Kwansei Gakuin University (February 7, 2023) “International Relations in Southeast Asia,” Field Trip Lecture Series organized by Professor Ichiro INOUE.

Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Germany (January 25, 2023) “Japan’s Indo-Pacific Policy,” Institute of East Asian Studies Lecture Series 2022/23.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea (December 16, 2022) “Revitalizing Multilateral Cooperation in East Asia,” East Asian Cooperation Forum 2022.

Pacific Forum-RSIS (December 13, 2022) “Strategic Competition and Security Cooperation.”

Deutsches Institut Fur Japanstudien (December 9, 2022) “Shinzo Abe's Legacy for the Future of Japanese-Southeast Asian Relations: Singapore.”

North Eastern Hill University, India (December 5, 2022) “Japan, ASEAN and the South China Sea,” ASEAN Study Center.

The Stimson Center (November 10, 2022) “Japan and Southeast Asia.”

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences-Dongseo University-Keio-University (November 8, 2022) “Politics and Security Mechanism.”

The Consortium of Indo-Pacific Researchers (CIPR) (November 4, 2022) “Plenary Session: The World Order after the Pandemic and the Ukraine War.”

JPI (Jeju Peace Institution)-RSIS (October 6, 2022) “Multilateral Cooperation in East Asia.”

Georgetown University (September 20, 2022) “Book Talk—Managing Great Power Politics: ASEAN, Institutional Strategy, and the South China Sea.”

Council on East Asian Community (August 22, 2022) “Singapore Diplomacy in the Evolving International Order” [Virtual Semianr]

Hudson Institute (August 22, 2022) “Asia’s New Leaders and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific.” [Virtual Seiminar]

National Youth Movement for West Philippine Sea (July 30, 2022) “Episode 11: ASEAN’s Instituitonal Strategy Over the South China Sea” [Virtual Seminar]

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (July 20, 2022) “Discussion Round: "The EU and Japan: Engaging in Southeast Asia amidst the return of power politics.” [Virtual Seiminar]

Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) (July 1, 2022) “Prospects for ROK-Japan Indo-Pacific Cooperation: Perspectivers from Japan.” [Virtual Roundtable]

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) (June 16 and 23, 2022)“US-China Relations” [Virtual Seiminar]

The Maureen and Mansfield Foundation (June 15, 2022) “The Ukraine Invasion: An Indonesia-Japan-United States Exchange of Views” [Virtual Roundtable]

Chatam House (June 13, 2022) “Global Responses to China’s Belt and Road Initiative” [Virtual Seminar]

Keio University, (June 6, 2022) “Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” Strategy and Japan-US-South Korea Cooperation” [Virtual Workshop]

Keio University (May 28, 2022) “New Regional Instituitons in the Indo-Pacific and the Role of Japan” (in Japanese) [Virtual Seminar]

Brookings Institute (May 18, 2022). “Japan’s Indo-Pacific Strategy” [Virtual Conference]

U.S. Department of State (April, 2022). Topic on Japan’s Foreign Policy toward the Mekong Region.

YCAPS (March 24, 2022). “Japan-Southeast Asia Cooperation Towards a Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP)” [Virtual Conference]

International Peace and Sustainability Organization (IPSO) (March 24, 2022). “Japan and the Indo-Pacific” [Virtual Conference]

The Japanese Studies Association in Southeast Asia (JSA-ASEAN) (December 16, 2021). “Exploring Japan-South Korea-ASEAN Development Cooperation in the Mekong Region” [Virtual Conference]

German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Germany (December 9, 2021). “Tactical Hedging in the Indo-Pacific: Case of Naval Diplomacy” [Virtual Conference] 

Universidad de Navarra, Spain (November 25, 2021). “Building a Security Architecture for the Indo-Pacific: Old and New Players” [Virtual Conference] 

Stifung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Germany (November 18, 2021). “Connectivity and National Strategy” [Virtual Conference] 

RSIS, NTU (November 18, 2021). “Regional Powers in the Mekong—Japan, India, and South Korea” [Virtual Conference] 

Pacific Forum, USA (November 3, 2021). “Comparative Connections Roundtable” [Virtual Conference] 

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru (September 28, 2021). “Japan’s Strategy in the Indo-Pacific” [Virtual Conference] 

Institute of Strategic and International Studies, Malaysia (ISIS-Malaysia), Malaysia (September 7, 2021). “The Quad and Southeast Asia: Reception, perception & opportunities” [Virtual Conference] 

