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Kenichirō Sasae
is a retired Japanese diplomat who served as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2010 - 2012 and Japan's ambassador to the United States from 2012 - 2018. He is currently President of the Japan Institute of International Affairs. Career Sasae joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in April 1974 and served in a number of key diplomatic positions dealing with Japan's foreign policy toward Asia, including as Director of the Northeast Asia Division and Director-General of the Asian and Oceania Affairs Bureau. He served as the Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs from August 2010 until his appointment as Japanese ambassador to the United States in September 2012. Sasae served as Deputy Director-General of Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was representative of Japan during the six-party talks to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program North Korea h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ichirō Fujisaki
was Japanese Ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2012. He was previously the Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations and to the World Trade Organization. Fujisaki attended junior high school in Seattle, Washington as an exchange student in the 1960s. Fujisaki entered the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969. Over the course of his diplomatic career, Fujisaki served as Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and overseas in Jakarta, London, and Paris. In his capacity as Deputy Foreign Minister, he served as personal representative of Prime Minister of Japan, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to the G8 summit from 2002 to 2005. He is now a Guest Professor at Keio University. He received his degree in economics from Keio University (Following Keio Jr. High and Keio High School). He then attended Stanford University Graduate School, Department of Political Science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinsuke J
Shinsuke (written: , , , , , , , , , , , or ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese actor *, Japanese samurai *, Japanese basketball player *, Japanese swimmer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist *, Japanese writer *, Japanese film director *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese politician *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese film director, screenwriter and video game designer *, Japanese comedian and television presenter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese politician *, Japanese skeleton racer *, Japanese boxer Fictional characters * Shinsuke Kita (北 信介), a character from the manga and anime ''Haikyu!!'' with the position of wing spiker and the captain of Inarizaki High {{given name * Shinsuke Takasugi (高杉 晋助) a character from the manga and anime ''Gintama is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. It was serialized in Shueisha's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurashiki, Okayama
is a historic city located in western Okayama Prefecture, Japan, sitting on the Takahashi River, on the coast of the Inland Sea. As of March 31, 2017, the city has an estimated population of 483,576 and a population density of 1,400 persons per km². The total area is 355.63 km². History The modern city of Kurashiki was founded on April 1, 1928. Previously, it was the site of clashes between the Taira and Minamoto clans during the Heian period. It gradually developed as a river port. During the Edo period, it became an area directly controlled by the shogunate. Distinctive white-walled, black-tiled warehouses were built to store goods. During the Meiji Restoration (Japan's Industrial Revolution period), factories were built, including the Ohara Spinning Mill, which still stands as the nostalgic tourist attraction Ivy Square. On August 1, 2005, the town of Mabi (from Kibi District), and the town of Funao (from Asakuchi District) were merged with Kurashiki. Geography C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Tokyo
, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1877, the university was the first Imperial University and is currently a Top Type university of the Top Global University Project by the Japanese government. UTokyo has 10 faculties, 15 graduate schools and enrolls about 30,000 students, about 4,200 of whom are international students. In particular, the number of privately funded international students, who account for more than 80%, has increased 1.75 times in the 10 years since 2010, and the university is focusing on supporting international students. Its five campuses are in Hongō, Komaba, Kashiwa, Shirokane and Nakano. It is considered to be the most selective and prestigious university in Japan. As of 2021, University of Tokyo's alumni, faculty members and researchers include seventeen prime ministers, 18 Nobel Prize laureates, four Pritzker Prize laureates, five astronauts, and a Fields Medalist. Hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachelor Of Laws
