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Tadashi Kimiya

Tadashi Kimiya

Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Tadashi Kimiya is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo. His areas of expertise include South Korean politics and diplomacy. He graduated from the University of Tokyo, where he majored in political science, in 1983, and received his doctorate in comparative politics and Korean politics from Korea University Graduate School in 1992. He also completed doctoral studies at the Graduate School of Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo in 1993. His publications include Kokusai seiji no naka no Kankoku gendaishi (South Korea’s modern history in international politics) and Nikkan Kankeishi (History of Japan-South Korea relations).

Articles by Tadashi Kimiya

Politics

The outlook for Korean diplomacy under Lee Jae-myung

With Lee Jae-myung elected as the new South Korean president, he has a host of domestic and international issues to deal with, including how to handle key neighbours like China. Japanese academic Tadashi Kimiya analyses what needs to be done, particularly in terms of diplomacy.

Tadashi Kimiya

18 Jun 2025

Politics

South Korea's unwavering determination to improve Japan-South Korea relations

There have been recent signs of thaw in Japan-South Korea relations, not least with Japanese President Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol visiting the monument dedicated to the Koreans who died in the Hiroshima atomic bombing at the sidelines of the G7 summit. What are the larger motivations for the rapprochement and how will this affect the regional dynamics?

Tadashi Kimiya

24 May 2023