Program on US-Japan Relations

Kenya Amano

Kenya Amano

Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations. PhD, Department of Political Science, University of Washington.

Research interests: Democracy; economic development; monetary and fiscal policy; banking regulations; financial crises; central banks; and Japan.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Matthew Brummer

Matthew Brummer

Policy Innovations Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations. Assistant Professor, Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Program, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).

Research interests: International relations and technological innovation; science and technology policy; databases; and Japanese defense and foreign policy.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Christina Davis

Christina L. Davis

Director, Program on US-Japan Relations; Executive Committee; Faculty Associate.
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Department of Government, Harvard University.
Research interests: Politics of international trade; foreign policy of East Asia and Japan; and geopolitics and international organizations.
1737 Cambridge Street
Knafel Building 216
Cambridge, MA 02138
p: (617) 495-4446
Shinju Fujihira

Shinju Fujihira

Executive Director of the Program on US-Japan Relations.

Research interests: Finance and international strategic competition; comparative and international political economy; and Japanese politics and foreign policy.

61 Kirkland Street
Room 305
Cambridge, MA 02138
f: (617) 495-4921
p: (617) 495-1890
Kento Hara

Kento Hara

Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations. Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan.

Research interests: Japan-South Korea relations; Japan-US-South Korea trilateral cooperation; Indo-Pacific security; East Asian security; and North Korean issues.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Takeshi Hieda

Takeshi Hieda

Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations. Professor of Comparative Politics, Graduate School of Law, Osaka Metropolitan University.

Research interests: Comparative politics; comparative political economy in advanced democracies; and the welfare state.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Daisaku Higashi

Daisaku Higashi

Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations. Professor, Center for Global Education and Discovery, Sophia Institute of International Relations, Sophia University.

Research interests: How the US, Japan, and UN can cooperate for addressing global challenges, such as armed conflicts, global warming, and pandemics.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Asei Ito

Asei Ito

Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations. Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo.

Research interests: China's industrial development; Asia's economic integration and challenges; outward foreign direct investment (FDI); and digitalization of emerging economies.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Satoshi Ito

Satoshi Ito

Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations. Former Cochair and COO, Aoyama Shachu Corporation.

Research interests: Foreign and security policy in East Asia.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tsuyoshi Kawase

Tsuyoshi Kawase

Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations. Professor, Faculty of Law, Sophia University; Faculty Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, IAA (RIETI).

Research interests: International economic law; GATT/WTO; regional trade agreements; investment treaties; emerging “friendshoring” frameworks; and national trade law, mainly in major jurisdictions.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Jemma Kim

Jemma Kim

Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations. Professor, School of Global Japanese Studies, Meiji University.

Research interests: Asia-Pacific political economy; economic security; East Asian regional integration; global governance; export control; trade dispute; and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Sayaka Kume

Sayaka Kume

Associate, Program on US-Japan Relations. Supervisory Valuation Specialist, National Valuation Center, Ministry of Finance, Japan.

Research interests: Trade policy; bilateral and multilateral economic partnership agreements; World Trade Organization; World Customs Organization; official development assistance; and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Ji Miao

Ji Miao

Visiting Scholar, Program on US-Japan Relations. Associate Professor; Senior Research Fellow, China Foreign Affairs University.

Research interests: Japanese politics and foreign policy; contemporary Chinese studies; Asian regionalism; and international relations of the Indo-Pacific.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Sayumi Miyano

Sayumi Miyano

Postdoctoral Fellow, Program on US-Japan Relations. PhD, Department of Politics, Princeton University.

Research interests: International political economy; international trade; foreign direct investment; international organizations; and energy politics.

61 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138