Senior Officials
List of Senior Officials of the NIDS
As of 7 August 2026
- President
- SAKAMOTO Daisuke
- Vice President
- TAKEUCHI Tetsuya
- Vice President for Academic Affairs
- HYODO Shinji
- Director, Planning and Administration Department
- MITSUHATA Kazunori
- Director, Policy Studies Department
- KIKUCHI Shigeo
- Head, Defense Policy Division
- ICHIMASA Sukeyuki
- Head, Military Strategy Division
- TERAUCHI Shinju
- Head, Global Security Division
- TOMIKAWA Hideo
- Head, Space Security Division
- ARAKAKI Hiromu
- Head, Cyber Security Division
- HARADA Yu
- Head, Defense Industry and Technology Division
- WATANABE Takeshi
- Director, Department of Advanced Domain Studies
- IIDA Masafumi
- Head, Defense Management Division
- NISHINO Masami
- Director, Regional Studies Department
- SHOJI Tomotaka
- Head, China Division
- MASUDA Masayuki
- Head, Asia and Africa Division
- SUGIURA Yasuyuki
- Head, America, Europe, and Russia Division
- YAMAZOE Hiroshi
- Director, Education Department
- KITAJIMA Kunihiko
- Director, Center for Military History
- TACHIKAWA Kyoichi
- Chief, Military History Division
- KANNO Naoki
- Chief, National Security Policy Division
- TSUKAMOTO Katsuya
- Chief, International Conflict Division
- HANADA Tomoyuki
- Chief, Military Archives
- KANNO Naoki
- Director, International Exchange and Libraries
- SUKEGAWA Yasushi
- Director, Policy Simulation
- MATSUURA Yoshihide
- Chief, Policy Simulation Division
- KOJIMA Takayuki
- Research Director
- TAKAHASHI Sugio
