ISOZAKI Atsuhito

Isozaki Atsuhito is a Professor of North Korean Studies at Keio University in Japan. His research primarily focuses on North Korean politics and Japan–North Korea relations. He previously served as a Special Analyst on North Korean affairs at the Intelligence and Analysis Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and as a Senior Researcher on North Korean politics at the Embassy of Japan in Beijing (2001-04). He was also a Japan Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2016–17) and a Visiting Scholar at the Australian National University (2024–25). His major publications include Tourism in North Korea (2019, in Japanese), the third edition of Introduction to North Korean Studies (2024, in Japanese), and Understanding the Situation in North Korea (2025, in Japanese).