Dr. Daisaku HIGASHI (Mobile)

Dr. Daisaku HIGASHI

Dr. Daisaku Higashi is a professor at Sophia University in Tokyo, specializing in mediation and peacebuilding. He worked as program director in Japan Public TV Station (1993-2004), then obtained MA and Ph.D. in Political Science at University of British Columbia in Canada (2012); he also worked as a team leader for reconciliation at UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in Kabul (2009-2010), as well as Minister-Counsellor in the Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN in NY (2012-2014). Since 2018, Prof. Higashi has been frequently assigned by Japanese Foreign Ministers to go to Iraq and South Sudan to support their peacebuilding, meeting numerous vice presidents and ministers. The detail of CV is here.