Institute of Geoeconomics(IOG) by Asia Pacific Initiative, International House of Japan

Yoshiyuki Fukuda
Visiting Research Fellow
Yoshiyuki Fukuda is a macroeconomist and financial strategist with over 20 years of experience spanning central banking, international organizations, ...
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Tomofumi Uchino
Visiting Research Fellow
Tomofumi Uchino is a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG). After he graduated from the National Defense Academiy (NDA), he ...
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Kasumi Yamazaki
Secretary General /Senior Executive Vice President
Kasumi Yamazaki has served as the inaugural Secretary General and Senior Executive Vice President of the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) since January...
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Makoto Ouchi
Program Officer
Makoto Ouchi is a Program Officer at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG). He actively engages in the planning and management of workshops and programs...
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Kikyo Taguchi
Research Assistant
Kikyo Taguchi assumed her current position in July 2025, after serving as a Researcher/Advisor in the Political Section at the Embassy of Japan in Ger...
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Maletta Gabriele
Research Assistant
Research Assistant at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG). Specialised in Japan-EU foreign relations and European Security and Defence, Gabriele holds...
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Masayoshi Uno
Research Assistant
Masayoshi Uno is a Research Assistant at the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) & the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG), the International House of Japan...
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Manish Sharma
Visiting Research Fellow
Manish Sharma is an ex-investment banker, with over two decades of experience spanning academia, consulting, think tank and corporate finance. His aca...
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Masahito Kaneko
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 Rela...
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Kuniharu Kakihara
Group Head, International Security Order / Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Born in 1964, Kuniharu Kakihara graduated from the National Defense Academy and holds master’s degrees in Regional Studies from the University of Tsuk...
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Shin Oya
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Mr. Oya assumed current position from November 2024. Prior to that, he worked at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), where he was inv...
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Kenichi Doi
Senior Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow of the China Group at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG). Doi specializes in China and the world (geoeconomic issues, such as ...
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Yoshimi Igawa
Visiting Research Fellow
IGAWA Yoshimi (Ph.D.) is a Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Business School, Kyoto University of Advanced Science. A...
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Eiki Tagami
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Eiki Tagami is a visiting senior research fellow in Institute of Geoeconomics at International House of Japan from May 2024. With over 30 years of exp...
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Mariko Togashi
Visiting Research Fellow
Mariko Togashi has been a Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) since January 2024. Prior to IOG, Mariko was a Research Fell...
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Kota Umeda
Research Fellow
Kota Umeda is a research fellow at the Institute of Geoeconomics at the International House of Japan. From 2015 to 2025, he worked at the Japan Aero...
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Andrew Capistrano
Visiting Research Fellow
Andrew Capistrano is Director of Research at PTB Global Advisors, a Washington DC-based geopolitical risk consulting firm. Specializing in economic co...
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Paul Nadeau
Visiting Research Fellow
Paul Nadeau is an adjunct assistant professor at Temple University's Japan campus, co-founder & editor of Tokyo Review, and an adjunct fellow...
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Naoko Eto
Senior Fellow & Group Head, China
ETO Naoko is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Gakushuin University. Her main research interests include contemporary Chinese politics...
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Satoshi Yamada
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
Satoshi Yamada has been a visiting senior research fellow at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) since 2022. He has over 25 years’ experience in the J...
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Hirohito Ogi
Senior Research Fellow
Hirohito Ogi is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG) studying military strategy and Japan’s defense policy. Before joining ...
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Yusuke Ishikawa
Research Fellow /Digital Communications Officer
Yusuke Ishikawa is Research Fellow and Digital Communications Officer at Asia Pacific Initiative (API) and Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG). His resear...
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Makoto Shiono
Group Head, Emerging Technologies /Director of Management
Makoto Shiono holds a B.A. in Political Science from the Faculty of Law at Keio University and a Master of Laws (LLM) from Washington University (St. ...
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Kazuto Suzuki
Director & Group Head, Economic Security
Kazuto Suzuki is Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo, Japan. He graduated fr...
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Yuichi Hosoya
Group Head, Europe & Americas /Director of Research, Asia Pacific Initiative
Director, International House of Japan
Yuichi Hosoya is professor of international politics at Keio University, Tokyo. Professor Hosoya was a member of the Advisory Board at Japan’s Nationa...
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Hotaka Machida
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, ...
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Kousuke Saito
Visiting Senior Research Fellow
SAITOU Kousuke is a professor at the Faculty of Global Studies, Sophia University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in International Political Economy fro...
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Yoshiyuki Sagara
Senior Research Fellow
Yoshiyuki Sagara is a senior research fellow at the Asia Pacific Initiative (API), where he focuses on economic security, sanctions, health security p...
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Ken Jimbo
Managing Director (Representative Director), International House of Japan /President, Asia Pacific Initiative
JIMBO Ken is Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University. He served as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Japan Ministry...
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Hitoshi Suzuki
Senior Research Fellow /COO, LLC future mobiliTy research
SUZUKI Hitoshi (PhD) was Associate Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies and Regional Development, University of Niigata Prefectur...
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Rintaro Inoue
Research Associate
Rintaro Inoue is a Research Associate at the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) & the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG), the International House of Japan...
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