Senior Fellows

OSAWA Jun

OSAWA Jun is a Senior Fellow at Nakasone Peace Institute (NPI). Mr. Osawa is concurrently a Board member of Kajima Peace Institute (2018-) and a Senior Fellow at Sasakawa Peace Foundation (2018-). His research interests include national cyber security, strategic assessment, and Northeast Asian international security.

He joined NPI/IIPS in 1995 as a Research Fellow (1995-2009) and served as a Senior Research Fellow (2009-2014, 2017-2025) before taking his current position. His previous positions include: Senior Fellow of National Security Council) Secretariat (NSS) (2017-2019), Deputy Cabinet Counsellor of National Security (Council) Secretariat (NSS) (2014-2016), visiting fellow, CEAP, Brookings Institution (2013), member of the Cabinet Office’s Advisory Panel on Communication Concerning Territorial Integrity (2013-2014), member of the Keidanren Study Group on Cyber Warfare and Defense (2012), a visiting scholar at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (2011-2016), Policy Planning Researcher and Advisor, Policy Planning Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2007-2009), Analyst, Second Division, Intelligence and Analysis Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2004-2006), and Lecturer, International Studies at Meiji Gakuin University (2003). Mr. Osawa received his M.A. from Keio University in 1996 and his B.A. from Keio University in 1994.