"International Politics and Leadership" Sub Group

In this sub-group, experts from various regions come together to investigate and conduct research on the role of leadership in international politics.

Members

Wataru YAMAGUCHI

Chairperson,  Sub-unit "International Politics and Leadership"

Wataru Yamaguchi is a Associate professor at Teikyo University.

His research interests include history of the U.S.-Japan relations. He won the Inoki Masamichi Award for US-Japan Relations in the Sunset of the Cold War.

His Ph.D. in Political Science is from Doshisha University. He skipped his senior year of undergraduate studies and entered the Graduate School of Law at the university. He was a visiting researcher with the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University and was an assistant professor at the International Institute of American Studies, Doshisha University.

Ryoya ISHIMOTO, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Hokkaido University of Education

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.

Yuki KOMINAMI

Member, Sub-unit "International Politics and Leadership"

Yuki KOMINAMI is a Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs.
His research interest includes Anglo-American Relations, British Diplomacy, Security Studies.

Tsukasa HOTTA

Member, Sub-unit "International Politics and Leadership"

Tsukasa HOTTA is a Ph.D. Student, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Keio University, and a Research Fellow DC1, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
His research interest includes History of International Relations, Russian Diplomatic History, Soviet Diplomatic History, International Security.

Kikyo TAGUCHI

Member, Sub-unit "International Politics and Leadership"

Kikyo TAGUCHI is a Program Officer / Researcher, Japan Programme, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.
Her research interest includes German Foreign and Security Policy, Japan-German Relations.

Noriko NAKAGAWA

Member, Sub-unit "International Politics and Leadership"

Noriko NAKAGAWA is a Ph.D. Student, Graduate School of Law and Politics, Keio University, and a Research Fellow DC1, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Her research interest include Japan's political and Diplomatic History.