2014-15 ASSOCIATES

IGUCHI HaruoNagoya University

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office 61KirklandStreet,Room203e-mail higuchi@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject NewThreatsandComprehensiveNationalSecurity inU.S.-JapanRelations

ProfessorIguchiisProfessorof InternationalStudiesatNagoyaUniversity.HereceivedhisB.A.inEconomicsfromBrownUniversity,M.A.andPh.D.inHistoryfromUniversityof Chicago.HisresearchhasfocusedonU.S.-Japandiplomatic,politicalandeconomicrelations,andU.S.-EastAsia relations.He is theauthorof Unfinished Business: Ayukawa Yoshisuke and U.S.-Japan Relations, 1937-1953 (Harvard University Asia Center, 2003),winner of theMasayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize, andAyukawa Yoshisuke and Economic Internationalism(inJapanese,NagoyaUniversityPress,2012),winnerof theSuntoryPrize(PoliticsandEconomicsField)and the2013ForumforEntrepreneurialStudiesBookPrizeinJapan.Duringthe2014-15academicyear,hewillexaminethenewthreatsandcomprehensivenationalsecurityinU.S.-Japanrelations.

IIZUKA MiriMinistryof Land,

Infrastructure,TransportandTourism

office 61KirklandStreet,Room302e-mail miizuka@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject InternationalGovernanceandCompetitionintheNorthern SeaRoute

Ms.IizukaearnedherB.A.inLawfromWasedaUniversity,Masterof PublicPolicyfromtheUniversity of Tokyo, and LL.M. fromNewYorkUniversity School of Law.HermostrecentpositionatMLITwasPlanningandManagementOfficial,CondominiumsPolicyOffice,UrbanBuildingDivision,attheHousingBureau.ShehasalsoservedintheGeneral AffairsDivision and SafetyManagement and Seafarers LabourDivision,bothattheMaritimeBureau.Ms.Iizuka'sresearchatHarvardwillexamineinternationalgovernanceandcompetitionintheNorthernSeaRoute.

ITO BanriSenshuUniversity

office 61KirklandStreet,Room301e-mail bito@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject Originsof ProtectionistTradePolicyPreferences

ProfessorItoreceivedhisB.A.,M.A.,andPh.D.inEconomicsfromKeioUniversity.Hisresearchfocusesoninternationaltradeandinvestment;trade,innovationandintellectualpropertyrights;andtradeprotectionandpoliticaleconomy.ProfessorIto'sarticleshavebeenpublished inThe World Economy, Economic Inquiry, Review of International Economics, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, China Economic Review,andinotherjournalsand edited volumes.He is also the co-author of Global Innovations (in Japanese;KeioUniversityPress,2011).WhileatHarvard,hisresearchprojectwillexaminetheoriginsof protectionistpolicypreferences.

KAJI YoshiroTokyoGasCo.,Ltd.

office 61KirklandStreet,Room303e-mail ykaji@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject ManagingEmployeeDiversityinJapaneseCorporations

Mr.KajiearnedhisB.A.inEconomicsfromWasedaUniversity.AtTokyoGasCo.,Ltd.,hismostrecentpositionwasManagerof theRegionalSalesAdministrationSectionintheAir-conditioningandCommercialCustomerDevelopmentandServiceDepartment.HehasalsoservedasManager,GeneralAffairsDepartmentatTokyoGasChemicals,ResearcherattheKeidanren(JapanBusinessFederation),aswellasintheGeneralAffairsDepartment and theHumanResourcesDepartment atTokyoGas.While atHarvard,Mr.Kajiwillinvestigatethemanagementof employeediversityinJapanesecorporations.

