The  Contemporary History Institute  hosts Hiroshi Takahashi discussing “Japan and Afghanistan from a Geopolitical Perspective" on Monday October 28 at 5:00 p.m. in Bentley Hall 132.

Takahashi is a visiting professor at Takushoku University, Institute of World Studies, which he joined after a three-decade career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

After graduating from Takushoku University in 1975, Takahashi studied at Kabul University, where he witnessed the military coup in 1978, the University of London, and Sophia University in Tokyo, before he joined the Japanese Embassy in Pakistan. He then served in the Second Middle East Division of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan, the Japanese Embassy in Uzbekistan, United Nations Peacebuilding Office in Tajikistan (2000-2001), and United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (2001-2002). He was the Chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Japanese Embassy in Tajikistan, the Japanese Ambassador to Afghanistan (2012-2016), and Special Assistant to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.

This event is free and open to the public.