KUROSAKI, Masahiro

Masahiro Kurosaki is Professor of International Law and Director of the Study of Law, Security and Military Operations at the National Defense Academy (NDA) of Japan. He is also the Chair of the Study Group on International Law organized by the Operational Policy Division, Bureau of Defense Policy of the Ministry of Defense of Japan, sometimes represents the Japanese government in diplomatic negotiations on international human rights and humanitarian law as a legal adviser, and has been involved in various councils and expert groups established by the government, such as the ones on Data Free Flow with Trust and Global Data Governance. Since 2008 when he joined the International Relations Faculty of the NDA following his doctoral course at the University of Tokyo, he has held assistant and associate professorships at the NDA as well as visiting fellowships at Leiden Law School’s Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies and the United States Naval War College’s Stockton Center for International Law. He has published a range of articles and book chapters on the law of international security, the law of armed conflict, international criminal law, and Japanese security laws, which include: "The Projection of Cyber Power by Australia and Japan: Contrasting Their Doctrines and Capabilities for the Rule-Based International Order," The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Affairs (UNIDIR) (ed.), International Cyber Operations: National Doctrines and Capabilities (UNIDIR, 2021);“Towards the Special Computer Law of Targeting: ‘Fully Autonomous’ Weapons Systems and the Proportionality Test,” in Claus Kreß and Robert Lawless (eds.), Necessity and Proportionality in International Peace and Security Law (Oxford University Press, 2020); Strengthening the U.S.-Japan Alliance: Pathways for Bridging Law and Policy (Columbia Law School, 2020)(co-edited with Nobuhisa Ishizuka and Matthew C. Waxman); “The Fight against Impunity for Core International Crimes: Reflections on the Contribution of Networked Experts to a Regime of Aggravated State Responsibility,” in Holly Cullen, Joanna Harrington, and Catherin Renshaw (eds.), Experts, Networks and International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2017).