Mr. Asakura Rikio has completed his Bachelor’s degree in Politics at SOAS University of London and is currently completing his Master’s degree in Asian politics at SOAS. He has completed intensive courses in Law and Psychology and Social Anthropology at Harvard University in 2018.

For his master’s programme, he is furthering his research on Comparative Constitutional Law, Democracies in Northeast Asia, Frameworks in Political Analysis, International Security politics in East Asia, Law and Society in Southeast Asia, Methodologies in the Social Sciences and Politics of Mainland and Island Southeast Asia.

His research interests include foreign and domestic policies, politics and international relations particularly in Asia and Cambodia.