Akio Takahara

Akio Takahara is Professor of Contemporary Chinese Politics at the Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo. He received his DPhil in 1988 from the University of Sussex, and later spent several years as Visiting Scholar at the Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong (1989-91) and the Japanese Embassy in Beijing (1996-98), and at The Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University (2005-06). Before joining The University of Tokyo, he taught at J. F. Oberlin University (1991-95) and Rikkyo University (1995-2005). He also served as a Member of the Governing Body of the Institute of Development Studies, UK (1999-2003), and President of the Japan Association for Asian Studies (2009-11). He currently serves as the Secretary General of the New Japan-China Friendship 21st Century Committee, senior fellow of the Tokyo Foundation, and adjunct fellow of the Japan Institute of International Affairs. His publications include The Politics of Wage Policy in Post-Revolutionary China, (Macmillan, 1992), New Developments in East Asian Security (Akashi Shoten, 2005, co-editor, in Japanese), Beyond the Borders: Contemporary Asian Studies Volume One (Keio University Press, 2008, co-editor, in Japanese), The History of Japan-China Relations 1972~2012 Volume One Politics (University of Tokyo Press, 2012, co-editor, in Japanese), and Modern History of Japan-China Relations (Yuhikaku Publishing Co., 2013, co-author, in Japanese).