Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF)
Research: the future of security frameworks in the Asian Pacific Region and relationships with a rising China
Residency: September 27, 2010, through June 7, 2011

Colonel Chuji Ando graduated from the National Defense Academy of Japan and, the Air Command and Staff College (AY2000) of the United States Air Force. He is also a graduate of the fifty-sixth regular course of the National Institute for Defense Studies of Japan, where he has done research on Japan-Australia defense cooperation. His operational tours include flying F-4EJ fighter aircraft and commanding an F-4 squadron at Misawa Air Base, Japan. Through his staff assignments at the Joint Staff Office, Air Staff Office, and the Eastern Army Headquarters, he has conducted joint/bilateral operations with U.S. forces and, annual defense and personnel programs. His research area is security problems in the Northeast Asia, including Japan’s relationship with a rising China.