Australian National University, Australia (May 5, 2021). “Japan’s New Strategic Role in the Indo-Pacific: Fulfilling the Potentials of the ‘Quad-Plus’” [Virtual Symposium]

Osaka University, Japan (May 10, 2021). “ASEAN Institutional Development on Public Health Emergencies and Great Power Competition” [Virtual Symposium]

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Japan, and the Institute of Policy Studies, NUS, Singapore (March 17, 2021). “‘Japan-Singapore Relations in the Indo-Pacific and Beyond” (Japan-Singapore Symposium) [Virtual Conference]

Asia Society Policy Institute, USA (March 16, 2021). “‘America is Back’: Views from Southeast Asia” [Virtual Conference].

Asian Political International Studies Association (APISA) and Korean International Studies Association (KISA), South Korea (November 28, 2020). “The Next US Presidency & the Challenges for Asia” (Roundtable) [Virtual Conference].

East Asian Community Institute, Japan (October 30, 2020). Japan’s “Alignment” Strategy: New Bilateralism and Minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific Era. [Virtual Conference].

Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (August 13, 2020). “Evolving Japan’s Indo-Pacific Vision: Japan’s Leadership Role and Implications for Regional Politics” (Centre for East Asian Studies) [Virtual Conference].

The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan (May 28, 2020). “ASEAN’s Response to COVID-19: Possibility of Cooperation and Geopolitical Implication” (The 10th Asian Conference on Asian Studies/The 10th Conference on Cultural Studies, [Virtual Conference].

Waseda University, Japan. (August 1, 2019). “Asian Regionalism in Decline? Power shifts, Populism, and New Regional Dynamics.”

Waseda University, Japan (July 29, 2019). “Use of Public Emotion for Domestic Political Ends: Case of Yasukuni Shrine Controversy.” 

RSIS, NTU, Singapore and ASPI, Asia Society, USA (July 10, 2019). “Regional Perspectives on China’s Enhanced Engagement.”

EU Centre in Singapore (June 19, 2019). “Political and Security Cooperation in ASEAN and geopolitical challenges.”

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA (November 9, 2018). Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy: Development and Future Implications. (Symposium “The Free and Open Indo-Pacific Region: Concepts, Challenges and Opportunities”).

NTU United Nations Student Association, Singapore (September 12, 2018). “Op-ed Writing.”

Taylor’s University, Malaysia. (March 27, 2018). “Contending Grand Strategies? Southeast Asia’s perceptions toward 'Belt and Road Initiative' and 'Free and Open Indo-Pacific'.”

University of Warwick, UK (March 6, 2018). “Abe, the Indo-Pacific, and Japan-ASEAN Relations.”

University of Sheffield, UK (March 5, 2018). “Abe, the Indo-Pacific, and Japan-ASEAN Relations.”

NTU United Nations Student Association, Singapore (February 27, 2018). “United Nations, Collective Security, and Peacekeeping.”

Sekiguchi Global Research Association/ Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, Japan (November 18, 2017). “Geopolitics on the Belt and Road Initiative” (「一帯一路の地政学」SGRA Forum, Tokyo).

Sasakawa USA, USA (November 15, 2017). “Post-Summit Evaluation: The United States, Japan and Southeast Asia.”

Tampines Junior College, Singapore. (April 19, 2017). “Recent developments in Sino-Japanese Relations.”

NYU Shanghai, China (April 17, 2017). “Sino-Japanese Rivalry.”

Griffith University, Australia (February 28, 2017). Strengthening Rules Based Order in the Indo-Asia-Pacific: Regional Rule-based Order and the Utility of ASEAN: Cases of EAS and ADMM/ADMM-Plus over the South China Sea.

Singapore Institute of Management, Singapore (January 23, 2017). “The Reinterpretation of Article 9: Is this the End of Post-War Pacifism in Japan?”

University of New South Wales, Australia, and The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan (September 30, 2016). “Session 6: Challenges and Implications for Conflict Mitigation and/or Dispute Resolution.”

Waseda University, Japan (February 4, 2016). “Session 2: Integration Efforts in ASEAN.”

Waseda University, Japan (February 2, 2016). “Beyond 2015: ASEAN Political Security Community and Regional Power Shift.”

The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan (December 12, 2015). Strategic Environment in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Japanese Perspective.

University of Tokyo, Japan and NTU, Singapore. (November 28, 2015). “ASEAN Effect: Regional Community Building and Implication for Global Asia.”

