Biography
Director of Hiroshima Peace Institute and Dean of Graduate School of Peace Studies, Hiroshima City University, Hiroshima, Japan
Field of Study: International Relations and International Political Economy
<Academic Experiences>
- 2019 - Present Professor, Hiroshima Peace Institute and Graduate School of Peace Studies, Hiroshima
- 2016 - 2018 Director, International Center, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo
- 2015 - 2019 Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University
- 2010 - 2014 Vice-President for International Activities, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
- 2008 - 2010 Dean, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University
- 2006 - 2008 Dean, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University
- 1994 Professor, Department of Law, Hitotsubashi University
- 1993 Visiting Fellow, Center for International Studies, Princeton University
- 1991- 93 Visiting Scholar, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University
- 1987 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Hitotsubashi University
- 1983 Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Sophia University, Tokyo
<Academic Background>
- 1989 Ph.D. (Yale University, Political Science)
- 1978 M.A.(Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University)
- 1976 B. A. (Department of Law, Hitotsubashi University)
<Publications>
- Global Governance and Power Politics (co-editor with N. Akiyama, K.Obayashi and A. Yamada, Yuhikaku,
2019, in Japanese).
- “Multilateral Diplomacy and Multilateralism: The United Nations, the G8, the G20, and the Bretton Woods
Institutions” 2015 (http://www2.jiia.or.jp/en/digital_library/japan_s_diplomacy.php)
- Japan’s Diplomacy (vol. 5, Foreign Policy by Issues, editor, Iwanami Shoten 2013, in Japanese)
- “A Japanese View of the EU” Perspectives: Review of International Affairs, vol. 20, no.2, 2012, pp. 103-
128.
- NGO’s Views of the World Bank, co-editor with Satoru Matsumoto, Minerva Shobo, 2013, in Japanese)
International Studies Beyond National Borders (co-editor with Yoshiko Kojo and Atsushi Ishida, Yuhikaku,
2009, in Japanese)
- “Globalization and Education Japan: The Case of Junior High School History Textbooks” in Jim Dator,
Dick Praff and Yongseok Seo eds., Globalization, Fairness, and Public Institutions, University of Hawaii
Press, April 2006.
- Pearl Harbour as Memory (co-editor with Chihiro Hosoya and Akira Iriye, Minerva, 2004, in Japanese).
- “We the People” in the Global Age: A Re-examination of Nationalism and Citizenship (co-edited with
Edward Rhodes and Chieko Kitagawa Otsuru, 2000, in English)
- Political Economy of International Organizations (author, 1994, Yuhikaku, in Japanese)
<Professional Service>
- 2004-2006: President, The Japan Association of International Relations
- 2002-2004: Vice-President, The Japan Association of International Relations
- Present: Managing Committee Member of Japan Association for United Nations Studies, Councilor of
the Japan Association of International Relations, Board Member of “Friends of the Earth Japan”.
Field of Study: International Relations and International Political Economy
<Academic Experiences>
- 2019 - Present Professor, Hiroshima Peace Institute and Graduate School of Peace Studies, Hiroshima
- 2016 - 2018 Director, International Center, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo
- 2015 - 2019 Professor, School of International Politics, Economics and Communication, Aoyama Gakuin University
- 2010 - 2014 Vice-President for International Activities, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
- 2008 - 2010 Dean, Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University
- 2006 - 2008 Dean, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University
- 1994 Professor, Department of Law, Hitotsubashi University
- 1993 Visiting Fellow, Center for International Studies, Princeton University
- 1991- 93 Visiting Scholar, St. Antony’s College, Oxford University
- 1987 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Hitotsubashi University
- 1983 Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Sophia University, Tokyo
<Academic Background>
- 1989 Ph.D. (Yale University, Political Science)
- 1978 M.A.(Graduate School of Law, Hitotsubashi University)
- 1976 B. A. (Department of Law, Hitotsubashi University)
<Publications>
- Global Governance and Power Politics (co-editor with N. Akiyama, K.Obayashi and A. Yamada, Yuhikaku,
2019, in Japanese).
- “Multilateral Diplomacy and Multilateralism: The United Nations, the G8, the G20, and the Bretton Woods
Institutions” 2015 (http://www2.jiia.or.jp/en/digital_library/japan_s_diplomacy.php)
- Japan’s Diplomacy (vol. 5, Foreign Policy by Issues, editor, Iwanami Shoten 2013, in Japanese)
- “A Japanese View of the EU” Perspectives: Review of International Affairs, vol. 20, no.2, 2012, pp. 103-
128.
- NGO’s Views of the World Bank, co-editor with Satoru Matsumoto, Minerva Shobo, 2013, in Japanese)
International Studies Beyond National Borders (co-editor with Yoshiko Kojo and Atsushi Ishida, Yuhikaku,
2009, in Japanese)
- “Globalization and Education Japan: The Case of Junior High School History Textbooks” in Jim Dator,
Dick Praff and Yongseok Seo eds., Globalization, Fairness, and Public Institutions, University of Hawaii
Press, April 2006.
- Pearl Harbour as Memory (co-editor with Chihiro Hosoya and Akira Iriye, Minerva, 2004, in Japanese).
- “We the People” in the Global Age: A Re-examination of Nationalism and Citizenship (co-edited with
Edward Rhodes and Chieko Kitagawa Otsuru, 2000, in English)
- Political Economy of International Organizations (author, 1994, Yuhikaku, in Japanese)
<Professional Service>
- 2004-2006: President, The Japan Association of International Relations
- 2002-2004: Vice-President, The Japan Association of International Relations
- Present: Managing Committee Member of Japan Association for United Nations Studies, Councilor of
the Japan Association of International Relations, Board Member of “Friends of the Earth Japan”.