Division of Religion and Global Security of RCAST
Working groups
Activity records
2026.06.10 (Wed.)
News
Announcements
IIUM-RCAST Academic Cooperation Agreement with IIUM
2026.06.09 (Tue.)
News
Announcements
LOI between IIUM and RCAST Signed in the occasion of Prime Minister Anwar's Visit
2026.06.06 (Sat.)
Event
Symposium
Virtual Symposium at Komaba Research Campus Open House 2026
2026.05.22 (Fri.)
News
Announcements
Appointment of Project Researcher Dr. Shu Uchida as Senior Research Fellow at the "Oxford Geopolitics Initiative" based in the University of Oxford
2026.05.01 (Fri.)
News
Announcements
Appointment of Associate Member Koki Shigenoi as Visiting Research Fellow at Institute of Geoeconomics
2025.12.19 (Fri.)
Event
Seminar
Guest Lecture "How We Could 'Contend' with Fake News?--Computational Social Science and International Security"
2025.12.16 (Tue.)
News
Announcements
[Symposium] Koki Shigenoi Speaks on Japan–UAE Cooperation in AI and Robotics at TRENDS Symposium
2025.11.03 (Mon.)
News
Announcements
[Panel Discussion] Koki Shigenoi Speaks at HBKU-GISR Symposium on Digital Archiving of Palestine
2025.10.30 (Thu.)
Event
Seminar
Guest Lecture "GCC Taking Over the Trends"
2025.09.21 (Sun.)
News
Announcements
The University of Tokyo and Qatar Foundation Sign Comprehensive MOU in Global Health
2025.05.14 (Wed.)
News
Announcements
MOU for Academic Exchanges between RCAST and TRENDS Research & Advisory
2024.10.17 (Thu.)
News
Publications and Reports
ROLES Review Vol. 5, focusing on North Korea's Global Activities, is now available
2024.09.28 (Sat.)
Event
Symposium
Symposium (at Doshisha University): “Grand Strategies after Biden and Kishida: Whither US-Japan Alliance?”
2023.12.01 (Fri.)
News
Announcements
Yu Koizumi promoted to Associate Professor
2023.10.01 (Sun.)
News
Announcements
Dr. Takuya Matsuda appointed as Project Researcher
2023.10.01 (Sun.)
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Dr. Yoshihisa Nishiyama appointed as Project Assistant Professor
2023.09.01 (Fri.)
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Mr. Yuma Tanaka appointed as Project Researcher
2023.08.01 (Tue.)
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Announcements
Dr. Kazumasa Hayamaru appointed as Project Assistant Professor
2023.04.11 (Tue.)
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Announcements
Interview article with Prof. Satoshi Ikeuchi published in Ortadoğu Analiz
2023.03.30 (Thu.)
News
Announcements
ROLES pamphlet released
2023.03.12 (Sun.)
Event
Lecture
Webinar on technologies and the human essence
2022.10.25 (Tue.)
Event
Symposium
"Japan’s Global Strategy and the Middle East" a Lecture and Discussion at Tel Aviv University
2022.09.07 (Wed.)
News
Events
Dr. Naphtali Meshel's Tokyo College Lecture/Symposium on "The Ritual Environment"
2022.08.25 (Thu.)
Video
Lecture
How the Russo-Ukrainian War is Changing European International Order: The Perspective from Japan
2022.08.10 (Wed.)
News
Publications and Reports
ROLES INSIGHTS No.2022-04: "On Abe's Legacy" by Guibourg Delamotte
2022.07.29 (Fri.)
Event
Lecture
Tokyo College Lecture “How the Russo-Ukrainian War is Changing European International Order: The Perspective from Japan”
2022.05.08 (Sun.)
News
Announcements
Prof. Satoshi Ikeuchi Affiliated as Senior Visiting Scholar at the Moshe Dayan Center of Tel Aviv U.
2021.12.27 (Mon.)
News
Publications and Reports
Agreement of cooperation with MGIMO(Russia)
2021.12.10 (Fri.)
Event
Lecture
Special Lecture on the International Relations and Alliances of the Indo-Pacific
2021.08.20 (Fri.)
