Keisuke Nakashima Email and Phone Number

Keisuke Nakashima is associate professor at Kobe City University of Foreign Studies in Kobe, Japan.He writes extensively on the economics of population aging and social security reform, especially in East Asia, and is the author or co-author of numerous policy studies, including Global Aging and the Future of Emerging Markets (2011); The Global Aging Preparedness Index (2010); China's Long March to Retirement Reform (2009); and The Aging of Korea (2007). Prior to the current position, he was with the Global Aging Initiative (GAI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. He began his tenure at CSIS in October 2002 as a research intern with GAI and was subsequently promoted to research assistant in August 2003, to research associate in November 2004, to assistant director and fellow in January 2009. After he was relocated from the United States to Japan in March 2011, he continued his affiliation with CSIS as adjunct fellow until January 2014 and with the Global Aging Institute as non-resident senior associate until 2017.Nakashima holds an M.A. in international relations from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University and a B.A. in Anglo-American studies from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies. He is fluent in English and Japanese. He lives in Kobe, Japan with his wife Yoko.