Professional Affiliation

Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Niigata University, Japan.

Expert Bio

Yutaka Kanda is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at Niigata University in Japan. He teaches international history and politics of modern Japan. He has a doctorate and MA in international relations and Bachelor in Japanese history from the University of Tokyo. His first monograph, Reisen kozo no henyo to nihon no taichu gaiko (2012), analyzed Japanese foreign policy and China before official relations began, during the heyday of the Cold War from 1960 to 1972. He has also published numerous articles on Japanese Cold War politics and foreign relations.

Project Summary

Yutaka Kanda is Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Niigata University, Japan. Kanda is the author of Reisen kōzō no hen'yō to Nihon no taichū gaikō (The Transformation of the Cold War and Japanese Diplomacy Towards China) (Iwanami Shoten, 2012). He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo in 2010.