KASAMA DaisukeMinistryof Economy,TradeandIndustry

office 61KirklandStreet,Room307e-mail dkasama@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject Impactof EnergyandEnvironmentalPolicyonU.S. AutomobileIndustry

Mr.KasamareceivedhisB.S.andM.S. inAstrophysicsfromUniversityof Tokyo.Hismost recent position at METI was Deputy Director of the Information EconomyDivision in theCommerce and InformationPolicyBureau.Hehas also served in theAutomobileDivisionandAerospaceandDefenseIndustryDivisionintheManufacturingIndustriesBureau;PolicyPlanningDivision,BusinessEnvironmentDepartmentintheSmall andMediumEnterpriseAgency; and Industrial Science and Technology PolicyDivision in the Technology Policy and Environment Bureau. Mr. Kasama's researchatHarvardwill examinehowU.S. energyandenvironmentalpolicies are reshaping itsautomobileindustry.

KIM Doo-seungKoreaInstituteforDefenseAnalyses

office 61KirklandStreet,Room301e-mail dkim@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject ObamaAdministration'sRebalancingtowardAsiaand Japan-KoreaRelations

Dr.KimearnedhisB.A.inLaw,M.A.andPh.D.inPoliticsfromRikkyoUniversity.HeiscurrentlyaResearchFellowattheCenterforSecurityStudies,KoreaInstituteforDefenseAnalyses(KIDA)andPolicyAdvisorfortheMinistryof NationalDefense,Republicof Korea(ROK).Hespecializes inJapanesesecuritypolicyandU.S.-Japan-ROKstrategicrelations.Heistheauthorof Ikeda Administration's Foreign Policy and Japan-Korea Relations (inJapanese;AkashiShoten,2008)andJapan's National Defense Program Guidance 2010 and Korea's Security (inKorean;KIDAPress, 2011).AtHarvard,his researchwill focusonObamaadministration'srebalancingtowardAsiaandJapan-KoreaRelations.

KOBAYASHI YoshikiNationalPoliceAgency

office 61KirklandStreet,Room303e-mail ykobayashi@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject CriminalInvestigationMethodsandDemocraticOversight of LawEnforcementOrganizations

Dr.Kobayashi receivedhisBachelor of Law fromUniversity of Tokyo,M.B.A. fromUniversityof Toronto,Masterof InternationalPublicAdministration fromUniversityof HongKong,Masterof InternationalPolicyandPracticefromGeorgeWashingtonUniversity,andPh.D.inInternationalStudiesfromWasedaUniversity.PriortoHarvard,hewastheChief of KochiPrefecturalPolice.Heistheauthorof Fundamentals of Intelligence (inJapanese;TachibanaShobo,2011).HisarticlesinJapanesehaveappearedinJournal of International Security, Japanese Journal of Sociological Criminology, Journal of Police Science, andmanyothers.Duringthe2014-15academicyear,Dr.Kobayashi'sresearchwillcriminalinvestigationmethodsanddemocraticoversightof lawenforcementorganizations.

MATSUSHITA KayoMinistryof ForeignAffairs

office 61KirklandStreet,Room208e-mail kmatsushita@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject Japan'sPostwarContributionstoPeaceandEastAsia’s ChangingStrategicEnvironment

Ms.Matsushita earned her Bachelor of Law fromRitsumeikanUniversity,Master of PublicPolicyfromUniversityof Tokyo,andLL.M.fromNewYorkUniversitySchoolof Law.AtMOFA,shehasservedintheGlobalIssuesCooperationDivision,whereshedraftedandnegotiatedU.N.GeneralAssemblyResolutiononHumanSecurity;and intheEconomicPartnershipDivisionof theEconomicAffairsBureau,wheresheworkedonJapan'sparticipation in theTrans-PacificPartnership (TPP).WhileatHarvard,Ms.Matsushitawill conduct researchon Japan'spost-war contributions topeace andEastAsia’schangingstrategicenvironment.

