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SHIRATO Keiichi

Department / Course College of International Relations Department of International Relations

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of International Relations
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization The institute of Humanities Human and Social Sciences
3.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of International Relations and Area Studies

Academic background
1.	1995/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Ritsumeikan University Master of International Relations
2.	1993/04/01～1995/03/31	Master Course │ Graduate School of International Relations │ Ritsumeikan University Graduate School │ Completed
3.	1989/04/01～1993/03	College of International relations │ Ritsumeikan University │ Graduated

Business career
1.	1995/04/01 ～ 1999/03/31	│ │ The Mainichi Newspapers

Research activities
1.		Japan Association of International Relations
2.		Japan Association for African Studies
3.		Japan Society for Studies in Journalism and Mass Communication

Subject of research
1.	Contemporary Africa
2.	International media coverage of Japanese media
3.	Japan's African Diplomacy

Research summary
1. Security issues in Africa　 2. Trends of business in Africa　 3. Development process of Japanese diplomacy for Africa since the 1990s　 4. Characteristics of recognition of Japanese on Africa　 5. Characteristics of international coverage by Japanese media

Present specialized field
Area studies, Politics, International relations, Studey of Journalism

Papers
1.	2024/05/21	Japan’s Strategic Interests in the Global South (Africa) │ Japan and the Global South (2024), Strategic Japan │ ,pp.1-13
2.	2023/12	Africa's Population Explosion: How the "Last Frontier" Will Change the World │ Security Studies │ ,pp.63-75
3.	2022/07/29	TICAD Process at a Turning Point │ ,pp.32-38
4.	2022/04/28	Origin of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) │ INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRASIAN STUDIES │ 1,pp.1-14

Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/03/13	Challenges and possibilities for Japan's diplomacy with Africa
2.	2022/07/09	Origin of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD)
3.	2021/08/26	Japanese government and corporate policy toward Africa
4.	2019/09/19	Discussion about economical and social challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa
5.	2018/09/20	Necessity of diversifying industry and modernizing agriculture in Africa
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Other research achievements
1.	2024/09/09	TICAD9に向けたアフリカ開発における日仏間対話
2.	2021/11/09	（講演）Africa: Continent of growth and population explosion (早稲田大学国際寮研修（オンライン）)
3.	2019/07/26	Advancing Africa’s Development through People, Technology and Innovation (13th AFRI CONVERSE in UNDP)

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Department laboratory expense researcher number
30822738

researchmap Researcher code
7000024137