February 8, 2013 Name: Akihisa NAGASHIMA Constituency: Tokyo No.21(2003-present) E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nagashima21.net Weblog: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/nagashima21 Facebook: www.facebook.com/aki.nagashima Twitter: @nagashima21 Born: February 17, 1962, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture Current position: Senior Director, Committee of National Security, The House of Representatives of Japan Offices: National Diet Office Local Office 2-1-2 Nagata-cho 2-2-5, Nishiki-cho, Room #510, 1st Member's Office Bldg., 3rd floor, Aoi Bldg., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8982 Tachikawa-shi, Tokyo 190-0022 Tel: +81-3-3508-7309 Tel:+81-42-548-2700 Fax: +81-3-3508-3309 Fax:+81-42-548-2711 Education: LL.M, Keio Graduate School of Law, Tokyo, 1988 M.A., The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., 1997 Academic Highlights: Visiting Professor, Chuo University Graduate School of Public Policy, Tokyo, 2006-present Professional Lecturer, Keio University Graduate School of Law, Tokyo, 2002-2006 Visiting Scholar, The Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies-SAIS, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., 2000-2001 Adjunct Senior Fellow in Asian Studies, The Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., 1999-2000 Research Associate in Asia Security Studies, The Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., 1997-1999 Visiting Scholar, Vanderbilt University, 1993-1995 Career Highlights: Senior Vice Minister of Defence, 2012 Special Advisor to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs and National Security, 2011-2012 Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defence, 2009-2010 Deputy Chairman, Diet Affairs Committee, DPJ, 2006-2007, 2010-2011 Director General, Research Council on Foreign Relations and National Security, DPJ, 2006-present Vice Chair, Diet Affairs Committee, 2006-2007 Vice Chair, Policy Research Committee, 2003-2004, 2006-2007 Next (Shadow) Minister of Defense, 2005-2006 Next (Shadow) Vice-Minister of Defense, 2003-2004 Chairman, DPJ Tokyo 21st Constituency Branch, 2000-present Chairman, Committee on Organizational Affairs, DPJ Tokyo National Diet Committee Assignments: Senior Director, Committee on National Security, 2013- Committee on Fundamental National Policies, 2011-2012 Senior Ranking Member, Committee of Foreign Affairs, 2010-2011 Member, Special Committee on the Prevention of International Terrorism and Iraq Reconstruction, 2007-2009 Member, Committee on National Security, 2006-2010 Ranking Member, Committee of Foreign Affairs, 2006-2007 Senior Ranking Member, Committee on National Security, 2005-2006 Member, Committee on Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2004-2005 Ranking Member, Special Committee on North Korean Abductions and Other Issues, 2003-2004 Major Writings: The Issue of Defense: The Real National Crisis the Japanese Do Not Know, (co-authored), 2007, PHP-Kenkyujo Re-designing the Japan-U.S. Alliance: With an eye on transforming US troops in Asia [revised], 2004, Nihon-hyoronsya The United States of America : An Easy Guide [version 2], 2002,Chukei Shuppan “Managing the New U.S.-Japan Security Alliance: Enhancing Structures and Mechanisms to Address Post-Cold War Requirements” (co-authored) , in M.J.Green and P.M.Cronin (eds)., THE U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE, 1999, Council on Foreign Relations Press, NY “Political Prudence Is Needed in a „Normal State : Keys to Success of Japanese „Security Big Bang (won the Yomiuri Newspaper Award for the Best New Essayist), 1997 .