MELZER JuergenPrincetonUniversity

office 61KirklandStreet,Room301e-mail jmelzer@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject TransnationalHistoryof JapaneseAviation,1910-1945

Dr.Melzerholds adiploma inComputerScienceandPhysics fromHagenUniversity(Germany).Afterworkingasanairlinepilotforfifteenyears,hereturnedtoschooltoundertakeJapanesestudiesin2002.HereceivedaB.A.inJapanesefromSOAS,Universityof London;anM.A.inRegionalStudies—EastAsiafromHarvardUniversity;andaPh.D.inEastAsianStudiesfromPrincetonUniversity.Exploringthetransnationalhistoryof technologyandscience,hisresearchfocusesonforeignimpactonthedevelopmentof Japan’saviationindustry.HisarticlehasbeenpublishedinContemporary Japan.Duringthe2014–15academicyear,Dr.Melzerplanstocompletehisbookmanuscript, tentativelytitled“TheHistoryof JapaneseAviationinanInternationalContext,1910–1945.”

NISHIKAWA JinAsahi Shimbun

office 61KirklandStreet,Room208e-mail jnishikawa@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject RadioactiveWasteManagementinJapanandtheU.S.

Mr.NishikawaearnedinB.A.inEngineeringandM.A.inEnvironmentalSciencesfromUniversityof Tsukuba.HeisascienceandmedicalwriterforAsahi Shimbun,wherehehaswrittenextensivelyonnuclearpower(includingtheFukushimadisaster)andnuclearsafetyandradioactivewasteinEurope.Hisotherarticleshaveaddressedpublichealthissues(suchasHIV,TB,andmalaria)inAfricaandJapan’spoliciestowardscientificresearch.As aFulbrightVisitingScholar during the2014-15 academic year,Mr.NishikawawillinvestigatenuclearwastemanagementinJapanandtheU.S.

OSHIMA HidehikoMinistryof Agriculture,ForestryandFisheries

office 61KirklandStreet,Room302e-mail hoshima@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject Impactof U.S.AgriculturalPolicyReformontheGlobal FoodSupply

Mr.Oshima earned hisBachelor of Law fromUniversity of Tokyo.Hismost recentposition at MAFF was Senior Policy Planner of the Policy Planning Division attheMinister's Secretariat.He has also heldDirector orDeputyDirector posts in theAgricultural Production Bureau, Forest Agency, Fisheries Agency, and Food Agency.HehasalsobeensecondedtopostsintheMinistryof PostsandTelecommunications,FinancialServicesAgency,andNodaCityOffice.Mr.Oshima'sresearchatHarvardwillexaminetheimpactof U.S.agriculturalpolicyreformontheglobalfoodsupply.

SAKAMOTO KazuyukiSankei Shimbun

office 61KirklandStreet,Room307e-mail ksakamoto@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject Japan'sNationalSecurityStrategyandtheU.S.-JapanAlliance

Mr. Sakamoto received his B.A. inApplied Physics from SeikeiUniversity andwas anon-degreestudentintheManagementof Technology(MOT)program,attheGraduateSchoolof Engineering,TokyoUniversity.Asapoliticalcorrespondentof Sankei Shimbun,hehaswrittenonawiderangeof topics,includingJapanesediplomacyandsecurity,theTrans-PacificPartnership(TPP),G8Summit,andG20meeting.HehasalsobeenassignedtocovertheMinistryof ForeignAffairs(MOFA),Ministryof Finance(MOF),andtheJapanesePrimeMinister’sOffice.AtHarvard,Mr.Sakamotowill conduct researchonJapan'snationalsecuritystrategyandtheU.S.-Japanalliance.

SOMETAYA RyutaAsahi Shimbun

office 61KirklandStreet,Room302e-mail rsometaya@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject MediaandPoliticalLeadershipinJapanandtheU.S.

Mr.SometayaearnedhisB.A. inUrbanSociology fromHitotsubashiUniversity.Mostrecently,heservedasaStaff WriterintheOsakaHeadquartersof Asahi Shimbun.HehasalsoservedintheKobeandTottoriBureaus.HisarticleshavecoveredToruHashimoto,Mayorof OsakaCityandleaderof theJapanRestorationParty;awiderangeof newsinOsaka,Kobe,andTottori, includingcrimes, localschools,childabuse,andtourism;and local andnational elections.Mr. Sometaya's research atHarvardwill examine therelationshipbetweenmediaandpoliticalleadershipinJapanandtheU.S.