News
Publications and Reports
[International Collaboration] Conclusion of MOU with the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP)
Members
IKEUCHI, Satoshi
Satoshi Ikeuchi is Professor of the Division of Religion and Global Security at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo. He is the founding chairperson of the RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES).
He is a scholar on Islamic political thought and the Middle East politics. As a leading public intellectual in Japan, he has been vigorously publishing on the Middle East and Islamic affairs.
His first publication based on his doctoral studies, Gendai Arabu-no Shakai Shiso: Shumatsuron-to Isramu-shugi (Contemporary Arab Social Thought: Eschatology and Islamism), was published in 2002 and earned Osaragi Jiro Prize for Critical Works. He also earned Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities in 2009 for his book Islamu Sekai-no Ronjikata (Methods of Discussing Islam).
His book on the Islamic State Isulamu Koku no Shogeki (The Impact of the Islamic State) published in January 2015 was a nation-wide best seller in Japan and awarded Mainichi Publishing Cultural Prize. His recent publication includes Saikusu Piko Kyotei: Hyakunen no Jubaku (Sykes-Picot Agreement: One Hundred Years of Obsession) in 2016 and Shiiaha to Sunniha (Shite and Sunnite) in 2018 both published from Shinchosha. He is the recipient of the 12th Nakasone Yasuhiro Prize in 2016 for his academic works and social engagements.
His collection of literary essays and book reviews Shomotsu not Unmei (The Fate of Books) published in 2006 and earned Mainichi Book Review Award for the year.
He was a visiting professor at the Alexandria University 2007-2008, Japan Scholar chair visiting scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in 2009 and Visiting Fellow at the Clare Hall, University of Cambridge in 2010.
For the year 2022-2023, he was Senior Visiting Scholar in Residence at the Moshe Dayan Center (MDC) for Middle Eastern and African Studies of Tel Aviv University. He was also affiliated with the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) as a Senior Visiting Fellow on July 2023.
ITO, Wakako Ph.D.
TSUJITA, Toshiya
Associate Professor, Center for the Study of Co* Design, Osaka University
Dr. Toshiya Tsujita is Associate Professor, Center for the Study of Co* Design, Osaka University, concurrently a Visiting Senior Fellow at RCAST.
He was a Project Research Associate/Adjunct Assistant Professor at the RCAST of the University of Tokyo from 2021-2022, working for ROLES, particularly on projects regarding Israel and the international security in the Middle East.
KAJI, Ichiro Ph.D.
Ichiro Kaji is a Project Researcher of Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), the University of Tokyo.
His research focuses on the provisions of the Japan-US Security Treaty, especially Article X which defines the duration of the treaty. He is currently building an online database of historical records of Japan-US relations on ROLES website.
He obtained his Ph.D. in Law and Politics from Osaka University in 2021. He was a Specially Appointed Fellow at Center for the Study of Co*Design, Osaka University(2018-2021).
Degree
Ph.D. (March 2021, Osaka University)
Professional Experience
Apr, 2021 - : Project Researcher, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2023: Invited Researcher, Center for Co-Design, Osaka University
Jun, 2018 - Mar, 2021: Project Researcher, Center for Co-Design, Osaka University
SHINODA, Hideaki
Director, Hiroshima Peacebuilders Center (HPC)
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, RCAST of the University of Tokyo
ROLES Senior Associate Member
Education:
PhD in International Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), University of London, UK (1998), MA in Political Science, Waseda University, Japan (1993), BA, Waseda University, Japan (1991).
After working as a part-time teacher at LSE and Keele University, he took a research fellow position at the Institute for Peace Science of Hiroshima University, where he became Associate Professor. Then, he took the current position at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies in 2013. He has been a visiting scholar at the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law, Cambridge University (2000) and at the Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University (2002). He was Visiting Professional at the International Criminal Court (2017).
He is the author of many books and articles including Partnership Peace Operations: UN and Regional Organizations in Multiple Layers of International Security (Routledge, 2024). He has received academic awards including Osaragi Jiro Rondan Award of Asahi Newspaper (2003), Suntory Academic Award (2012), Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Award of Yomiuri Newspaper (2017).
