PEOPLE

• PRESIDENT
• DIRECTORS
• CENTER CHAIRS
• SENIOR FELLOWS
• ADJUNCT FELLOWS
• FELLOWS
• VISITING FELLOWS
• LIBRARIAN
• INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER

PRESIDENT

Yoshiji Nogami

DIRECTORS

DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL

Naoko Saiki

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Toshiyuki Fujiwara was ambassador to Azerbaijan and Georgia. Fluent in Turkish, he is Japan's leading expert on the Turkic region, including the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. He has worked on conflict resolution in the Caucasus. He holds a degree in law from Keio University.

CENTER CHAIRS

Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (CPDNP)

Nobuyasu Abe

Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)

Yoshiji Nogami

Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP)

Katsunari Suzuki was Japan's representative for the normalization talks with North Korea and representative to the executive board of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) until 2005. He was ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Viet Nam and Brazil, and executive director of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters at the Prime Minister's Office.

SENIOR FELLOWS

Hirofumi Tosaki is resident senior fellow of the Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation.
Expertise: Arms control, disarmament, nuclear non-proliferation.
Language: English.

Yoshitaka Yokoyama
Expertise: Arms control, disarmament, non-proliferation,CTBT

ADJUNCT FELLOWS

Nobumasa Akiyama is associate professor at Hitotsubashi University.
Expertise: Arms control, peace building and conflict prevention.
Language: English.

Hideaki Asahi is professor of international security at Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo. He was ambassador to East Timor.

Hideaki Kaneda
Expertise: National security, maritime security, and ballistic cruise missle defense.
Language: English.

Tsutomu Kikuchi is professor of international political economy at Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo.
Expertise: International political economy of the Asia-Pacific, APEC, Japanese foreign policy.
Language: English.

Fumiaki Kubo is professor in the faculty of law at the University of Tokyo.
Expertise: American politics and foreign policy.
Language: English.

Hideya Kurata is professor of sociology and policy studies at Kyorin University.
Expertise: North and South Korean politics and foreign relations, international security.
Languages: Korean, English and German.

Toshihiro Nakayama is associate professor at Tsuda College.
Expertise: American politics and foreign policy.
Language: English.

Seiichiro Takagi is professor of the School of International Politics, Economics and Business at Aoyama Gakuin University. He was director of area studies at the National Institute of Defense Studies.
Expertise: Chinese foreign relations, Japan-China relations, Asia-Pacific security.
Languages: Chinese and English.

FELLOWS

Nobuhide Hatasa
Expertise: Political Economy in Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Economy
Language: English

Chihaya Kokubo
Expertise: European integration, European foreign and security policy, French politics.
Languages: French and English.

Masaru Nishikawa
Expertise: American Government and Diplomacy.
Language: English.

Nao Shimoyachi
Expertise: Peacebuilding and conflict resolution.
Language: English.

Shino Watanabe
Expertise: Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy, International Relations of East Asia
Language: Chinese and English.

Takayuki Yokota
Expertise: Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.
Languages: Arabic and English.

Takeshi Yuzawa
Expertise: Asia-Pacific security, International relations theory.
Language: English.

VISITING FELLOWS

2009

Mr. Tonny Dian Effendi (Indonesia) is Lecturer, Department of International Relations, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
His research topic is "Japan's Public Diplomacy Process."

Mr. Konstantine Tsereteli is Lecturer, Institute of Asia and Africa, Tbilis Free Univeristy / Senior Specialist, Ministry of Defence of Georgia.
His research topic is "East Asian Community and the role of Japan in it."

Dr. Ni Feng (China) was Professor/Assistant Director-General of the Institute of American Studies (IAS) at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and Chief of the IAS' Division of American Foreign Policy.
His research topic was "Trilateral Dialogue among China, Japan and America --- from the Second Track to the First Track?"
His research at JIIA was funded by a fellowship from the Japan Foundation.

2008

Mr. Andrin Raj (MALAYSIA) was Director, Stratad Asia Pacific Strategic Centre.
His research topic was "Japan's Initiatives in Security Cooperation in the Straits of Malacca on Maritime Security in Southeast Asia: Terrorism and Maritime Security."

Dr. Valijon Khoshimov (UZBEKISTAN) was Head, International Legal Expertise Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
His research topic was "Foreign Policy of Japan and Central Asia."

Dr. Paul Midford (U.S.A.) was Director, Japan Program, Department of Political Science and Sociology, Norwegian University of Sxience and Technology.
His research topic was "Overcoming the Reactive State: Japan's Leadership in Promoting East Asian Security Multilateralism."

2007

Prof. Sylvano Dong-E Mahiwo (PHILIPPINES) was Professor, International Relations, Asian Studies Program (Japan Studies), Asian Center, University of the Philippines Dilman."
His research topic was "ASEAN-JAPAN Contemporary Relations --- from Selective Engagement to Comprehensive Japanese Involvement --- with Focus on the Dynamics and Prospective Interface."

Mr. Marat Yerkatovich Nurgaliyev (KAZAKHSTAN) was Research Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies Department, Kazakhstan Institute for Strategic Studies under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
His research topic was "Development of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and Japanese Diplomacy towards Central Asia.

Dr. Sheila Smith (U.S.A.) was with the Council on Foreign Relations.
Her research topic was "Japanese Foreign Policy toward China and East Asia"

LIBRARIAN

Kaori Nishimura

INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER

Fumio Hosono