• Executive Director of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation and Professor at Doshisha University
  • Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary to Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from 2012 to 2019 and Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Secretariat from 2013 to 2019
  • Career at Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs included roles as Director-General of the Bureau of International Law, Deputy Director-General of the Foreign Policy Bureau and Ambassador in charge of the United Nations and Human Rights
  • Diplomatic postings in Seoul and Washington
  • Joined HD’s Board in 2024