YANAGIDA Kensuke

Education

・M.A. in Public Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2012
・Post Graduate Diploma in Development Studies, Institute of Developing Economy Advanced School (IDEAS), Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Japan, 2010
・B.A. in Economics, Soka University, Japan, 2007

Professional Experience

・Research Fellow, GRIPS Alliance, National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (Tokyo, Japan), 2015-2019
・Visiting Associate Professor, Comparative Studies of Politics and Administration in Asia, Faculty of Law, Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan), 2014-2015
・Research Fellow, The Japan Institute of International Affairs (Tokyo, Japan), 2014-Present
・Research Associate, Asian Development Bank Institute (Tokyo, Japan), 2012-2014
・Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company Tokyo Branch (Tokyo, Japan), 2007-2009

Selected Research Papers

Journal Article (refereed)
・T. Kikuchi, K. Yanagida and H. Vo (2018). ”The Effects of Mega-Regional Trade Agreements on Vietnam.” Journal of Asian Economics Volume 55: pp. 4-19 (April 2018).

Book Chapter
・K. Yanagida (2023). "Building a post-Covid supply-chain strategy" in SPECIAL REPORT: Covid-19: implications for the Indo-Pacific, edited by David Engel and Alex Bristow., pp22-31. Canberra: Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
・K.Yanagida (2020). "Japan`s Connectivity Initiatives in the Free and Open Indo-Pacific: An Economic Assessment" in Responding to the Geopolitics of Connectivity: Asian and European Perspectives, edited by Christian Echle et al., pp43-58. Singapore: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore.
・T. Kikuchi and K. Yanagida (2020). "RCEP and Indo-Pacific Economic Integration." in Asia Between Multipolarism and Multipolarity, edited by S.R. Chinoy and J.P. Panda, 150-173. New Delhi: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses.

Short Blog Article
・K. Yanagida. 2021. "Japan`s Connectivity Initiatives in the Indo-Pacific" in Commentary, The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR)
・K. Yanagida. 2021. "The United States and Japan Should Cooperate to Include India in Indo-Pacific Economic Governance" in Asia Pacific Bulletin No. 550
・K. Yanagida. 2020. "Strengthening US-Japan-Southeast Asia Cooperation on Connectivity in the Indo-Pacific" in Asia Pacific Bulletin No. 538
・K. Yanagida. 2014. “Looking for a plus-one, Japan turns to Vietnam” in East Asia Forum
・K. Yanagida and B.L. Ngiang. 2013. "What's holding back Japanese SMEs from regional opportunities?" in East Asia Forum

Presentations
・Annual Colloquium on Views from Indo-Pacific: Perceptions, Positioning and Critical Perspective of Indo-Pacific Strategy, Université de Montréal, Montreal (February 19, 2025)
・Presentation at First SARC Internation Conference on "The East Asia Economic Integration; The Analysis of RCEP and India`s Withdrawal," Soka University, Tokyo (October 30-31, 2020)
・Presentation at Visegrad 4 plus Japan Seminar 2019 on "World Trading System and Indo-Pacific 2030: Japan`s Perspective," Josai University, Tokyo (April 5, 2019) 
・CAG Conference on Trade, Industrialization and Structural Reforms in ASEAN, Ho Chi Minh City. (January 9-10, 2017)
・Poster presentation at 12th Annual Research Postgraduate Conference, The University of Hong Kong, on “Coping with an Ageing Population in Japan: Toward a Policy Framework For Attracting High Quality Nurses and Caregivers From Southeast Asia under Economic Partnership Agreement”, Hong Kong. (June 2, 2012)

Research Projects and Outcomes

・ K. Yanagida. 2025. "Trump Tariffs: The Outlook for Japan-U.S. Trade Negotiations" in JIIA Strategic Comments, The Japan Institute of International Affairs.
・ K. Yanagida. 2025. "Chapter 11: Further Challenges to the Free Trade System: A Chain Reaction of Protectionism as the Greatest Concern" in JIIA Strategic Outlook 2025, The Japan Institute of International Affairs.
・ K. Yanagida. 2023. "The Significance of the UK's Accession to the CPTPP" in JIIA Strategic Comments, The Japan Institute of International Affairs.
・ K. Yanagida. 2020. "The Impacts of the New Coronavirus Pandemic on the Global Economy: A Nontechnical Summary" in JIIA Strategic Comments, The Japan Institute of International Affairs.

JIIA Projects

2. Desirable international economic environment based on Japan's strengths and vulnerabilities from an economic security perspective
Ⅰ. Economic security and Japanese diplomacy in an era of international competition

Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC)