Jun Yanagi

Executive Director, JIIA Platform

Date of Birth: 16 December 1966
1985 Tokyo University (Faculty of Law)
   
1988 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA) North East Asia Division
1989 Oxford University, Worcester College
PPE (Philosophy, Politics and Economics)  BA, MA
1992 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Nigeria
1994 Asia, APEC, Intelligence, Public Diplomacy, MOFA
   
2001 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Australia
2004 Counselor, Embassy of Japan in Russia
2005 Counselor, Embassy of Japan in Canada
   
2008 Director, International Science Cooperation Division, MOFA
2010 Director, Western Europe Division, MOFA
2012 Professor, Tohoku University
   
2014 Minister, DCM, Embassy of Japan in Vietnam
2018 Minister, Permanent Mission of Japan in Vienna
   
2021 Deputy Director, Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office
2023 Consular-General, Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago
2025 Executive Director, JIIA Platform