16th International Conference on The Future of Asia

Speakers and Moderators

Hitoshi Tanaka

Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange

Hitoshi Tanaka

Born on January 25, 1947 in Kyoto Prefecture

1969 Graduated from Faculty of Law, Kyoto University and joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1985 - 1989 Director for North American Affairs, Director for North East Asian Affairs
1989 - 1993 Research associate at the IISS, London, Political Minister at the Japanese Embassy in London
1993 - 1996 Director for Policy Coordination of the Foreign Policy Bureau
1996 - 2000 Deputy Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau, Consul General in San Francisco
2000 - 2002 Director-General of the Economic Affairs Bureau
2002 - 2005 Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
2005 Senior Fellow at the Japan Center for International Exchange
2006 Concurrently serving as visiting professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo