HOSAKA Shuji

Senior Adviser for Research

Expertise

History of the Gulf region and Radical Jihadist organizations.

After receiving an M.A. (Oriental History) from Keio University, Mr. HOSAKA Shuji became Special Assistant of the Japanese Embassies in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. Since then, he has held various posts in the field of the Middle Eastern studies, including Professor of International Center for Human Sciences, Kindai University, Osaka. He is currently Board Member of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) and Director of JIME Center, Adjunct Professor of Waseda University. He became President of Japan Association for Middle East Studies (JAMES) on April 2021. Among his publications are Jihadism (2017), Cyber-Islam (2014), Osama Bin Laden: His Life and Jihad (2011), and Saudi Arabia: Oil Kingdom in Transition (2006).

2024	Senior Adviser for Research, IEEJ
2020	Board Member, Director of JIME Center, IEEJ
2019	Senior Research Fellow, Director of JIME Center, IEEJ
2012	Senior Research Fellow, Assistant Director, JIME Center, IEEJ
2006	Professor, International Center For Human Sciences, Kinki University
2006	Senior Researcher, Assistant Director, JIME Center, IEEJ
2002	Visiting Associate Professor, Waseda University
2001	Director, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS,) Cairo Research Station
1992	Researcher, Middle East Institute of Japan
1991	Special Assistant, Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
1989	Special Assistant, Embassy of Japan in the State of Kuwait