Research and Education Activities
Endowed Chair for "Politics and Mass Media (Asahi Shimbun)"
The Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo has been offering lectures on "Politics and Mass Media" in cooperation with the Asahi Shimbun since 1997. The seminars are jointly conducted by faculty members of our graduate schools and visiting professors invited from the Asahi Shimbun Company, and offer a variety of classes such as question-and-answer sessions with guests and speakers at the forefront of their fields, such as politicians, government officials, and journalists, material analysis, and group presentations. IBC supports the operation of these lectures, such as accepting visiting professors and communicating with guests and speakers.
List of Guest Lecturers
| Tomoko Tamura | Communist Party Chairperson | June 24, 2024 |
| Makoto Koga | Former Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party | June 17, 2024 |
| Fumitake Fujita | Secretary-General, Japan Restoration Party | June 03, 2024 |
| Harumi Yoshida | House of Representatives member, Constitutional Democratic Party | May 27, 2024 |
| Motohisa Furukawa | Chairman of the Diet Affairs Committee, Democratic Party for the People | May 20, 2024 |
| Yoshitaka Ito | The Asahi Shimbun Editorial Committee | May 13, 2024 |
| Junya Ogawa | House of Representatives member, Constitutional Democratic Party | May 07, 2024 |
| Shigeru Ishiba | Former Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party | April 22, 2024 |
| Kyohei Matsuda | Political Editor, Asahi Shimbun | April 15, 2024 |
| Takayuki Kobayashi | Former Minister in charge of Economic Security | December 11, 2023 |
| Raymond Greene | Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Japan | December 04, 2023 |
| Itsunori Onodera | Former Minister of Defense | November 27, 2023 |
| Jun Osawa | Senior Research Fellow, Nakasone Peace Institute | November 20, 2023 |
| Yuji Miyamoto | Former Ambassador to China | November 13, 2023 |
| Masafumi Ishii | Former Ambassador to Indonesia | November 06, 2023 |
| Koji Kano | Director-General, Defense Policy Bureau, Ministry of Defense | October 30, 2023 |
| Yo Takaba | Former Director, Security Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | October 23, 2023 |
| Daisuke Furuta | Editor-in-Chief, Japan Fact-check Center | June 12, 2023 |
| Masaaki Taira | Member of the House of Representatives | June 05, 2023 |
| Koshin Tachibana | Director-General, Legislative Bureau, House of Representatives | May 22, 2023 |
| Takako Suzuki | Liberal Democratic Party | May 15, 2023 |
| Junya Ogawa | Constitutional Democratic Party | May 08, 2023 |
| Shigeru Ishiba | Liberal Democratic Party | April 24, 2023 |
| Akira Uchida | Deputy Political Editor, Asahi Shimbun | April 17, 2023 |
| Takeshi Iwaya | Former Minister of Defense | December 12, 2022 |
| Hirofumi Tosaki | Director, Center for Disarmament, Science and Technology, Japan Institute of International Affairs | December 05, 2022 |
| Satoshi Kusakabe | Senior Vice President, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | November 28, 2022 |
| Yuji Miyamoto | Former Ambassador to China | November 21, 2022 |
| Akiyoshi Komaki | Editorial Writer, Asahi Shimbun | November 14, 2022 |
| Marcus Morgan | Chief, Government Relations, Policy and Plans Division, U.S. Forces Japan | November 07, 2022 |
| Nathan N. Frost | U.S. Forces Japan, U.S.-Japan Joint Committee Office | November 07, 2022 |
| Atsuo Suzuki | Administrative Vice-Minister of Defense | October 24, 2022 |
| Kentaro Kaihara | Director, Accounts Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs | October 17, 2022 |
| Kazuhiro Taira | Professor, J. F. Oberlin University, Former Editorial Writer, Asahi Shimbun | June 20, 2022 |
| Martin Fackler | Former Tokyo Bureau Chief, The New York Times | June 13, 2022 |
| Hideki Murai | Special Advisor to the Prime Minister | June 06, 2022 |
| Junya Ogawa | Chairman of the Policy Research Committee, Constitutional Democratic Party | May 23, 2022 |
| Taro Kono | Former Minister for Foreign Affairs | May 16, 2022 |
