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is a Japanese diplomat and academic who currently serves as the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan. He is the first head of the National Security Council founded in December 2013. Yachi was born in Kanazawa City and was raised in Toyama.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shotaro Yachi )〕 Yachi received his master's degree at the University of Tokyo Graduate School for Law and Politics in 1969. He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at that time, retiring in 2008. His service in the Foreign Ministry included work in the Asian Affairs Bureau, the Treaties Bureau, the North American Affairs Bureau, and the Japanese delegations to the Philippines, the European Community, and the United States.〔 He served as Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shotaro Yachi )〕 He was a foreign policy advisor to Shinzo Abe in Abe's 2006–2007 stint as Prime Minister. When Abe became Prime Minister again in late 2012, he selected Yachi to be a special advisor to his cabinet. He was appointed the first head of the NSC upon its creation in December 2013. Yachi has taught at Waseda University, Sophia University, Seinan Gakuin University, Keio University, and Chuo University. From June 2012 to December 2013, he was a director for the Fujitsu corporation.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Shotaro Yachi: Executive Profile & Biography )〕 One of Yachi's first tasks as National Security Advisor was to strengthen the new NSC's relations with the American government. He met with his American counterpart, Susan Rice, as well as cabinet secretaries Chuck Hagel and John Kerry. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shotaro Yachi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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