Tosh Minohara

Professor Tosh Minohara is a Japanese American from California. He received his BA degree in International Relations from the University of California at Davis, and later obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science and Diplomatic History from Kobe University. Since 1999, he has been a faculty at the Graduate School of Political Science at Kobe University, where he was appointed full professor in 2007. He has also served as lecturer at the Command and Staff College for Japan’s Air and Maritime Self-Defense Forces among many other renowned institutions. Most recently, he was invited as a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution Library and Archives at Stanford University. In 2019, he founded the Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (RIIPA), a Cabinet Office-certified non-profit organization, and currently serves as its chairman.

He is an expert in U.S.-Japan relations, American foreign policy, international politics, and national security issues, and has authored numerous books and essays. Recently, he edited The Handbook of Japan’s Foreign and Domestic Policies During the Decade of Abe (MHM and Amsterdam University Press, 2024). He regularly contributes to various domestic and international media outlets, and his academic achievements have been recognized as a recipient of the Shimizu Hiroshi Prize and the Japan Research Prize.