Experts
Senior Fellow
Hiroyasu Izumi

Expertise/Areas of interest
China’s Domestic and Foreign Policy/Taiwan
Academic/Professional Background
1981 | Bachelor degree the Tokyo Univ. Law faculty |
1981.4 | Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
1985 | MA East Asian Studies, the Univ. of California Berkeley |
1996.7 | First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom |
1998.1 | Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom |
1998.8 | Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in China |
2001.4 | Director, Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2003.4 | Director, Overseas Establishments Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2004.4 | Director, China Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2006.8 | Minister, Embassy of Japan in China |
2010.7 | Consul-General of Japan in Shanghai |
2013.7 | Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan in the United States |
2016.4 | Director-General, Foreign Service Training Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
2017.8 | Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinay of Japan to Bangladesh |
2019.10 | Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Chief-Representative |
As of July 1, 2024