Our Team of Experts

Areas of Expertise

Natural Resources and Energy Issues, Situational Analysis of Eurasian Countries, International Relations (Eurasian Countries)

Bio

Worked at Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., before assuming his current position in 2000.

Research Results

“Priority Issues in Japan’s Resource and Energy Diplomacy: Nuclear Energy in the U.S. and Russia, and Rare Earths in China,” in Policy Proposal, 2009*
"Need to Escape from Dependence on China as a Source of Rare Metals, as Seen in the Effects of the Sichuan Earthquake," in Analysis Report of the Eurasia Information Network of the Tokyo Foundation, June 2008*
"Importance of an Intellectual Property Strategy: Looking at Trends in the Automobile Market in India," in Analysis Report of the Eurasia Information Network of the Tokyo Foundation, May 2008*

*Only in Japanese

Articles on the Site

Securing Supplies of Rare Metals for Environmental Technology

Priority Issues in Japan’s Resource and Energy Diplomacy

Publications

Projects

Eurasia Information Network

Japanese Energy Technology and Foreign Policy

Visualizing Sustainable Society in 2050

Energy Issues and Japanese Foreign Policy (2008)

Theory of Nations: Beyond Nation States (2007)