Mr. Hideshi TOKUCHI served as Japan’s first-ever Vice-Minister of Defense for International Affairs from 2014 to 2015 after completing several senior assignments in the Ministry of Defense, including the Director-General of four internal bureaus, i.e., Defense Policy Bureau, Budget and Equipment Bureau, Personnel and Education Bureau, and Operations Bureau.
He has been the President of the Research Institute for Peace and Security (RIPS) in Tokyo since 2021. He is teaching security-related issues at a number of universities in Japan, including Keio University and Sophia University.
He earned his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Tokyo in 1979, and his Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy (M.A.L.D.) degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in 1986.
His recent articles in English include: “Climate security and Japan’s new national security strategy: a policy analysis,” Third World Quarterly, February 28, 2024, DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2024.2314681; “Promoting the Japan-Taiwan Partnership After Taiwan’s Presidential Election,” Prospects & Perspectives, February 16, 2024, https://www.pf.org.tw/en/pfen/33-10562.html; and “Expectations to the Camp David Trilateral Summit Meeting - A Japanese View,” Korea On Point, August 14, 2023, https://koreaonpoint.org/view.php?topic_idx=74&idx=222.