East Asian Institute, NUS, Singapore (November 6, 2015). “China's Rise and the Abe Administration: Continuity and Change in Japan's Foreign Policy towards East Asia.”

The Council for the United States and Italy, USA (October 2, 2015). Geopolitical Dimension: Cooperation, Competition, or Conflict? The Evolving Relationships between Asia and the West. San Francisco, 31th Young Leaders Conference 2015.

Peking University, China (August 1-5, 2015). “ASEAN's evolving role in East Asian Security Architecture.”

NTU, Singapore (June 20, 2015). “Territorial Disputes and Nationalism” (Lead Asia Workshop—University Scholars Programmes, Asia Pacific Youth Organisation (APYO).

CSIS Jakarta, Indonesia, and Japan Institute of International Affairs, Japan (June 6, 2015). Japan-Indonesia in East Asia: East Asia Summit; and South China Sea. Indonesia-Japan Security Dialogue.

NUS, Singapore (March 25, 2015). “ASEAN and Regional Governance.”

East West Center, USA and Japan Institute for International Affairs, Japan (February 2015). Japanese Views of Joint US-Japan Collaborative Activities with the ASEAN Countries of Southeast Asia.

Waseda University, Japan (February 5, 2015). “Natural Disaster and International Cooperation.”

Waseda University, Japan (February 2, 2015). “Solution for Great Power Rivalry? Non-traditional Security Cooperation on Humanitarian Assistant/Disaster Relief (HA/DR) in the Asia-Pacific Region.” 

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, USA (June 5, 2014). “The US-Japan Alliance, ASEAN, and Regional HA/DR Cooperation”

RIPS, Japan (July 26, 2014). “The Korean Peninsula and the Japan-US Alliance.” RIPS US-Japan Young Scholars Seminar.

NTU, Singapore (December 6, 2013). “China’s ADIZ and Shifting Strategic Balance in East Asia—Recent Development of Sino-Japanese Relations.”

Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA (August 23, 2013). “The Future of Japan’s Security Policy and Its Impact on Relations with the US, China, and South Korea.”

Pacific Forum CSIS, USA and Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Japan (July 23, 2013). “HA/DR Cooperation in Asia and the US-Japan Alliance.”

NTU, Singapore (April 18, 2013). “Institutional Transformation of ASEAN: ZOPFAN, TAC and the Bali Concord I in 1968-1976.”

NTU, Singapore (April 18, 2013). “The Future of East Asian Security Regionalism: Toward the Establishment of ‘Regional Security Nexus.”

Tufts University, USA (April 11, 2013). “Nuclear International Security: US-Japan Relations and East Asia” (The Fletcher School).

Harvard University, USA (March 7, 2013). “Regional Security-Oriented Organizations and Institutional Change: The Case of ASEAN” (Harvard Kennedy School).

Tufts University, USA. (March 6, 2013). “The Development of Japan’s Security Policy in the Post-War Era” (The Fletcher School).

Harvard University, USA (February 18, 2013). “The Future of East Asian Regionalism: Is ASEAN still Relevant?” (Harvard HPAIR Conference).

Tufts University, USA (January 30, 2013). “ASEAN and ‘East Asian Security’.”

Network for Policy Analysis, Japan (November 17, 2012). “Japan’s Infrastructure for Policy Evaluation: Diplomacy and Security Field,” [in Japanese] (The 14th Policy Messe).

Harvard University, USA. (February 20, 2012). “Cooperation and Conflict in Asia” (Harvard HPAIR Conference 2012)

Pacific Forum CSIS, USA (December 10, 2010). “Does Japan (still) matter for East Asian Security? Japan’s Contributions to East Asian Security since the End of the Cold War.”

Global Policy Initiative, Japan. (November 27, 2010). “Japan’s Diplomacy and Security Policy: Prioritization and Future Perspectives.”

Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang, Indonesia. (September 4, 2010). “ASEAN's role in East Asian Regionalism and Regional Powers' Views on ASEAN.”

Pacific Forum CSIS, USA (November 9, 2009). “Regional Organizations in the Asia-Pacific Region: ASEAN.”

Tufts University, USA (March 26, 2009). “Developments in the ASEAN institutional and security landscape and engagement with other Powers,” (The Fletcher School).

Tokyo Foundation, Japan (March 1, 2005). “Japan’s Counter-Terrorism Policy.”