Tatsushi Nishioka is the Director of the Public Information and Culture Center of the Embassy of Japan in Seoul. With the recognition that deepening mutual understanding between the people of the Republic of Korea and Japan is essential for stable bilateral relations, he is promoting public diplomacy through cultural cooperation, education, sports, and people-to-people exchange programs between the ROK and Japan. So far in the past, he has served as Director for the Global Cooperation Division and Director for the Japanese Nationals Overseas Safety Division in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo, and also served in overseas Embassies and Missions of Japan in the United States, Indonesia, Israel, and the European.