Experts
Senior Program Officer
Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
Affiliation
Asia and Middle East Unit
Sasakawa Japan-China Friendship Program
Expertise/Areas of interest
Sino-Japanese Relations/Chinese Diplomacy
Academic/Professional Background
| 1998-2002 | Faculty of Social Sciences, Waseda University, BA |
| 2002-2003 | East China Normal University, student exchange program |
| 2002-2005 | Graduate School of Social Sciences, Waseda University, MA |
| 2005-present | Sasakawa Peace Foundation |
| 2005-2011 | Research Associate, Assistant Program Officer |
| 2011-2016 | Program Officer |
| 2016-present | Senior Program Officer |
Projects
Invitation program for Chinese journalists/Creating a glossary of modern history terms regarding Sino-Japanese relations/Joint research and publishing towards solving issues shared by Japan and China/General overview of Japan-China exchange and dialogue on security/Japan-China Young Historians Seminar
Publications
| Publications | Publishing company | Date of Publication |
|---|---|---|
| Takeju OGATA, Yiping HU, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, eds, 22 Chinese bloggers' experiences in Japan: I came! I saw! I felt! Mystery Country, Surprising Country, But Fascinating Country: Duan Press, 2017. Masahiro AKIYAMA, author, Naotaka SANADA, Ryuji HATTORI, Yoshiyuki KOBAYASHI, eds. Masahiro AKIYAMA, ex-administrative vice-minister of defense: Oral History about Post Coldwar Security and Defence Exchange. | Yoshida Shoten | 2018 |
| A timeline of Sino-Japanese relations: 1840-2012, Index, Jie LIU and Shin KAWASHIMA, eds. Between Conflict and Co-Existence Historical Understanding: Sino-Japanese Relations over 150 Years. | Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press | 2013 |
| Japan-China Field Officer Exchange, Masahiro AKIYAMA, Feng ZHU, eds, China-Japan Security Cooperation and Defense Communication: Past, Present, and Future. | Tokyo: Aki shobo | 2011 |
| A timeline of Early Postwar Sino-Japanese relations:1945-1955, Select bibliography, Index, Jie LIU and Shin KAWASHIMA, eds, Reinterpreting Early Postwar Sino-Japanese Relations: A Dialogue in History. | Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press | 2009 |
As of April 1, 2025