SHIRAISHI Takashi

   

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President of GRIPS

President of the Institute of Developing Economies-JETRO

Shiraishi Takashi, born in 1950 in Ehime, Japan; majored in international relations at the University of Tokyo (1972) and obtained Ph.D. in History from Cornell University in 1986.  He has taught at the University of Tokyo (1979-1987), Cornell University (1987-98), Kyoto University (1996-2005), and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo (2005-2009). He served as Executive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy (CSTP), Cabinet Office (2009-2012). He currently serves as President, GRIPS (since 2011) and President, Institute of Developing Economies-JETRO (since 2007). He has also served as editor, Indonesia, Cornell Southeast Asia Program (since 1987) and editor-in-chief, nippon.com, a multi-lingual online journal (2011-2014).  In 2007, he was awarded the Japanese Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, and designated the Person of Cultural Merit in 2016. He has published numerous books, including three award-winning works: An Age in Motion (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990, Ohira Masayoshi Asia Pacific Award), Indonesia: Kokka to Seiji (Government and Politics in Indonesia, Tokyo: Libroport, 1990; Suntory Academic Award), and Umi no Teikoku (Empires of the Seas, Tokyo: Chuokoron, 2000; Yomiuri-Yoshino Sakuzo Award).  His recent works include The Rise of Middle Classes in Southeast Asia (Kyoto: Kyoto University Press, 2008, edited jointly with Pasuk Phongpaichit), Across The Causeway: Multi-dimensional Study of Malaysia-Singapore Relations (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2008), Chugoku wa Higashi-Ajia wo do’o Kaete iruka (How is China changing East Asia? Tokyo: Chuo Koron, 2012, co-authored with Carol Sy Hau), and Kaiyo Ajia vs. Tairiku Ajia (Maritime Asia vs. Mainland Asia, Kyoto: Minerva, 2016).