Senior Officials

List of Senior Officials of the NIDS

As of 1 August 2024

President
IMAKYUREI Manabu
Vice President
HASHIZUME Yoshitomo
Vice President for Academic Affairs
HYODO Shinji
Director, Planning and Administration Department
OSAKA Souei
Director, Policy Studies Department
KIKUCHI Shigeo
Head, Defense Policy Division
TAKAHASHI Sugio
Head, Military Strategy Division
TERAUCHI Shinjyu
Head, Global Security Division
ARAKAKI Hiromu
Head, Cyber Security Division
ICHIMASA Sukeyuki
Director, Security Studies Department
IIDA Masafumi
Head, Government and Law Division
NISHINO Masami
Head, Security and Economy Division
TOMIKAWA Hideo
Director, Regional Studies Department
SHOJI Tomotaka
Head, China Division
MASUDA Masayuki
Head, Asia and Africa Division
WATANABE Takeshi
Head, America, Europe, and Russia Division
YAMAZOE Hiroshi
Director, Education Department
OE Yasutomo
Director, Center for Military History
TACHIKAWA Kyoichi
Chief, Military History Division
NAKAJIMA Shingo
Chief, National Security Policy Division
TSUKAMOTO Katsuya
Chief, International Conflict Division
SHINDO Hiroyuki
Chief, Military Archives
KANNO Naoki
Director, International Exchange and Libraries
SUKEGAWA Yasushi
Director, Policy Simulation
MATSUURA Yoshihide
Chief, Policy Simulation Division
KOJIMA Takayuki