| Hironori Kanazawa | Former Administrative Vice-Minister of Defense | May 09, 2022 |
| Kengo Sakajiri | Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Tokyo Head Office / Former Political Editor, Asahi Shimbun | April 18, 2022 |
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Keitaro Ohno State Minister of Cabinet Office November 29, 2021 Hiroshi Yokoi Former Ambassador to China November 22, 2021 Suguru Takahashi Head, Defense Policy Division, National Institute for Defense Studies November 15, 2021 Hitoshi Tanaka Former Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs November 08, 2021 Sadamasa Oue Former Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff November 01, 2021 Denny Tamaki Governor of Okinawa Prefecture October 25, 2021 Tetsuo Kotani Senior Fellow, Japan Institute of International Affairs October 18, 2021 Keiichi Ichikawa Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs October 11, 2021 Satoshi Maeda Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary October 04, 2021 Masahiro Sakata Former Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau July 12, 2021 Yuichiro Tamaki Leader, Democratic Party for the People July 05, 2021 Jun Osawa Senior Research Fellow, Nakasone Peace Institute June 28, 2021 Hiroshi Hoshi Special Commentator, TBS June 07, 2021 Ryuichi Kanasugi London Correspondent, Asahi Shimbun May 31, 2021 Yukio Takasu Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General May 17, 2021 Shigeru Handa Former Editorial Writer, Tokyo Shimbun May 10, 2021 Shigeru Ishiba Former Secretary-General, Liberal Democratic Party April 26, 2021 Koji Matsui Professor, Keio University December 21, 2020 Akira Minami Political Desk Editor, Asahi Shimbun December 14, 2020 Go Soga The Asahi Shimbun Editorial Committee December 07, 2020 Hideki Murai Member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party November 30, 2020 Takeo Kawamura Member of the House of Representatives, Liberal Democratic Party November 16, 2020 Kaoru Matsuda Election Planner November 09, 2020 Osamu Fujimura Former Chief Cabinet Secretary November 02, 2020 Yukio Hatoyama Former Prime Minister October 26, 2020 Tetsuro Fukuyama Secretary-General, Constitutional Democratic Party October 19, 2020 Yoriko Madoka Former Member of the House of Councillors October 12, 2020 Morihiro Hosokawa Former Prime Minister October 12, 2020 Masato Shimizu The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Editorial Committee October 05, 2020 Go Soga The Asahi Shimbun Editorial Committee July 06, 2020 Kazufumi Onishi Mayor of Kumamoto City July 06, 2020 Ken Saito Former Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries June 29, 2020 Yuichiro Tamaki Leader, Democratic Party for the People June 22, 2020 Mitoji Yabunaka Former Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs June 15, 2020 Daisuke Furuta Representative, Media Collab, Founding Editor-in-Chief, BuzzFeed Japan June 08, 2020 Shigeru Ishiba Member of the House of Representatives, Former Minister of Defense, Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party June 01, 2020 Rikio Kozu President, Japanese Trade Union Confederation May 25, 2020 Fumiaki Kobayashi Member of the House of Representatives, Director of Youth Division, Liberal Democratic Party May 18, 2020 Shuhei Kishimoto Member of the House of Representatives, Chairman of Election Strategy Committee, Democratic Party for the People May 11, 2020 Takuma Ohamazaki Election Consultant April 27, 2020 Kuniaki Miyake Former Director, Office for Pandemic Influenza and New Infectious Diseases Preparedness and Response, Cabinet Secretariat, Chief Medical Officer, DeNA Co., Ltd. April 20, 2020 Rikio Kozu President, Japanese Trade Union Confederation December 23, 2019 Yuichiro Tamaki Member of the House of Representatives December 02, 2019 Ken Saito Member of the House of Representatives November 25, 2019 Takuma Ohamazaki President and CEO, J.A.G JAPAN Inc. November 18, 2019 Hidehiko Oguchi President and CEO, Perspective Media Inc. November 13, 2019 Rui Matsukawa