Profile

Background

April 196-March 1971	Section of International Relations, Faculty of Liberal Arts, University of Tokyo
April 1971-March 1974	MA Course in International Relations, Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Tokyo (MA in IR)
April 1974-January 1979	Dr Course in International Relations, Graduate School of Social Sciences, University of Tokyo (Dr in IR, University of Tokyo, Feb 1992)
Sept 1976-Sept 1978	PhD Course in History, Cornell University (MA in History, Phd Candidate)
Feb 1979-Sept 1987	Lecturer (at the beginning) and Associate Professor (later), Department of Thai-Vietnamese Studies, Osaka University of Foreign Studies
April 1983-April 1985	Visiting Researcher, Universite de Paris 7
Oct 1987-March 1999	Associate Professor (at the beginning), Section of International Relations, Faculty of Natural and Human Sciences, and Professor (later), Section of International Relations, Faculty of International Studies of Cultures and Graduate School of International Studies of Cultures, Yokohama City Univeristy

Areas of His Own Research: International Relations in Southeast Asia; and Vietnam’s Politics, Culture, and External Relations

Courses Currently Offered at GSAPS: International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region; Methodological Issues on Area Studies; Southeast Asian Studies (Vietnam); and

Reading Vietnamese Language Materials