Akita International University
Lund University and Uppsala University
Recent Engagements
Covid-19 Mental Health Disparities: Pursuing Equality in Japan
International Studies Association
NATO StratCom COE on Japan’s Approach to Strategic Communication
Quarantime! Episode 55: Deplatforming, Democracy, and Deprogramming
Moderator, OIST Foundation First Anniversary Gala
Musashi University-Deakin University
The Korea Association for Public Diplomacy International Conference
Tsinghua University Public Diplomacy
Keynote Speaker and Panelist, China’s External Communication and Relationship Building in the 21st Century, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
TOKYO 2021! Delays, Soft Power & US-Japan Relations
Public Diplomacy Council “Unmasking the Virus: Public Diplomacy and Pandemic”
Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan Panel on Diplomacy and Business
School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, “COVID-19: The American Response and Its Global Image: Beyond the Trump Presidency”
Moderator, “COVID-19: Has Japan Dodged a Bullet?” with Takayuki Homma, senior economist, Sumitomo Corporation; and Professor Kazuto Suzuki, author, COVID-19 Strategy: The Japan Model (The Diplomat)
San Diego Diplomacy Council “Mask Diplomacy: Northeast Asia Information and Image Wars”
Syracuse University S.I. Newhouse School Advanced Public Diplomacy: The Japan Case
POSTPONED
Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2020 Moderator, “Communication and Soft Power: Public Diplomacy in the Digital Age”