Ryo Sahashi Bio
STAFF PROFILE RYO SAHASHI Research Fellow, JCIE/JAPAN In addition to serving as a Research Fellow at the Japan Center for International Exchange, Ryo Sahashi is currently Associate Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo. He previously was Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Asian Studies at […]
Keizo Takemi Bio
STAFF PROFILE KEIZO TAKEMI Senior Fellow, JCIE/Japan Keizo Takemi is a member of the House of Councillors of the Japanese parliament, or Diet, where he belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party. He has been a senior fellow with the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) since 2007, and was a research fellow at the Harvard […]
Gerald Curtis Bio
STAFF PROFILE GERALD L. CURTIS Director and Senior Fellow, JCIE/JapanTrustee, JCIE/USA Gerald Curtis is Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University and concurrently Distinguished Research Fellow at the Tokyo Foundation. He served as Director of Columbia’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute for a total of twelve years between 1974 and 1990. Professor Curtis is […]
Tomoko Suzuki Bio
STAFF PROFILE TOMOKO SUZUKI Chief Program Officer, JCIE/Japan Having joined JCIE in 1997, Tomoko Suzuki works on issues related to human security, global health, gender, and East Asia regional community building. She currently manages JCIE’s Health and Human Security Program, which aims to promote greater understanding and support for issues in global health and human […]
Hifumi Tajima Bio
STAFF PROFILE HIFUMI TAJIMA Chief Program Officer, JCIE/Japan As one of the organization’s senior staff, Hifumi Tajima has managed a wide range of programs in her more than 20 years at JCIE. Her current responsibilities include the UK-Japan 21st Century Group, which promotes high-level dialogue between key leaders from the two countries. She also helps […]
Satoko Itoh Bio
STAFF PROFILE SATOKO ITOH Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE/JapanAssistant Director, Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) Satoko Itoh joined JCIE in 1988. She currently leads a wide range of global health programs, including the Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ), which she has been involved with since its inception in 2004 and […]
Toshihiro Menju Bio
STAFF PROFILE TOSHIHIRO MENJU Managing Director and Chief Program Officer, JCIE/Japan After working for the Hyogo Prefectural Government for 10 years, Toshihiro Menju joined JCIE in 1988. He has managed a variety of programs in his nearly three decades at JCIE, and he is known as an expert on Japan’s immigration policy as well as […]
James Gannon Bio
STAFF PROFILE JAMES GANNON ジェームズ・ギャノンSenior Fellow, JCIE/USA Jim Gannon is a senior fellow at JCIE/USA, and he writes on US-Asia relations, global health, development, and civil society. He joined JCIE/USA in 2001 and served as its executive director for two decades until April 2021, creating and leading a wide range of initiatives designed to strengthen […]
Hideko Katsumata Bio
STAFF PROFILE HIDEKO KATSUMATA Executive Director, JCIE/Japan Hideko Katsumata is the executive director and chief operating officer of the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE), which she joined in 1969 after graduating from the University of Sacred Heart. She manages the overall operations for JCIE and also is heavily involved in numerous programmatic areas. She […]
Akio Okawara Bio
STAFF PROFILE AKIO OKAWARA President and CEO, JCIE/Japan After graduating from Keio University with a BA in law, Akio Okawara joined Sumitomo Corporation in 1973. During the span of his 40-year career with the company, he served in the automotive, overseas transport, and other departments. He was seconded in the 1980s to Los Angeles to […]