Member of the House of Councillors November 11, 2019 Hitoshi Asada Member of the House of Councillors, Chairman of Policy Research Council, Japan Restoration Party November 07, 2019 Tetsuro Fukuyama Member of the House of Councillors, Secretary-General, Constitutional Democratic Party October 28, 2019 Taro Yamamoto Leader, Reiwa Shinsengumi October 21, 2019 Masayoshi Takemura Former Minister of Finance, Leader of New Party Sakigake October 07, 2019 Kaoru Matsuda President and CEO, Dialog Inc., Election Planner July 22, 2019 Shigeru Takahashi President and CEO, VoiceJapan Inc., Internet Election Advisor July 08, 2019 Yuki Nikaido Reporter, Asahi Shimbun July 01, 2019 Takashi Mikuriya Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo July 01, 2019 Keisuke Suzuki Member of the House of Representatives June 24, 2019 Go Soga The Asahi Shimbun Editorial Committee June 17, 2019 Tomohiko Mihara Member of the House of Representatives June 10, 2019 Shiori Yamao Member of the House of Representatives June 03, 2019 Teijiro Furukawa Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary May 27, 2019 Gen Nakatani Member of the House of Representatives May 20, 2019 Yukio Edano Member of the House of Representatives May 13, 2019 Yoshimasa Hayashi Member of the House of Councillors April 22, 2019 Masato Shimizu The Nihon Keizai Shimbun Editorial Committee April 15, 2019 Nobuo Ishihara Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary July 20, 2018 Yukio Edano Leader, Constitutional Democratic Party / Member of the House of Representatives July 02, 2018 Yusuke Enjoji Chief, Planning Section, Policy Planning Division, Saga Prefectural Government June 25, 2018 Katsuhisa Kita Comprehensive Production Office, Asahi Shimbun June 18, 2018 Shinichi Ikeda Opinion Editing Department, Asahi Shimbun June 18, 2018 Takafumi Yoshida Editor-in-Chief, WEBRONZA, Asahi Shimbun June 18, 2018 Yuichiro Tamaki Co-leader, Democratic Party for the People / Member of the House of Representatives May 28, 2018 Norihisa Hoshino Special Reports Department, Asahi Shimbun May 21, 2018 Shinichi Isa Member of the House of Representatives May 21, 2018 Hiromi Takase Member of the House of Councillors May 21, 2018 Hideyuki Aizawa Former Member of the House of Representatives / Former Administrative Vice-Minister of Finance May 14, 2018 Satoshi Yamada Secretariat of the Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Finance May 07, 2018 Shohei Samukawa Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance May 07, 2018 Fumiaki Kobayashi Member of the House of Representatives April 23, 2018 Keisuke Suzuki Member of the House of Representatives April 16, 2018 Rikio Kozu President, Japanese Trade Union Confederation December 11, 2017 Mie Sasaki (Haruna) Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Tokyo Head Office Editorial Bureau, Sankei Shimbun December 04, 2017 Tetsuya Miyazaki Critic December 04, 2017 Kazuhiro Aoyama Prime Minister’s Office Correspondent, Nippon Television December 04, 2017 Toshihito Kumagai Mayor of Chiba City November 27, 2017 Natsuo Yamaguchi Leader, Komeito /Member of the House of Councillors November 13, 2017 Tetsuo Suzuki Freelance Writer November 09, 2017 Akihisa Nagashima Member of the House of Representatives November 06, 2017 Takao Yamada Special Editorial Writer, Mainichi Shimbun October 30, 2017 Tetsuya Okazaki Professor, J. 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Oberlin University October 11, 2017 Kotaro Ono Political Department, Tokyo Head Office News Bureau, Asahi Shimbun July 03, 2017 Takashi Mikuriya Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo June 12, June 19, September 25, 2017 Masatsugu Asakawa Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs June 05, 2017 Goshi Hosono Member of the House of Representatives May 29, 2017 Keisuke Suzuki Member of the House of Representatives May 15, 2017 Toshinori Kanemoto Former Director of Cabinet Intelligence May 08, 2017 Tadao Yanase Director-General for Economic and Industrial Policy, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry April 24, 2017 Masaaki Okamoto Former Secretary-General of the Reconstruction Agency May 22, 2017 Nobukatsu Kanehara Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary April 17, 2017 Iwao Osaka Lecturer, Komazawa University (Osaka Seminar) December 26, 2016 Takafumi Yoshida Reporter, Asahi Shimbun December 05, 2016 Takeshige Kunimasa Former The Asahi Shimbun Editorial Committee November 21, 2016 Manabu Shintani Editor-in-Chief, Shukan Bunshun November 4 & 11, 2016 Masaaki Okamoto Former Secretary-General of the Reconstruction Agency October 03, 2016 Tetsuya Okazaki Professor, J. 