TOYODA, Kohei
Associated Researcher of RCAST, University of Tokyo
Working Group 2 on Middle Eastern and Islamic Alternatives
Twitter: @toyodadesuyo
DELAMOTTE, Guibourg
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, RCAST of the University of Tokyo
ROLES Senior Associate Member
Areas of Expertise:
Security and International Relations in Asia
Japanese Foreign and Defense Policies
Japanese Internal Politics and Political System
Guibourg was a Visiting Associate Professor at the Tokyo College of the University of Tokyo, from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. Her in-person stay in Tokyo was from July to August 2022 and she gave an intensive lecture course at the Graduate School of Public Policy (GraSPP) of the University of Tokyo in early August.
Guibourg was Visiting Fellow of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo during her visit to Tokyo and participated in research activities and education at the Division of Religion and Global Security of RCAST and in particular ROLES (RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies).
Since 2023, as a Full Professor at Inalco, she is concurrently Visiting Senior Research Fellow of RCAST and Associate Research Fellow of Tokyo College.
Her latest books are:
Le Japon, un leader discret - Eyrolles, 2023.
La Democratie au Japon, singuliere et universelle - ENS Ed. 2022.
The Abe Legacy. How Japan has been shaped by Abe Shinzo (coed. J. Brown, R. Dujarric) - Lexington, 2021.
Geopolitique et geoeconomie du monde contemporain. Puissance et conflits (coed. C. Tellenne) - La Decouverte, 2021.
KUNISUE, Norito
ISHIMOTO, Ryoya Ph.D.
Ryoya ISHIMOTO was Project Researcher at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo from April 2024 to March 2025.
His research interests are International Relations, especially American diplomatic history, international security, and the history of U.S.-Japan security relations.
He holds a Ph.D. from Doshisha University, Japan.
KOBAYASHI, Hiroyuki
MIYAJIMA, Akio
Advisor of Division of Religion and Global Security, RCAST of the University of Tokyo
Akio Miyajima is a former diplomat who was Japanese Ambassador to Turkey and Ambassador to Poland.
Born in Kanazawa in Ishikawa Prefecture, he graduated from Waseda University's Faculty of Political Science and Economics. He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 1981 and served there until October 2024. He holds a M.A. degree in International Relations from Yale University.
He was Special Advisor to the Governor on International Affairs at Tokyo Metropolitan Government (July 2014 – February 2016) while Tokyo was preparing to host the 2020 Olympic Games.
He is Advisor of Division of Religion and Global Security of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST) of the University of Tokyo. He is concurrently Senior Advisor to RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES) since July 2025.
[日本語 Japanese]
NAGAI, Yosuke
Associated Researcher of RCAST, The University of Tokyo
Visiting Fellow, The Strategy, Statecraft, and Technology (Changing Character of War) Centre (SST-CCW), The University of Oxford
Areas of Expertise:
SHIGENOI, Koki
Associated Researcher of RCAST, The University of Tokyo
Visiting Researcher, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG)
Areas of Expertise:
TOKUNAGA, Yuki
Associated Researcher of RCAST, University of Tokyo
Yuki Tokunaga is an Associated Researcher at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo, where he is affiliated with the Division of Religion and Global Security. He has also been an Associated Member of the RCAST Open Laboratory for Emergence Strategies (ROLES) since April 2023. His research interests include international political economy—particularly Russia, Israel, and contemporary Africa—as well as the sustainability and transmission of traditional culture.
UCHIDA, Shu
Ph.D. in International Public Policy (Osaka University)
-Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Geopolitics Initiative, based in the University of Oxford
-Refugee Examination Counsellor, Immigration Services Agency of Japan, Ministry of Justice
Specialized in international relations, conflict studies, European & former Soviet studies.
Dr. Shu Uchida Joined the University of Tokyo RCAST as a project researcher after diverse professional experiences in diplomacy and academia, including service as an Attaché at the Embassy of Japan in Georgia; a Short-Term Observer for an OSCE/ODIHR mission; a Visiting Fellow at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University; a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow of the European Union at the Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra; and an Assistant Professor at the Organization for Regional and Inter-regional Studies, Waseda University.
online CV is available here
SHUKUGUCHI, Notsuna
KANEKO, Miwa
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