Hirotsugu Koike, Senior Adviser

Hirotsugu Koike is a Senior Adviser at the Global Policy Initiative. He is president of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), Europe (since 2005). Since he joined Nikkei in 1974, he has held a number of positions, including staff writer for macroeconomic policies, Singapore bureau chief (1985-89), Washington bureau chief (1993-97), senior writer for international affairs (1997-98), foreign news editor (1998-03), editor-in-chief of The Nikkei Weekly and Nikkei Net Interactive (2003-04), and editorial writer (2004-05). Mr. Koike was vice president at the National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA) (2000-06), a member of the Study Group on Asia and US-Japan Scurity Rlations at the Cuncil on Foreign Relations (1994-97), and has been a member of the Pacific Council for International Policy (since 1998). His recent publications include A Comparison of Policy Making Process between US and Japan (1999), A New Framework for Asia-Pacific Cooperation (1993), and New Thinking for the 21st Century (1993). He holds a B.A. in Economics from Yokohama National University.