Education / Career

• 1992

  B.A. in International Relation, National Defense Academy

• 2011

  Juris Doctor, Sophia University Law school

• 2011-2014

  Research Fellow, Japan Peacekeeping Training and Research Center, Joint Staff College

• 2014-2016

  Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales

• 2016-2019

  Research Fellow, Japan Peacekeeping Training and Research Center, Joint Staff College

• 2019-2022

  Associate Professor, National Defense Academy

• 2022-2025

  Senior Research Fellow, Nakasone Peace Institute

• 2025-

  Research Fellow, National Institute for Defense Studies

Selected Publications

English

• “Deterring a Taiwan Contingency – A Study of Japan’s Approach –,”

  Nakasone Peace Institute, 2023

• “Australian Defence Force’s Approach for the Protection of Civilian (POC): Perspectives of Guidelines, Training and WPS,”

  Japan Peacekeeping Training and Research Center, Joint Staff College, 2018

• Takashi Saito, Izuru Fukumoto, Hideshi Tokuichi, Hidetoshi Hirata, Goro Matsumura, Susumu Nakamura, Koichi Sato, Masatoshi Murakami, Katsuya Yamamoto, Yukari Yoshida, Takashi Kawashima, Mariko Yasue, “Building Response Procedures and a Multilateral Joint Posture to Deter a Taiwan Contingency Part 2: Analysis of Hybrid Warfare by China for Taiwan Unification,”

  Nakasone Peace Institute, 2025

• Takashi Saito, Izuru Fukumoto, Hideshi Tokuichi, Hidetoshi Hirata, Goro Matsumura, Susumu Nakamura, Koichi Sato, Masatoshi Murakami, Katsuya Yamamoto, Yukari Yoshida, Takashi Kawashima, Mariko Yasue, “Building Response Procedures and a Multilateral Joint Posture to Deter a Taiwan Contingency Part 1: Analysis of the European Hybrid CoE Conceptual Model, Assumptions for Developing a Research Model, and Hybrid Threat Case Studies,”

  Nakasone Peace Institute, 2024

• Takashi Saito, Izuru Fukumoto, Hideshi Tokuichi, Hidetoshi Hirata, Goro Matsumura, Susumu Nakamura, Koichi Sato, Masatoshi Murakami, Takashi Kawashima, Hisajima Naoto, “Stabilization of the Indo-Pacific Region and Japan’s Response to a Crisis,”

  Nakasone Peace Institute, 2023

Japanese

• 『図解解説：国際平和協力活動関連法規入門』[Illustrated Guide: Introduction to Legal Frameworks for International Peace Cooperation Activities],

  Design Egg Co., Ltd., 2023

• 『人権保障による平和構築－国際平和協力活動における実務者のための法規範－』[Operationalising Peacebuilding through Human Rights Protection: Legal Norms for Practitioners in International Peace Cooperation Activities],

  Design Egg Co., Ltd., 2014

• 「ハイブリッド戦における工作手段の分類と特徴―欧州ハイブリッド脅威対策センターのコンセプト・モデルに基づく分析―」[An Analysis of Tools in Hybrid Warfare: Classification and Characteristics based on the Conceptual Model of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats]

  NIDS Commentary, No. 403, 2025

• 「米軍におけるWPS（女性・平和・安全保障）導入―豪国防軍におけるWPS推進要因からの分析―」[WPS in Forces: An analysis of implementation process from the perspective of key drivers for Australian Defence Force’s WPS effort],

  The Journal of International Security, Vol. 52, No. 3, December 2024

• 「ハイブリッド脅威分析のフレームワーク－欧州ハイブリッド脅威対策センターのコンセプト・モデルを通じて－」[A Framework for Hybrid Threat Analysis: A study on the Conceptual Model of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats],

  NPI Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2022

• 「自衛隊のオペレーションへのWPS（女性・平和・安全保障）の導入－マッキンゼーの7Sによる豪国防軍と自衛隊との比較・分析から－」[Operationalizing WPS (Women, Peace and Security) in Japan Self Defense Forces: Comparative Study of Australian Defense Force and Japan Self Defense forces using the framework of McKinsey 7S],

  Defense Studies, No. 66, 2022

• 「国際緊急援助活動における民軍関係」[Civil-Military Relations in International Emergency Relief Operations],

  Japan Peacekeeping Training and Research Center, Joint Staff College, 2019