Research keywords (6):
Cold War History
, Alliance Politics
, Nuclear History
, Japan-US Relations
, Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
, Transnational History
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5):
2016 - 2021 A historical analysis of the Japan-U.S. relationship regarding peaceful nuclear power and nuclear non-proliferation in the 1950s and 1960s and its contemporary implications
2013 - 2016 The U.S.-Japan Relations, 'the Nuclear' Issues, and Asia in the 1950s and the 70s
2012 - 2016 A Historical Study on Politics, Diplomacy, and Social Movements in the Making of Japan's Nuclear Policy
2008 - 2011 Japanese Scientists and Pugwash : A Transnational History of the Nuclear Age
Papers (27):
Akira Kurosaki. H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable Review 15-24 on Roehrlich, Inspectors for Peace, Review by Akira Kurosaki, Fukushima University. H-Diplo. 2024. 15. 24. 13-17
Kurosaki, Akira. The Cold War and Japanese Diplomacy. International Relations. 2023. 209. 1-16
Akira Kurosaki. H-Diplo Article Review 1093, "Impact of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime on Japan's Non-Nuclear Policy, 1965-1976". H-Diplo, H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online. 2022. 1-10
Akira Kurosaki. International nuclear cooperation and nuclear weapon-potential : Japan's reprocessing capability development in the 1950s and 1960s. 2021. 33. 2-3. 1-31
Akira Kurosaki. Public Opinion, Party Politics and Alliance: The Influence of Domestic Politics on Japan's Reliance on the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella, 1964-8. International History Review. 2020. 42. 4. 774-793
Japan's response to the nuclearization of Western defense, 1954-1960
(International Conference The German Nuclear Question, Adenauer, and the International Order, 1955-1963 2022)
Civilian Nuclear Energy Development, Nuclear Latency, and Proliferation Risk in the Case of Japan in the 1960s
(Nuclear Latency and Hedging: History, Concepts, and Implications for Nonproliferation 2017)
2020/04 - Fukushima University Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences Professor
2009/10 - 2020/03 Fukushima University Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences Associate Professor
2017/09 - 2018/05 The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellow
2007/04 - 2009/09 Tokyo Woman's Christian University College of Culture and Communication
2006/04 - 2009/09 Rikkyo University College of Law and Politics
2006/04 - 2009/09 Nishogakusha University Faculty of International Politics and Economics
2004/04 - 2007/03 J. F. Oberlin University College of International Studies
2004/04 - 2006/03 Rikkyo University College of Law and Politics Research Associate
2002/06 - 2004/03 Meiji Gakuin University International Peace Research Institute Meiji Gakuin University Research Associate
1998/04 - 2002/05 Tohoku University Faculty of Law Research Associate
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Awards (1):
2006/12 - Suntory Foundation Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities
Association Membership(s) (4):
JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR CONTEMPORARY HISTORICAL STUDIES
, Peace Studies Association of Japan
, JAPANESE POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
, THE JAPAN ASSOCIATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS