Ryosei Kokubun

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Professor
Ryosei Kokubun
Ryōsei Kokubun was inaugurated as President of the National Defense Academy on April, 2012.
President of the National Defense Academy of Japan
In office
April 2012 – March 31, 2021
Preceded byMakoto Iokibe
Succeeded byFumiaki Kubo
Personal details
Born (1953-11-01) November 1, 1953 (age 70)
Tokyo, Japan
Education
PhD
)
OccupationAcademic, author

Ryosei Kokubun (Japanese: 國分 良成, romanizedKokubun Ryōsei; November 1, 1953) is a Japanese academic and author. He is currently professor emeritus at Keio University and served as the President, National Defense Academy of Japan from April 2012 to March 2021. Kokubun's main interests are Sino-Japanese relations and Chinese politics, and he previously served as Dean, Faculty of Law and Politics of the Graduate School of Law at Keio University from 2007 to 2012, President of the Japan Association for Asian Studies from 2008 to 2012 and president of the Japan Association of International Relations.[1]

He also served as the director of the Keio University East Asian Institute, Japan from 1999 to 2007 at Keio University.[2]

Academic background

He attended Keio University for his Bachelor of Arts degree in laws in 1976 and for his masters of arts degree in laws in 1978. He obtained his Ph.D., of law at the same Keio University in 1981.[3]

Academics

In 1981, he became an assistant professor at Keio University and from 1982-83 was a visiting scholar at Harvard University at the Fairbank Center, from 1983-84 at the University of Michigan of Center for Chinese Studies, from 1987-88 at Fudan University in Shanghai, in 1997 at Beijing University, and in 1998 at National Taiwan University. He became an associate professor at Keio University in 1985 and in 1992 became full professor.[3]

Publication

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Notes

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  2. ^ "Ryosei Kokubun". Brookings. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  3. ^ a b "President of NDA - About NDA - National Defense Academy". www.mod.go.jp. Retrieved 2020-11-20.

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