米中貿易摩擦が中国に及ぼす影響

Visiting Senior Research Fellow

MACHIDA Hotaka is a visiting senior research fellow in Institute of Geoeconomics at International House of Japan. He joined the Institute in October, 2022. Prior to leaving his role in government, he served as a career diplomat in Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2022, focusing on Japan-China relations. He studied at Nanjing University in China and Harvard University in the United States, followed by working at Embassy of Japan in China as second secretary from 2006-2008. After that, he was posted in China-Mongolia division in the Ministry and completed the negotiations with China over the issues of launching the “High-Level Consultation on Maritime Affairs” as well as finalizing the “Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR)” agreement. He also worked in Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) division in the North America Bureau in the Ministry leading the negotiations with the US on SOFA-related issues. He was counsellor in the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations (2017-2020) and Embassy of Japan in China (2020-2022) covering the Security Council reform and Japan-China economic relations respectively. He holds a M.A from the Graduate School of Arts and Science at Harvard University, and a Bachelor from Law Faculty at Tokyo University.

Research Assistant

Masahito Kaneko is a Research Assistant of the China Group at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG). He specializes in the History of International Relations in East Asia, Japanese Diplomatic History, and International Cultural Relations. Upon earning his bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences (International Relations) at the University of Tokyo (UT), he joined the Japan Foundation (JF) in 2011. At JF, he worked on youth exchange programs at the China Center, Japanese language education in China at the Beijing Office, and the promotion of Japanese studies in China and East Asia in the Japanese Studies Department. In 2021, while working for JF, he began his master’s studies at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (International Relations) at UT and received his master’s degree in 2024. In the same year, he left JF to begin his PhD studies at UT. He joined IOG in September 2024.