Meet the JADE Program Fellows

Wakana Asano
International Institute for Strategic Studies

Hitomi Hata
Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Takeshiro Kurihara
Ministry of Defense

Rintaro Nishimura
The Asia Group / U.S.-ROK-Japan Next-Gen Study Group

Rena Sasaki
Johns Hopkins University

Susan Cash
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Emily Fursa
Mitsubishi Australia

Jack Goldsmith
The UTS Human Technology Institute

Celeste Koravos
Mission Possible Partnership (MPP)

Connor O’Brien
The University of Cambridge

Kotaro Abe
Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Takuya Matsuda
Assistant Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University

Toshiki Matsukiyo
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Mari Shimizu
Professor, Osaka University
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Ai Watanabe
Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)

Pilar Cossio
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia

James Ghusn
Associate, Mandala

Tristan Moss
Senior Lecturer, The University of New South Wales, Canberra

David Vallance
Research Associate, The Lowy Institute

Yuka Hinohara
The Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association

Rintaro Inoue
PhD student at the Graduate School of Law, Keio University

Media Coverage
The Strategist 19 March 2025, Japan and Australia can fill each other’s defence gaps | The Strategist

Takato Ishida
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
PhD student at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Haidee Barrenger
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia

Jack Butcher
PhD candidate in Political Science and a part-time Teaching Lecturer at the University of Adelaide

Dirk Staunton
National Security Professional, Australian Government

Samuel Wendfeldt
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia