ICAS Bulletin
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Masafumi Ishii
Minister, Head of the Political Section
Embassy of Japan
Washington
DC
to address
How Japan Sees Future of North East Asia: Japan's Relation with China
ICAS Fall Symposium: Humanity, Peace and Security
October 11, 2006 Wednesday
12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
United States House Rayburn Office Building Room 2200
Capitol Hill, Washington DC 20515
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Dear Friend:
We are pleased
to share with you that Minister Masafumi Ishii will address "How Japan Sees Future
of North East Asia: Japan's Relations with China" at the ICAS Fall Symposium 2006 on
October 11, 2006 at the United States House Rayburn Office Building Room 2200, Capitol
Hill, Washington DC.
Minister Ishii served Assistant to the Foreign Minister and
was Minister and Head of the Political Section of Japan in the UK prior to his present
post in Washington.
Below is his brief vitae.
| Born | 1957 | Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan |
| April | 1976 | Matriculated to University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law |
| March | 1980 | Graduated from University of Tokyo |
| April | 1980 | Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) |
| July | 1981 | Posted to the UK, matriculated to University of Cambridge Queen's College, M.Phil. in International Relations |
| July | 1983 | Embassy of Japan in Saudi Arabia |
| July | 1985 | Posted to Tokyo, Energy Resources Division, Economic Affairs Bureau, MOFA |
| July | 1987 | Treaties Division, Treaties Bureau, MOFA |
| August | 1990 | Personnel Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, MOFA |
| February | 1993 | Embassy of Japan in the USA |
| January | 1996 | Posted to Tokyo, Deputy Director, Policy Coordination Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, MOFA |
| February | 1998 | Director, Policy Planning Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, MOFA |
| October | 1999 | Director, Second Southeast Asia Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, MOFA |
| February | 2002 | Assistant to the Foreign Minister |
| January | 2004 | Minister, Head of the Political Section, Embassy of Japan in the UK |
| August | 2006 | Minister, Head of the Political Section, Embassy of Japan in the USA |
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr. Fellow & Executive Vice President
ICAS
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