Takashi Inoguchi

Takashi Inoguchi (猪口 孝, Inoguchi Takashi, born January 17, 1944 in Niigata) is a Japanese academic researcher of foreign affairs and international and global relationships of states. He is currently the president of the University of Niigata Prefecture, and a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.

Inoguchi and his eldest daughter are believed to have died in a fire that occurred inside their apartment building in Tokyo on November 27, 2024. Police have yet to confirm the identities of the two deceased individuals found at the scene.

Education

After graduating from Niigata High School, he attended the University of Tokyo from 1962 to 1968, obtaining a bachelor's degree in liberal arts and master's degree in international relations. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1968 to 1974 and obtained a Ph.D. in political science. Following his Ph.D., he taught at Sophia University from 1974 to 1977, and at the University of Tokyo from 1977 onward. He was also at the University of Geneva from 1977 to 1978, and at Harvard University from 1983 to 1984.

Research papers and other activities

Inoguchi is a well-known author in Japan and has numerous books in print.

With no co-editorial

• Comparative Researches on the style of the state diplomacy - China, UK and Japan -: (1978)
• The figure of international politics and economic relations: (1982)
• The dragonfly and peas (In original, Tombo to Edamame, nani ga yume wo kanaeru no ka ): the realization of our dreams: ( 2005 )

Personal life

He is married to the academic and politician Kuniko Yokota on 1974, who he met while at Sophia University. They have twin daughters.

On the evening of November 27, 2024, a fire broke out inside the apartment building in Bunkyo, Tokyo where the Inoguchi family was living. Police said that two bodies were found at the scene, adding that Takashi Inoguchi and one of the two daughters were unaccounted for. The bodies have yet to be positively identified, but it was reported that Inoguchi and his eldest daughter were seen on security camera footage inside the building late in the afternoon before the fire started.