16th International Conference on The Future of Asia

Speakers and Moderators

Shunji Yanai

Former Ambassador to the U.S.

Shunji Yanai

Born on January 15, 1937

Current Positions:
- Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
- Advisor to the Minister for Foreign Affairs
- Director, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Advisor, Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, Inc.
- Director, Proudfoot Japan Inc.
- Professor, Waseda University
- Advisor, Daiichi Hoki Inc.
Education: LL.B, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

Positions Held:
2004 - 2007 Professor, Chuo University Law School, Tokyo
2003 - 2007 Visiting Professor, Waseda University, Tokyo
2002 - 2007 Professor, Faculty of Law, Chuo University, Tokyo
1999 - 2001 Ambassador of Japan to the United States of America
1997 - 1999 Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
1995 - 1997 Deputy-Minister for Foreign Affairs
1993 - 1995 Director-General of the Foreign Policy Bureau
1992 - 1993 Executive-Secretary, Prime Minister's PKO Office
1990 - 1992 Director-General of the Treaties Bureau
1988 - 1990 Consul-General of Japan in San Francisco
1961 - 1987 The Embassy of Japan in France, the Economic Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), the Treaties Bureau (MOFA), the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, the Embassy of Japan in Indonesia, the Treaties Bureau(MOFA), the Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Korea