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Oberlin University July 04, 2016 Kentaro Fukumoto Professor, Gakushuin University (Fukumoto Seminar) June 27, 2016 Takashi Kimura Director, Public Enterprise Division, Local Public Finance Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications June 20, 2016 Ai Matsumura Deputy Chief, Saitama General Bureau, Asahi Shimbun June 13, 2016 Yoshiaki Nakagawa Committee Member, President’s Office and Editorial Writer, Editorial Planning Bureau, Mainichi Shimbun June 06, 2016 Junji Higashi Former Vice Representative, Komeito May 30, 2016 Tetsuya Miyazaki Critic May 23, 2016 Satoshi Shima Former Director of the President’s Office, SoftBank May 23, 2016 Yoshimasa Hayashi Member of the House of Councillors May 12, 2016 Takako Suzuki Member of the House of Representatives May 09, 2016 Toshio Iseki Researcher April 25, 2016 Akira Koike Vice Chairman and Chairman of Policy Committee, Japanese Communist Party April 18, 2016 Yoshihide Suga Chief Cabinet Secretary December 10, 2015 Yoshihisa Hara Professor Emeritus, Tokyo International University, Takashi Mikuriya Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo November 16, November 30, 2015 Yoshiaki Nakagawa Committee Member, President’s Office and Editorial Writer, Editorial Planning Bureau, Mainichi Shimbun November 09, 2015 Masaaki Okamoto Secretary-General of the Reconstruction Agency October 26, 2015 Takuya Kudo Managing Director, Accenture Analytics Japan October 19, 2015 Tsuyoshi Yamashita Public Opinion Poll Department, Asahi Shimbun October 12, 2015 Yutaka Matsuno Visiting Researcher, Regional Cooperation Center, Reitaku University / Former Nagareyama City Assembly Member September 14, September 28, October 5, 2015 Yusuke Enjoji Chief Examiner, Information and Operations Reform Division, General Affairs Department, Saga Prefecture September 28, 2015 Tetsuya Miyazaki Critic April 27, 2015, July 13, 2015 Nobukatsu Kanehara Former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary June 22, 2015 Yoshinori Arai Political Editor, Editorial Bureau, Tokyo Head Office, Sankei Shimbun June 15, 2015 Banri Kaieda Advisor, Democratic Party June 01, 2015 Yoshiaki Nakagawa Committee Member, President’s Office and Editorial Writer, Editorial Planning Bureau, Mainichi Shimbun June 01, 2015 Kenji Eda Member of the House of Representatives May 25, 2015 Taro Aso Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance May 11, 2015 Shiro Tasaki Commentary Committee Member, Jiji Press April 27, 2015 Tsunenari Kito Chief Researcher, Journalist School, Asahi Shimbun January 16, 2012 Satoshi Hashimoto Assistant Editorial Manager, Asahi Shimbun December 19, 2011 Kazunori Minehisa The Asahi Shimbun Editorial Committee December 12, 2011 Yasuo Tanaka Member of the House of Representatives December 05, 2011 Koji Matsui Member of the House of Representatives November 21, 2011 Masao Akamatsu Member of the House of Representatives November 14, 2011 Junichi Fukuda Deputy Director-General, Budget Bureau, Ministry of Finance November 07, 2011 Go Soga The Asahi Shimbun Editorial Committee October 24, 2011 Seiji Maehara Member of the House of Representatives May 18, 2009 Taro Tsukimura Professor, Doshisha University July 16, 2008 Yohei Kono Chairman of the House of Representatives June 24, 2008 Toshihiro Nikai Chairman of the General Council, Liberal Democratic Party May 20, 2008 Yasuo Fukuda Member of the House of Representatives May 30, 2007 Show moreEnd