Secretariat Staff

　Masakuni Tanimoto is a Executive Director of World Federalist Movement of Japan as well as a Secretariat of Japanese Parliamentary Committee for the World federation. He has obtained a degree (Social Sciences) from National Institution for Academic Degrees after learning at multiple universities. Launching a business when he was a university student, he stays in the current post after serving as a president of a consolidated subsidiary of a major public relations agency and the like. Through his career building, he has been involved in enlightenment activities for disseminating UN philosophy, organization of meetings regarding UN reform and policy proposal to the Japanese government.

　Fujiko Amano currently serves as Head of Research and Policy Analysis Cluster at ASEAN-Japan Centre. She is a New York licensed lawyer. She was a FY2009 Program Associate for the Global Peacebuilders Program. She previously served as a UNV Legal Officer at UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia (2010 – 2011) and Senior Deputy Director for Free Trade Agreement and Economic Partnership Agreement Negotiations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (2011-2014). She has more than 20 years of legal experience including international law firms and the legal department at multinational companies (last as Director and Managing Counsel). Her academic trainings include: Oxford University, BA in Jurisprudence (2000); London School of Economics, Msc in Government (1995) and Bryn Mawr College, BA in Political Science (1994)

　Arbenita Sopaj is a PhD candidate and Teaching Assistant at Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), Kobe University. She obtained a dual BA and MA degree in International Relations and American Studies from College ISPE and Dardania College, Kosovo in 2017. She is currently an External Liaison Officer at Global Peacebuilding Association Japan (GPAJ), Kyoto Peacebuilding Centre (KPC), and the Academic Council on United Nations System (ACUNS), Tokyo. She also is a lecturer and coordinator of the International Relations Office at Dardania College and a researcher at the Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (RIIPA).