Hitoshi Tanaka Bio
STAFF PROFILE HITOSHI TANAKA Chairman, Institute for International Strategy, Japan Research Institute, Ltd.; Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange Hitoshi Tanaka is Chairman of the Institute for International Strategy at the Japan Research Institute, Ltd., and a senior fellow at the Japan Center for International Exchange. Prior to joining JCIE in September 2005, Hitoshi […]
Staci Custus Bio
STAFF PROFILE STACI CUSTUS ステイシー・カスタスProgram Officer, JCIE/USA Staci Custus joined JCIE/USA in January 2020 as a program associate, focusing on global health programs and online communications. Previously, she worked in the marketing department of Routledge Press, where she assisted in online promotions for recently published textbooks, library monographs, and trade books. Shortly after, Ms. Custus […]
Susan Hubbard Bio
STAFF PROFILE SUSAN HUBBARD スーザン・ハバードFellow, JCIE/USA Susan Hubbard is a fellow at the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) in New York and a midwife at Brookdale Hospital in Brooklyn, NY. She served as a senior associate at JCIE/USA for more than a decade until 2016, during which time she led JCIE/USA’s programs on global […]
David Monico Bio
STAFF PROFILE DAVID MONICO デイビッド・モニコCommunications Consultant, JCIE/USA David Monico started his career with JCIE/USA in January 2007 where he assisted in the political exchange programs for US Congressional members and staff to Japan on a yearly basis and also facilitated US corporate philanthropic programs in Japan. He currently assists JCIE with the Healthy & Active […]
Stephen McHugh Bio
STAFF PROFILE STEPHEN McHUGH スティーブン ・マキューProgram Officer, JCIE USA Stephen joined JCIE USA in April 2019, where he works on its programs on Healthy and Active Aging in Asia, Expanding Japan’s Support for Democratic Governance, and political exchanges, including the US Congressional Staff Exchange Program. He also helped launch JCIE USA’s US-Japan Healthy and Resilient […]
Ryo Sahashi Bio
STAFF PROFILE RYO SAHASHI Research Fellow, JCIE/JAPAN In addition to serving as a Research Fellow at the Japan Center for International Exchange, Ryo Sahashi is currently a Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, University of Tokyo. He previously was Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Asian Studies at […]
Keizo Takemi Bio
STAFF PROFILE KEIZO TAKEMI Senior Fellow, JCIE/Japan Keizo Takemi is a member of the House of Councillors of the Japanese parliament, or Diet, where he belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party. He has been a senior fellow with the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) since 2007, and was a research fellow at the Harvard […]
Gerald Curtis Bio
STAFF PROFILE GERALD L. CURTIS Director and Senior Fellow, JCIE/JapanTrustee, JCIE/USA Gerald Curtis is Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Columbia University and concurrently Distinguished Research Fellow at the Tokyo Foundation. He served as Director of Columbia’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute for a total of twelve years between 1974 and 1990. Professor Curtis is […]
Tomoko Suzuki Bio
STAFF PROFILE TOMOKO SUZUKI Chief Program Officer, JCIE/Japan Having joined JCIE in 1997, Tomoko Suzuki works on issues related to human security, global health, gender, and East Asia regional community building. She currently manages JCIE’s Health and Human Security Program, which aims to promote greater understanding and support for issues in global health and human […]
Satoko Itoh Bio
STAFF PROFILE SATOKO ITOH Managing Director, JCIE/JapanAssistant Director, Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ) Satoko Itoh joined JCIE in 1988. She currently leads a wide range of global health programs, including the Friends of the Global Fund, Japan (FGFJ), which she has been involved with since its inception in 2004 and for which she currently […]