Our Team of Experts

Areas of Expertise

American Politics, Japanese Politics, Japan-US Relations, Security Policy

Bio

Became a dentist after graduating from the Tohoku University School of Dentistry. Attended the New School for Social Research, where he received his MA in political science. In 1996, became a visiting research scholar at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS ), going on to become a research associate fellow and, as of March 2003, a senior fellow. In 2005, returned to Japan. After serving as a senior research fellow at the Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute in Tokyo, assumed his current position.

Research Results

POLICY PROPOSAL: Japan’s New Security Strategy: Multilayered and Cooperative Security Strategy (2008)

POLICY PROPOSAL: Japan’s Security: 10 Proposals for the Hatoyama Administration (2009)

Articles on the Site

Eurasian Nations and the Establishment of the Hatoyama Administration

A Chilly Washington Reception for Hatoyama Diplomacy

The Need for Japan-US Cooperation in Dealing with Russia

The Japan-U.S. Alliance at Fifty: The Challenges Facing the New DPJ Government

Is Futenma Really the Litmus Test for Commitment to the Alliance?

A New Direction for Japan’s Security Policy?

A Watershed Election and Its Policy Implications

Change Ahead for Japan's Security Policy

Publications

“The US Strategy beyond the Global Posture Review,” in Strategic Yet Strained (Stimson Center, 2008)

“Sayonara, Koizumi-san: Dynastic Rivals,” in Far Eastern Economic Review, June 2006

“After the July Election: Where Is Koizumi Heading?” in Japan Watch (CSIS Japan Chair Web Publication), August 19, 2004

“Changing Japanese Views of China: A New Generation Moves Toward Realism and Nationalism,” coauthor, in The Rise of China in Asia: Security Implications (Army War College, Strategic Studies Institute, 2002)

“Japan’s Internal Development and its Implication for Korean Peninsula,” coauthor, in Strengthening U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Relations (CSIS, 2002)

“The Bankruptcy of Civil-Military Relations in Japan,” NIRA Review, Summer 1996

Projects

As the leader:

Eurasia Information Network

As a member:

Contemporary American Studies

National Security Policy