Bachelor of Laws ( la, Legum Baccalaureus; LL.B.) is an undergraduate law degree in the United Kingdom and most common law jurisdictions. Bachelor of Laws is also the name of the law degree awarded by universities in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong S.A.R., Macau S.A.R., Malaysia, Bangladesh, India, Japan, Pakistan, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Botswana, Israel, Brazil, Tanzania, Zambia, and many other jurisdictions. In the United States, the Bachelor of Laws was also the primary law degree historically, but was phased out in favour of the Juris Doctor degree in the 1960s. Canadian practice followed suit in the first decade of the 21st century, phasing out the Bachelor of Laws for the Juris Doctor. History of academic degrees The first academic degrees were all law degrees in medieval universities, and the first law degrees were doctorates. The foundations of the first universities were the glossators of the 11th century, which were also schools of law. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Ambassador To The United States
The ambassador of Japan to the United States has existed since 1860, interrupted by disagreements and wars during World War II. Koji Tomita is the current Japanese ambassador to the United States, having presented his credentials on March 28, 2018. Special Charge d'Affaires * Arinori Mori, 1870–1872 * Saburō Takagi, 1872–1873 * Jirō Yano, 1873–1874 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary * Kiyonari Yoshida, 1874–1882 * Munenori Terashima, 1882–1884 * Ryūichi Kuki, 1884–1888 * Viscount Munemitsu Mutsu, 1888–1890 * Gōzō Tateno, 1891–1894 * Shin'ichirō Kurino, 1894–1896 * Tōru Hoshi, 1896–1898 * Jutarō Komura, 1898–1900 * Baron Kogorō Takahira, 1900–1906 (1st time) Ambassador * Viscount Shūzō Aoki, 1906–1908 * Baron Kogorō Takahira, 1908–1909 (2nd time) * Viscount Kōsai Uchida, 1909–1911 * Viscount Sutemi Chinda, 1912–1916 * Aimaro Satō, 1916–1918 * Viscount Kikujirō Ishii, 1918–1919 * Baron Kijūrō Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Institute Of International Affairs
The Japan Institute of International Affairs (abbreviated as JIIA, Japanese: 日本国際問題研究所 ''nihon kokusai mondai kenkyūjo'') is a foreign policy and security think-tank in Japan. It was established in December 1959. It was modelled on the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) and other institutions. Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida was the first chair of JIIA. Its current chairman is Kenichiro Sasae, the former head of the Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the United States of America. According to both ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine and the Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program at the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ..., JIIA is Japan's top think tank, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
The is an executive department of the Government of Japan, and is responsible for the country's foreign policy and international relations. The ministry was established by the second term of the third article of the National Government Organization Act, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Establishment Act. According to the law, the mission of the ministry is "to aim at improvement of the profits of Japan and Japanese nationals, while contributing to maintenance of peaceful and safe international society, and, through an active and eager measure, both to implement good international environment and to keep and develop harmonic foreign relationships". Policy formulation Under the 1947 constitution, the cabinet exercises primary responsibility for the conduct of foreign affairs, subject to the overall supervision of the National Diet. The Prime Minister is required to make periodic reports on foreign relations to the Diet, whose upper and lower houses each have a foreign a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Korea And Weapons Of Mass Destruction
North Korea has a Korean People's Army, military nuclear weapon program, nuclear weapons program and, as of early 2020, is estimated to have an nuclear arsenal, arsenal of approximately 30 to 40 nuclear weapons and sufficient production of fissile material for six to seven nuclear weapons per year.Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance Arms Control Association (updated August 2020) North Korea has also stockpiled a significant quantity of chemical weapon, chemical and biological weapons. In 2003, North Korea withdrew from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Since 2006, the country has been conducting a List of nuclear weapons tests of North Korea, series of six nuclear tests at increasing levels of expertise, prompting the imposition of Sanctions against N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinsuke Sugiyama
is a Japanese diplomat who formerly served as Japanese ambassador to the United States. Career Sugiyama passed the official exam for foreign affairs in October 1976, enrolling in law school at Waseda University in March of the following year, but dropping out the next month to join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1978, he traveled to the United Kingdom to study English for two years at Oxford University. His career as a diplomat has included a previous tour in Washington as well postings in Nigeria, Egypt and South Korea, along with a prior assignment to Washington from 1989 to 1992, when he was first secretary in the economics section of the Japanese embassy. In late 2017, he was selected to become Japan's ambassador to the United States. He pledged to work with American officials to resolve issues with North Korea, including the nation's nuclear arsenal and abductions of Japanese citizens. He presented his credentials to President Donald Trump on March 28, 2018. In 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Okayama Prefecture
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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