Yoichi Funabashi

Yoichi Funabashi

"Current Position(s): Columnist and Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of the Asahi Shimbun, Contributing editor of Foreign Policy (Washington, D.C.), Member, Board of Trustees, ICG (International Crisis Group), Member, Trilateral Commission (Asia), Member, International Trustee, Asia Society, Board Member, Brookings Institution's CNAPS (Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies)

"Previous Position(s): Visiting Professor, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea (2004- ), Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan (2003-2004), Member, Government Commission for Reform of the Foreign Ministry (March 2002-March 2003), Visiting Professor, Asia-Pacific University, Oita, Japan (2002-2003), The Prime Minister's Commission on Japan's Goals in the 21st Century (April 1999-January 2000), American General Bureau Chief (1993-97), Correspondent for the Asahi Shimbun in Beijing (1980-81) and Washington (1984-87)." 


 * U.S.-Japan Leadership Program - Advisory Board, United States-Japan Foundation