Sakata Yasuyo

Prof. Sakata Yasuyo is a professor of international relations at the Kanda University of International Studies and a research fellow at the Research Institute for Peace and Security in Japan. She specializes in the Korean Peninsula, Northeast Asia, and Indo-Pacific security, with a focus on alliances and U.S.-ROK-Japan security cooperation. She was a visiting research fellow at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at George Washington University (2014) and the Institute of Modern Korean Studies at the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University (2008-2009). She has participated in various seminars and projects such as those at the Japan Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Japan Institute for International Affairs, Japan-Korea Forum, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the RAND Corporation, and the National Security Archives in Washington, D.C. She was also a member of the MOD Central Deliberative Council on Defense Facilities and the NHK World Deliberative Committee. Prof. Sakata received her B.A. and M.A. in Political Science from Keio University.