Current position at the institute Project Director, the Center on US Politics and Power Senior Research Fellow, the Global Security Research Programme Academic Degrees PhD, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Japan) 1999 MA, Osaka University of Foreign Studies (Japan) 1995 Licentiate, University of Leuven (Belgium) 1989 Expertise Japanese studies (area studies) Japan in the Asian regional context Major power relations in East Asia EU-Asia relations Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Current projects at FIIA East Asian regionalism Major power relations in East Asia Professional experience Acting Professor of Japanese Language and Culture, University of Helsinki, 2009-2011 Project leader, Senior Researcher, University of Helsinki Network for European Studies, 2007-2009 Adviser, ASEM6-secretariat, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 2006 Researcher, University of Helsinki Network for European Studies, 2005-2006 Positions of trust Adjunct Professor, Department of World Cultures, University of Helsinki Languages English, Dutch, Japanese (working languages), German, French, Finnish (receptive skills)

Japanese studies (area studies), Japan in the Asian regional context, Major power relations in East Asia, EU-Asia relations, Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM)