Daisuke Harada

Harada Daisuke started his career at the Japan National Oil Corporation (JNOC) in 1997. As an economist, he was engaged in several projects in Asia and Oceania.

In 2003, he was seconded to the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy within the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as a specialist for international energy affairs, with a focus on natural gas.

By the time he returned from secondment in 2006, JNOC and the Metal Mines Agency of Japan had merged to become the Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) and he served as Deputy Director of JOGMEC’s Moscow Representative Office and worked on starting upstream joint ventures in East Siberia.

After six years in Russia, Harada returned to Tokyo and was appointed as regional specialist and economist for projects in Russia and the former Commonwealth of Independent States, where he provided research and advice on multilateral relations and geopolitics involving Russia, the U.S., the European Union, China and Japan.

Harada’s publications include "The Depth of the Energy Crisis" (Chikuma Shinsho, 2023) and contributions to "Energy Security in Northeast Asia" (ERINA, 2016). He holds a B.A. in Indo-Pakistani Studies from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, a Diploma of Proficiency in Hindi from the University of Allahabad in India, and an M.A. in Economics and Management from Gubkin State University of Oil and Gas in Russia.