University of Tsukuba, graduate school of Kokushikan University, and executive course of Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. He was Visiting Military Professor in Joint Military Operations Department, U.S. Naval War College from 2014 to 2016 and Senior Research Fellow for policy simulation at the National Institute for Defense Studies. His current research interests include the security order in the Indo-Pacific Region and Japanese course, Japan-U.S.-China relationship. His publications include Takuya Shimodaira, The Complete Picture of the U.S. Naval War College, (Tokyo: Kairyusha, 2017), Security of Japan: Maritime Security and Regional Security, (Tokyo: Seibundo, 2018), Japanese Seapower: The Significance and Practice of Operational Art, (Tokyo: Seibundo, 2018).

Keiji Shintani

SHINTANI Keiji is Visiting Professor at the Strategic Peace and International Affairs Research Institute, Tokai University. He is currently interested in: Modern Politics in MENA Region, Islamic Extremism, P/CVE (violent extremism) Education: BA (Faculty of Law, Waseda Univ. 1983), Trained in Foreign Service Training Institute. Overseas Arabic Training (Egypt, 1985-88) Attended Post Graduate course for Middle East Studies, Cairo American University (1987-88) Teaching History: 2004-12 Lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Tama Art University (Islamic Culture) Main background: Member of diplomatic corps at embassies in Egypt, Qatar, and Tunisia as an Arabic speaking secretary, as well as in the Second Middle East Division of the Foreign Ministry. Since 1994, Independent conference interpreter for the Arabic/Japanese and a researcher on the situation in the Middle East. In 2001, he bridged a working relationship between Al Jazeera and the Japanese media and pioneered the field of simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and Arabic. Born in Kagawa prefecture. Publications: “Renaissance of Iraq” (Daisanbunmei-sha 2003) Paper: “New Media Era Brought by Al Jazeera” (Iraq War-Verification and Prospects-, Iwanami Shoten 2003) Violent Extremism Countermeasures (CVE) and International Cooperation (“Security and Crisis Management” 2018 No.44), etc…

Toshiyuki Furui

1. Name: Toshiyuki Furui
2. Education: graduated from The University of Tokyo Faculty of Law
3. Status: A visiting professor, Strategic Peace and International Affairs Research Institute
4. Short biography: Senior Special Fellow, Mitsui & Co. Global Strategic Studies Institute from 2015. Prior to joining the company, I worked for Ministry of Finance Japan from 1980 to 2015. During the period, I held many positions including the director representing Japan in European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, which is one of multilateral development banks to further progress towards market-oriented economies in Central and Eastern Europe etc. from 2011 to 2015. Previously I was seconded to Deposit Insurance Corporation Japan which is a part of Japanese financial safety net.

From these experiences, my main interests are international financial issues.

Visiting Researcher

Toru Yasui

In 1984, as a TV cameraman of Nihon Denpa News, I was assigned to work in Phnom Penh Cambodia, and began my career as a correspondent.

During that era, Cambodia was in a state of civil war and there was no diplomatic relations with Japan.

Based in Cairo bureau, as a Bureau Chief and TV Cameraman,

I covered Middle East area, Africa and Europe. I filmed the swaying moments of the 1980s such as the Middle East conflict, Apartheid policy movement and the Revolution of Democratization in Eastern Europe.

After covering the Gulf War in 1991, I joined TV Asahi. Based in Bangkok Bureau, I continued filming conflicts, wars and disasters around the world. In particular, Cambodia PKO activities, the situation in Myanmar under military government, and Bosnian conflict.

Since the technological innovation is accelerating, as a video journalist, I feel it is my duty to share my story and experience based on actual events. Also, I would like to re-think about the meaning of Video Journalism in the time where Broadcasting is shifting to Internet communication.

Tadayoshi Ii

Tadayoshi Ii is a director of Announcers Department at the Contents Programming Division, TV-Asahi. He graduated from the College of Social Science at the University of Tsukuba before he joined TV-Asahi in 1990. He was first assigned to City News Department in charge of the Metropolitan Police and the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office. After transferred to Political News Department, he covered the Prime Minister’s office, the LDP and the Democratic Party. As a chief of reporters in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he covered the North Korean issues including the six party talks and visited Baghdad to report on the Japanese government’s handling of the Iraq War. He also accompanied Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as a chief of reporters in charge of the prime minister’s office when he suddenly visited the North Korea. While he was the Washington Bureau Chief of TV-Asahi America from 2006 to 2010, he reported on the US-Japan alliance, the North Korean issues, the US presidential election in 2008 and Obama’s inauguration. He was a director of Economic News in 2015 and a director of Political News from 2016-2019 covering the Abe administration. He assumed his current post in 2021.

Akira Kato

Present Position:

Professor, College of Liberal Arts, Obirin University

Study Fields: International Politics(Conflict Resolution Studies)

Higher Education:

Waseda Univ. Div. of Political and Economic Science, Political Science(B.A. 1975).

Chicago Univ. Graduate School of Political Science, International Relations, Exchange Student from Waseda Univ., 9/1979-6/1980.

Waseda Univ. Graduate School of Political Science, International Politics( M.A., 1981) Hoover Institution, Stanford Univ., Conflict Resolutions, Visiting Scholar, (11/1985-11/1986).

Center for International Affairs, Harvard Univ., U.S.-Japan Program, Associate( 9/1989-9/1990).

Mansfield Center, Montana Univ., Japan Foundation Program, Visiting Fellow( 8/1993-1/1994)．

East-West Center Washington、Visiting Fellow(9/2012-9/2013).

Employment History:

Researcher, The National Institute for Defense Studies(4/1981-4/1996).

Works:Modern Warfare-LIC(Chuoukouron, 1993)

Terrorism-Modern Violence(chououkouron, 2002)

Japan’s Security Policy(Chikumashobou,2016)

SPIRIT

Strategic Peace and International Affairs Reserch Institute,Tokai University