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Following her victory at the polls on Sunday, and the mandate that clearly represents, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi should give t
Visiting Senior Fellow
Naoko Eto
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi entered office with strong domestic approval, yet her administration’s launch coincided with a momen
Senior Research Fellow
Hitoshi Suzuki
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi rocketed to a high-velocity start on the diplomatic front when she took office in October......(cont
Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan
Ken Jimbo
The administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has placed a “responsible yet proactive fiscal policy” at the center of its ec
Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki
In early September, just days after China marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Berlin hosted IFA 2025 — one of
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Hotaka Machida
Tensions in Japan-China relations have escalated following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Nov. 7 remarks on the right to collecti
At their late-August summit, former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...(continues below)
Visiting Research Fellow
Tomofumi Uchino
As 2025 comes to a close, it’s worth reflecting on the historical significance of a year that marked the 80th anniversary of the e
Senior Research Fellow
Kenichi Doi
South Korea’s tariff negotiations with the U.S. emerged as an early test for President Lee Jae Myung’s “pragmatic diplomacy center
Beijing’s calculated use of rare-earth export controls has again become a key instrument in its competition with Washington. By im
Visiting Senior Fellow
Naoko Eto
Kazuto Suzuki
Director & Group Head, Economic Security,
Kazuto Suzuki is Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He graduated from the Department of International Relations, Ritsumeikan University, and received his Ph.D. from Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, England. He has worked for the Fondation pour la recherche stratégique in Paris, France as an assistant researcher, as an Associate Professor at the University of Tsukuba from 2000 to 2008, and served as Professor of International Politics at Hokkaido University until 2020. He also spent one year at the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University from 2012 to 2013 as a visiting researcher. He served as an expert in the Panel of Experts for Iranian Sanction Committee under the United Nations Security Council from 2013 to July 2015. He has been the President of the Japan Association of International Security and Trade. [Concurrent Position] Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo
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