Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo
After working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of International Relations at the Australian National University and as a specially-appointed assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, he was appointed associate professor (later professor) at the Faculty of Law, Kanagawa University in 2010; in 2014 he was appointed visiting associate professor at the Asia-Pacific Research Centre, Stanford University; from 2019 he is in his current position. Member of the Council for the Promotion of Science and Technology Diplomacy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Specialises in international politics, particularly US-Japan-China relations and international order.