Insight 2nd Ed_Takashi Inoguchi

Dr. Takashi Inoguchi Eminent Scholar Professor of Political Science J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan www.drtakashiinoguchi.com Dr. Inoguchi is an internationally recognized authority on East Asian comparative culture and politics, currently serving as an eminent scholar professor of political science with J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo. A four-time grantee of the JapaneseMinistry of Education and a Fulbright visiting scholar to such world- class institutions as the University of Delhi, the University of Aarhus and the Harvard University Center for International Affairs, Dr. Inoguchi is one of the leading scholars of Asian foreign policy and contributing social factors. He holds both a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from the University of Tokyo, and was awarded a PhD by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1974. After completing his doctoral study at MIT, Dr. Inoguchi returned to Japan, where he became an associate professor at Sophia University in Tokyo, departing in 1977 to join the University of Tokyo as an associate professor of political science. He rose to a full professorship in 1988, and would continue to teach at the University of Tokyo until 2005, whereupon he was granted professor emeritus status. Likewise, Dr. Inoguchi was a professor at Chuo University from 2005 to 2009, when he accepted his role as the chancellor and president of the University of Niigata Prefecture. In 2017, he was named an eminent scholar-professor at the Institute of Asian Cultures at J.F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, where he continues his research. Dr. Inoguchi has been a visiting professor to the Grad- uate Institute of International Studies, the Australian National University and the National University of Singapore, as well as a senior vice rector of the United Nations University. Throughout his career, he has provided his expertise to public and private sector panels, including the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Committee of Peace Research, the Japanese Science Council and the Japanese Government Legislative Council. He continues to serve as the president of the