STERNSDORFF CISTERNA Nicolas

HarvardUniversity

office 61KirklandStreet,Room301e-mail nsternsdorff@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject FoodSafetyafterFukushimaNuclearAccident

Dr.Sternsdorff Cisternaisaculturalanthropologistwhospecializesinthestudyof food.HeearnedhisB.A.inAnthropologyandInternationalDevelopmentstudiesfromTrentUniversity,M.A.inPoliticalSciencefromUniversityof BritishColumbia,andPh.D.inSocialAnthropologyfromHarvardUniversity.Heisaculturalanthropologywhoworkson food, disaster studies, science and technology studies (STS), risk, and the senses.Hisdissertation,"FoodafterFukushima:ScientificCitizenshipandRiskinJapan,"wasbasedontwoyearsof fieldworkonfoodsafetyafter theFukushimanuclearaccident.Duringthe2014-15academicyear,heplanstocompleteabookmanuscriptbasedonhisdissertation,andwillalsoteachAnthropology1804,"TastingFood:Politics,Science,andSenses,”inthefallsemester.

SUDA WataruMinistryof Finance

office 61KirklandStreet,Room307e-mail wsuda@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject Evolutionof FinancialSupervisorySystemsinJapanandthe U.S.

Mr.SudareceivedhisB.A.inSociologyfromKanazawaUniversity.AttheMinistryof Finance,hehasservedas theDirectorof theOverallCoordinationDivision,TohokuLocalFinanceBureau,andasDeputyDirectorof theSecurities, InternationalAffairs,andCorporateDisclosureDivisionsattheFinancialServicesAgency.Mostrecently,hewastheDirectorof theOverallCoordinationDivision,attheJapanMint'sheadofficeinOsaka.Mr.Suda'sresearchatHarvardwillexaminetheevolutionof financialsupervisorysystemsinJapanandtheU.S.

TERADA ShinichiroKDDICorporation

office 61KirklandStreet,Room307e-mail sterada@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject BusinessEcosystemsof theMobileIndustryintheU.S.and Japan

Mr. Terada earned his B.A. in Economics from Keio University and M.B.A. fromUniversity of Chicago, and is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of TechnologyManagementforInnovation,GraduateSchoolof Engineering,atUniversityof Tokyo.HehasservedasHeadof ManagementGroupatKDDIResearchInstituteInc.,Directorof KCOM,Inc., andPresidentof KDDICreative Inc.Hehaspresentedhis researchfindingsattheInternationalTelecommunicationsSociety,JapanSocietyof InformationandCommunicationResearch,andotherconferences.Mr.Terada'sresearchatHarvardwillinvestigatethebusinessecosystemsof themobileindustryintheU.S.andJapan.

USUI KenMinistryof ForeignAffairs

office 61KirklandStreet,Room302e-mail kusui@wcfia.harvard.eduresearchproject ChineseForeignPolicyandtheU.S.-JapanAlliance

Mr.UsuireceivedhisBachelorof LawfromUniversityof Tokyo.InhislastpositionatMOFA,heservedinOceanDivisionof theInternationalLegalAffairsBureau,wherehehandledmaritimeissuesrelatedtotheUnitedNationsConventionontheLawof theSea(UNCLOS).HehasalsobeenassignedtotheAidPolicyandManagementDivisionof the International CooperationBureau,where hemanaged the fiscal affairs of theJapanInternationalCooperationAgency(JICA).Between2012and2014,hestudiedtheChinese language,diplomacy,andhistoryatNanjingUniversity.WhileatHarvard,Mr.UsuiwillconductresearchonChineseforeignpolicyandtheU.S.-Japanalliance.