Senior Research Counselor

KUBO Fumiaki

Former President, National Defense Academy of Japan (2021-2026); Emeritus Professor of University of Tokyo (2021-present). Professor, University of Tokyo (2003-2021). Japan Vice Chair, US-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange and member of US-Japan Educational Commission. Previous posts include Professor, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of American Government and History at the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo (2003-2020); President, Japanese Association for American Studies (2016-2018); Japan Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2014); invited Professor at SciencesPo in Paris (2009), Georgetown University (1998-1999), the University of Maryland (1998-1999), Johns Hopkins University (1991-1993); Visiting Scholar/Fellow, Cornell University (1984-1986). B.A. and Ph.D., University of Tokyo. Joined NPI in 2018, current post assumed in 2026.