Akiko Yamanaka

Akiko Yamanaka(Trong núi あき tử,Yamanaka Akiko,born November 6, 1945)is a Special Ambassador for Peacebuilding of Japan. She was a Japanesepoliticianof theLiberal Democratic Party(LDP), a member of theHouse of Representativesin theDiet(national legislature). A native ofOtaru, Hokkaidoand graduate ofTsuda College,she was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in 1996 as a member of theNew Frontier Party.She later joined the LDP.

She is a Senior Diplomatic Fellow, Cambridge Central Asia Forum and By-fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University as well as visiting professor at the Graduate School of Hokkaido University, the United Nations University and currently Tenjin Foreign Studies University. She has also been a Senior Visiting Researcher at St. Antony's College, Oxford University and at theCenter for Strategic and International Studies. She has served as the Member of the House of Representatives of Japan as well as Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, Director of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Director General of the Women's Bureau of Liberal Democratic Party, etc. Her areas of expertise include International Peacebuilding and Preventive State Theory, International Negotiation and Strategic Studies, and Intercultural Studies. On these and other subjects, she has written and lectured extensively and internationally. She has published many books such as “Think, or Sink: Preventive State Theory”, “Toward the Future: Human Security”, “From the Window of Oxford”, etc. She was awarded by OISCA for ‘Contribution to Asia’ and Soroptimist Japan for ‘International Contribution’. She is currently working on Human Development for Peacebuilding, and on Human Security, especiallywater security,food security and energy security as well as on Natural and Human Induced Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.

References

• Chính trị gia tình báo 〜 trong núi あき tử 〜.senkyo.janjan.jp ザ･ tuyển cử(in Japanese).JANJAN.Archived fromthe originalon 2007-12-03.Retrieved2007-10-16.