President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Akihiko Tanaka
| Date of Birth : | August 7, 1954 |
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| Areas of Specialization: | theories world politics contemporary international relations in East Asia; Japan U.S. relations Japan-China relations. |
| Degrees: | B.A. The University of Tokyo, 1977 (International Relations) |
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| Academic Positions: | |
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| 1981-1983 | Researcher, Research Institute for Peace and Security |
| 1983-1984 | Research Associate, Departmentof Social and International Relations, The University of Tokyo |
| 1984-1990 | Associate Professor, Department of Social and International Relations, The University of Tokyo |
| 1986-1987 | Visiting Professor, Rhur-Universitaet Bochum |
| 1987- | Research Associate, Research Institute for Peace and Security |
| 1990-1998 | Associate Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture, The University of Tokyo |
| 1994-1995 | Senior Associate Member, St Antony's College, Oxford |
| 1994-1995 | Visiting Scholar, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford |
| 1998- | Professor, Institute of Oriental Culture(renamed as Institute of Advanced Studies on Asia in 2010),The University of Tokyo |
| 2002-2006 | Director, Institute of Oriental Culture, The University of Tokyo |
| 2000-2002, 2006- | Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo |
| 2008-2010 | Director, Division for International Relations, The University of Tokyo |
| 2009-2011 | Executive Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
| 2011-2012 | Vice President, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2012- | President, Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| Awards: | |
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| 1977-1978 | Ishizaka Scholar |
| 1994-1995 | Ushiba Fellow |
| 1996 | Suntory Academic Prize (for Atarashii chusei) |
| 2001 | Yomiuri Yoshino Sakuzo Prize (for Wado Politikkusu) |
Major Publications:
Atarashii chusei: 21 seiki no sekai shisutemu(New Middle Ages: the worldsystem in the 21st century) (Tokyo: Nihon keizai shinbum-sha, 1996)
Wado Poritikusu: gurobarizeshon no naka no Nihon gaiko (Word Politics: Japanese Diplomacy under Globalization)(Tokyo: Chikuma-shobo, 2000)
Posuto kuraishisu no sekai(The Post-Crisis World) (Tokyo: Nikkei Publishing, Inc., 2009)
Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2012.
