Educational and Professional Backgrounds

• 1997

  BA (Law), University of Tokyo

• 1997

  Ports and Harbors Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLITT)

• 1999

  Economic Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• 2001

  Civil Aviation Bureau, MLITT

• 2003

  MA (Political Science), Columbia University

• 2004

  Policy Research Institute, MLITT

• 2005

  MA (East Asian Studies), Columbia University

• 2005

  NIDS

• 2008-

  DPhil Student, Department of Politics and International Relations, Oxford University (St Antony's College)

Selected Publications

• "Political Opposition to a Working SDF: From a Legal Perspective"

  NIDS Journal of Defense & Security 8 (December 2007)