GW's ELLIOTT SCHOOL SELECTS MIKE MOCHIZUKI FOR PRESTIGIOUS JAPAN-U.S. RELATIONS CHAIR

Washington - Dr. Mike M. Mochizuki has been appointed to the Japan-U.S. Relations Chair in memory of Gaston Sigur at GW's Elliott School of International Affairs. Dr. Mochizuki's July 1 appointment follows an extensive worldwide search.

Dr. Mochizuki, a senior fellow in the Brookings Institution's Foreign Policy Studies Program, is a specialist on Japanese politics and foreign policy, U.S.-Japan relations and East Asian security affairs. Born in Kanazawa, Japan and now a U.S. citizen, he received his A.B. in political science from Brown University. He was a research student and fellow at the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law before earning his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard University in 1982. He previously served as co-director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Policy at the RAND Corporation and was a faculty member of both the University of Southern California and Yale University.

His latest work is an edited volume entitled Toward a True Alliance: Restructuring U.S.-Japan Security Relations. He recently completed the manuscript for Japan Reorients: The Quest for Wealth and Security in East Asia, to be published by Brookings Institution Press in Fall 1999, and is currently working on a new book "The New Strategic Triangle: China, Japan and the United States." Previously, he wrote Japan: Domestic Change and Foreign Policy. He has published articles in Foreign Affairs, International Security, Survival, The Japan Quarterly, and the Journal of Modern Japanese Studies.

GW President Stephen J. Trachtenberg warmly welcomed the appointment. "We are very pleased to have Dr. Mochizuki come to GW" said Trachtenberg. "In him, we have someone who will make a notable contribution to our students, to our East Asian studies program, to ongoing Washington policy discussions and to improving U.S.-Japan relations. We are very grateful to Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga, Japanese corporate contributors and GW President Emeritus Lloyd Elliott and Mrs. Elliott for making this Chair a reality."

Elliott School Dean Harry Harding said, "I am delighted that Mike Mochizuki will be joining us. Completely at home in both Japan and America, he came highly recommended on both sides of the Pacific. His coming will further strengthen our Asian studies program, already one of the strongest in the United States. His academic background and policy interest are the perfect blend for a school of international affairs, and I am confident he will make an important contribution to deeper understanding between Japan and the United States."

The Japan-U.S. Relations Chair, established in memory of GW's distinguished professor of East Asian Studies, Gaston Sigur, was made possible by generous endowment grants from 46 leading Japanese corporations, a virtual "Who's Who" of Japanese industry and finance. Additional support came from former GW President Lloyd H. Elliott and Mrs. Evelyn E. Elliott and The George Washington University. Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga was instrumental in raising the Japanese portion of the funding. He was assisted by representatives of the Toyota Motor Corporation, Nippon Electric Power Company, Asahi Breweries, the Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), The Fuji Bank, Hitachi, ITOCHU Corporation, Keio University, Mitsui & Company, Nippon Steel Corporation, Toray Industries, Toshiba Corporation, Waseda University and The Yomiuri Shimbun. An additional 35 Japanese corporations made contributions.

The Elliott School is The George Washington University's professional school of international affairs. The School trains exceptional men and women in the theory and practice of international affairs. It is home to a widely respected faculty and four research centers, which provide in-depth analysis of an extensive range of international economic, scientific, and political issues. For more information about the School, or the Japan-U.S. Relations Chair, call Tom Bleha at 202-994-1650.

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