ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center Regional Workshop 2018

H.E. Mr. Hidehisa Horinouchi

Ambassador

Embassy of Japan

Speaker in Session 4. Leaving No One Behind: Mine Action and the Sustainable Development Goals

Biography

1980 Graduated from Tokyo University (Faculty of Law) Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)

1981-1983 Overseas Student, Nanjing University (Faculty of Chinese Language & Literature)

1983-1984 Overseas Student, Graduate School of Arts & Science, Harvard University (Regional Study)

1992-1995 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Beijing

1996-1999 Counselor, Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.

1999-2000 Director, International Agreements Division, Treaties Bureau, MOFA

2000-2002 Director, Legal Affairs Division, Treaties Bureau, MOFA

2002-2004 Director, China and Mongolia Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, MOFA

2004-2007 Minister, Embassy of Japan in Beijing

2007-2009 Deputy Director-General, Intelligence and Analysis Service, MOFA

2009-2010 Deputy Director-General, International Legal Affairs Bureau, MOFA

2010-2011 Minister, Embassy of Japan in Beijing

2011-2014 Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan in Beijing

2014-2016 Consul-General, Consulate General of Japan at Los Angeles

2016- Ambassador, Embassy of Japan in the Kingdom of Cambodia