is a Japanese poet and an international civil servant.

Career

He graduated from the Faculty of Law, the

University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo (, abbreviated as in Japanese and UTokyo in English) is a public research university in Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 1877 as the nation's first modern university by the merger of several pre-westernisation era ins ...

. He studied

Haiku is a type of short form poetry that originated in Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases composed of 17 Mora (linguistics), morae (called ''On (Japanese prosody), on'' in Japanese) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern; that include a ''kire ...

under Seison Yamaguchi, engaged as a chief editor of Haiku Group called "Genseirin" and a leader of Haiku Group called '' Hototogisu'' in the University of Tokyo. He joined the

Ministry of International Trade and Industry The was a Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Japan from 1949 to 2001. The MITI was one of the most powerful government agencies in Japan and, at the height of its influence, effectively ran much of Japanese industri ...

in 1976. He received his master's degree from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

in 1982. He participated in founding the haiku magazine "Ten'i" as a promoter in 1990. He has assumed numerous positions, including Representative of the Asia-Pacific Region of the Japan Overseas Development Corporation in 1993. In 1996, he organized "Short Poem International Symposium" in

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Province,

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. In 1998, he was posted to Ehime Prefecture,

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. and published an anthology of haiku entitled "Bureaucrat". He participated in the drafting of the Matsuyama Declaration in 1999, and supervised the joint translation. He was engaged in the establishment of the Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards in 2000, the 21st Century Ehime Haiku Prizes in 2002, and the Shiba Fukio Awards for New Haiku Poets, also in 2002. Today, he serves as a consultant for screening committees of these awards and prizes. He established the Asia Cosmopolitan Awards in 2012. He currently works also as president of the

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia or 'ERIA'' is an international organization established in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2008 by a formal agreement among Leaders of 16 countries in the East Asian region to conduct research activiti ...

since June 2008 (his title was changed from Executive Director at June 5, 2015) and visiting professor of

Waseda University Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministe ...

since April 2013 and visiting professor of Universitas Darma Persada since October 2013.

References

External links

Blogging Along Tobacco Road: 2008 Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards

International Haiku Convention 2004 Lecture of Awardees of Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Grand Prize in 2004, Gary SnyderHaiku Convention 2009　Lecture of Awardees of Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Grand Prize in 2008, Touta Kaneko

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nishimura, Gania 1952 births Living people Japanese civil servants 20th-century Japanese poets Japanese haiku poets University of Tokyo alumni Academic staff of Waseda University