At its annual meeting of the General Assembly of the Peacebuilding Research Association of Japan (PRAJ) on 6th December 2014, Professor Katsumi Ishizuka of Kyoei University was appointed as the Secretary-General of PRAJ. He had earlier been appointed as acting Secretary-General after the departure of Mr. Yasuki Uchiyama for his study in England.
Professor Ishizuka teaches in the Department of International Business Management at Kyoei University, Japan. He obtained a PhD at Keele University, England, in 2000. His research interests include UN peacekeeping operations and peace-building. He wrote several books including The History of Peace-building in East Timor (New Delhi: Cambridge University Press India, 2010).
The General Assembly of PRAJ re-elected Professor Sukehiro Hasegawa as its President, and it also approved that Professors Satoru Kurosawa and Takaaki Mizuno continue in office as members on the Board of Directors. Then, the Assembly elected Professors Daisaku Higashi, Eiji Oyamada and Masako Yonekawa to the new directors.
You can get further details of the members of the Board of Directors here.
 Professor Satoru KUROSAWA (Director of PRAJ) |
 Professor Takaaki MIZUNO (Director of PRAJ) |
 Professor Daisaku HIGASHI (New Director of PRAJ) |
 Professor Masako YONEKAWA (New Director of PRAJ) |
 Professor Eiji OYAMADA (New Director) with Professor Sukehiro HASEGAWA (President of PRAJ) |