Sayaka Shingu

Sayaka is an official with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Her dedication to arms control arises from her background as a granddaughter of Hiroshima’s atomic-bomb survivors, M.A. in Non-proliferation and Terrorism Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, the internship at the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and her commitments in the ministry’s Arms Control and Disarmament Division. As a doctoral candidate at Hitotsubashi University, her research focuses on China’s and Japan’s influences on the US’ decisions during the INF negotiations to gain lessons learnt that contribute to ongoing arms control discussions.