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Staff Members

As of July 13, 2020

Department Heads

Tomonari Akamatsu	Director	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Jiro Kato	Director	International Peace and Security Department
Ayaka Matsuno	Director	Gender Investment and Innovation Department
Aya Murata	Director	Japan–U.S. Program
Maho Nakayama	Director	Asia Peace Initiatives Department
Eiji Sakai	Director	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Ocean Policy Planning and Management Department)
Kayoko Tatsumi	Director	Middle East and Islam Program Department
Yu Zhan	Director	Sasakawa Japan–China Friendship Fund

Senior Staff Members

Taisuke Abiru	Senior Research Fellow	International Peace and Security Department
Teruaki Aizawa	Senior Program Advisor	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Tomonari Akamatsu	Senior Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Akiko Horiba	Senior Program Officer	Asia Peace Initiatives Department
Hu Yiping	Senior Program Officer	Sasakawa Japan–China Friendship Fund
Masanori Kobayashi	Senior Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Yoshiyuki Kobayashi	Senior Program Officer	Sasakawa Japan–China Friendship Fund
Miko Maekawa	Senior Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Aya Murata	Senior Program Officer	Japan–U.S. Program
Yui Nakamura	Senior Program Officer	Asia Peace Initiatives Department
Maho Nakayama	Senior Program Officer	Asia Peace Initiatives Department
Ippeita Nishida	Senior Research Fellow	International Peace and Security Department
Bonji Ohara	Senior Fellow	International Peace and Security Department
Fumiko Okamoto	Senior Program Officer	Asia Peace Initiatives Department
Natasha Shih	Senior Investment Officer	Gender Investment and Innovation Department
Hideyuki Shiozawa	Senior Program Officer	Pacific Island Nations Program
Tomohiko Tsunoda	Senior Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department/Ocean Policy Planning and Management Department)
Atsushi Watanabe	Senior Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Tsuneo Watanabe	Senior Fellow	International Peace and Security Department
Lily Yu	Senior Advisor	Gender Investment and Innovation Department

Staff Members

John A. Dolan	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Ocean Policy Planning and Management Department)
Iwao Fujii	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Mai Fujii	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Makiko Fukatsu	Research Associate	International Peace and Security Department
Xiang Gao	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Sanae Hayashi	Program Officer	Asia Peace Initiatives Department
Yusuke Honda	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Michael C. Huang	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Takashi Iwata	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Etsuko Ito	Program Officer	Gender Investment and Innovation Department
Yuki Kobayashi	Research Fellow	International Peace and Security Department
Yuta Komori	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department/Ocean Policy Planning and Management Department)
Madoka Kono	Associate Program Officer	Japan–U.S. Program
Takeshi Mizunari	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Ocean Policy Planning and Management Department/Policy Research Department)
Yuhei Murakami	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Tomoko Nagasako	Research Associate	International Peace and Security Department
Nobuko Nakamura	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Risa Nobe	Research Fellow	International Peace and Security Department
Sachiko Oguma	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Ocean Policy Planning and Management Department/Policy Research Department)
Hiroshi Sambyakugari	Research Fellow	International Peace and Security Department
Yuta Sano	Associate Program Officer	Japan-U.S. Program
Nao Soutome	Program Officer	Sasakawa Japan–China Friendship Fund
Ayuko Takahashi	Program Officer	Asia Peace Initiatives Department
Hajime Tanaka	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Mayuko Tanaka	Research Associate	Middle East and Islam Program Department
Junko Toyoshima	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Akihiro Ueda	Program Officer	Asia Peace Initiatives Department
Yuka Yabashi	Program Officer	Gender Investment and Innovation Department
Sae Yamamoto	Program Officer	Gender Investment and Innovation Department
Nami Yokogi	Associate Program Officer	Asia Peace Initiatives Department
Takahiro Yokoyama	Program Officer	Middle East and Islam Program Department
Nagisa Yoshioka	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)
Mengyao Zhu	Research Fellow	Ocean Policy Research Institute (Policy Research Department)