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Christine Pilcavage

Managing Director, MIT-Japan Program

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Richard Samuels

Faculty Director, MIT-Japan Program

Former Director, Center for International Studies

Ford International Professor of Political Science

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Eric Heginbotham

Co-Director, SSP Wargaming Lab

Principal Research Scientist

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Chikako Ueki

Affiliate, SSP

Professor, Waseda University

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MISTI Japan matches MIT students with tailored internship, research, teaching and study opportunities in Japan.

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The Hayashi-ULVAC Seed Fund grant program enables new collaborations between faculty and research scientists at MIT and their counterparts in Japan.

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CIS makes it possible for MIT students to experience the world while advancing knowledge, tackling tough challenges, and preparing for lives of impact, service, and leadership in an interconnected global society.

150th anniversary of Japan grad from MIT

Eichiro Honma graduated from MIT in 1874

From samurai to engineers: Eiichiro Honma was born the son of Genzui Honma, a samurai of the Fukuoka domain, and went to MIT for civil engineering research by order of the domain.

Michael's story

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science '23

Michael interned with ULVAC, a global supplier of vacuum pumps and components, production systems and instrumentation that are used in semiconductors and flat panel displays. Michael was also able to practice Judo near his workplace at an Olympic medalist’s dojo (training hall).

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Hassan, Mai, Daniel Mattingly, and Elizabeth R Nugent. “Political Control.” Annual Review of Political Science 25, no. 1 (2022): 155–74.

May 2022

Book

Seeking The Bomb: Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation

Princeton University Press

2022

Seeking The Bomb: Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation

Book

Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community

Cornell University Press

2019

Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community

Book

Japan's Pivot in Asia

Oxford University Press

2018

Book

Hidden Atrocities

Columbia University Press

2017

Book

3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan

Cornell University Press

2013

Book

Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia

Cornell University Press

2007

Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia

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CIS congratulates our 2025 graduates

Robert Wilhelm visits CIS

CIS awards 20 PhD research grants

MIT without borders

MIT Global Seed Funds announces recipients of its 2024-2025 cycle

MIT Maritime Consortium sets sail

Samurai in Japan, then engineers at MIT

How the US and its allies can rebuild economic security

Surviving without the bomb: Extended deterrence and the strategic use of non-nuclear military power by US allies

Japan’s national security strategy: The role of alliance and partnerships

Our Experts

Christine Pilcavage

Richard Samuels

Eric Heginbotham

Chikako Ueki

Events

Opportunities

Student Spotlights

150th anniversary of Japan grad from MIT

Michael's story

Publications

Hassan, Mai, Daniel Mattingly, and Elizabeth R Nugent. “Political Control.” Annual Review of Political Science 25, no. 1 (2022): 155–74.

Seeking The Bomb: Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation

Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community

Japan's Pivot in Asia

Hidden Atrocities

3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan

Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia